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Supernumerary status

29 January 1997

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Plans for '97

29 January 1997

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Back in November 1996 the newly formed Association of Nursing Students (ANS) executive committee packed its bags and travelled down to Stoke Rochford Hall to set the...

'Her need was more than a hand to hold'

29 January 1997

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During a placement on a female ward recently I was asked to accompany a patient who was to have a sigmoidscopy. She was a 74-year-old woman who had been suffering...

The first day in blue

29 January 1997

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As a third year student nurse, I asked my mentor in practice what it was like being a newly qualified staff nurse. Her response was 'one thing is sure - you'll never...

Raising awareness of forensic services

26 March 1997

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FORENSIC SERVICES have a range of skills and placements to offer nursing staff in training, according to North Wales Forensic Psychiatric Service.

Sponsored bike ride for breast cancer

26 March 1997

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ON JUNE 1, Breakthrough Breast Cancer will be staging Bike for Breakthough, a sponsored bike ride through the English countryside. The aim is to raise £100.000 for...

ANS Executive Committee

26 March 1997

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The rough guide to electives overseas

26 March 1997

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'I felt out of control with this situation'

26 March 1997

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It happened while I was working on a general medical ward in my first year of training, just nearing the end of a morning shift. By this time the afternoon staff had...

A world of difference in nursing

26 March 1997

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As a third year RN adult diploma student studying with University College Chester, I elected to visit a hospital in The Netherlands for two weeks of my final...