A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
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Ian Govier suggests that patients will benefi
Most nurses base their practice on evidence p
Newly qualified nurses often think they have
<p>A RECENT OVERVIEW of pupil howlers, collected by a headmaster and reported in a n
<p>Organ transplantation has now been a reality for three decades, and the number of
<p>When being prepared for surgery, pre-operative patients undergo a series of proce
<p>Carers of people with dementia themselves have to endure heavy physical and emoti
<p>Health policy modernisation and political devolution in the UK creates a challeng
<p>The Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) scheme has revealed that many patients
Gone are the days when a nurse would discuss a
Continuing the debate on language for nursing, Paul Crawford and Bria
<p>THE RCN has developed the role of the professional facilitator to bring continuing professional development (CPD) to nurses in their places of work. Through this role the RCN has created a mechanism for disseminating information at the point where nursing care is delivered.</p>
<p>NON-HODGKINS LYMPHOMA (NHL) is a malignancy of B and T lymphocytes. In the UK, its incidence is around 8.2 per 100,000 each year (Leukaemia Research Fund 1990).
<p>0PRESSURE ULCERS, also known as pressure or bed sores (decubitus ulcers), are a source of great discomfort, and pose serious problems for healthcare professionals and the NHS as a whole.</p>
<p>IN 1997 THE NHS Executive announced funding for a series of sentinel audit projects; sentinel because the topics were to be of importance to the NHS.
Research into school bullying has, to date, predominantly focused on prevalence and intervention programmes.
Karen Collins provides a practical guide to undertaking a patient satisfaction survey. She outlines the background to patient satisfaction research and highlights some of the main issues surrounding patient satisfaction measures.
