A grounding for good practice

Caroline Nicklinson

Back behind the counter

Lynne Wallis

Student - The value of reflection

Helen Jones

Adherence to medication

Michelle Cowan

Auditing hand hygiene practice

Dinah Gould

Tuberculosis: infection control in hospital and at home

Miles Jarvis

Assessment and expression of pain

Emma Briggs

Correction

Latest initiative is good, but these are the fundamentals

Gary Jones

Death certification and verification are not the same

Val Moore

Continuing professional development is crucial

Jenny Janes

Complaints mask aggression towards health workers

Tina Fairhead

Obesity can be another form of malnutrition

Wendy Durrant

District nursing is more rewarding than acute roles

Alison Sampson

Mentor has inspired me to take up respected position

Jemma Rhodes

Supportive teams are eager to welcome new nurses

Kimberley Hendley

Universities have cut themselves off from the very people who could help

Mike Owen

Webwise

Roger Evans

The Trigeminal Neuralgia Association

Introducing Psychology for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals

Helen Goddard

Child and Family-centred Healthcare: Concept, Theory and Practice – Second edition

Clare Norman

Coping with Phobias and Panic

Jane Daun Ross

Starting out - vulnerable patient opened up with me after I was Clumsy

Eileen Owen

Service pushed into the sidings needs putting back on track

Obi Amadi

Readers panel

Paul Jebb, Linda Drake, Julie Clarke, Jane Scullion

Dream on

Jane Bates

Out side in

David Newnham

Research does count, but experience should as well

Joy Milligan

Voices

Elizabeth Anionwu

Notice board

Striking a positive note

Sue Learner

War on attrition

Adele Waters

Making the link

Mary-Claire Mason

Making sense of autism

Elizabeth Lynch

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

Margaret Paul

Consuming broccoli improves longevity in bladder cancer

Women aged over 20 have safer pregnancies than teenagers

HIV rates are higher in men who use drugs for erectile dysfunction

Singing improves function in respiratory disease

Matrons’ innovative scheme promises long-term savings

‘Our campaign will expose where the real waste is in the NHS’

Growing fears that PCT staff will jump ship before trusts are axed

Nurse struck off after facebook link with patient

Bullying may increase due to NHS cuts

Charity calls for data on patients’ sexual orientation to be collected

Jennifer Sprinks

A sharp intake of breath for shoppers

Success for university’s effort to lower drop-out rates

Community nurses ill-informed over transfer to social enterprises

Sally Gillen

Lansley denies plans to scrap NHS direct

News in brief

RCN to vote on full membership for HCAs

Report urges IT improvements to identify failing organisations

Standards to raise profile of profession

Florence memorabilia on display

Fear over profession’s influence as DH plans to cut adviser posts

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Quake doubles deliveries

Trusts target wage progression and maternity pay to cut costs

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Local deals are bad news

Graham Scott