A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
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<p> Schering Supporting education in oncology, haematology, urology and neurology.&l
<p>Access to research funding information is a significant barrier to the developmen
In many ways, the key to the future developmen
As nursing has striven to acquire professional
<p>The recent growth of the nurse practitioner (NP) movement has coincided with risi
Sleep is a complex function which nurses need to understand if they a
<p>In the second of two articles examining the essence of nursing, Alison Kitson exa
In the first of two articles, Alison Kitson ou
<p> Experience with hospital units for adolescents indicates that the benefits can b
<p>Eating the right diet is fundamental to good health.
<p>The study reported here was a descriptive account of the activities which take pl
<p>Despite the prevalence of clinical nurse specialists, research suggests that their role remains poorly understood (O’Hanlan and Gibbon 1996). In practice, they fulfil a number of important roles linked to developing practice.
<p>Collaborative working in the Balint model of psychosexual seminar training can be used as a rigorous approach to ongoing action research. In this article, the author describes how nurses can develop awareness using this approach to patients’ sexual problems.</p>
<p>Arthritis and rheumatism are the most frequently self-reported conditions in the UK, costing the NHS £1,200 million a year (OPCS 1980). Nurses caring for patients with these chronic illnesses need to consider the emotional consequences as well as the physical manifestations.
The authors of this article noted an increase in the use of subcutaneous fluid administration (SFA) for older people in their trust. This increase had not been without its problems.
The abrupt cessation of cardiac function, cardiac arrest, is potentially reversible, resulting in improved survival rates as a consequence of the resuscitation procedures performed (Tunstall-Pedoe et al 19
<p>This study explores the effectiveness of a revision programme in nursing mathematics for student nurses. Students who took the revision programme achieved a marked improvement in test results, although some still scored low in written tests.
