Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Complex wounds fill most nurses with the feeling of unmanageable dread.
Although nurses are more knowledgeable about pressure sore healing and treatment than expected, a small scale study found that there
<p>THERE IS substantial evidence to indicate that nursing is a stressful occupation which can lead to disruptions in both psychological and physical health and can impair
When The Scope of Professional Practice was published in 1992 it was hailed as one of the UKCC’s most influential documents, with the
In the USA, some individuals are taking the giants of the tobacco industry to court and winning.
<p>THE PROJECT 2000 initiative led to a number of radical changes in the educational preregistration programmes.
Aim and intended outcomes <p>The aim of this first article is to to increase nurses' knowledge of casting, consider the health, safety and environmental aspects of ca
Fifty years after the NHS was launched to offer health care for all, there are still many inequalities, particularly for clients from
External examiners often identify inaccurate referencing as a weakness in scripts submitted for assessment.
<p> Introduction In July 1998, the celebration of 50 years of the NHS led to a flurry of events and articles looking back over developments in nursing and health care.
<p>CORONARY HEART DISEASE (CHD) remains the single most prevalent cause of premature death in the UK, but according to the British Heart Foundation (1997), the death rate
This research study demonstrates the necessity for mental health nurses and allied clinical staff to be conscious that their clients
Since its discovery in the late 19th century, pneumoconiosis has shaped the lives of thousands of miners.
<p>I REMEMBER little mention of environmental causes of ill health during my training. Now interest in environmental issues is growing. We know that the environment can affect health, both positively and negatively, although much depends on the definition of environment used.
<p> Schering Supporting education in oncology, haematology, urology and neurology.</p>
<p>Access to research funding information is a significant barrier to the development of research ideas and the involvement of nurses in research. Nancy Lester and Christine Parker-Jones describe a new database intended to overcome this barrier.</p>
In many ways, the key to the future development of gerontological nursing lies in preventing aspects of its history from becoming the focus of nursing in the future.
As nursing has striven to acquire professional autonomy, the biological sciences have been marginalised in the teaching and practice of nursing.
