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Jenny Knight

Survival of the fittest

Catherine Draper, Philippa Jones, Anna Thompson

Decisions closer to home

Naomi Elliott

Try an unconventional shift

Frances Pickersgill

Postnatal depression

Heidi Neale

An overview of triage in the emergency department

Lorraine Ganley, Annabella S Gloster

An electronic resource to support staff providing end of life care

Philippa Pordes, Angela Ashcroft, Pauline Williams

Psychological needs of patients with functional bowel disorder

Rosie Odhuba

Boardman, Jan

Laurence Dopson

We do think the nhs needs to be reformed, but in the right way

Colin Leys, Stewart Player

Simple ideas that make a world of difference to patient care

Juliet Shaw

Many factors can lead to drug errors, so stop blaming nurses

Kerri Wright

Swabbing the skin before taking blood has no benefits

Anne Zeraschi

Testing staff’s language skills is vital for patient safety

Kerryn Saarinen

Nurse managers need to start becoming better team players

Mike Owen

Let us unite in challenging proposed cuts to our benefits

Gordon Lees

Politicians should reduce their pensions before touching ours

Malcolm Harrison

How will tomorrow’s nurses be able to repay their student debts?

Steve Hoare

Webwise

Laurence Dopson

Gardening Leave

Laurence Dopson

Nursing Adults with Long Term Conditions

Megan Burgess

Nursing Management: Principles and Practice – Second edition

Patricia Campbell

Pharmacology: A Nursing Process Approach – Seventh edition

Sue Jordan

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

Margaret Paul

Readers panel - Should staff and residents in care homes be monitored by 24-hour CCTV cameras?

Scott Justice, Jane Brown, Stephanie Cumming, Alison Crumbie

Desperate act

Flu season

A bug’s life

Yvonne Coghill says nurses are natural leaders because they are closest to patients

Workforce

James Buchan

Medicines management

Matt Griffiths

I delivered better care after moving out of my comfort zone

Alison Marshall

Burden of proof

MP Stephen Dorrell

Voices - Yvonne Coghill says nurses are natural leaders because they are closest to patients

Yvonne Coghill

Starting out i delivered better care after moving out of my comfort zone

Alison Marshall

A century of support

Alison Moore

Reputation on the line

Alison Whyte

High intake of fruits and vegetables raises protection against ardiovascular disease A ‘prudent’ diet rich in fresh

Nurses more likely to take flu vaccination if they believe there will be a personal benefit

Men who binge eat suffer the same psychosocial impairments as women

Study findings add to growing evidence of aspirin’s cancer-beating properties

Pre-menopausal hormones do little to ward off heart disease

‘Holding off on ballot is in nurses’ interests’

Peter Carter

Lansley says the government’s pensions offer is a fair deal

Andrew Lansley

Offer is ‘as good as it gets’

Hundreds of thousands expected to join strike action over pensions

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Trust is close to eradicating its £34 million agency staffing bill

Tamsin Snow

Political notebook 23.11.11

NHS chief calls for better dementia care

NHS chief calls for better dementia care

Assessment tool helps managers establish optimum skill mix

World in brief

News in brief

New training body will help professions interact, says DH

Mental health worker dies in car crash after ten-hour night shift

Low staffing levels preventing home births

Midwifery roles are being filled by nurses as a cost-cutting tactic

Erin Dean

NMC will look at ethnic make up of staff in fitness to practise hearings

Erin Dean

No applications to register HCAs received so far

Design Council to help calm A&E patients

Call for more nurses in the house of lords

Integrated working key to supporting older people

Job insecurity and staff anxiety putting standards of care at risk

Defence of pensions is a wholly just cause

Graham Scott