Notice board

Safety in numbers

Linda Aiken

A grand opportunity

Katy Odedra

Right on the button

Martyn Main

Plaster casting

Rose Gallacher

Effective psychological care for physically ill patients in hospital

Helena Priest

A patient-centred approach to day surgery nursing

Mark Mitchell

Providing contact cards for relatives following bereavement

Kathryn Clarke, Neil Pearson

Training to help us deal with grief, loss and bereavement

Brigid Breckman

Janice is an inspirational infection control nurse

Dinah Gould

Far-reaching changes to the form and function of the NHS

Thomas Lines

Tackle bullying through the use of proper procedures

Hazel Courtney

Motivation will be affected by the two-year pay freeze

Kelvin Karim

Ward training needs to start sooner rather than later

Lynda Kenny

Today’s students are ill-prepared for demands of working on wards

Sue Partridge

Employers have a duty of care to protect their staff

Marc Cornock

Sister Dora

Anatomy and Physiology for Nursing and Health Professionals

Valerie McGurk

Older People: Issues and Innovations in Care – Third edition

Sara Garland

Talking with Bereaved People – An Approach for Structured and Sensitive Communication

Chris Eberhardie

Webwise

Laurence Dopson

Spending time outdoors can be therapeutic

Anne Diamond

Medicines management

Matt Griffiths

Starting out - Simple strategy helped patient handle short-term memory loss

Laura Ellison

It is about time nurses were cut a little more slack

Jan Halstead

Readers panel-why did baby die?

Elsie Gayle, Scott Justice, Jane Brown, Sarah Adeigbe-Esegbona

Outsidein

David Newnham

Reject demonisation

Stephen Wright

Voices-Helping patients make an informed choice is vital, writes Chris Beasley

Dame Chris

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

Margaret Paul

So drained

Jane Bates

Charity began at home

Mary-Claire Mason

For queen and community

Rosemary Cook

Ready for ramadan

Alison Whyte

Tobacco abstinence increases agitation in ventilated patients

Deaths from adverse drug reactions on the rise over ten years

Five-year mortality increased in women with CMV infection

Brush up on oral hygiene to reduce risk of heart disease

RCN aims to save jobs and protect services in the face of cuts

GP pressure for practice staff to sign less favourable contracts

Tamsin Snow

Nurse-led cannabis cessation course offers benefits to users of all ages

Return to manual pulse checks identifies potential stroke cases

Too little time spent with patients in community

Incapacity benefit crackdown sparks fears for real cases

News in brief

Direct access to flu jabs would boost uptake

RCN ponders move to allow overseas staff online access

NHS starts roll-out of standards to underpin future quality care

Petra Kendall-Raynor, Sarah Harrison

Enhanced ward re-opens

EU rules on registering nurses prompt fears over patient safety

Erin Dean

NMC outlines plan to speed up fitness to practise hearings

Further talks about pledge

Revalidation on hold for four years

Cutting pension benefits would be a ‘step too far’, says RCN

Health workers join parade with pride to raise awareness

Health workers join parade with pride to raise awareness

RCN’s frontline first aims to protect jobs and patient care

Protest over night shift cuts

Cuts that will cost lives

Graham Scott