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The role of computer software in presenting information

09 July 2009

Nursing Management

Feature

An ability to communicate ideas and concepts is a key skill for senior nurses, and many use presentation software to help them do this. However, there is evidence...

Older women’s experience of the menopause

12 August 1998

Nursing Standard

Women's health

Life expectancy for men and women continues to increase, particularly in the developed world. But the latter part of women's lives is often viewed as being less...

No way out

04 September 1996

Nursing Standard

Opinion

THIS YEAR the UKCC published Guidelines for Professional Practice which includes a section on conscientious objection. The guidelines state that nurses have a legal...

Water pressure

12 June 1996

Nursing Standard

Public health

THE DEBATE over the fluoridation of Northern Ireland’s water has taken off in the last few months.

The diet dictators

17 July 1996

Nursing Standard

Opinion

STUDIES OF young black women conducted during the 1980s suggested that they were much less preoccupied with thinness or losing weight than young white women.

Modifying the body: piercing and tattoos

06 December 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical health education

This article examines body piercing and tattooing. The author describes the motives expressed by individuals undergoing these practices, the health and social...

No smoke without fire

29 November 1995

Nursing Standard

Viewpoint self image

Increasingly, men are either giving up smoking or are refusing to smoke in the first place, yet since 1986 girls have not only been more likely to smoke, but have...

Lessons in confidence

06 March 1996

Nursing Standard

Opinion

IN MOST nursing colleges, assertiveness training or skills are taught. Games, exercises and role play are carefully staged to demonstrate the assertive and...

A placebo study would help to determine risks and benefits

17 September 2014

Nursing Standard

Letter

With reference to your last Readers Panel (Reflections September 10), no trial of that kind can be conducted without ethics committee approval.

Women and family - a mythical ideal?

14 December 1994

Nursing Standard

Clinical women’s issues

The 1993 Conservative Party Conference witnessed repeated calls for the revival of the happy nuclear family. The message, according to one reporter, was: 'Help, look...