Listings

Incidence monitoring of pressure sores

Noel Lockyer-Steve

Home nursing equipment needs

Heather Young

What causes pressure sores?

Krzys Gebhardt

The first national chronic wound audit

Gerry Bennet, Edward J Dickenson

Readers Panel - What's it worth?

Christopher Humm, Kevin Kendrick, Jackie Knott, Fiona Fieldhouse, Linda Hollings, Andrea Martin, Brendan McMahon, Wendy Hall, Chris Cruickshank

I need training in practical skills

Information exchange

Reunion

We’re not responsible for relationships

Philomena Smith

I take pride in wearing a uniform

Laura Daniels

Transplant recipients should say thank you

B Bradley

Nurses should oppose arms exports

We must fight for our patients’ rights

Nicky Sellick

Nurses’ attire in a special hospital: perceptions of patients and staff

Walter Brennan, William Scully RMN, Paul Tarbuck RGN, DipMan BATheol, Carol Young RMN

Traumatic stress: a nurse therapist role?

Suzanna Rose

Making the final decision

Learning theories made easy: humanism

Gilean McKenna

Long-term catheter use in the community

Kathryn A Getliffe

A feat for nursing?

Mike George

Something to beef about?

Kathryn Little, Diane Palmer, Dianne Sillers

Sadly familiar tragedies

Daniel Allen

RCN challenges trusts to settle on pay

Julie McCaughan

A primary influence

Jessica Hodgson

Risk of hepatitis C from breast milk

Good results from life-style changes

Tailor-made treatment for alcohol misuse?

Self-screening of melanoma risk valid

Bureaucrats’ wages bill up

More nurses needed in care homes

Margaret Beckett supports sacked nurse

News

Compulsory HIV testing firmly rejected by official inquiry

Bill Doult

RCN to run depot drug workshops

News in brief

Call made for better media coverage of mental health

Graham Scott

European health hotline set up

Euthanasia law will not change

News

News

Survey confirms that women take longer to reach top jobs

Jean Gray

Man who posed as nurse held in custody

Abandon traditional divisions, says report

News

Nurse dies from meningitis

Nurse’s suicide caused by stress at work

Christina Potrykus

Scottish HVA to hold ballot over Unison merger

RCN Council due to make a decision on plans to scrap no-strike policy

Graham Scott

Editorial

Linda Thomas