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Tools to assess the nutritional status of acutely ill older adults

01 June 2006

Nursing Older People

Care

Nurses are responsible for identifying patients who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. They are also expected to follow-up patients’ nutritional status and...

Key problems in using health status measures

19 March 1997

Nursing Standard

Management

As health professionals adopt a more evidence-based approach to patient care, nurses are now required to read and evaluate critically research studies. At some point...

Homophobia and nursing care

29 October 1997

Nursing Standard

Mental health

It is evident that homophobia is prevalent in the UK. Oppressive legislation includes a differential in the age of consent for male heterosexual and homosexual...

The role of intellectual assessment in learning disability services

01 February 2002

Learning Disability Practice

CPD

Intellectual assessments can play a key part in ensuring people with learning disabilities receive appropriate services. While IQ scores have been criticised in the...

Management of patients with mental health needs

03 September 2014

Emergency Nurse

Art & Science

This article presents findings from the first phase of a two-part study that examined the knowledge and experience of emergency department (ED) staff who work with...

Health needs in people with learning disabilities: using the ‘OK’ Health Check

01 May 2008

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

A growing body of evidence suggests that people with intellectual disabilities are experiencing significant health inequalities when compared with their peers in the...

Developing cognitive remediation approaches in a rehabilitation setting

01 July 2004

Mental Health Practice

General

It is increasingly recognised that schizophrenia is an illness that affects fundamental thinking processes or cognition (Heinrichs 2001). People who experience...

Training High: a clinical skills initiative for families and staff

11 September 2012

Nursing Children and Young People

A&S Science

During the past 50 years the care of children and young people who are unwell in the UK has shifted out of the hospital environment and into the community and has...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a non-pharmalogical approach

01 July 2007

Nursing Older People

Care

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is now regarded as one of the worlds most prevalent chronic disorders and is listed in the top five leading causes of...

Analysing healthcare provision to ensure access for all

06 March 1996

Nursing Standard

Management

Health care has always been rationed. Waiting lists and clinical decisions on whether or not to treat somebody are its obvious manifestations (Frankel 1989). As...

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