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Clinical Work with Substance-Abusing Clients

02 February 2015

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

FOCUSING ON the clinical care of substance-misusing patients, this extensively revised book provides a comprehensive description of drug treatment services in the...

Counselling Older People with Alcohol Problems

01 September 2011

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

While There has been much media coverage of alcohol misuse among young people, there is a growing recognition that it occurs among older people too.

Re/entry: A Guide for Nurses Dealing with Substance Use Disorder

10 February 2015

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

THE TITLE of this publication gives the impression that it is aimed at nurses treating substance misuse, but in reality it is more of a guide book for nurses who...

Clinical Work with Substance-Abusing Clients

10 December 2014

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

PROFESSOR STRAUSSNER and her co-authors have carried out an extensive revision of this publication. Focusing on the clinical care of substance misusing patients, the...

Health Visiting: A Rediscovery

01 March 2013

Nursing Children and Young People

Book review

WITH A resurgence in health visiting, it is timely that there is an update to the seminal text on this profession. Six main themes are explored and the use of case...

Training nurses to prescribe drugs

20 August 1997

Nursing Standard

Letter

I support the concerns of the RCN and Unison officers regarding the ethical implications of nurses taking prescribing courses provided by pharmaceutical companies...

Dads can chaperone their child just as well as mothers can

14 April 1997

Nursing Standard

Letter

As one of the nurses involved in the development of the RCN Issues in Nursing report, I welcomed your feature ‘Victims of Suspicion’(Features April 23).

Partnerships to reduce crime and disorder

13 August 2003

Nursing Standard

Letter

It is welcome news that the House of Commons public accounts committee has recognised the escalating levels of violence against NHS staff (news July 30).

Our man in Havana

13 August 2003

Nursing Standard

Feature

how would you react if a detective chief inspector asked you to take part in a training programme in Cuba? Aside from ‘Where’s my passport?’, you might ask what the...

Safe at the centre

02 October 2004

Nursing Standard

Features

WHEN ASKED which branch of nursing I work in, I reply crime and disorder. Since November 2003, I have been seconded to Liverpool City Council as associate director...