Design and Facile Synthesis of Spiro-s-tetrazine Derivatives of 2,4- diphenyl-3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane-9-one.

Background: Literature survey suggested various methods of synthesis of the 3- azabicyclo [3.3.1] nonanes which include, Mannich reaction, α, α'-Annelation of Cyclic Ketones or through Enamines, Michael addition, Intramolecular Cyclizations, etc.

Recruits from outside Europe face tick-box exercises to work.

FROM THIS month, overseas nurses from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) seeking to practise in the UK will no longer need to undertake supervised practice placements, under plans by the nursing regulator.

Brighter prospects.

One London hospital provides a nursing service dedicated to people who are homeless.

Scarce support changes lives.

Patients with rare diseases often feel isolated and can struggle to find information, but nurse specialists can help.

Looking from the outside in.

A housing and care provider for older people has taken the unusual step of employing a nurse to manage end of life care.

Design for life.

A team of designers has been charged with redesigning hospital equipment that will help combat infection. Their prototypes are now in production.

A lifeline for children.

CLIC Sargent, the charity for children with cancer, is next year's partner for the London Marathon. Raising money from the event will fund more nurses to provide care.

Equipping staff to care.

Moving to a different hospital can mean learning how to use different equipment. But help is at hand in the form of a training database.

Laws of humanity.

The Human Rights Act should underpin everything nurses do in caring for patients. The topic is the subject of an RCN conference to be held in London on October 26.

Lessons in how to quit.

Today is No Smoking Day and school nurses are at the forefront of helping students to quit.

Call to volunteer.

Volunteers can contribute a great deal to people receiving health or social care. Some of the quirky activities they offer are contact with owls and the provision of arts and crafts materials.

Cruise control.

'I 'd rather have three hours on a beach in Barbados than a week in Wolverhampton,' says nurse Andrea Brown, comparing her previous life in the English midlands to the dream she lives today. Ms Brown has found a way to mix her wanderlust with her love of emergency care by getting a job as a nurse on a luxury cruise ship. Her current tour of duty is on the opulent Cunard liner, Queen Mary 2 (QM2), which she has been aboard for several months.