Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Part 1 of this article examined a study into the use of benchmarking for prior learning assessment (PLA).
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Aim A survey was carried out to identify the education and training needs of psychiatric intensive care staff and the preferred type of trainin
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Aim The aim of the study was to develop and promote national benchmarks for those engaged in accreditation of prior learning (APL) termed ‘prio
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Background The first article about this development (Macduff et al 2001) described the e
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Reports commissioned by the Department of Health (Acheson 1998,
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Clinical supervision involves establishing professional relationships that, notwithstanding other benefits, are concerned with safe
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Aim To develop and evaluate a nurse-led telemedicine service over a six-month period, linking the senior citizens of a rural village with the t
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This article focuses on the management of a patient who was admitted to The Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with suspected Ebola haemorrhagic
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is becoming more prevalent, particularly in intensive care setti
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The management and treatment of infection is a complex and important area in tissue viability nursing.
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The introduction of the UKCC Scope of Professional Practice (1992a) has enco
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This article describes a two-year project to develop resources for the improvement of leg ulcer management.
Initiatives in intermediate care are mainly nurse-led and, as nursing practice becomes more advanced, nurses need to consider the professional, ethical and legal implications.
Aim The aim of this pilot evaluation was to assess whether changing a nursing shift pattern to incorporate 12-hour shifts would have positive effects for patients and staff in a ward environment.
Nursing development units (NDUs) are centres where groups of nurses, midwives, public health nurses and health visitors use a comprehensive planned strategy to develop themselves and their practice.
Adrienne Price discusses the need for group publication in health care and emphasises the importance of developing a publication strategy.
Aim A research study was conducted to examine the concordance between the severity of alcohol dependence and the nursing activity found in an episode of care for home detoxification.
Research and development in the field of genetics and the Human Genome Project will have a major impact on the future of health care and the services on offer for users.
