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Priorities and challenges in the care of teenagers and young adults

09 February 2011

Cancer Nursing Practice

CPD

This article focuses on priorities and challenges for practitioners working with teenage and young adult (TYA) patients aged 16 to 24 years old in the UK. It...

The benefits of involving young patients in service development

08 April 2011

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

The NHS Cancer Plan (Department of Health 2000) advocated patient user groups as a means of patient and public involvement in health services and service...

The use of music and singing to help manage anxiety in older adults

13 February 2014

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

The number of older adults in the UK is increasing, and they are vulnerable to long-term anxiety, depression, pain and dementia. These conditions can to some extent...

The Mental Capacity Act 2005: considerations for nursing practice

11 September 2013

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article explores the main elements of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the implications for nurses. Many vulnerable adults have impaired capacity, and it is...

Congenital and acquired umbilical hernias: examination and treatment

05 March 2014

Emergency Nurse

Art & Science

Many adults and children with painful swellings to the abdomen present to emergency departments (EDs) and are diagnosed with umbilical hernia. Some of these patients...

Treating depression in older adults

09 March 2016

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

As a treatment for depression, behavioural activation is as effective as cognitive behaviour therapy but less complex. Its simplicity and the absence of a cognitive...

Safeguarding vulnerable adults

09 July 2009

Nursing Management

Feature

As the number of reports of abuse of vulnerable adults increases, healthcare trusts must ensure that strategies are in place to protect this patient population, as...

Mental health and functional mental disorder in older adults

01 October 2006

Nursing Older People

Gerontological care and practice

The available literature on mental health and older people tends to focus on dementia rather than functional illness, despite the greater prevalence of the latter....

Safeguarding older patients

01 September 2012

Nursing Older People

A&S Science

Active involvement of patients, relatives and staff in the clinical processes of assessment, care planning, evaluation of care and audit of clinical practices can...

Using advocacy to safeguard older people with learning disabilities

29 July 2012

Nursing Older People

A&S Science

Older people with learning disabilities may be viewed as potentially vulnerable and therefore in need of safeguarding. Advocacy should be part of the safeguarding...