Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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<p>The death of a family member is one of the most stressful and disruptive life events and, at some point in their career, all cancer nurses will come into contact with f
<p>A wide range of catheter devices are now available through which to deliver treatment to patients. However, patients are seldom asked for their preference of device.
<p>This article describes how an oncology nurse specialist (ONS) post was created to work with patients suffering from oesophageal cancer across three hospital sites.
<p>Having recently been appointed as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) with the task of setting up a support service for people living with melanoma, I needed to ensure pr
<p>Patient follow up after curative treatment for colorectal cancer is a subject of continued debate.
<p>This article outlines the issues and nursing strategies in caring for a patient with cancer, in relation to their position on the life span continuum.
<p>The diagnosis of childhood cancer has a huge impact on the child and family unit.
<p>Several Department of Health (DoH) directives in recent years have outlined the need to improve cancer services in England and Wales.
<p>Now that the Human Genome Project has mapped the entire sequence of human DNA, knowledge of which mutated genes are involved in which cancers is expected to accumulate
<p>Devising the schedule of nursing time on a hospital ward can be a time-consuming business which, if not done properly, can affect staff morale, resource utilisation and
<p>Although the survival rate for many cancers has improved over the past two decades this is not the case for primary malignant brain tumour, or glioma.
<p>Adolescent patients who recover from treatment for brain tumours can be left with both physical and psychosocial problems (Mostow et al 1991, Plowman 1992).
<p>Infertility as a consequence of cancer treatment can be a devastating blow to someone who is already battling a life threatening illness (Koeppel 1995, Quinn 1999).
<p>The place of final care for patients with terminal illness is influenced more by resource availability than patient choice. Resources are not consistently available across the UK to provide successful palliative home care for all those that require this facility.
<p>The role of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) remains an area of debate. To define this role, it is important to elicit the perspectives of stakeholders, such as the nurses working with the CNS and the patients.
<p>Truth-telling about life-threatening cancer illness is a controversial matter. Few studies have explored attitudes towards truth-telling among people from migrant communities.
<p>Palliative care services have developed rapidly over the past 30 years and the palliative needs of cancer patients are now well understood and managed by specialist palliative care services.
<p>Children’s cancers are seldom like adult cancers. They frequently have a different pathology, arise in different body locations and have a different treatment regime and outcome.
