Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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<p>Since its adoption from the US some 20 years ago, the nursing process and its essential component the individualised patient care plan, have been promoted as the theore
<p>It is estimated that by the 21 st century over 60 per cent of cancer patients will survive beyond the five-year range (Tuls-Halstead and Fernsler 1994, La Fortune- Fred
<p>This article, the first of two, reports the evaluation of a minor injuries clinic.
<p>Nurses in an acute admissions psychiatric ward are using reflective practice to develop clinical guidelines for the management of patients who deliberately self-harm.
<p>Originally developed by industry to offer a structured approach to quality measurement and the improvement of services, the concept of benchmarking has since been used
<p>Conscious of the implications of the Patient’s Charter and the tensions introduced by the internal market, nurses in the stroke rehabilitation unit (SRU) proposed to im
<p>Nurses are aware of the benefits for children’s wellbeing and health status of their parents staying in hospital with them.
<p>In a companion article to their paper on clinical effectiveness (McClarey and Duff 1997), the authors discuss the issues surrounding clinical guidelines.
<p>On occasions, even the most persistent professional may encounter difficulties in gaining control of a patient’s symptoms.
<p>This article relates to UKCC Professional Development categories: Practice development and Education development.</p>
<p>In the first of two articles, the authors address some of the most common questions asked by practitioners about clinical effectiveness.
<p> Aim and intended learning outcomes The aim of this article is to describe the purpose and technique of cervical screening, in the context of the national cervical scre
<p>Strategies for the management of skin cancer should concentrate on two issues: primary prevention - changing public attitude and behaviour towards exposure to ultraviolet light - and secondary prevention - to detect malignant changes in the skin and encourage early diagnosis and treatmen
<p> Aims and intended learning outcomes </p> <p>The aim of this article is to increase your understanding of collaborative work between mental health nurses and their non mental health colleagues in both hospital and primary care settings.
<p>The notion of caring and revolution do not appear to go comfortably hand in hand yet it appears that revolutionary thinking is necessary to facilitate for advances in nursing practice to take place (Sheehan 1990).
<p>Dermatology care in the UK has been subject to the effects of the healthcare reforms of the past several years. The government White Paper ‘Working for Patients’ (1989) introduced the internal market, with its purchaser-provider split, into the NHS.
<p> Aims and intended learning outcomes The aim of this article is to improve nurses’ knowledge of current developments in nursing patients with schizophrenia and their families. The article aims to encourage reflection on nurses’ own strengths and weaknesses in this area.
<p>In 1995, Rampton Hospital was designated as the national centre for people with learning disabilities requiring secure care.
