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Giving 100% each shift

01 November 2017

Nursing Standard

Letter

Thank you for your article (Maintain your standards of care – but be realistic, see page 37). The author’s thoughts reflect my own and I try to give 100% each shift,...

‘Duty of care’ extends to staff

11 October 2017

Nursing Standard

Letter

What is happening as a result of poor staffing levels is completely unacceptable (Urgent patient safety review urged after nurses blow the whistle on staffing...

Management of oxygen therapy for people with intellectual disabilities

12 November 2020

Learning Disability Practice

respiratory care

People with intellectual disabilities may require oxygen therapy across the lifespan for various reasons. Some of them will require oxygen therapy frequently, such...

Time for a quick one?

01 April 2008

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Alcohol consumption in the UK has risen steadily over the past 20 years resulting in a significant increase in alcohol-related clinical and social problems such as...

Use of Ottowa knee rules to identify fracture

08 November 2011

Emergency Nurse

Feature

There is a large body of evidence to suggest that use of the Ottowa knee rules (OKR) (Stiell et al 1995) can ensure a consistent level of care for patients with...

Cancer Information at Your Fingertips

01 November 1992

Elderly Care

Book Review

If patients could ever feel supported by the written word, they will find succour in Cancer Information at Your Fingertips. While Val Speech- ley and Maxine...

Positive Continence Care

01 February 1990

Elderly Care

Book Review

Positive Continence Care is a three- part programme designed for use by continence advisers on continuing education study days and for all levels of nursing staff.

As Miss Nightingale Said ...

01 February 1992

Elderly Care

Book Review

Florence Nightingale was a prolific writer: it would be a formidable task to read every word she penned. In As Miss Nightingale Said... Monica Baly selects extracts...

Killing with kindness?

01 November 2005

Cancer Nursing Practice

News analysis

Euthanasia is not a popular word in palliative care, even though its very name comes from the Greek for Eu, ‘good’ and Thanatos ‘death’. A ‘good death’ is the ethos...

Solving the PSA riddle

01 April 2006

Cancer Nursing Practice

News analysis

Trying to engage any man in talking about his health can be difficult, and discussing a specific issue, such as prostate cancer, can be even harder. Some still don’t...