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Prevention of constipation through risk management

01 November 2003

Learning Disability Practice

Continuing professional development

Constipation is a common problem for patients in community and hospital settings. It can have significant personal costs for individuals, including discomfort, pain,...

Exploring nursing care in outpatient oncology clinics in Ireland

01 March 2007

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Often individuals with cancer attend outpatient clinics for follow-up care. In the literature, there is minimal discussion of the role of the nurse or the nursing...

We need to talk about the funeral

01 June 2007

Cancer Nursing Practice

Book Review

Claire Raynor says in the foreword that ‘from the moment you start reading this book you think “why on earth didn’t someone think of writing this years ago?”’. This...

Generalnurses’ perceptions of the role of the clinical nurse specialist in Ireland

01 July 2004

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Clinical nurse specialists have advanced knowledge of a specific practice area and should be easily accessible to patients. Such posts have long been established...

The good mentoring toolkit for healthcare

01 May 2006

Cancer Nursing Practice

Book Review

This well-structured, informative book provides health care professionals with a comprehensive guide to mentoring. At the beginning the authors adequately set the...

Assessment, Supervision and Support in Clinical Practice

01 February 2003

Cancer Nursing Practice

Book Review

This well referenced informative text should be welcomed by nurses and midwives involved in assessing students. Although there has been much written about the...

Prevention of constipation through risk management

02 January 2003

Nursing Standard

CPD

Constipation is a common problem for patients in community and hospital settings. It can have significant personal costs for individuals, including discomfort, pain,...

Swapping traditional rostering for self-rostering within a cancer ward

01 July 2003

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Devising the schedule of nursing time on a hospital ward can be a time-consuming business which, if not done properly, can affect staff morale, resource utilisation...

The challenges of delivering care to a non-English speaking patient, with a rare sarcomatoid gastric cancer

07 November 2017

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical management

Clinical management of patients with rare cancers can be challenging, but is further complicated when patients are not fluent in English, and require a translator....

Examining knowledge of lifestyle risk factors among adult cancer survivors in Ireland

08 March 2018

Cancer Nursing Practice

Evidence & practice

Aim Many cancers are preventable through lifestyle modification. The aim of this study was to investigate knowledge about the lifestyle risk factors for cancer,...