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Evaluating patients’ experiences of home and hospital chemotherapy

01 February 2008

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

This article examines the experiences of breast cancer patients who received chemotherapy in their own home compared with those who were treated in hospital. Fifteen...

Discharge planning: the role of the discharge co-ordinator

05 February 2009

Nursing Older People

Clinical

Research spanning 30 years has highlighted discharge planning as a complex area of practice. Discharge co-ordinators are part of the support provided to improve the...

Young people with complex health needs: the organisation of support

13 October 2008

Primary Health Care

General

Providing support to enable children and adolescents who have complex and continuing health needs to live at home and be fully integrated with society can be...

Evaluating a respiratory intermediate care team

12 October 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article examines the work of a respiratory intermediate care team. Findings from an audit and a patient satisfaction postal questionnaire are presented to...

Children’s home nursing: results of a national survey

01 October 2003

Paediatric Nursing

General

A questionnaire survey was undertaken to establish the characteristics of children’s home nursing teams in the UK that deal with acute and chronic cases, to assess...

Diabetes management: hospital or home?

01 November 2003

Paediatric Nursing

General

Type 1 diabetes is the most common endocrine disorder in children. The initial management of the diabetic child and his or her family differs considerably from one...

Pilot student placements with children with complex needs

05 May 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Education

Enabling the increasing population of children with complex and continuing health needs to live at home with their families is generally considered the ideal...

Risk management and clinical governance for complex home-based health care

01 July 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Healthcare professionals have an obligation to enable children with complex needs to lead ‘ordinary lives’ at home but the views of professionals and family members...

Every nurse has a duty to make every contact count

09 December 2014

Nursing Children and Young People

Art & Science

Make Every Contact Count is a public health strategy and not entirely a new idea in nursing, but one that all nurses need to be more conscious of when dealing with...

Supported discharge for patients with COPD

21 July 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes how an existing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease outreach service, which manages patients at home and attempts to avoid inappropriate...

04 March 2024 / Vol 23 issue 2

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