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Effective people: leadership and organisation development in health care (Second edition)

01 December 2010

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

This is the second edition of the text and you will be at no disadvantage if you have not read the first. The preface to the book sets the scene clearly for, and...

The first year of a problem-based learning curriculum

12 February 2003

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article examines the first 12 months (the common foundation programme) of a problem-based learning curriculum in an adult-branch nursing diploma programme based...

Promoting evidence-based education in tissue viability

11 April 2001

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The introduction of the UKCC Scope of Professional Practice (1992a) has encouraged many practitioners to develop their practice in specific areas of nursing...

A degree of experience

18 August 2010

Nursing Standard

Careers

Impending changes that will see all nursing students in the UK prepared to degree level reflect a similar development in New Zealand during the 1990s. Understanding...

Management of self-harm wounds

31 October 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

Self-harm may be used by individuals as a means to relieve distress and may be a coping and suicide prevention strategy. This article focuses on risk assessment of...

Preventing and recognising skin tears using a standardised approach

13 November 2023

Nursing Standard

Effective practice

Skin tears, defined as traumatic wounds caused by mechanical forces, can be debilitating for individuals, causing pain and reduced mobility. Although skin tears can...

Assessment, prevention and management of skin tears in older people

26 June 2024

Nursing Older People

Wound care

Skin tears are common injuries that result from mechanical forces. Older people with fragile skin are at greater risk of this type of wound. They are usually...

Implementing the quality accounts agenda in tissue viability

17 February 2010

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article attempts to summarise and interpret recent quality initiatives from the Department of Health to improve tissue viability nursing services across...