A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
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Despite the many advances in technology, rese
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Venous leg ulceration is a common problem in
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Pressure ulcers adversely affect the quality
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Diabetic foot ulcers should be treated to mai
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This article, the third in the series on care
This article, the first in a five-part series on career pathways, discusses the facility for nurses to develop their clinical expertise to consultant level, which is an exciting development on the career pathway for nurses in clinical practice.
Aim To establish the amount of information patients were given at their initial diagnosis of cancer, what information was beneficial and if there were any individual factors that made patients have different information needs.
This article summarises a study undertaken to examine the factors that influence role transition from student to staff nurse.
Increasing pneumococcal resistance to antimicrobial drugs, and the rapid spread of resistant strains throughout the world, underlines the importance of vaccination.
Background In the White Paper The New NHS: Modern, Dependable (DoH 1997), the government states that anyone with suspected cancer will be able to be seen by a specialist within two we
In preparing a young people’s smoking cessation service in Sheffield, the author carried out a literature search and organised focus groups with young people to establish their specific problems with stopping smoking.
