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Use of patient group directions in an emergency care centre

08 March 2011

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Patient group directions (PGDs) enable practitioners who are not independent prescribers to administer or supply patients with medications. They reduce delays in the...

Diagnosing and managing invasive meningococcal disease in children

01 May 2013

Emergency Nurse

Art & Science

In developed countries, invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a leading infectious cause of death among children. In the UK, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B is...

Reducing admissions with social enterprises

09 July 2010

Emergency Nurse

Feature

This article refers to the results of an audit to illustrate how social enterprise rapid response teams can prevent unnecessary hospital admissions during the winter...

X-ray interpretation by emergency nurse practitioners

06 October 2009

Emergency Nurse

Feature

An audit of the ability of emergency nurse practitioners to interpret X-rays accurately has found that they can practise well within nationally acceptable limits for...

Assessing patients’ views of a dedicated colorectal cancer clinic

04 November 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

This article assesses the clinical effectiveness and patient acceptability of a dedicated colorectal cancer clinic post-diagnosis, staging and multidisciplinary...

Compliance with swift communication of diagnosis to GPs

08 December 2014

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

Until this year the National Cancer Peer Review Programme Manual for Cancer Services 2008 included a policy that all GPs should be informed of a new cancer diagnosis...

A toxicity audit for patients receiving chemotherapy at a clinic or at home

01 November 2006

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

This article describes a pathway from a home chemotherapy pilot project to a toxicity audit. The pilot provided a hypothesis and culminated in a research project....

Patient satisfaction with telephone follow up after treatment

10 November 2015

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death highlighted the need to improve patient outcomes and safety when undergoing chemotherapy. The audit...

An audit of levels of psychological support referrals for cancer patients

10 February 2009

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

There is a wealth of literature concerning the psychological care of patients with cancer but little regarding its delivery and implementation. This retrospective...

Measuring quality of life in patients with myeloma

10 October 2016

Cancer Nursing Practice

Evidence & practice

Myeloma is a potentially debilitating and life-limiting haematological cancer and maintaining quality of life (QOL) for people with this disease is important. As...