If at first you

John Illman

Notice board

Small acts with a big benefit

Rachel Nassif

Student life - in the public domain

Paul Snelling

Acute stroke care

Bee Choo Gallivan

Outbreaks of infection in hospital and community settings

Dinah Gould

Needlestick and sharps injuries in the nursing student population

Kevin Hambridge

Principles of Nursing Practice: development and implementation

Kim Manley, Chris Watts, Geraldine Cunningham, Janet Davies

Beryl Chadney 1919-2011 Matron, government adviser and neonatal nursing pioneer

Laurence Dopson

Chadney, Beryl

Let’s hear it for Jane, the voice of calm we can rely on

Stephen Weeks

Method of assessing capacity to work has shortcomings

Katherine Duffy, Denis Anthony

Catheter drainage to avoid build-up of residual urine

Andrew Makin

Educate young people about the effect of age on fertility

Bill Ledger

There will always be a need to communicate effectively

Ray Atkins

Talking to patients about end of life is a skill that every nurse needs

Ruth Sander

Florence Nightingale International Foundation

Dame Betty Kershaw

A History of Musgrove Military Hospital During World War II and the 67th General Hospital

Laurence Dopson

Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing – Second edition

Valerie McGurk

Dosage Calculations for Nurses

Karen Murrell

Procuring drugs is harder when you neglect to shave

Webwise

Dame Betty Kershaw

Starting out-my clinical placement abroad was invaluable to my practice

Anna Chapman

Workforce

James Buchan

Readers panel-Do-it-yourself DNA dilemma

Elsie Gayle, Steve Flatt, Paul Jebb, Linda Drake

Biting banter

Jane Bates

An old idea meets a modern need

Keith Bradley-Adams

Voices

Peter Carter

Outside In

David Newnham

A clear pathway

Lynne Pearce

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

Margaret Paul

Medical manoeuvres

Robert Munro

Caring for new arrivals

Jenny Knight

The body trap

Elizabeth Lynch

What not to eat

Catherine Quinn

Low-sugar cereals encourage children to eat more fruit

Measures against bullying needed to protect mental health

Link between NSAIDs and Parkinson’s not supported by research

Cranberry juice makes no difference to infection rates

Overtime and protected pay threatened by cost-cutting

Independent care provider to pilot online skills passport

Nursing voice strengthened as senior DH roles are transformed

Petra Kendall-Raynor

College criticises plan to end BME patient reports

Labour calls for nurses on gp consortia

Hands-on experience of living with dementia

Regulator refreshes guidelines in drive to improve nurse records

News in brief

Experts voice training and development fears

Degree applications hit record high as training places are cut

Tamsin Snow

24/7 emergency team saves lives

Minister cautions over food outlets

Stakeholders give mixed response to NMC plan for placement review

RCN is among the top 100 employers

‘CHAOS’ as NHS direct staff ordered to work more weekends

TV exposé on end of life care generates strong nurse reaction

Tamsin Snow

Make-up artist creates fake wounds

Carter: failing to raise safety concerns is a ‘sin of omission’

Ageism is rife in health care

Graham Scott