Legal advice: Richard Griffith on duty of confidence

Richard Griffith

An air of confidence

Robin Lewis

HCAs are perfectly placed to provide human sympathy and support

Florence Winterflood

Building the basis for appropriate therapy

Frances Pickersgill

Safety first on medicines

Dianne Bowskill

Playing to my strengths

Joanne Fuller

Review aims to maximise staff potential

Kate Smith

HCA voices make council debut

David Cardwell, Brenda McIlmurray

Nothing to be ashamed of

Diane Phimister

Getting to the heart of care

Jane Grant

Ready for more responsibility

Jenny Knight

Good things

Frances Pickersgill

Ethical practice in nursing care

Janet Holt, Helen Convey

Surgical site infection

Lisa Dryden

Managing breathlessness in patients with lung cancer

Lindsay Cairns

Blood components

Alistair Farley, Charles Hendry, Ella McLafferty

Biley, Francis

Jonathan Parker

Fran Biley provided inspiration and support to all around him

Chris Clark

Drug treatment services need to adapt to changing needs of users

Yasmin Batliwala

Every nurse should read this moving personal account

Helen Evans

Apparent lack of will to heed health messages is disturbing

Pat Beeden

I feel I failed patient who told me about his violent childhood

Bridget Ryan

Benefits of peritoneal dialysis are too frequently overlooked

Ellie Hickman

If wrongly used, this end of life nursing tool can look sinister

Julie Cooper

Open dialogue is essential for the Liverpool care pathway to work

Patricia Campbell

I recently attended a clinical commissioning group (CCG) ‘consultation’ in Kent.

Christine Tongue

Young Minds

Holly Howe Watson

Hill Walking: The Official Handbook of the Mountain Leader and Walking Group Leader Schemes – Second edition

Roger Evans

Nursing Leadership and Management – Third international edition

Betty Kershaw

Nursing and Health: Evidence-based Practice – Survival Guide

Irene Mabbott

Nurse training in Italy was tough but it taught me the essence of care

Xiaodong Wu

Over-diagnosis is a price worth paying for lives saved

Victoria Harmer

Uncommon cold

Under pressure

Running the HIV risk

Paul Steinberg

Leadership is all very well, but leaders need people to lead

One year on: the campaign for better care

Clare Lomas

‘Having the time to oversee the ward has made a huge difference’

Tamsin Snow

Most practice nurses are aged over 50

Biggest cancer killer lacks nurse specialists

Sally Gillen

Leadership course prompts ‘buddy system’ support initiative

Global study shows UK lags behind in newly qualified nurse numbers

Tamsin Snow

NMC will consider part-timers’ fee-cut

Registration forms delay is blamed on a postal glitch

Raising awareness of pressure ulcers

Scotland’s health secretary orders review of cuts to nurse workforce

Jennifer Trueland

Report finds staff shortages led to poor patient care

Understaffing is ‘significant issue’ in nursing homes

Guidance gives nurses two weeks to dispute contents of their police record

Allocated supervisory time for ward sisters varies dramatically

Tamsin Snow

A matter of perspective: nurse specialist teaches alcohol awareness

A lack of staff is so often at the root of poor care

Graham Scott

A lack of staff is so often at the root of poor care

Graham Scott