Tanya Nasir fraudulently secured a neonatal unit nurse manager role and was jailed
Clinical
<p>Aim To identify smoking prevalence and behaviour in clients who are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive and to enrol those wanting to stop smoking in a smoking
<p>The shadowing scheme supports nursing students in learning how to manage and identify the characteristics of good leadership.
<p>This is the second in a series of seven articles on the National Patient Safety Agency’s Seven Steps to Patient Safety (NPSA 2004a).
<p>The ability to describe and analyse published literature on a topic and develop discussion and argument is central to evidence-based patient care.
<p>This is the first article in a series of seven based on the Seven Steps to Patient Safety (National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) 2004a).
<p> Aim To establish whether or not community nurse practitioners</p> <p>were able to achieve a ‘higher level of practice’, as articulated by the</p> <
Aim To establish whether or not community nurse practitioners were able to achieve a ‘higher level of practice’, as articulated by the United K
<p>This article discusses the use of peer education to reduce sexually transmitted infections, including human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, i
<p>Prone positioning is a technique used to treat patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
Prone positioning is a technique used to treat patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
<p>Aim To determine whether the allocation of single rooms in a large NHS trust hospital was based on clear criteria and whether patient choice was reflected in this pract
<p>Part one of this article describes the development of the nurse practitioner role in the UK.
<p>Nurses with a prescribing qualification are now able to prescribe catheters and catheter management products. However, they must use research and best evidence to inform their prescribing decisions.
<p>Continuous bladder irrigation is a widely used procedure following urological surgery. Nurses monitor patients to minimise complications and to provide an accurate record of fluid input and output.
<p>Aim To determine what contributes to the professional fulfilment of registered nurses.</p> <p>Method An interpretive research approach was used to gather data from a large international sample of nurses from a variety of nursing specialties.
<p>This article, the last in this series, focuses on the ways a nurse can acquire relevant genetic information for effective practice and how this information can be communicated successfully.</p>
<p>This article raises professional awareness of patients’ experiences of pain at wound dressing change, and provides nurses with practical strategies that enable them to minimise the pain and trauma experienced by patients during wound care procedures.</p>
<p>Every patient attending the operating theatre will at some stage be at risk of developing a pressure ulcer. Some of the important issues associated with pressure ulcer risk in the peri-operative environment are discussed.
