Become a role model for good practice

Alex McClimens

Notice board

Embracing difference

Jennifer Sprinks

A structure for future excellence

Charlie Callanan

Get to the point

Jean Rose

Carbon monoxide poisoning

Tom Mallinson

Management of faecal incontinence in acutely ill patients

Craig Hurnauth

Sustainability of health promotion for people with learning disabilities

Mary Codling, Nicky Macdonald

Explaining the role of the nurse in clinical trials

Liz Green

McCullough, Doreen

Kathleen Robb

Dora opoku’s achievements made inspirational reading

Elizabeth Anionwu

Pain and suffering focus the debate on assisted dying

Pauline Kingston

We need to document every incident where care is poor

Cath Gleeson

Are palliative care nurses on lord falconer’s commission?

Val Moore

Modern teaching methods fail to focus on patient care

David Harding-Price

Annual statement will make no difference to me

Malcolm Harrison

An awful placement persuaded me to be a good mentor to my students

Sharon Peile

Call for help to standardise phototherapy regimes

Margaret Briggs

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Drew Payne

Epidemiology – A Very Short Introduction

Simon McGurk

Reflective Practice in Nursing

Mike Jackson

Cultural Awareness in Nursing and Health Care: An Introductory Text – Second edition

Linda Drake

Socialist Health Association

Drew Payne

Starting out - Research placement offered a unique learning opportunity

James Lee

I want to give the same care that Grandpa received

Ellie Garlick

Readers panel - Gauging gratitude

Julie Clarke, Alison Crumbie, Jane Brown, Esther Tanton

Seeing sense

Jane Bates

Outside in

David Newnham

Sexually sidelined

Alice Cavender

Elizabeth Anionwu says that fresh air and spring flowers lift her spirits

Elizabeth Anionwu

A major brainwave

Catherine Quinn

Shaping the service to fit the person

Alison Moore

Meet my new sister

Diet and sun exposure needed to prevent breast cancer

Resting heart rate associated with survival in diabetes

Subclinical thyroid disorders increase hip fractures in men

Assault injuries highest among city-dwelling teens

Northern Ireland’s nurses braced for cull of 1,500 posts

Removal of profit cap sparks fears of two-tier care

‘Embracing diversity is a source of strength to our profession’

Tina Donnelly

Charity designs leadership course for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans staff

Test failures raise questions about fitness to practise

European nurses face skills quiz

Lung cancer awareness initiative set to expand

Screening system helps NMC dismiss unsuitable cases quickly

Erin Dean

Chronic illness scheme saves NHS £400,000 in nine months

Erin Dean

Rcn congress to debate pay and mandatory staffing

Private company wins £53m health contract

Prison staff fear training cutbacks after transfer to NHS

News in brief

Local talks planned on freezing pay increments

Rcn demands nurse presence on planned gp consortia boards

Rota changescould spark strike action

Quartet to perform atroyal albert hall

Database reveals poor compliance with national patient safety alerts

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Book chronicles dementia journey

Safety fears as government plansto ditch statutory HCA regulation

Erin Dean

Fight for equality still on

Graham Scott