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Editorial
Health minister Dan Poulter should be listening to nurses
News
Experts 'disappointed' at minister's refusal to meet over staffing levels
Uniforms and clearer job titles help patients identify who's who
Emergency staff call for urgent action as A&E crisis deepens
Number struck off the NMC register soars as regulator cuts FtP backlog
Analysis
Wright angle
Stephen Wright's take on recent news
Mary Seacole's influence
Senior BME figures debate her legacy
Clinical digest
Latest research from the nursing and scientific journals
Migraine in children linked to history of infantile colic
Features
Staff performance
Is it too diffi cult to take action against nurses who are not up to the job?
Cases up, backlog down
How the NMC is dealing with a surge of referrals from employers
Those were the days
Time has trampled underfoot some dubious nursing practices
Men's health
Erectile dysfunction
Reflections
Voices
The NMC's new members have plenty of experience, as Mark Addison explains
Show of support
Stafford Hospital nurses were cheered when they joined a recent rally
History lesson
The past helps us see the present, says Jane Bates
Dark remedies
Could plain chocolate cure David Newnham's cough?
Readers panel
What can nurses do to improve uptake of the MMR vaccination?
Day to celebrate
May 12 events made Zeba Arif feel proud
Starting out
How student Holly Howe Watson overcame her lack of confidence to challenge experienced nurses
Reviews
TV, radio, books and website Health issues on screen, on air, in print and online
Letters
Your letters, emails and tweets
Art & Science
Change management
Planning successful change
Bowel disease
Professional issues faced by nurse specialists
Learning Zone
Enteral nutrition
Caring for adults who require nasogastric feeding tubes
Careers
Nurse consultants
A tool that measures the role's value
Mary Seacole awards
How minority communities and the winners themselves benefit
Student Life
The future is in our hands
Informed and inspired by RCN congress
Support in practice
A seven-page supplement for HCAs and assistant practitioners
Awards for excellence; social networking; retirement issues; reading blood pressure correctly; working in orthopaedics; and more
The RCN Publishing Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal College of Nursing, the world's largest organisation for nurses. RCN Publishing produces one weekly, eight monthly and two quarterly nursing publications. Nursing Standard, the flagship journal, is the UK's biggest selling weekly for nursing. It is produced by RCN Publishing Company along with a suite of specialist nursing journals - Cancer Nursing Practice, Mental Health Practice, Learning Disability Practice, Nursing Children and Young People, Nursing Management, Emergency Nurse, Nursing Older People, Nurse Researcher and Primary Health Care. RCN Publishing Company also produce the RCN Bulletin, a major source of up-to-the-minute information for RCN members in all specialities, grades and working environments. With the latest nurse vacancies from trusts nationwide, it has become the most cost-effective nurse recruitment magazine available.