Liz Gormley-Fleming

Nurse to nurse evidence-based practice – expert interventions June H Larrabee Nurse to nurse evidence-based practice – expert interventions McGraw Hill Medical 256pp £16.99 978 0 07 149372 7 0071494502

This concise guide identifies and explains all the steps required for incorporating evidence-based practice into the daily work of caring for patients.

Children need to choose when receiving mental health care

The call by a group of children cared for on adult mental health wards to have a telephone hotline to dignity nurses is a desperate cry for help (news October 8).

Advocate for patients who cannot afford top-up care

The ban on patients receiving free treatment if they buy drugs privately (editorial and news October 22) appears to be calculating the worth of an individual.