Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Clinical
<p>ASTHMA AFFECTS approximately 3.4 million people in the UK (NAC 2000a) and has a substantial impact not only on the individuals who live with it but also on other member
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Aim The RCN Clinical Leadership Development Programme was set up in 1995 and sought to identify how clinical nurses in recognised leadership po
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The level of nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in critical care environments is a controversial issue.
In the absence of much literature about fungating wounds, Mark Collier presents a thought-provoking case history and describes the p
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Honey has been used as a wound treatment for more than 2,000 years.
Tissue viability nursing has expanded and developed considerably in recent years.
Aim To highlight the concerns that students and practitioners might have about the process of assessment of their nursing practice, and to sugg
<p>ASTHMA IS a common condition, reportedly affecting as many as one in five school-age children (Kaur et al 1998).
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Aim To highlight the concerns that students and practitioners might have about the process of assessment of their nursing practice, and to sugg
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In this article the author examines the purpose of discussing relationships and sexuality at initial patient assessment.
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Nursing, in common with all healthcare disciplines, has had to respond to major developments in the wider context of health care.
<p>DURING INFORMAL conversations with nurses on a transitional care unit at a local hospital, it became apparent that although there was space on nursing assessment forms
Aim Patients are known to have difficulty assimilating information about diagnosis and treatment given verbally during consultations with healthcare professionals. Written information in the form of leaflets is often used to reinforce the message.
This article describes the creation of a collaborative care plan in a paediatric day surgery unit. The process of developing and using this document encourages collaborative care delivery and improves relationships between healthcare workers.
Biological and biotechnological advances in the treatment of mental health problems have not, according to the author, produced the benefits for patients that their advocates predicted.
Smoking cessation clinics are developing across the UK, prompted by a new drive to establish an evidence-based service for smokers who want to quit.
<p> AimThis study focused on the impact that breast cancer-related lymphoedema has had on the lives of 20 women, who were already being treated for lymphoedema.</p> <p> MethodIt was a qualitative research study that used data gathered from tape recordings of four focus groups.
<p>An outline of a research project into the use of the internet on hospital wards and its impact on nurses and professionals allied to medicine.</p>
