Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Nigerian women present with breast cancer at advanced stages when little treatment benefit can be derived.
This article reviews the literature relating to the potential impact of exposure to screen media on the emotional development of infants.
In education and practice, significant event analysis is used increasingly to reflect on and improve clinical practice.
This article reports on an innovative educational pathway for district and community nurses aimed at enhancing confidence and competence in dealing with end
A national health campaign run throughout New Zealand between 2004 and 2006 brought changes to nurse priorities, workloads and relationships.
The Glasgow Challenging Behaviour Rehabilitation Service (CBRS) was developed to provide primary health care to individuals who have been removed from mains
Primary care practitioners are advised to provide annual physical health checks for people with severe mental illness.
Most people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) go undiagnosed and many of those who are diagnosed receive only symptomatic treatment.
Many dieters eventually end up weight cycling (yo-yo dieting) or overweight.
Many women in their late forties and older are referred to specialist ophthalmic nurse practitioners in the belief that they require punctual occlusion, whe
The aim of this literature review was to examine advanced practice in relation to the role of the district nurse.
With existing cost pressures in the NHS there is now greater emphasis on innovation and new ways of working for cost-effectiveness.
In the past decade, primary care services have expanded in the clinical area of substance misuse. With tiered systems of drug treatment delivery, patients with complex needs are usually treated by specialist services, with primary care seeing the less complex patients.
The UK has experienced its worst outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough) in 20 years, with 13 deaths reported in young infants from January to October 2012.
Nurses in advanced roles make decisions and diagnoses on a daily basis as part of their role in general practice. Clinical reasoning and decision making are often neglected areas of training as more theoretical aspects of the process are given priority.
When asked to set up a dedicated nurse-led leg ulcer clinic, community nurse Linda Harris was full of enthusiasm.
Contraception can play an important part in a woman’s life. Modern contraceptives provide a wide array of options for the effective prevention of unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
The Department of Health has made significant changes to the universal immunisation schedule: two doses of rotavirus vaccine are to be offered for all infants, influenza vaccine for all two-year-old children and a shingles vaccine for all 70 year olds.
