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This article reviews the aims and purposes of the tort system in clinical negligence and outlines the main criticisms of the way the
<p>This article focuses on how nurses can successfully implement the change process using the organisational change model proposed by Leavitt et al (1973).
<p>Aim To explore the reasons given by a disability, assessment and rehabilitation team (DART) for perceived difficulties in discussing sexual problems with male patients
<p>Heart failure is a complex disorder that affects patients and their carers in many ways.
<p>Although the benefits of emollient therapy have been widely acknowledged in dermatology treatments (Cork 1997), emollients have tended to be undervalued and under-used
<p>This article discusses the effect of the role of the modern matron on healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) and hospital cleanliness.
Aim To identify what decisions nurses make in medical, surgical and critical care areas and compare the results.
<p>Background Accurate record keeping can enhance patient care by promoting continuity and consistency of management, and aid evaluation of clinical practice.
<p>Large-scale disasters attract broad coverage by the media and images of death and destruction circulate worldwide in minutes.
<p>This article aims to raise nurses’ awareness of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
<p>Many wounds seen by nurses will involve infection and colonisation.
<p>This article describes the development of an evidence-based procedure for the digital removal of faeces (DRF) and the problems and barriers encountered–not least the ab
<p>Obtaining informed consent is a fundamental part of the care-giving process. Current policy documents emphasise the importance of including patients in planning their care.
<p>The number of patients with a tracheostomy being cared for in the ward setting has increased recently as intensive care clinicians use this procedure to aid early weaning from mechanical ventilation.
<p>Overactive bladder is a common condition that can be treated effectively in primary care by nurses. Supplementary nurse prescribing enables nurses with the appropriate qualification to provide holistic programmes of care for individuals with an overactive bladder.
<p>Aim To determine the extent to which patients’ rights to privacy and dignity are respected in the NHS when judged against the seven factors of ‘privacy and dignity’ as outlined in the Essence of Care document (Department of Health (DH) 2001a).</p> <p>Method An ethnographic me
<p>Following recent government recommendations on critical care services, the skills and training opportunities within the critical care environment should be shared with staff on the general wards.
<p>Background Reimbursement is part of the government’s strategy to reduce the level of delayed patient discharge from hospital.
