Taking a practical approach

Jan Davis

Family histories help guide decisions on patient care

Sally Gillen

Crossing borders

Friederike Endress

‘Bombings and killings are routine’

Rahimullah Yusufzai

Children’s travel health

Beverley Tompkins

Pelvic fractures: classification and nursing management

Jennie Walker

Experiences of home detoxification for alcohol dependency

Sarit Carlebach, Dominic Wake, Sharon Hamilton

VERA framework: communicating with people who have dementia

Amanda Blackhall, Dave Hawkes, David Hingley, Steven Wood

Pelagia Cembala 1914-2011 Polish wartime nurse and convalescent home manager

Laurence Dopson

Cembala, Pelagia

Laurence Dopson

Nurse training should not just be for those who can afford it

Jesse Meadowcroft

Value of academic assignments is underestimated by students

Anne Mottram

Primary care liaison staff can help reduce health inequalities

Eric Broussine

Specialists can boost their case by proving they offer a quality service

Alister Campbell

Dementia Action Alliance

Ben Mott

Oxford Handbook of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing

Ian Birkinshaw

Law and Professional Issues in Midwifery

Sam Chenery-Morris

The Plot Against the NHS

Roswyn Hakesley-Brown

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Ben Mott

I preserved a patient’s dignity by recognising she was in distress

Hollie Thomson

Readers panel - On the same wavelength

Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Shona MacLean, Julie Clarke, Esther Tanton

We are all responsible

Dame Chris Beasley

Voices - the shocking rise in poverty needs an inclusive response, writes rosemary cook

Rosemary Cook

Joie de vivre

Keep it brief

Mouthing off

The shocking rise in poverty needs an inclusive response

‘There will be terrible casualties’

Alison Moore

Research that proves the value of nurses

Keith Hurst

Success in sight

Mark Gould

Why the Care campaign is needed

Jean Gray

RCN president says stop unfair attacks on nurses

Andrea Spyropoulos

Quality watch

Keith Hurst

‘Through this campaign, we want to give our readers the opportunity to be at the heart of the debate, to pinpoint failures, and help identify the solutions’

Jean Gray

It is time to address unfair attacks

Speaking up for change

Join our drive to make quality care universal

Polycystic ovary syndrome linked to serious health problems in pregnancy

Long-term use of vitamins and dietary supplements can shorten life

Marital status shown to have an effect on cancer survival rates, particularly among men

Exercise improves women’s control of urine leakage

Noticeboard

Starting out I preserved a patient’s dignity by recognising she was in distress

Hollie Thomson

Diagnosing hypertension by ambulatory monitoring is less costly than other methods

World in brief

The need for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is unclear

Lydia Burke

Failure to trial healthcare reforms could spell disaster

Karen Chilver

Call for nurse leaders to be vetted by a national competency system

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Political notebook 09.11.11

‘Unfit’ staff may be given chance to remove themselves from register

Regulator reveals extent of lapsed registration

Peer calls for support worker regulation to be mandatory

‘Back to basics’ cards act as reminder on essentials

News in brief

Midwives’ fire safety promotion commended

Passion and pride of new recruits revitalises permanent employees

Erin Dean

Health chiefs and unions draw up plans for mass pensions walk out

Tamsin Snow

Nurse representation in the lords is ‘sorely missing’

Dignity in care commission to quiz regulator

Service records reveal lives of unsung heroes

Report highlights cases of poor nutrition and pain relief failings

Tackling poor care – priorities for action

Nurse leaders set out their top ten objectives in bid to improve care

Jennifer Sprinks

Join our campaign to enable the best care

Graham Scott