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<p>This article summarises and critiques various tools available for the assessment of pain in older people with cognitive impairment.
<p>The article provides an overview of the key issues relating to palliative care for patients with chronic respiratory disease.
<p/> <p>Spiritual care is increasingly being recognised as an essential component of healthcare practice.
<p>This article describes the health promotion activity that took place between a nursing student and a male patient to address his expressed wish to stop smoking.
<p>This article describes a nursing student’s experience of a four-week placement in a rural hospital in Ghana and compares aspects of the care provided to patients in thi
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The term frail is commonly used to describe older people, but reports on the care of older adults in hospital highlight that the clinical implications of frailty are not underst
<p>This article explains how the British National Formulary (BNF) should be used to facilitate safe, effective and appropriate prescribing.
This article explains how the British National Formulary (BNF) should be used to facilitate safe, effective and appropriate prescribing.
<p>This article provides evidence to suggest that mental health nurses may not be as competent in medicines management as they believe themselves to be.
<p>THIS ARTICLE is an introduction to a series of articles outlining the priorities of stroke care.
<p>The effects of stroke on families are considerable.
<p>With the recent emphasis of the Department of Health on reducing unnecessary hospitalisation at the end of life and improving community care for people dying at home, i
<p>Most nurses will encounter patients with dry skin conditions such as atopic eczema and psoriasis in their everyday practice. Emollients can be beneficial for most dry skin conditions, although they are widely underused.
<p>The Code, published by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2008), provides standards of performance and ethics for nurses and midwives, and is a means of safeguarding the health and wellbeing of the public.
<p>Nurses want to help patients; it is one of their main roles and a key source of job satisfaction. However, finding the time despite low staffing levels and a heavy workload is a constant challenge.
<p>Staying in hospital, particularly when undergoing surgical treatment, may be emotionally distressing. Patients may have to deal with separation from family and friends, disruption to routine as well as the possibility of an uncertain future.
<p>This article aims to illustrate how women who have sex with women are at risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), despite perceptions that this group is at low risk.
<p>Aim To set up a surgical site infection (SSI) benchmark rate for caesarean sections and improve infection rates by monitoring and implementing compliance with the guidelines produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).</p> <p>Method A total of
