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Community practitioners and health visitors handbook

01 May 2002

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

The purpose of this book is to bring together and examine the many documents and papers on the latest changes to the health service. It identifies the significance...

The misery of hay

04 June 1997

Nursing Standard

Feature

EXAM TIME is a period of considerable stress for many young people and their families. But in addition to the rigour of the exams themselves, revision and...

Role reversal

24 June 1998

Nursing Standard

News comment

IT IS interesting that a radiographer has been trained to work as a nurse practitioner, alongside her 12 existing nurse practitioner colleagues.

Better care for people with asthma

04 August 1999

Nursing Standard

Special launch

Roughly 20 per cent of adults and 10 per cent of all children in this country are asthmatic. Asthma is becoming more common and more severe in Britain. While the...

Developing practical Nursing Skills

02 May 2001

Nursing Standard

Book Review

This is a beautifully produced book. Easy to use and a pleasure to work through, it is a read that has long been required - examining the principles of what nursing...

Copd – ‘at your fingertips’

03 August 2005

Nursing Standard

Book Review

Although written primarily for patients and their carers, this guide to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an excellent resource for all health...

The nursing process: A global concept

21 February 2006

Nursing Standard

Book Review

This book offers an accurate record of the nursing process’s creation and emersion into the nursing culture with mixed success and acceptance.

Practice potential

11 July 2006

Nursing Standard

Careers & jobs

Halfway through the ten-year plan for a more modern, effective health service, the recent white paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, signals a new direction for...

Culture and Health – A Critical Perspective towards Global Health: Second edition

22 August 2006

Nursing Standard

Book Review

Malcolm MacLachlan has written a fascinating book for clinicians who see patients from a range of cultures and countries. It extended my understanding in a number of...

Primary care model shows way forward in community

29 June 2010

Nursing Standard

Letter

It is great to read about general practice nurses taking the initiative in the community and developing enhanced working relationships with patients and GPs...