Clinical

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Improving the quality of care for older people has been a key aim of the NHS for many years and is an important part of the

11 Feb 2004
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Background Skin conditions can result in many complex emotional and social problems.

04 Feb 2004
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Recent discussions over the plight of a woman who had spent a year sleeping in her wheelchair because the local NHS trust refused to

04 Feb 2004
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Training needs analysis (TNA) is the first step in the training and educational strategy of an organisation and is crucial to meetin

28 Jan 2004
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Many patients are unable to eat and others are malnourished.

28 Jan 2004
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This article examines the main features of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), including the pathophysiology, clinical manif

21 Jan 2004
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The need for nurses to be more culturally sensitive to deliver better health care to minority ethnic groups is the subject of this a

17 Dec 2003
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Background Although pain measurement tools have been available for a number of years their reliability and validity cannot be presumed because

10 Dec 2003
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Sleep deficit is not uncommon in cardiac surgery patients, but research in this area is limited.

03 Dec 2003
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Hearing impairment affects significant numbers of the people who are most likely to use healthcare services.

03 Dec 2003
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Background The potential risks for and implications of black community practitioners working in racist areas is the subject of this article.

26 Nov 2003
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Part 1 presented the critical companionship framework for facilitating experiential learning, with exemplars of expertise.

19 Nov 2003

A debate has been developing in Nursing Standard on the issue of childhood immunisations. This article adds to the discussion by considering the likelihood of legislation being introduced to make immunisation compulsory in the UK.

19 Nov 2003

This article is the first of two presenting critical companionship as a metaphor and framework for learning from healthcare experiences.

12 Nov 2003

Continual epidural infusions are an accepted intervention for the management of postoperative pain (McQuay and Moore 1998).

12 Nov 2003

In this article, the author examines incontinence following radical prostatectomy and describes how nurses can provide advice, support and care for these patients.

05 Nov 2003

Student-centred methods are increasingly being used to carry out learning, teaching and assessment activities in professional education.

05 Nov 2003

Aim To investigate the options, decisions and outcomes for nurses aged over 50 in terms of remaining in, retiring from, or returning to, work in the NHS.

29 Oct 2003

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