Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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<p>The eighth in our Continuing Education (CE) article series (article 308) explores the nursing management techniques for this common invasive treatment.</p>
<p> Aims </p> <p>The aims of this article are to impress on the reader the importance of good nursing practice in the delivery of care for patients receiving p
<p> Aim </p> <p>The aim of this article is to explore the nurse's role in relation to the promotion and management of continence.</p>
<p> Aim </p> <p>This article aims to increase nurses' knowledge of the clinical and social sequelae of epilepsy, and to review treatment options.</p>
<p>In the summer of 1990, the Basildon and Thurrock Health Authority took the decision to centralise acute services on one hospital site.
<p> Aim </p> <p>The aim of this article is to explore the nurse's role in relation to the needs of women undergoing hysterectomy.</p>
<p>The government has recently highlighted the tragedy of lives lost through suicide, aiming to reduce this loss by positive intervention (1).
<p>Next week, Nursing Standard, Smith and Nephew Medical and the Royal College of Nursing launch a major series on communication and collaboration between nurse managers a
<p>The proposal for mandatory continuing education in the form of five study days every three years for every nurse practitioner is perhaps one of the most controversial r
<p>The author describes a World Health Organization backed educational initiative for midwives in developing countries.
<p>Nurses attending information sessions on the UKCC’s Post-registration Education and Practice Project were given questionnaires seeking their opinions on the clauses of
<p>The Coronary Rehabilitation Programme at Leicester General Hospital has operated since 1987. Before this, efforts were limited to exercise under the guidance of a physiotherapist, with nurses on hand to record pulse rates and observe for problems.
<p>More effort is required to increase provision of, and ease access to, conversion courses for enrolled nurses, says James Buchan in his monthly column.</p>
<p>The prospect of facilitating professional development for about 3,000 nurses may seem daunting to some, but to Jean Bailey it is a challenge she relishes.
<p>The development of a support nurse system for the care of bereaved relatives in an accident and emergency department is described.
<p>Infection is a common problem in hospitals, with approximately 10 per cent of patients acquiring an infection during their stay. Routine infection control practices are designed to limit cross-infection.
<p>This article explores the likely processes which patients and families undergo from the diagnosis of terminal illness to the loss of a loved one.
