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Intuition is a quality that nurses have traditionally valued, but one that in today’s evidence-based research climate is often denig
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This article examines a range of issues associated with role redesign and pay modernisation in the light of Agenda for Chang
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This article reports work (still in progress) that aims to summarise evidence about the management of infected diabetic foot ulcers.
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This article highlights the importance of using evidence-based practice to improve wound care and support clinical practice.
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Clinical guidelines are intended to provide healthcare staff with information, based on a systematic appraisal of the current best e
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There is a current caseload of 350 children with cystic fibrosis at the Royal Brompton Hospital, and adult caseload of more than six
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Background Research in nursing schools still falls behind that in other disciplines.
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This article describes how one organisation developed an integrated care pathway for women undergoing the procedure total abdominal
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Background People with a dual diagnosis of serious mental illness and substance misuse may be difficult to treat.
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The second part of this article on non-invasive ventilation (NIV) examines the use of bilevel non-invasive ventilation, discussing t
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Background For many woman who suffer from menorrhagia, treatment would previously have meant hysterectomy.
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Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is increasingly being used in domestic and acute health settings.
<p>Background The nursing profession is being directed by the government to modernise alongside the NHS as an organisation (DoH 2000). The role of ward sister/charge nurse has taken the brunt of increasing managerialisation and the reduction in junior doctors’ hours.
<p>IN ATHENS nearly 2,000 years ago, a grotesquely featured teacher – stout, bald, snub-nosed, thick-lipped, protruding eyes – called Socrates wandered the streets on the lookout for arguments. He was often successful.
<p>Scarring has major psychological and physical repercussions–for example, scarring on the face and visible regions of the body can be very distressing for the patient, whether it is simple acne scars or large, raised surgical or traumatic scars.
<p>Background How nurses care for patients who have a cardiac arrest and for their family members who witness it has been identified as being paramount in determining relatives’ acceptance of death and their ability to cope thereafter.
<p>Since the professions moved into higher education, diversity has developed in the amount, depth and methods of bioscience teaching in nursing and midwifery courses. Bioscience encompasses biology, life science, anatomy and physiology.
<p>Aim To develop and test new approaches to professional education that would address issues of team capacity and readiness to learn, thereby strengthening the ability to practise reflectively.</p> <p>Method The time out and the debrief approaches to team training in core compe
