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Poor advice exposes children to risk of sexual abuse

02 November 2015

Learning Disability Practice

Analysis

CHILDREN WITH learning disabilities are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation than other children because they are given sub-standard advice from poorly trained...

Effects of Zika virus

11 May 2016

Emergency Nurse

Journal scan

A review of computerised tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of babies born with microcephaly in Brazil has confirmed a range of brain...

Relocating primary care services

11 May 2016

Emergency Nurse

Journal scan

There is little evidence to support locating primary care services in emergency departments (EDs) because the costs involved would outweigh the savings, a review has...

Effectiveness of transitional care

11 May 2016

Emergency Nurse

Journal scan

Transitional care, which aims to reduce adverse events after hospital discharge, is particularly effective when provided by clinical nurse specialists (CNS), says a...

Triage pioneer

12 May 2016

Cancer Nursing Practice

Careers

WHEN PHILIPPA Jones was named Quality in Care Cancer Nurse of the Year 2016, she was shocked.

Knowledge of recovery position reduces hospital admission rate

08 July 2016

Nursing Children and Young People

Journal scan

Campaigns to improve knowledge of the recovery position should be promoted to reduce the hospital admission rate of children who lose consciousness, say researchers.

Expressing anger positively could reduce eating disorders

08 July 2016

Nursing Children and Young People

Journal scan

Lessons on how to express anger in direct and positive ways could help reduce eating disorders in women and girls, say the authors of a new report.

Other scans

08 July 2016

Nursing Children and Young People

Journal scan

Food and drink message has to work down from the top

25 November 2015

Nursing Management

Analysis

FRESH GUIDANCE aimed at reducing poor nutrition and hydration in patients places more responsibility on senior nurses and clinical commissioners to ensure that...

All that glisters…

29 June 2016

Nursing Older People

Opinion

I had never been to a memory clinic before accompanying my mother a year ago. Months earlier, during a short hospital spell following a suspected mini-stroke, she...