JUN – DEC 2005        CLICK HERE TO READ ABSTRACT           Volume 6, Number 2

Editorial
Global Epidemic of Diabetes, A Serious Burden Among Developing Countries
Punitha Ezhilarasu

Concepts and Issues
Assertiveness in nursing
Leah Macaden

Clinical Articles
Preparing nurses for genomic era
Jothi Clara, J.
Emotional needs in critically ill patients
Mamatha Shivananda Pai

Student Articles
Dementia - The role of nurses in its recognition and management
Karunakaran, K.P., Sheeba S.Chandy, Helen Charles, Manoranjitham, S.

Research Articles
Role of the community health nurse as a Family Nurse Practitioner
Jayanthi Milka Bai, Chellarani Vijayakumar, Rosaline Jayakaran, Rajarathnam      Abel

Continuing Education Series
Pathophysiology and management of patients with Type 1 Diabetes mellitus - Part I
Shanthi Johnson, Leah Macaden

Research in Brief
Management of breast engorgement
Shanthi Margoschis, Janet Jones, Alice Augustine