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Roll up, roll up

25 October 1995

Nursing Standard

Viewpoint healthy debate

Much has been written concerning the role of the healthcare assistant and the National Vocational Qualification in Direct Care (1).

Propaganda

10 February 1999

Nursing Standard

Opinion

DESPITE CAMPAIGNS for remuneration commensurate with our expertise and responsibilities, family friendly policies, career structures and so on, I’m afraid that only...

Degrees of confusion

06 November 1996

Nursing Standard

Opinion

IN THE 1970s I decided I would like to become a nurse.

Home truths

10 September 1997

Nursing Standard

Opinion

‘PLEASE TAKE a seat. How may I help you both?’

Human MOTs

17 June 1998

Nursing Standard

Opinion

ON THE SCALE of favourite aspects of my job as a practice nurse, dog bites and bee stings rate infinitely higher than adult health checks. In these days of...

Buzzing with ideas

19 March 1997

Nursing Standard

Opinion

PLACE YOUR bets, ladies and gentlemen! What will be the buzzword in nursing for 1997? Multiskilling, reflective practice and evidence-based practice have passed...

Feline practice

22 October 1997

Nursing Standard

Opinion

BEING HUMAN suggests an absence of sniped fur or claws. But practice nurses do have something in common with tigers - that intuition which allows us to relate to our...

The road to ruin

17 January 1996

Nursing Standard

Viewpoint education

And now, instead of the advertised Nursing Update programme, we bring you a hardhitting documentary. Viewers may find aspects of this programme upsetting, and...

Battle of wills

19 October 1994

Nursing Standard

Viewpoint

I have been gripped by paranoia. But before the occupational health department drags me screaming from this word processor, I feel I should explain that actually I...

Bedtime rituals of nursing home residents: a study

05 February 1997

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article explores the bedtime rituals espoused by a sample of elderly residents in a nursing home and the extent to which care assistants meet individual needs....