Thoughts and feelings

Sue Spencer

‘This is a full-on expert’s role’

Biddy Clark

With a little foresight

Sarah Wray

Noticeboard

Imported labour

Clare Lomas

Vulnerable adults

Lyn Norkett

Management of patients with cellulitis of the lower limb

Alison Beasley

Identification, diagnosis and treatment of wound infection

Jane Cadogan, Dawn Baldwin, Stephanie Carpenter, Jill Davey, Helen Harris, Kate Purser, Gill Wicks

Use of patient diaries in critical care

Cheryl Phillips

Training nurses in pressure ulcer assessment and care

Public health body has done much to influence reforms

Richard Parish

End of life care can be of a high quality on general wards

Marion Foreman

Specialist nurses need data to convince commissioners

Stephen Callaghan

Are nurse specialists seen as an easy target for cutbacks?

Patricia Campbell

Union members should engage with threat to their pensions

Zeba Arif

Nursing’s reputation could be rescued by a job well done

Andrew Makin

Nurses would liven up the Lords and make a brilliant contribution

Cris Allen

NHS Concern

Marc Cornock

Evidence-Based Practice – An Implementation Guide for Healthcare Organizations

Irene Mabbott

Legal Aspects of Health and Safety – Second edition

Mary Shaw

Nursing in Partnership with Patients and Carers

Carol Singleton

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

Margaret Paul

Starting out - Witnessing an error reinforced the importance of proper checks student experiences in the real world of nursing starting out

Kelly Taylor

Witnessing an error reinforced the importance of proper checks

Kelly Taylor

Readers panel - born a cut above the rest

Sue Sczepanska, Linda Drake, Christopher Barber, Elsie Gayle

Back disadvantaged young people to promote equality

A consuming issue

Liz Evans

Voices - Questions remain over the government’s pension plan, writes Peter Carter

Peter Carter

Inconvenient

Questions remain over the government’s pension plan

Missing ‘u’

Offer of a quick fix

Mark Gould

Strategy for change

Jennifer Sprinks, Adele Waters

Nations unite in war against global killers

Daloni Carlisle

Any excess weight increases the danger of miscarriage in IVF pregnancy

Shift work during teenage years may increase chances of developing multiple sclerosis

Composition of breast can help predict a woman’s risk of developing cancer

Suicidal people often present contradictory behaviour before death

The experts’ views

A profession in the spotlight: what makes good quality care?

Commons health committee to review workforce and training

Towing the line wins silver

World in brief

Political notebook 16.11.11

Union reps allege bullying from trusts trying to cut labour costs

Tamsin Snow

New antibiotics ‘should be fast-tracked’

Activists vow to continue fight for mandatory regulation of HCAs

Jennifer Sprinks

News in brief

College concerned about hurried FtP referrals

Audit exposes slow progress of NMC cases

Care home previously run by Southern Cross to shut down

Management by private firm raises concern

Tribute paid to nurses who died for Britain

Nominate a colleague to enter the House of Lords

Campaign to raise standards of care attracts high-level support

Petra Kendall-Raynor, Adele Waters

College agrees to ballot on ‘unprecedented’ action

NHS employers limit staff leave ahead of mass pensions walkout

Erin Dean

Healthy scepticism about social enterprises

Graham Scott