RCN says flat rate does not ‘accurately reflect the level of responsibility expected of staff’
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<p> Aim To analyse the links between levels of acute pain management knowledge, perceptions of clinical skills and the acute pain management education history of doctors a
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Aim To analyse the links between levels of acute pain management knowledge, perceptions of clinical skills and the acute pain management educat
<p>This article, the fifth of eight in the health promotion series, aims to inform practitioners about potentially harmful health and lifestyle-related behaviours in adole
<p>Aim To ascertain the provision and decontamination of uniforms within a cross-section of NHS trusts in the UK and to compare policies regarding their use.</p> <
<p>Moving and handling education for staff and students was implemented by one higher education institution and examined across its pre-registration health programmes.
<p>This article, the fourth of eight in the health promotion series, aims to help nurses support clients make changes in their smoking and dietary behaviours.</p>
<p>Aim To identify the most appropriate method of breaking news of a patient’s death to unrelated stem cell donors, and to establish best practice guidelines based on the
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Accurate documentation is essential to maintain continuity and inform health professionals of ongoing care and treatment. It also provides legal evidence.
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This article discusses the assessment and management of patients with leg ulcers, focusing on venous, arterial and mixed aetiology u
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This article describes the development of a nurse-led complex wound clinic in Lincolnshire in April 2003, and describes one patient’
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Aim To ascertain whether a lack of inter-rater reliability with the original Waterlow (1996) pressure ul
<p>This article examines the development of the competency based approach to assessment in practice within pre-registration nursing.
<p>The aim of this article, the second in the health promotion series, is to highlight the importance of assessing clients’ motivation and readiness to change, and to offer advice on how to achieve this.</p>
<p>This article reviews the policy implications associated with the creation of nurse entrepreneurs, the levels of progress achieved and the major obstacles to developing these roles. International experience and the cultural climate of the NHS in the UK are also discussed.
<p>Nurse prescribing in mental health and learning disability services is a new development.
<p>This article, the first in the series of eight articles on health promotion, introduces nurses in clinical practice to the principles and practice of facilitating behaviour change among clients.
<p>This article, the third of eight in the health promotion series, aims to offer nurses strategies to help clients avoid relapsing into previous behaviour patterns following a lifestyle change.</p>
<p>It is widely argued that nurse learners should learn to become reflective practitioners and that self-assessment plays a part in this (Ekebergh et al 2004, Thorpe 2004). Problems arise, however, when consideration is given to just how this might be achieved.
