Take command of the stage

Jennifer MacKay

Notice board

I’ll meet you half way

John Crawley

Making big decisions

Frances Pickersgill

Quick fix or citable source?

Carol Haigh

Improving quality of life

Robin Hooks

Polypharmacy in older adults

Gerri Kaufman

Traditional and complementary approaches to child health

Nicola Robinson, Ava Lorenc

Improving the nursing care of patients with mesothelioma

Sally Moore, Liz Darlison

Bamford, Thelma

Laurence Dopson

Championing the NHS could be the big chance for Lib Dems

Helen Andrew

Seamless end of life care is everyone’s responsibility

Bridget Ryan

Testing nurses on their English comprehension

Monica Savage

Unison nurse-to-patient ratio campaign merits our support

Jill Straiton

Better liaison could avert over-provision of medication

Helen Price

Disposal of unused drugs is wasteful and frustrating

Cath Boardman

It is the small things that make all the difference

Rachael Rowe

Patients benefit when nurses learn from their own inpatient experience

Helen Evans

The Nurse’s Social Media Advantage – How Making Connections and Sharing Ideas Can Enhance Your Nursing Practice

Roger Evans

Living Your Life: The Sex Education and Personal Development Resource for People with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities – Third edition

Simon Jones

Clinical Leadership from A to Z

Hazel Courtney

Webwise

Trish Cornell

Slogging it out

When it comes to new bits of kit we are all kids at heart

Rosemary Cook reflects on how nurses’ roles have advanced over the years

Obituary Thelma Bamford 1923-2010 nurse, midwife, health visitor and educator

Laurence Dopson

Acceptance of fat as the norm is a cause for concern

Anne Diamond

Medicines management

Matt Griffiths

My placement made me realise that mentors need support too

Starting out my placement made me realise that mentors need support too

Straight to the crux of the matter amid surgery chaos

Jan Halstead

Readers panel

Paul Jebb, Esther Tanton, Jane Brown, Kate Tantam

OutsideIn - When it comes to new bits of kit we are all kids at heart, says David Newnham

David Newnham

Senior disservice

Michael Mandelstam

Voices - rosemary cook reflects on how nurses’ roles have advanced over the years

Rosemary Cook

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

Margaret Paul

Putting it all together

Robert Munro

The right combination

Alison Handley

Researchers examine quality of sleep link with health status

Treating gum disease in pregnancy does not affect infant outcome

Opportunities for HIV testing in general health services missed

Excessive drinking can be a major risk factor for cancer

Audit says older people who fall are denied proper care

The A-Z of clinical leadership

My guide to clinical leadership: be yourself, listen and engage

Researchers face Dragons’ Den-style panel for project funding

‘Indistinct’ nurse consultant role is disappearing from view

Vaccine rates may rise if flu jab myths are dispelled

Funding pinch puts research posts at risk

Emergency admissions ward gives dedicated dementia care

News In brief

New Welsh minister for health appointed

College chief goes in at the deep end for marines’ charity

‘Safe slippers’ will help prevent falls

DH wants safeguarding to be a local council legal responsibility

Dramatic fall in number of patients on mixed-sex wards following fines

RCN alarmed by lack of nurse involvement in new GP consortia

CQC to scrap ‘time-consuming’ quality checks

Diabetes posts lying vacant, charity says

Campaign to save nursing school pays off

Nurse injects realism into TV’s Holby City

Report highlights confusion about role of support workers

Do not cut consultants

Graham Scott