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Not so minor head injuries?

01 May 1995

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

The brain is the most commonly injured region of the central nervous system (1) with head injuries accounting for the largest population of patients seen in AE (2)....

Team up to win

12 March 2003

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

Many healthcare teams are using the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) excellence model to achieve excellence. This is a management model that...

Lifting the curse

06 February 2008

Nursing Standard

Feature

Adenomyosis is a condition most women have never heard of. Yet it can cause severe menstrual cramping and heavy bleeding.

Mental health nursing: making it a primary concern

15 January 1997

Nursing Standard

Mental health

Seven years ago, a leading figure in psychiatric nursing suggested that mental health nurses might become a 'dying breed' (Mclntegart 1990). He was concerned that...

No apology for 'imperialist' view

05 February 1997

Nursing Standard

Letter

We applaud Tony Butterworth for challenging our views (Letters January 29): a healthy discipline needs debate.

The gift of time from the friendly professional

09 September 1998

Nursing Standard

Clinical

The true nature of psychiatric nursing and what it ought to be is hotly debated. To date, there have been conflicting ideas about what nurses actually do and what...

Working in partnership to develop a bespoke health toolkit

10 May 2011

Learning Disability Practice

Feature

This article introduces a three-phased approach to reducing healthcare inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities. It provides the contextual...

Perceptions of the psychiatric nurse’s role: a pilot study

07 January 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

In this article, the authors report on a face-to-face survey of members of the public regarding the role of psychiatric nurses. One open-ended question was asked of...