A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
Clinical
<p>Aim To identify factors that influence nurses’ practice in apron use during direc
<p>This article examines professional stakeholders’ involvement in the development o
<p>This article re-evaluates the place of intuition in the hierarchy of nursing skil
<p>Unconscious patients are nursed in a variety of clinical settings and therefore i
This article re-evaluates the place of intuit
<p>This article provides a brief introduction to a seven-week series of articles tha
<p>This article is the first in a series of seven which examine competence standards
<p>This article discusses developments in prescribing legislation in relation to non
<p>Aim To investigate the effectiveness of a new community nursing model of care for
<p>Aim To evaluate the efficacy of a health promotion initiative on men’s knowledge
<p>Types of prescribing for non-medical staff are discussed and clarifications made
<p>Over the past 40 years, significant advances have been made in the diagnosis and
<p>Many thousands of urinary tract infections (UTIs) are linked to the insertion of an indwelling urethral catheter (Saint et al 2000). Catheterisation is often prolonged unnecessarily (Saint et al 2002), thereby increasing the infection risk.
This article discusses the reasons why deaf patients might become angry and outlines de-escalation techniques that could be used by nurses when caring for these patients.
This article provides an overview of the knowledge and skills required for peripheral venous cannulation, including anatomy and physiology, psychology, consent, vein selection, device selection, infection control, insertion technique, device securement
Cardiovascular diseases exert a huge burden on individuals and society, with coronary heart disease (CHD) the single most common cause of death in the United Kingdom and other developed countries (British Heart Foundation
<p>This article examines spirometry as a method of detecting lung disease, particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods of producing an accurate assessment and identifying acceptable traces are outlined, and contraindications are discussed.</p>
<p>Aim To identify the factors that influence attendance and absenteeism among a group of second-year nursing students during the theory component of the Fitness for Practice (FFP) curriculum.</p> <p>Method In 2004, a non-randomised questionnaire was used to elicit information a
