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Staff owed an apology too

01 November 2004

Mental Health Practice

Interact

Dear Editor, I agree with your suggestion in the editorial in the June issue of MHP (7, 9, 3) regarding finding a forum for professionals to apologise to clients and...

Modern terms for liking the job

16 December 1998

Nursing Standard

Letter

Am I the only person who thought the theatre nurses’ responses in Andy Mardell’s article ‘How theatre nurses perceive their role: a study" strange (Art & Science...

Nurse practitioners: the Olympic gold standard for patient care?

08 July 1998

Nursing Standard

Letter

Some of the argument surrounding the case of the physiotherapist doing nurse practitioner work (News Comment June 24) stems from the more recent use of the word...

Education is not what it used to be

29 April 1998

Nursing Standard

Letter

Alison Moore (News analysis April 8) quite rightly points out that a third of school leavers now go on to attempt degrees.

Badges can't take the place of uniforms

07 October 1998

Nursing Standard

Letter

First Edition on television on September 22 showed shots of a local A&E unit A small woman in a jumper and skirt was running around, apparently one of the waiting...

Patient nutrition is too important to be delegated to unpaid support staff

07 July 2009

Nursing Standard

Letter

The art&science article on the role of dining companions in supporting nursing care (June 17) raises many interesting issues and it is good to see that NHS trusts...

Bowel cancer screening for younger people with colitis

18 May 2010

Nursing Standard

Letter

It is encouraging to read that more people aged 60 to 69 are benefiting from early diagnosis of bowel cancer through the new faecal occult blood screening programme...

Exposure to electricity can be profoundly debilitating

24 January 2006

Nursing Standard

Letter

I have endured electrical sensitivity for several years and know only too well how this silent disease can drive many down a long and winding road (letters January...

A re-examination of the history of children’s community nursing

01 May 1999

Paediatric Nursing

History

The historical development of children’s community nursing has been examined on a number of occasions during the last twenty years (Starbuck 1981, Catchpole 1985,...

Nurse prescribing in mental health: a person-centred approach

03 September 2008

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article outlines how Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, a mental health and learning disability trust, implemented a preceptorship prescribing...