Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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<p> Aims and intended learning outcomes </p> <p>The aim of this article is to provide nurses with appropriate knowledge and information to manage a patient wit
<p>Patient satisfaction is a popular way of evaluating nursing practice, but there are doubts about its reliability and validity.
<p>Recent developments in dressings for intravenous access sites include a transparent dressing which does not retain moisture.
<p>Continuing Education articles are run in conjunction with the Royal College of Nursing Institute to help you to maintain and develop your practice and can be used to me
<p>Since its inception in 1991, the NHS Executive Research and Development Strategy has aimed to “secure a knowledge-based health service” and “maximise the effectiveness,
<p>In this article the authors report on the evaluation of an out-of-hours telephone triage and advice service in general practice.
<p>The aim of this article is to develop or update the nurses’ knowledge in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, with particular reference to gastroscopy, and in general term
<p>In May 1995 the author was appointed as the first laparoscopic nurse practitioner (NP) in the UK.
<p>The most senior nurses and midwives in 355 National Health Service (NHS) Trusts in the United Kingdom were surveyed to establish what computer networks were in use by n
<p>The use of nurses’ holding power is a poorly explored aspect of psychiatric inpatient care.
<p>In the companion article to a literature review published recently in Nursing Standard (Sloan 1998), the author demonstrates the use of focus groups as a data collectio
<p>In this article, the author identifies the contribution of nursing research to building the capacity of healthcare services to care for the people of the Republic of So
<p>If a person becomes ill after taking Ecstasy, their friends are often reluctant to seek medical help until the person becomes dehydrated or collapses (Cook 1995).
<p>Using the literature reviewed in this article, the author explores the issues surrounding wound care management in relation to care of skelet al pin sites. In this way, an evidence-based protocol for care is developed.</p>
<p>This article reports the results of a study into the use of personal professional profiles by nurses, midwives and health visitors in an NHS trust.
<p>Interstitial cystitis is a chronic and painful inflammation of the bladder wall. Patches of the lining of the bladder wall become raw and inflamed, causing bleeding.
<p>In the study reported in this article, the researchers attempted to raise awareness among practitioners of the importance of intramuscular drug administration technique in reducing injection site complications following antipsychotic depot injections.
<p>In this article, the author discusses how nurses can identify, prevent and treat the psychological consequences of stoma surgery for patients and their families.</p>
