Tanya Nasir fraudulently secured a neonatal unit nurse manager role and was jailed
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<p>This article informs nurses of the background and purpose of advance statements (advance directives or living wills), and discusses the legal and ethical issues associa
This article informs nurses of the background and purpose of advance statements (advance directives or living wills), and discusses
<p>This article demonstrates reflective practice by examining a critical incident that took place at a children’s burns unit.
<p>This article provides an overview of tissue donation. It examines the importance of the nurse’s role in relation to tissue donation and caring for bereaved relatives.
<p>The Welsh Assembly Government published the document Fundamentals of Care (2003) to support measures for quality improvement of care in Wales.
<p>This article provides an overview of the research process in nursing, outlining a logical and structured approach to answering research questions.
<p>This article uses a case scenario of a delayed patient discharge to explore multidisciplinary discharge planning.
Aim To identify how depression is managed in primary care settings and examine patients’ perspectives on their care and
An ‘all-in-one’ guideline on pressure ulcer prevention and management in primary and secondary care was published last year by the N
This article outlines the development and implementation of a multi-dimensional pain assessment tool for use in acute hospitals.
The desperate situation of the health workforce in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) cannot be overstated.
Aim To examine the feasibility of using a peripheral dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanning service in a nurse-led clinic and whether
<p>The introduction of a national programme for information technology will affect nurses’ methods of managing clinical information on hospital wards. Within a healthcare team, information is managed through formal recording mechanisms as well as informal information exchange.
The introduction of a national programme for information technology will affect nurses’ methods of managing clinical information on hospital wards.
<p>Aim To investigate the lived experience of the ‘support’ relationship between students and their personal tutors.</p> <p>Method The purposive sample comprised 36 personal tutors and 44 pre-registration undergraduate nursing students on diploma and degree-level courses (adult,
<p>Aim Two studies are described in this article. The first evaluated the preparedness of healthcare assistants (HCAs) to develop a new role and attend an HCA development programme.
<p>Many nurses working in general wards and departments are caring for patients with central venous catheters and are increasingly responsible for their removal. This article outlines the basis of good practice and the possible complications, focusing on air embolism.</p>
<p>Recent changes to prescribing regulations mean that nurse independent prescribers and supplementary prescribers are now able to prescribe any licensed medicine for conditions within their competence, including some controlled drugs.
