Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Clinical
<p>In 1993, following implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act (Audit Commission 1990), the discharge of palliative care patients into the community became more co
<p>One in four women over the age of 60 and one in two women over the age of 70 has osteoporosis (NOS 1993). This condition may affect a person on many different levels.
<p>This study, carried out over a period of four years, aimed to establish what happens in nursing practice in relation to assessing clinical competence of nursing student
<p>The immune system is an intricate network of cells and proteins, which interact to protect the body from infection (PIA1997).
<p>This commentary considers the potential for the use of information technology (IT) in its differing forms within the Accident and Emergency(A&E) Department.
<p>This paper reports findings from a study into the effects of relocating untrained personnel from the hospital into the community, over a nine-month period.
<p>To coincide with the first annual Action Research conference taking place in London this week, this article promotes the idea of using action research for health care e
<p>This article reports on an assessment of back pain and associated factors undertaken with nursing staff on nine NHS hospital wards and two private wards.
<p>THE SIMPLE ASPIRIN has won through yet again as the best emergency treatment for patients immediately following a stroke (1ST 1997). Back in 1994.
<p>This research study explored the differences between the responses of a cohort of British nurses and a cohort of Polish nurses to a patient’s expression of need.
<p>This study aimed to provide an objective view of the relationship between the giving of information, anxiety and hospital admission.
<p>A chemical injury to the eye is an ophthalmic emergency (Perry and Tullo 1995) and nurses need to recognise the importance of prompt and effective treatment to ensure minimum permanent damage.</p>
<p>Developing nursing roles is the fourth of six Continuing Education articles related to the 1997 Clinical Practice and Management Awards, a joint initiative between the Royal College of Nursing, Smith & Nephew and Nursing Standard.
<p>The traditional role of ward sister/charge nurse has been redefined as ward manager with the devolving of many new responsibilities, including acting as ‘on site’ manager out of hours.
<p>The working party report by the Royal College of Surgeons and The College of Anaesthetists (1990) concluded that the management of pain after surgery was unsatisfactory.
<p>In the second of two articles, the author’s report on research indicates that health visitors (HVs) with preparation and education for the role, can provide effective support for patients having treatment for breast cancer in the community.
<p>Nurses and service managers in a community trust were asked to evaluate a training course designed to help them implement the trust’s clinical supervision policy. The audit identified several patterns of clinical supervision emerging within the trust.
