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Ensuring the successful transition of adolescents to adult services

01 July 2013

Learning Disability Practice

Art & Science

The movement of adolescents with learning disabilities from children’s to adult services can sometimes be unsatisfactory, causing upset for the young people involved...

Delayed discharge and lack of housing for inpatients

01 April 2011

Mental Health Practice

Feature

Housing is a fundamental need and is particularly important for people who have been discharged from hospital after admission for acute mental health problems. In...

Successful transfers to out-of-area placements

26 January 2016

Learning Disability Practice

Art & Science

The Winterbourne View inquiry highlighted issues about people with learning disabilities who are placed in hospitals. Although most people with learning disabilities...

Giving hope

28 April 2009

Nursing Standard

Feature

As one of two nurses recently appointed to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, Debbie Barber plans to ensure patients’ concerns are addressed.

Care in the air

18 January 2011

Nursing Standard

General article

Two experienced emergency care nurses are looking after patients in some of the UK’s most remote areas.

Absolutely fabulous

01 March 2011

Nursing Standard

General article

Staff are settling into the first new acute hospital to open in Birmingham for 70 years, which will treat military personnel injured overseas.

Hard to conceive

03 February 2009

Nursing Standard

Feature

Winning the National Infertility Day health professional of the year award was especially meaningful for Eilis Moody, senior nurse at Newcastle Fertility Centre.

Fast track to recovery

10 November 2009

Nursing Standard

Features

The support of nurses is enabling patients who have had joint surgery to be discharged from hospital at the earliest opportunity.

Patient transfer from the intensive care unit to a general ward

01 November 2017

Nursing Standard

Evidence & practice

The transfer of patients from the intensive care unit (ICU) to a general ward can present several challenges for nurses. Such patients are at high risk of adverse...

Transferring young people with cystic fibrosis to adult care

16 December 2015

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To explore activities, interactions and behaviours during the first appointment in adult care for young people with cystic fibrosis. Method Observational data...

10 December 2024 / Vol 27 issue 6

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