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Clinical decision making theories: patient assessment in A&E

01 September 2005

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

There is increasing interest in understanding how nurses make decisions in clinical practice (Smith Higuchi and Donald 2002) and during triage assess‑ ment (Gerdtz...

Improving assessment of pain in older people

01 September 2004

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

Experience of pain is one of the main reasons patients seek emergency care (Tanabe 1995), yet there has been little research into pain assessment and management for...

Conclusions

01 November 2005

Primary Health Care

Research digest

There is strong evidence to support the continued development of new roles for nurses in general practice, notably in areas of chronic disease management and...

Evaluating bilingual peer support for breastfeeding in a local Sure Start

01 February 2008

Primary Health Care

Research digest

This third paper focuses on a specific project in a SSLP intended to increase outreach to Bangladeshi women known to experience unequal access to health-care...

Sure start programme evaluation

01 February 2008

Primary Health Care

Research digest

The government-funded Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLPs) emerged in 1999 as multi-agency projects based in communities in disadvantaged areas of England. The aim...

Experiences with external hip protectors in homes for the aged: a report from Finland

01 September 2003

Primary Health Care

Research digest

The findings from three small separate studies were used to examine hip protector use in 74 Finnish institutions for the aged. These three studies included a postal...

Evaluation of a non-intrusive monitor to reduce falls in nursing home patients

01 September 2003

Primary Health Care

Research digest

High fall risk residents (n=47) from a single care home participated in this American study, evaluating a passive alarm (NOC.watch). Fifty percent of the study...

Hip protector compliance among older people living in residential care homes

01 September 2003

Primary Health Care

Research digest

Residential care homes in East Kent with the highest rates of fractured neck of femur were sequentially recruited to evaluate the use of external hip protectors....

Prevention of falls

01 September 2003

Primary Health Care

Research digest

Older people in the care home setting are at particular risk from falling. Providing long-term support that is effective in preventing injury through falling, but...

A programme of behaviour modification and nutrition counselling in the treatment of obesity: a randomised two-year clinical trial

01 November 2006

Primary Health Care

Reseach digest

This study aimed to evaluate whether the intensity of a weight loss programme enhanced weight reduction. The authors compared two group treatment programmes attended...

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