Clinical

<p>A period of fasting prior to anaesthesia for surgery is necessary to prevent aspiration of stomach contents which can be potentially fatal.

<p>This article examines the extent of academic and professional development of enrolled nurses who have completed a conversion course.</p>

This article outlines the Mental Health Awareness Project’s (MHAP) innovative strategy to address the stigma associated with mental i

This review critically analyses literature on urinary catheters with specific reference to issues of sexuality.

In this article, Andrew Koh argues that non-judgemental care is a professional obligation with clear ethical and legal implications f

Verbal debriefing after a traumatic incident may interrupt the natural adaptive processes that help people to deal with such incident

This article describes the work of a nurse-led osteoporosis clinic and its perceived benefits to both patients and staff.

<p>There are relatively few standards of mouth care based on sound research (Hatton Smith 1994), and a recent review of nurse training (Longhurst 1998) demonstrated a wide

<p>This article examines the extent of academic and professional development of enrolled nurses who have completed a conversion course.</p>

Ethical principles underpin decision making in the research process.

To ensure high quality patient care, and to reduce sickness and absence rates, staff themselves need to feel supported.

In the first Practice Profile to be published in Nursing Standard, Debbie Quinn demonstrates how studying a Continui