Make the connection

Candy Cooley

A case of careful judgement

Seraphim Patel

At the forefront of breast health

Dawn Chapman

Notice board

Councils for change

James Squires

Care after death

Lucy Ward

Motivational interviewing and concordance with antiretroviral therapy

Michelle Brown, Clare Bennett

Male nurses and the protection of female patient dignity

Antony Prideaux

Role of pain management programmes in chronic pain

Laura Dopson

Correction

Boasting about bad english undermines the profession

Stephen Weeks

I am a healthcare assistant and an industrious steward

Steve Dunne-Howells

Labelling people prevents appropriate care been given

Mike Lehane

Benefit of private education is low staff-to-student ratios

James Smith

Informed patient choice is the priority for C-sections

Becky Muckle

Support workers should have full membership of college

Phil Noyes

A united front is needed to protect vulnerable people from unfair cuts

Cris Allen

Empathy in care is a large part of students’ education

Anne Mottram

A multi-agency approach can help detect abuse in all ages

Patricia McCollum

Never had it so good? the opposite is true for nurses

Zeba Arif

Not Dead Yet

Buddleia Dance on the Asylum – A Nurse’s Journey Through a Mental Hospital

Greta McGough

Preventing and Reducing Aggression and Violence in Health and Social Care – A Holistic Approach

Mike Lehane

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Mike Jackson

Comic turn

Jane Bates

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Gillian James

Starting out-I used a patient’s love of birds to improve his quality of life

Usaima Abbas

Reasers panel - it's over to you

Alison Crumbie, Linda Drake, Candice Pellett, Brid Hehir

Realism of hospital comedy provides a welcome laugh

Irene Heywood Jones

Outside in

David Newnham

Cure is better than prevention

Stephen Wright

Voices

Peter Carter

Fit for the challenge

Pat Hughes

Leaders of a healthcare revolution

The trauma of war

Alison Whyte

Prejudice in practice

Lynne Pearce

Lung function in children improves with swimming

Improved mental health in high density areas of ethnic minorities

Antibiotic prophylaxis reduces infection in caesarean sections

Month of birth can affect predisposition to allergies

Profession’s leaders urge every nurse to take responsibility for improving care

Battle looms over maternity care

Unions fight to ensure nurses are heard in the corridors of power

Review to examine need for criminal record checks

Trusts ignore blood clot screening guidelines, leaving millions at risk

Assaults on staff rise by 2,000 in a year

Portrayals of mental illness criticised

DH justifies pay freeze and says NHS will have fewer staff by 2015

Nursing Standard

News in brief

Assistant practitioner role flourishes amid cuts

PCT extends government’s list of ‘never events’

Blunt message aims to boost screening rates

Community nurses warn shift to HCAs is threatening patient care

Tamsin Snow

Mid Staffs nurses will have their identities protected by inquiry

Erin Dean

Cash boost for assault referral centres

Senior staff in northern ireland issue warning over patient safety

Janice Smyth

Six-in-one vaccine wins rcn support

Guidance on process for overriding confidentiality

HIV testing marks world aids day

Agencies claim cuts are leaving wards dangerously understaffed

Tamsin Snow

Make protection a priority

Graham Scott