Clinical

<p>This article discusses the differences between organisational culture and organisational climate, and provides an overview of the relationship between safety culture an

23 Feb 2010

This article discusses the differences between organisational culture and organisational climate, and provides an overview of the re

17 Feb 2010

<p>Promoting tissue viability and caring for skin damaged as a result of radiotherapy are critical to the quality of care patients receive.

17 Feb 2010

<p>This article attempts to summarise and interpret recent quality initiatives from the Department of Health to improve tissue viability nursing services across England.

17 Feb 2010

<p>Hip arthroplasty (total hip replacement) is a common orthopaedic procedure that can greatly improve patients’ quality of life.

16 Feb 2010

<p>Cyclical vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a disorder of unknown cause.

10 Feb 2010

<p>Aim To investigate the experiences of patients and nursing staff in relation to the care delivered to, and received by, older people with dementia in an acute hospital

10 Feb 2010

<p>This article is aimed at nurses and other health professionals working in clinical practice and involved in venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessments.

03 Feb 2010

<p>This article explores the role of the district nurse in supporting family and friends who act as informal carers for patients who wish to die at home.

03 Feb 2010

<p>Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a serious and complex condition.

27 Jan 2010

<p>There has been a vast increase in the use of complementary therapies in recent years.

27 Jan 2010

<p>Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a serious and complex condition.

27 Jan 2010

<p>The nurse-to-nurse handover is not taught formally during training, yet it is one of the most important rituals of the nursing shift.

20 Jan 2010

<p>The learning and teaching of clinical skills for pre-registration nurses are currently high profile in the nursing arena, with clinical skills a central component of new curricula development.

20 Jan 2010

<p>Aim To identify how music and singing may be used therapeutically by nurses in caring for older people.</p> <p>Method A multimethod approach was taken, comprising a search of the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and Medline databases, and the

13 Jan 2010

<p>Carpal tunnel syndrome is an upper limb entrapment neuropathy that can result in motor and sensory disturbance of the median nerve, affecting the hands. Treatment strategies may include the use of night splints, corticosteroid injections or surgical decompression.

13 Jan 2010

<p>Many countries have experienced a pronounced shift towards later childbearing in recent years. Having children later in life has become a characteristic of contemporary fertility in affluent societies.

06 Jan 2010

<p>It is recognised that people with learning disabilities fail to access health screening and that in the past, hospital services failed to meet the needs of this group of patients.

06 Jan 2010

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