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RCN tackles ageism in nursing

01 April 1999

Elderly Care

Briefing RCN news

People are waking up to the folly of age discrimination and to the frustration and wast einvolved in excluding older people from paid work. Tire issue of age...

Make yourself heard

01 October 1998

Nursing Older People

News

The millennium Debate of the Age led by Age Concern prompts everyone interested in all aspects of older people’s life styles to come along to national and local...

Review 2000

01 December 2000

Nursing Older People

RCN news: gerontological nursing programme

As the year draws to a close the RCN’s Gerontological Nursing Programme (GNP) reflects on a busy 12 months in which policy, practice development, education and...

Practice development: restoring hope

01 April 2000

Nursing Older People

Gerontological nursing programme

Most nurses wish to improve their practice and develop their knowledge and expertise for the benefit of the older people they support. However, this can sometimes...

Developing practice: in the media spotlight

01 July 2000

Elderly Care

News

The media influences people’s knowledge and impressions. While it has the potential to spread positive messages about health care, attention from the media can be a...

Transdermal patch use and older people

01 September 2000

Nursing Older People

General

Medication use is a major issue for older people. Older individuals tend to use more prescribed medications for longer periods than younger people, purchase more...

Single assessment

01 September 2002

Nursing Older People

RCN news

The single assessment process has been advocated as a cure-all for some of the duplication and inconsistency of approach to assessment experienced by many older...

Assessing older people – contemporary issues for nursing

01 December 2000

Nursing Older People

General

Contemporary policy places considerable importance on assessment (DoH 2000a,b), with an increasing focus on assessment of nursing needs (Challis et al 1996, RCN...

Supporting older people with acute confusion: the contribution of mental health nurses

01 March 2001

Nursing Older People

General

Contemporary services have become organised in ways that reduce the opportunity for the sharing of skills and expertise between nurses of different disciplines (UKCC...

Defining the boundaries: nursing and personal care

04 October 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

In response to the government’s NHS Plan, the authors assess the difference between ‘personal’ and ‘nursing’ care, and outline the RCN assessment process to enable...

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