| 107 | | Publisher's Note |
| 109 | | Guest Editorial: Nursing shortage: A crisis for the next decade Dorcas C Fitzgerald |
| 113 | | Editorial: Attracting and keeping talent: Nursing recruitment and selection Alastair Rylatt |
| 117 | | Literature Reveiw: Menopausal treatment dilemma: A challenge for women and nurses Pamela Buxton-Blake |
| 126 | | Topic Reveiw: The experience of physical restraint: A systematic review of qualitative research David Evans, Mary Fitzgerald |
| 136 | | Topic Reveiw: Law and policy in relation to the use of seclusion in psychiatric hospitals in Australia and New Zealand Eimear Muir-Cochrane, Colin Holmes, Jo Ann Walton |
| 148 | | Clinical Articles: The changing 'shape' of the nursing station Ann Wakefield |
| 158 | | Clinical Articles: The nature and severity of urinary incontinence in post-natal women Bev O'Connell, Barbara Hanna, Susan Bailey, Helen Walsh, Amy Prosser |
| 169 | | Clinical Articles: The home management and characteristics of children presenting to hospital with acute gastroenteritis Damhnat McCann, Helen Longbottom, Michael Nissen |
| 179 | | Student's Corner: The last 48 hours of life Denise Barham |
| 192 | | Student's Corner: Nurses eating nurses: The caring profession which fails to nurture its own! Leanne Davey |
| 198 | | Feature Article: Quality of life among mastectomy patients receiving radiotherapy Liang Xiaokun |
| 209 | | Feature Article: Private practice: An advanced practice option Anne Wilson, Heather Jarman |
| 217 | | Feature Article: Applying Carper's patterns of knowing to children's nursing today Polly Lee |
| 223 | | Feature Article: Win–Win–Win: Collaboration advances critical care practice Deb Spence, Sandra Fielding |
| 229 | | Feature Article: Perioperative managers: Role stressors and strategies for coping Marilyn Schroeder, Linda Worrall-Carter |
| 239 | | Feature Article: 'Here and now' focused counselling: A model for nurses Judi Weaver |
| 249 | | Feature Article: What does health literacy mean to children? May SM Fok, Thomas KS Wong |
| 259 | | Exemplar: Cost-effectiveness of primary care services provided by nurses' private clinics in Thailand Somchit Hanucharurnkul, Yuwadee Leucha, Piyakorn Chutungkorn, Suwanna Chantraprasert, Supranee Athaseri, Naiyana Noonill |
| 281 | | Methodology: Technical reflection for improving nursing and midwifery procedures using critical thinking in evidence based practice Bev Taylor |