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Carers’ commitment to behavioural support plans

01 September 2013

Learning Disability Practice

Art & Science

Many people with learning disabilities exhibit some form of challenging behaviour. Research has shown that positive behavioural support (PBS) is effective in...

Supporting patients’ dignity in the community

01 April 2009

Primary Health Care

CPD

Although dignity has been written about extensively, there is still an opportunity to explore the translation of the concept into community-based nursing care....

Being honest

03 October 2006

Nursing Standard

General article

Integrity means adhering to high moral principles or professional standards, but there are barriers to achieving and maintaining it in nursing.

Avoiding plagiarism in academic writing

07 January 2009

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Plagiarism means taking the work of another and presenting it as one’s own, resulting in potential upset for the original author and disrepute for the professions...

Effects of stress on nursing integrity

01 February 2013

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article looks at the relationship between stress, nursing integrity and patient care. It has been argued that the professional integrity of nurses has been...

Developing the evidence base for hygiene and emollient practices

30 April 2015

Nursing Older People

Art & Science

Maintaining skin integrity is an essential part of ensuring health and wellbeing in older people, and personal hygiene and emollient practices are central in...

Ardent campaigners

04 January 2011

Nursing Standard

Features

For some nurses, their commitment to caring goes, beyond the bedside into trying to make things better for everyone

Prevention and management of moisture-associated skin damage

24 January 2019

Nursing Standard

Skin care

The harmful effects of excessive moisture on a patient’s skin are well known. While traditionally considered an issue only encountered in continence care and older...

Using the ‘aSSKINg’ model in pressure ulcer prevention and care planning

25 January 2021

Nursing Standard

Skin

Pressure ulcers are painful, costly and can negatively affect a patient’s quality of life. It has long been recognised that they increase the risk of infection,...

Role of nurses in promoting the skin health of older people in the community

15 July 2019

Nursing Standard

Skin

Why you should read this article: • To understand the skin changes that occur as part of the ageing process • To recognise the physical and psychosocial effects of...

04 April 2024 / Vol 34 issue 2

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