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Making good decisions: part 1

01 February 2008

Nursing Management

CPD

IT IS inevitable that managers in the health and social care sectors have to make decisions; doing so is, after all, part of their jobs. But they may not always...

Making good decisions: part 2

01 March 2008

Nursing Management

CPD

ANY ACCOUNT of the decision making process is incomplete unless it examines how people’s decisions are affected by their perceptions of risk.

College makes us more able, not less

29 April 1998

Nursing Standard

Letter

Project 2000 students do spend a lot of time in college learning nursing theories, human sciences and practical subjects such as wound care, but I resent Joseen...

Dissatisfaction with pay is a cause for serious concern

12 October 1999

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: letter

As a human resources (HR) practitioner, I feel that there needs to be some comment about the situation concerning nurses in the NHS.

Not all bad attitudes to mental health problems

11 July 2001

Nursing Standard

Letter

I read with interest the article 'Changing minds' (features June 20), which outlined many negative attitudes experienced by nurses with mental health problems.

Taking ownership of nutritional standards

05 May 1999

Nursing Standard

Letter

I write in response to the item'Nutrition should be integral tocare' (News April 21). While Iagree a patient's nutritionalstatus should bescreened/assessed once in...

Nurse prescribing is a step forward for patient care

11 December 2002

Nursing Standard

Letter

It is vital that nurses move forward with Agenda for Change. Nurse prescribing in particular is a great leap in improving patient care.

Mental health nursing still faces prejudice and stigma

20 February 2007

Nursing Standard

Letter

I was interested to read about the stigma associated with mental health nursing (careers January 31) because I have experienced similar prejudice throughout my...

I am privileged because i can use my emotions at work

31 October 2006

Nursing Standard

Letter

With regard to nurses not using their emotional skills enough (letters September 27), the reason I went into nursing is because it is about emotions – or at least it...

Commentary

01 July 2001

Paediatric Nursing

Network

The usefulness of body temperature measurement as an indicator of the presence of disease is acknowledged within this paper and elsewhere (Macqueen 2001), as is the...