Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Clinical
<p>THIS EMPLOYMENT brief (RCN 1998) is a research-based report for nurses, employers and clinical research nurses (CRNs) in NHS trusts and GP practices.
Aim The objective of this study was to Investigate Issues regarding adherence with tuberculosis therapy and the use of directly observed therap
This article presents an overview of what it means to be a person and how this is articulated in person-centred approaches to practi
<p>IN OCTOBER 2000, what has been described by some as the most important change to UK law since the introduction of the Magna Cartain 1215 will take place.
Criteria for referral to the district nursing service need to be drawn up in response to the Audit Commission Report (
Aim The objective of this study was to investigate nursing research, including topics, funding and publication.
To ensure that ethnic minority groups were receiving equality of treatment and service, Horton General Hospital in Banbury formed a
<p>THE RCN launched its Research and Development Co-ordinating Centre website in Northern Ireland in April 1998.
Background This article explores the negative attitudes some women have towards the cervical screening programme.
Temperature measurement is an important diagnostic tool and must be carried out correctly for temperature changes to be detected.
Background Portfolios have been used to incorporate accreditation of prior learning into nursing and midwifery assessment.
There has been a big increase in the number of vaccinations administered by nurses in the past few decades and it is now a regular p
<p>NURSES WORKING in primary and community health care potentially have a key role in identifying informal carers, meeting their health needs and ensuring they know of their rights to an assessment under the Carers Act. This role is expanding.
Background Epidemiological research is seen by many to have Immense value in helping to determine the health of populations and In helping to plan and determine health service policy.
This article explores the emerging debate surrounding the teaching of spirituality in nurse education programmes.
Aim This article sets out to begin the process of discussing and investigating the support of nursing students and midwives with dyslexia.
This article describes policy developments surrounding the creation of national service frameworks. The national service framework for mental health is used as an example to highlight the content of the framework and the way it has been received.
<p> ON MARCH 30, the Department of Health (DoH) published the last four reports of the Clinical Standards Advisory Group. The reports deal with standards of clinical care in four areas: pain management, depression, epilepsy and hospital outpatient services.
