Aim to please and you will

Jane Redfern Jones

Protection for employees

Kevin Austerberry

Offer an expert opinion

Lynne Wallis

Notice board

The value of expertise

Michelle Scallon

Management of patients with metastatic prostate cancer

Bruce Turner, Lawrence Drudge-Coates

Infection control

Mercy Ankomah

End of life care for patients following acute stroke

Eileen Cowey

The role of the clinical research nurse

Claire Louise Gibbs, Karen Lowton

Corrections – 07.03.12

Nice swimming against the tide with its new quality standards

Helen Evans

Cost of competition proving greater than we imagined

Cath Moon

Tell us how can we improve health outcomes for children

Fiona Smith

Making good oral hygiene a priority for all our patients

Louise Rowland

Who says going from the wards to the lords is a good thing?

Bridget Ryan

Bedside handovers are only suitable on general wards

Marguerite Richards

Teamwork helps nurses to develop personally and professionally

Laura Stevens

RCN members throw away chance to have their say on pensions

Kelvin Karim

Military Nurse

Laurence Dopson

Creativity and Communication in Persons with Dementia – A Practical Guide

Alan Chapman

The Handbook of Midwifery Research

Nana Theodorou

Medicines management in Adult Nursing

Marie Gabe

‘Front line staff have to be listened to’

Ann Keen

Sleeping tablets

Matt Griffiths

Workforce

Waste water

Thanks a bunch

The Nursing and Midwifery Council wants your views on equality

I faced my fear of communicating and enhanced my patient insight

Maria Renwick

It is time to update rules on practitioners with HIV

Jason Warriner

Readers panel - Driving a case for change

scott Justice, Craig Hopkins, Sue Szczepanska, Scott Justice

Voices the nursing and midwifery council wants your views on equality, says tony hazell

Tony Hazell

Keep one step ahead

Cathy Moulton

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

Margaret Paul

Recovering from wave of destruction

Erin Dean

Experts keen to dispel fukushima cancer fears

Staff and board use patient films to improve care

All eyes on the patient

Alison Moore

Spoon-fed babies are more likely to become overweight than those who feed themselves

Cannabis use within three hours of driving doubles the risk of a serious accident

Routine use of radiation on older people with lung cancer should be reconsidered

Surgery for epilepsy can enhance patients’ overall long-term quality of life

Optimising health before pregnancy could reduce birth defect risk

The new voice of public health nursing at the heart of Whitehall

Petra Kendall-Raynor

‘We cannot see how the NHS can survive without reform’

Can health professionals stop the NHS reforms before it is too late?

Mentors need more support to fail poorly performing students

Jennifer Sprinks

Political notebook 07.03.12

World in brief

Students worry about public opinion

Government response to commission findings ‘insulting’

News in brief

Employers have a duty to ensure linguistic competence

NMC says placements can restart at Pilgrim Hospital

Trust brings back badges in bid to celebrate nursing excellence

Tamsin Snow

College considers next steps after pensions ballot

Nurses show they are game for a laugh

Consultation on regulators gets under way

Baroness bids to secure healthcare assistant regulation

No extra pay for staff who work on Queen’s diamond jubilee holiday

Jasmine Malone

New recruits tested for compassion

Transparency project will enable nurses to compare performance

Christian Duffin

Using innovation to make care a priority

Graham Scott