On the same wavelength

Jenny Knight

French connection

Dillys Wright

Notice board

Respect for religious views

Sidone Chilufya

The route to success

Vincent Tremayne

Complex health needs

Mary Duckworth

An overview of sedation for adult patients in hospital

Danielle Fullwood, Suzanne Sargent

Graduate-only pre-registration mental health nursing programmes

Hugh O’Donnell

Nursing in prisons: developing the specialty of offender health care

Jane Perry, Clare Bennett, Tracy Lapworth

Independent advocates can be frustrated by restrictions

Malcolm Harrison

Correction

Surely there is an element of the angel in all nurses

Ariana Franco

Many make the mistake of undervaluing band 5 status

Craig Hopkins

End of life guidance should address issues of dementia

June Andrews

Pioneer male district nurse hoped for equal recognition

Matthew Bradby

Women miss out on top jobs as focus falls on men’s working rights

Katherine Guellard

CapacityPlus

Oxford Handbook of Adult Nursing

Irene Mabbott

Great Answers to Difficult Questions About Death – What Children Need to Know

Paula Gawthorpe

Ethnicity and Healthcare Practice – A Guide for the Primary Care Team

Bethann Siviter

Webwise

Sue Campbell

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

Margaret Paul

Shed the pounds and risk losing your partner

Anne Diamond

Medicines management

Matt Griffiths

Appearances can be deceptive with a post-operative patient

Nathan Vernon

Starting out - appearances can be deceptive with a post-operative patient

Nathan Vernon

My mistake could have put a person in danger

Readers panel -A different road to recovery

Rami Jumnoodoo, Brendan McMahon, Bríd Hehir, Christopher Humm

Oh crumbs

Jane Bates

Outside In

David Newnham

The cost of caring

Gay Lee

Voices - Rosemary Cook says nurses working with homeless people need more support

Rosemary Cook

Joint approach to arthritis care

Carol Davis

Community rescue

Lynne Pearce

Injection of support

Catharine Sadler

People with dental anxiety might benefit from acupuncture

Listening to music with cannabis lyrics encourages use

X-rays can be poor at showing hip and pelvic fractures

Shorter babies more likely to survive breast cancer

Enrolled nurses are disappearing, but is a replacement in the wings?

Students who train in community show more empathy to patients

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Alarms Prove Their Worth

Loneliness is on the increase

Midwife-led birth centre is a ‘shining example’

Lifeblood charity calls for action on preventable blood clot deaths

Cuts to training numbers prompt fears of long-term nurse shortage

Tamsin Snow

News in brief

Named school nurses pledge

Red tray idea inspires jug system to help dehydrated patients

College to seek legal block on vetting register

Regulator calls for language test to be extended

Health themes blossom in Chelsea gardens

Funding boost for respite care

Coalition plans to scrap targets and make public health a priority

Bill Doult, Erin Dean

Agency nurses to face tighter checks on clinical competence

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Call for better care in criminal justice system

A time for regulation

Graham Scott