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Fracture management

17 March 2009

Nursing Standard

Learning zone assessment

As a staff nurse working on a trauma unit I come into contact with and care for patients who have sustained fractures. This article gave me the opportunity to...

Resuscitation

20 April 2010

Nursing Standard

Learning zone assessment

The article encouraged me to reflect on the role of the nurse during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in acute hospital settings.

Bullying experience makes me determined to help students

08 August 2006

Nursing Standard

Letter

I was saddened to read the article about students being bullied (news July 26). My mentors have been welcoming and supportive. But on one placement the behaviour of...

Patients were reassured when i expressed my distress at death

01 July 2006

Nursing Standard

Reflections

I was nearing the end of my first year as a nursing student, and on placement on a renal ward. Most of the patients I was caring for had complicated disease...

Scarcity of jobs means bleak future for nursing graduates

15 August 2006

Nursing Standard

Letter

As a third-year nursing student, I have been somewhat anxious, but also excited, about qualifying. Our cohort, however, has now learnt that there will be no jobs for...

Wound healing

21 November 2006

Nursing Standard

Learning zone assessment

Despite developments in the nurse’s role, wound healing remains a fundamental aspect of care. This article has increased my understanding of the basic principles of...

Starting out - Mentor’s poor example made me examine my own attitudes

21 November 2006

Nursing Standard

Reflection

I was allocated to an older people’s ward on my placement, working alongside two qualified nurses and a healthcare assistant. One of the patients used his call bell...

One step beyond

07 August 1996

Nursing Standard

Opinion

THE TOPICAL issue of nurse prescribing is still in its infancy, but is likely to become dogma.

Post-operative pain

09 April 2008

Nursing Standard

Learning zone assessment

Post-operative pain management is an important aspect of nursing care and reading this article increased my knowledge and understanding of assessment and management...

Science as well as sociology

24 April 1996

Nursing Standard

Opinion

CONTEMPORARY NURSE education emphasises the sociology and psychology disciplines in nursing practice, to the detriment of biomedical science. This has been dictated...