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20 November 1996

Nursing Standard

Opinion

THE GOVERNMENT'S White Paper, Choices and Opportunity. Primary Care: The Future promises a primary care based not on a prescriptive legislative contract, but on a...

Pensioned off

30 October 1996

Nursing Standard

Opinion

GENERAL PRACTITIONERS are entitled to join the NHS Superannuation Scheme but practice nurses are excluded - even though they are employed to deliver NHS care to NHS...

Travel health: non-vaccine preventable risks

20 May 1998

Nursing Standard

RCN Continuing education

Aim and intended learning outcomes The aim of this article is to outline the non-vaccine preventable health hazards associated with travel abroad. It will include a...

Travel vaccination: an update

05 May 2004

Nursing Standard

CPD

Foreign tourism and travel are increasing in popularity, with more than six million visits being made to developing countries annually (ONS 2002). In this article,...

Mission of the RCN Institute

26 June 1996

Nursing Standard

Learning unit 052

Immunisation: to protect yourself

01 February 1995

Nursing Standard

Nursing update

The aim of this Learning Unit is to develop your knowledge of immunisation to enable you give more effective care to your clients.

Malaria

14 March 2001

Nursing Standard

CPD

Malaria is a common and dangerous tropical disease, caused by a parasite transmitted to humans through the bite of the anopheles mosquito. This article reviews the...

Clinical negigence and patient compensation

02 March 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article reviews the aims and purposes of the tort system in clinical negligence and outlines the main criticisms of the way the system provides compensation to...

Immunisation

12 April 2000

Nursing Standard

CPD

Nurses’ involvement in immunisation goes beyond simply giving vaccines. Jeannett Martin describes the nurse’s overall role and responsibilities in administering...

Advising travellers on health abroad: part 1

12 July 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical health education

Travel-related illness is not new. Alexander the Great is thought to have died of malaria, and the spread of disease along trade routes has been documented for...