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Too many care-home residents attend services on their own

01 June 2013

Emergency Nurse

Analysis

THE CARE Quality Commission (CQC) is preparing a review of the extent to which care-home residents who are unaccompanied by staff are being sent to emergency...

Complementing cancer treatment

01 March 2003

Cancer Nursing Practice

Profile

If Grace Adamson’s partner hadn't developed bone cancer back in the 1970s, she would probably still be working as a surgical nurse in a Melbourne veterinary...

Ageism in cancer care

01 November 2002

Cancer Nursing Practice

Analysis

Of those healthcare staff working in the UK with elderly people who have cancer, few would argue that there is not age discrimination in cancer care, from diagnosis...

Sex after cervical cancer

01 June 2004

Cancer Nursing Practice

News

A nurse-led clinic at Birmingham Womens’Hospital is helping women recovering from cervical cancer to regain their feelings of femininity and their sex lives after...

Lung cancer nurse specialists lead the way

01 November 2003

Cancer Nursing Practice

Perspective

Plenary session delegates at the RCN Respiratory Nursing Forum conference held in Bournemouth this September heard from lung cancer nurse specialists that lung...

Nurses gear up for challenge as Scotland halves waiting times

01 February 2009

Cancer Nursing Practice

News analysis

Scotland, which has the highest cancer incidence and death rates among UK countries, has become the third to set a guaranteed maximum waiting time of one month from...

Survey highlights need to raise awareness of cancer risk among younger heterosexual men

01 May 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

Analysis

YOUNGER GAY and bisexual men are more likely to present to their GP within one week of experiencing symptoms than heterosexual men in the same age bracket, according...

Improving management of ovarian cancer

01 November 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

Analysis

OVARIAN CANCER is the most common cause of gynaecological cancer death among women in the UK. Survival rates from diagnosis are 39 per cent after five years and 35...

Crossing the divide

10 June 1998

Nursing Standard

News analysis

NURSES IN Northern Ireland are concerned about the impact of peace on local communities. In the wake of last month’s peace agreement, it remains unclear as to what...

Young at heart

10 February 1999

Nursing Standard

Feature

NOT ALL the residents of Emily Jackson House in Sevenoaks, Kent, see their grandchildren regularly. Some of their families live abroad, while others are just too far...