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Exploring the role of the tissue viability specialist nurse

Haoli James

Setting up a nurse-led clinic in wound healing

Mick Miller

Water-filled gloves do not relive sores

Queen’s award for granuflex

Accurate diagnosis essential

New TVS Chair promises more support for members

Nicky Cullum

Assisted ventilation 1: methods and observation

Ruth Endacott

Bird brained

Information exchange

Bad deal for nurses in private sector

Why generic nursing does not work

Sue Jones

Danger of untrained auxiliaries

Alternative strategies to lifting

Paid Lloyd

Network works for DSC nurses

Maggie Morten, Harold Wood

Why don’t you come to conferences?

Eileen James

Continuous assessment fairest

Julia Hopewell

Changes in nursing education give rise to ‘blatant racism’

Charles Duguid

NHS market reforms: lessons from the US

Pam Smith

Drugs used to lower high lipid levels

Sidney J Hopkins

Collaboration among health professionals

Jackie Rodgers

A nurse-led service

Douglas Guerrero

The human factor

Ken Hutchinson

In the balance

James Buchan

Response so far

That was then and this is now

Education about antibiotics essential

Alex Mathuson

Poor quality service for disabled people

Mike George

Policy for the future

Linda Thomas

Lignocaine ‘effective’ in pre-term infants

Blood to replace skin test for TB?

HIV mortality linked to income

Legal position on glaucoma

Cytokine blockade in inflammatory disease

Products/information

The hazards of poor assessment

Nurses’ cars ‘are not a tax perk’

Bill Doult

Call for UK sanatoria to be reopened

Increased fears of HIV and bovine TB link

Dina Leifer

‘Twilight shift’ proposed to help promote patients’ sleep

Choice of hours healthier for night staff

Diana Leifer

Nurses’ workloads rated as worst aspect of job in survey

Dina Leifer

Trust apologises for charging 2p for glass of water

UKCC issues new statement on waterbirth

ICN begins search for new chief

GPs get major funds for education programme

Colleges warned to strict on monitoring sickness

News

Babies under one should not be given cow’s milk, says coma

HVA launches new guidance booklet on AIDS and HIV

Report recommends 20% cut in CPNs

Jean Gray

Nurses forced to take on more work

News in brief

Well, almost nothing

Catholic nurses’ dilemma

Long wait for pension reviews

Scottish unions fear loss of 4,500 jobs

Kate Williams

Ralph resignation expected

News

New grading structure puts nurses on NVQ scales

Nurses and doctors unite against PRP

Dina Leifer

Editorial

Norah Casey