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We should not be washing patients against their will

06 September 2006

Nursing Standard

Letter

Jane Bates argues that patients refusing help with personal hygiene should be washed against their will (reflections August 16), thereby undoing the great strides...

Acute abdominal pain assessment

29 November 2006

Nursing Standard

Practice profile

As a nursing student completing a placement on an acute surgical assessment ward, I undertake daily assessment activities and perioperative care of patients...

Nurses have no need to feel threatened by eager students

23 January 2008

Nursing Standard

Letter

Andrea Harley says her natural enthusiasm on a placement was misread as overconfidence (starting out January 9). This experience is all too common among students.

Respiratory assessment

30 January 2008

Nursing Standard

Practice profile

Ease of breathing is taken for granted in the healthy individual, but when pathology or trauma interferes with this vital process the effect can be devastating. The...

Intensive care is the best place to learn acute skills

09 April 2008

Nursing Standard

Letter

The letter from a nursing student concerning allocation to an outpatient department during her acute training phase (letters March 5) has attracted much...