Introduction to stoma care

Opportunity knocks

June Andrews

Teaching carers the tricks of the trade

Lucy Gooding

Notice board

Power to the patient

Juliana Thompson

Write a practice profile

Intravenous therapy

Marco Tullio Suadoni

Plaster casting

Tanya Fernandes

Orthopaedic plaster casting: nurse and patient education

Eszter Bakody

Improving standards of care for patients: a pilot project

Jacqui Hutchinson, Gill Armstrong

Identifying and assessing anxiety in pre-operative patients

Michael John Pritchard

A timely article from Belgium shows the way forward here

Martin Johnson

Time for the RCN to review literature on assisted suicide

Celia Manson

More postgraduate study can only have a positive impact

Hazel Courtney

Congratulations should be in order for academic scheme

Janice Sigsworth

NHS and public libraries are a real boon for free materials

Sarah George

From my perspective, the private sector is thriving

Elspeth Raisbeck

Why return a day’s pay when we already give too much?

Rebecca Holden

Standard uniform colours could be a big help in cases of mistaken identity

Lynne Parker

Infant and Toddler Forum

The Carer’s Cookbook – A Month of Balanced Meals and Recipes

Roger Evans

Nurse to Nurse Evidence-Based Practice – Expert Interventions

Liz Gormley-Fleming

Speaking of Dying – A Practical Guide to Using Counselling Skills in Palliative Care

Phil Russell

Webwise

Clare Norman

The best of the week’s health-related TV and radio

Margaret Paul

Starting out - Even when pushed for time, it is vital to keep up routine checks

Lindsay Martin

Patients with faith should know their needs will be met

Monica McAleer

Readers panel - Donor incentivesl

Julie Clarke, Jane Brown, Paul Jebb, Esther Tanton

Bed of nails

Jane Bates

‘If you want to eat an elephant, do it one bite at a time’

Jan Halstead

Rocky road to recovery

Jane Bovey

Voices-strong nursing leaders are role models for students, says elizabeth anionwu

Elizabeth Anionwu

Life worth living

Carol Davis

A gift of hope to people with HIV

The nut crackers

Caroline Swinburne

Extra cleaner on wards reduces MRSA infections

Otitis more likely to recur in children given antibiotics

Screening men for abdominal aneurysm is cost effective

Studies link migraine with pathological changes in brain

Should dying prisoners be given their freedom for a more dignified end?

Little progress with staff development

Leadership training aims to create more nursing directors

Airline drops charge for supplementary oxygen

RCN concern over proposed regulators

Health visitors make baby safety film

Foreign nurses disadvantaged by migration rules on diplomas

Erin Dean

Broadmoor’s recruitment drive looks to add an extra 100 staff

Tamsin Snow

Scottish board meets to start community plan of action

News in brief

Nurses returning from sick leave too soon – survey

Big response to ideal nurse consultation

RCN calls for improvements in career progress

Negative stereotypes prevent men from entering profession

Delays or freeze in recruitment masks true deficit in personnel

Tamsin Snow

Crowds gather to defend the NHS

PCTs poaching staff from other services to bridge swine flu gaps

Christian Duffin

Nurses need support to care

Elaine Cole