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Assessment and management of patients with pleural effusions

14 February 2006

Nursing Standard

Learning zone continuing professional development

This article provides an overview of the assessment and management of patients with pleural effusions. A pleural effusion is an excessive accumulation of fluid...

Fundamental Care: A Person-Centred Approach

20 April 2016

Nursing Standard

Book Review

This pocket book is hailed as a rapid reference guide for nursing students at the start of their nursing programme, or others providing fundamental care to adult...

Nursing management of chest drains

12 February 2003

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article provides an overview of the essential physiology of the respiratory system to enhance understanding of the principles of intrapleural drainage....

Assessment and management of patients with pleural effusions

08 February 2006

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article provides an overview of the assessment and management of patients with pleural effusions. A pleural effusion is an excessive accumulation of fluid...

Colour-coding can’t beat critical thinking

05 April 2023

Nursing Standard

Comment

In the UK, nursing is regularly voted the most trusted profession. We are relied on and we are accountable for preserving people’s safety and protecting them –...

Critical thinking, not colour coding, can reduce errors

02 May 2023

Cancer Nursing Practice

Opinion

In the UK, nursing is regularly voted the most trusted profession, perhaps because nurses are often people’s first and last line of defence. We are accountable for...