‘I am a better listener now’

Jenny Knight

Notice board

A workplace menace

Nicola Davies

In the media spotlight

John Illman

Student life - Speak my language

Benny Goodman

Acute stroke

Natalie Guy

Prevention of unintentional injury in the community setting

Nita Muir, Clare Bennett

Best practice in the measurement of body temperature

Andrew Davie, John Amoore

Management of long-term conditions in a prison setting

Jane Perry, Clare Bennett, Tracy Lapworth

Obituary

Sandra James

Primary care model shows way forward in community

Sue Cross

A reminder that nurses have vital role in dementia care

Gary Blatch

Make contact with local early interventions services

Alister Campbell

VSO offers a great challenge and life-changing experience

Catherine Dupre

Minimum qualified staffing levels desperately needed

Joyce Robins

Poorly paid front line staff will bear the brunt of cuts

Mike Owen

Attacks on public sector pensions are wide of the mark and miss real targets

Mike Travis

SPECAL

Educating Professionals – Practice Learning in Health and Social Care

Karen Elcock

Webwise

Greta McGough

Oxford Handbook of Neuroscience Nursing

Valerie McGurk

Evidence-Based Cardiology – Third edition

Chrissie Spiers

Readers panel - Is the creation of an artificial organism a step too far? We asked our readers panel

Bríd Hehir, Christopher Humm, Lorraine Jeffs, Mandy Allison

Starting out - Deaf patient showed me value of two-way communication

Marie Anne Smith

Other badges can be worn, so why not symbols of Christianity?

Lorrayne Saunders

Bright white

Jane Bates

The allergen that is all around us

Vanessa Martin

Voices - nurses as well as footballers are hitting the headlines, notes Elizabeth Anionwu

Elizabeth Anionwu

Infectious enthusiasm

Sue Learner

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

Margaret Paul

Outside In

David Newnham

Future questions

Christine Hancock

The power of purchase

Rod Thomson

The quality of older people’s relationships may reduce disability

Small but sustained lifestyle changes could affect mortality

Major differences in lung cancer survival across Europe

Family history linked to increased hyperemesis risk

‘We decided to stop moaning and do something, I was fed up with apologising for being a nurse’

On a mission to be the advocates of excellence

Nurses aim to kick-start global battle against chronic diseases

Unions give lukewarm welcome to vetting and barring review

Tamsin Snow

Life lessons from dorothy and co

Praise for campaign to empower ward leaders

More clarity needed on role and objectives of infection link staff

News in brief

Mid Staffs nurses to face disciplinary action

Lansley considering further protection for whistleblowers

Cancer specialist’s accurate diagnosis

Ministers told staff cuts could adversely affect patient safety

Tamsin Snow

Drive to end pressure ulcers sees results

‘Emotionally intense’ HCA role is overlooked and underpaid

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Commission to review pensions

Healthcare support workers’ drug role expands

Church issues best practice guide for end of life care

Uniforms mask differences in roles

Most nurse time is spent on least dependent patients, study reveals

Tamsin Snow

Careful with that axe

Graham Scott