Listings

Pulse oximetry

Jan Keenan

Heartlines

Central venous pressure

Michael McDermott

Electrolytes in cardiac patients

Peter SC Wong, Alison Warren

Thoracic aortic dissection

John Chambers

A day in the life...

Phil McEvoy

Cut flowers

Antony Sheehan, Stephen Wright

Readers panel - A degree of professionalism?

Angela Kennedy, Chris Bassett, Louise James, Linda Jarrett, Paul Watson, Paul Kirwan, Lyz Warren, Val Flint, Linda Mealing, John Carthy, Andrea Spyropoulos, Wicce St Clair Hawkins

Information exchange

Diabetes picture showed bad practice

L Major

We were better regarded in the 50s

Agency nurse was abused by NHS staff

The dreadful effects of low pay

John Lavery

Community care has turned into disaster

Mark T.G Leask

UKCC does not safeguard standards

David Kitching

Discrimination against male nurses

Neil Nash Berkeley

We need assertive nurse advocates

Jane Wright

Consent to surgery: the role of the nurse

Priscilla Alderson

Patient-controlled analgesia

Nicky Thomas

Using benchmarking to improve practice

Judith Ellis

Positive action on equal opportunities

Amode Lado

A portfolio be proud of

Louise Hunt, Wright Cheryl, Redferm Julie

Enough is enough

Dina Leifer

Quality participation

Marja-Leena Perala

Managing information

Lynne Currie

Public health needs more input

Kate Williams

War on skin cancer

Kate Williams

Prompted voiding encourages continence

Analgesia in patients with renal impairment

Homeless respond to kinder care

Acyclovir prevents chemotherapy ulcers

Specialist nurse appointed after Cornwall baby inquiry

Nurses can change existing practices

Bassetlaw staff try to come to terms with nurse’s arrest

Dina Leifer

Report stresses equal rights to care for older people

RCN told to keep ‘control’ of education

DoH urged to widen nurse prescribing

NVQs will not be allowed to join RCN

Mixed sex wards condemned

News in brief

Unanimous support for NHS principles

Hancock pledges the RCN will fight on for 3% award

Mini-skirts the future in elderly care

Concern over HIV testing

Vote to decriminalise prostitution

Strong rejection of PRP

MPs join in attack on pay ‘debacle’

Relationship sours with Malone’s letter

RCM denies it has broken ranks on pay

‘Patients will be safeguarded’ pledges RCN

Books

Maastricht venue for conference

What is Euroquan?

Quality of care for hip fracture patients

Birgit Strom, Birgit Villad- sen

Steering toward quality

[Illegible Word] Junod, Veronika Meyer, Elizabeth Ruedi, Thomas Wieland

Quality across frontiers

Hugh McKenna, Pat Deeny

Quality in concert

Stasimir Curie

Coming events

Packed house for seminar

Using the EU to improve quality

Caroline Jackson

Editorial

Norah Casey