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Manual handling risk management: critical care beds and support systems

25 April 2006

Nursing Standard

Learning zone

This article examines the reduction of manual handling risk to nurses through discussion of the technical and ergonomic features of critical care beds and support...

Manual handling risk management: critical care beds and support systems

19 April 2006

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article examines the reduction of manual handling risk to nurses through discussion of the technical and ergonomic features of critical care beds and support...

Application of summative content analysis to a postal questionnaire

22 January 2016

Nurse Researcher

Content analysis

Background Content analysis of replies to closed questions in questionnaires can be undertaken to understand remarks that may explain the responses, provide...

Prescription drugs uses and effects: Corticosteroids

17 March 2004

Nursing Standard

Clinical digest

Corticosteroid medications are synthetic versions of the hormones secreted by the adrenal cortex. These hormones are essential for maintenance of several systems,...

Corticosteroids: implications for nursing practice

04 December 2002

Nursing Standard

CPD

Corticosteroids are essential in the management of various inflammatory conditions, but their adverse effects can be a problem. The authors describe the uses and...

Positioning critically ill patients in hospital

29 June 2005

Nursing Standard

CPD

Although moving and handling is an important aspect of nurse training, the emphasis is often more on the health and safety of the nurse than on the importance of the...

Nurse prescribing: developing the evaluation agenda

31 March 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Nurse prescribing raises complex issues, including erosion of the medical monopoly on control of medication management, compensation for physician shortage and the...

Administration of medicines part 2: pharmacology

01 October 2003

Nursing Standard

CPD

In the second part of this article, the authors examine the biological consequences for patients of changes in drug formulation, nonadherence to drug administration...

Administration of medicines part 1: the law and nursing

24 September 2003

Nursing Standard

CPD

The authors outline the legal and professional consequences for nurses of failing to adhere to the law relating to the administration of medications. Part 2, next...