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Advanced breast cancer: aetiology, pathogenesis and treatment

01 April 2007

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Even though the number of women affected by breast cancer continues to rise worldwide, aetiology remains unclear. As health educators nurses should encourage women,...

Medication management: older people and nursing

01 October 2005

Nursing Older People

Gerontological care and practice

Since 2001, medication management has been the topic of numerous reviews (Department of Health (DH) 2001a, 2001b), the increased collaboration between medical and...

Infections and their treatment in older people

01 April 2005

Nursing Older People

CPD

Bacteria are robust micro-organisms that can survive even in the presence of antibiotics. This has led to problems treating bacterial infections. Bacteria are the...

Medication errors: professional issues and concerns

01 April 2006

Nursing Older People

CPD

In the UK, medication errors are a growing problem. Dobrzanski et al (2002) estimated that in one trust the incidence of medication error ranged between 35 to 70 per...

Ageing and the gut

01 February 2008

Nursing Older People

Feature

Recent attempts by ministers to lower rates of Clostridium difficile and MRSA infections through a ‘deep clean’ of hospitals announced by Gordon Brown at last year’s...

Enhancing concordance with prescribed medication in older people

01 March 2004

Nursing Older People

General

Since 1989, older people have been identified as an ‘at risk’ group associated with the problems of non-concordance with medication and medication mismanagement....

Student learning in care homes

01 January 2006

Nursing Older People

Care

This article explores the use of nursing homes as practice placements for pre-registration nursing students. Although initially disappointed that they had not been...

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