Computers in cardiac nursing

Helene Skinkis

VasoSeal

Rachel Barnes

Health education and heart disease

John F Kennedy

A quick tip

Stephen Thomas

The terrence higgins trust HIV/AIDS book

Tony Harrison

Cancer information at your fingertips

Caroline Richens

Royal College of Nursing Manual of Family Health

Penelope Keith

Bedevilled advocates

Wendy Nganasurian

The beverage report

Paul Wicker

The Clay Column

Trevor Clay

Information exchange

Simon Higgs

Show of appreciation can ease burnout

Defence of ‘difficult patients’ is applauded

M Elizabeth Vokes

Letter

Sarah Murray

Letter

David Danes

‘Boiling point’ evokes steamy student reply

Pam Wild

Prescriptive nature of named nursing

Brigid Reid

RCN Nursing Update goes for CATS points

Stella Pendleton

‘New age caring’ is old hat in Britain

Elizabeth Miller

Development of an in vitro bladder model

Anne Mulhall

Time management in a day surgery unit

Peter Renwick

Helping lumbosacral arachnoiditis patients

Using hydrotherapy: maximising benefits

Philip Boulter

Growing straight

Eileen Bell

Skill mix and the effectiveness of nursing care

Moira Higgins, Paul Dixon

Methotrexate beneficial in cystic fibrosis

Antimalarials reduce severity of attacks

Smokers’ infants need more antibiotics

‘Vaccine’ hope for malignant melanoma

Xerostomia and treatment with DDI

Outcome variations for children with cleft palates

Risk of renal failure no higher in kidney donors

SAD sufferers’ symptoms began in adolescence

Listings

The sound revolution

Mark J Monaghan

Gossip

John Naisn

Pressure sores: a case to answer

Keith F Cutting

Women who prostitute are practising safer sex

News

Study finds primary nurses are better communicators

News

Forgotten carers must be asked about their needs

US nurses win battle for right to prescribe

Derek Hand

News in brief

Back pain claimants are being given a rough ride

News

Hospitals should be ‘smoke-free’ zones

News

News

Managers say jobs must go to make up for shortfall

Abuse of bank nurse system creates client risk claim

New laws will protect whistleblowers

Patients saved in hospital blaze

Derek Hand

News in brief

Staff have an important role to play in contract setting

Nurses leaving because they are ‘unhappy’

Job evaluation schemes are being carried out too quickly

Jackie O'Byrm

Bart’s nurses set for move to Homerton?

Nurses facing relocation outside the capital

Jackie O'Byrne

News in brief

Danger of ignoring the value of nursing staff

Accept closures or nurses could face dole

Avoidable health burden Britain can’t afford

Call for ban on unsafe home lifting

Management calls for a ‘modest’ increase

Most NHS nurses feel they are badly paid, says survey

Jackie O'Byrne

Heart disease: reducing the risks

Helen Dutton

Nurses’ cash value

Norah Casey