Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Clinical
<p>A RECENT OVERVIEW of pupil howlers, collected by a headmaster and reported in a national newspaper (Walker 1999) revealed that one child believed that Queen Elizabeth I
<p>Organ transplantation has now been a reality for three decades, and the number of diseases where organ transplantation is a viable treatment is increasing.
<p>When being prepared for surgery, pre-operative patients undergo a series of processes and procedures which can compromise their dignity.
<p>Carers of people with dementia themselves have to endure heavy physical and emotional burdens.
<p>Health policy modernisation and political devolution in the UK creates a challenge for all involved.
<p>The Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) scheme has revealed that many patients have received incorrect blood or blood component.
Gone are the days when a nurse would discuss a patient’s progress in a matter of fact way behind their back when handing over their c
Continuing the debate on language for nursing, Paul Crawford and Brian Brown argue that merely having a common sense understanding of language is inadequate
<p>THE RCN has developed the role of the professional facilitator to bring continuing professional development (CPD) to nurses in their places of work.
<p>NON-HODGKINS LYMPHOMA (NHL) is a malignancy of B and T lymphocytes. In the UK, its incidence is around 8.2 per 100,000 each year (Leukaemia Research Fund 1990).
<p>0PRESSURE ULCERS, also known as pressure or bed sores (decubitus ulcers), are a source of great discomfort, and pose serious problems for healthcare professionals and t
<p>IN 1997 THE NHS Executive announced funding for a series of sentinel audit projects; sentinel because the topics were to be of importance to the NHS.
Research into school bullying has, to date, predominantly focused on prevalence and intervention programmes.
Karen Collins provides a practical guide to undertaking a patient satisfaction survey. She outlines the background to patient satisfaction research and highlights some of the main issues surrounding patient satisfaction measures.
The role of nurse as advocate is fraught with potential dangers, for both the patient and the nurse. Owen Bennett argues that until there is a universally accepted definition, this will continue to be the case.
The micro-organisms responsible for causing gastroenteritis have changed over the last few decades. This article chronicles those changes and describes the laboratory tests devised to improve diagnosis.
<p>IT IS PROBABLY stating the obvious to say that there will always be more people wanting research funding than there is funding available. And yet, many Organisations acknowledge that take-up of funding schemes can be surprisingly low.
