RCN says flat rate does not ‘accurately reflect the level of responsibility expected of staff’
Clinical
<p>This is a reflective account of an ethical dilemma encountered while on placement on a cardiology ward.
<p>Healthcare delivery is associated with various risks and it is unlikely that these can ever be completely eliminated.
<p>The measurement and management of cholesterol levels are essential to reduce the risk of developing heart disease.
<p>Aim Nurses should be able to demonstrate the effectiveness of their practice.
Aim Nurses should be able to demonstrate the effectiveness of their practice.
<p>Healthy Respect is a Scottish Executive funded National Health Demonstration Project, which addresses young people’s sexual health.
<p>The ability to carry out a neurovascular assessment on a patient’s limb is an important skill for all registered nurses.
<p>This article explores the management of skeletal pin sites focusing on the research that underpins current practice.
<p>Antimicrobial resistance is a major public health threat that no country is exempt from.
<p>As part of Nursing Standard’s clinical skills series, this article presents an overview of the structure and function of the eye, including ocular adnexal structures.
<p>Hepatitis C is a chronic viral infection, which can progress to cirrhosis, liver failure, liver cancer and death.
<p>This article reviews the physiological principles underlying the use of the pulmonary artery (PA) catheter.
<p>As part of Nursing Standards clinical skills series, this article discusses how to apply graduated elastic compression stockings, which are used as a prophylactic method to prevent deep vein thrombosis and its more serious complication, pulmonary embolism.</p>
<p>Results from a national comparative audit of bedside transfusion practice show that patients in the UK are at risk of misidentification and poor monitoring when undergoing a blood transfusion.
<p>This article, the fourth in a series of articles relating to clinical skills in nursing, outlines the procedure of urethral meatal cleansing. This involves cleansing the area around the urethra and is usually undertaken before insertion of a urinary catheter.</p>
<p>This article describes the management of patients with eczema and emphasises how to assess the skin and prescribe treatments appropriately.</p>
<p>The development of a new inpatient hospice unit provided a valuable opportunity to consider ways in which nursing care is defined and documented. Three values which the authors felt should underpin nursing practice in the service were identified.
<p>This article, part of Nursing Standard’s clinical skills series, describes the process of inserting a nasogastric tube in adults for enteral feeding.
