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Nurse prescribing in an Alzheime’s disease service: a reflective account

01 April 2008

Mental Health Practice

General

Nurse prescribing is one of the most radical, and controversial, developments in nursing in recent decades. O’Dowd (2007) summed up the contrasting views that...

Good practice in continence services

09 August 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The Department of Health, England, issued new guidance on continence services earlier this year. Sue Thomas examines the guidelines with a view to the future of...

From reforms to modernisation

11 October 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article investigates how the 1991 and 1993 reforms have affected service delivery. It uses district nursing as a case study to demonstrate how a profession can...

Meithrin y Dyfodol*: children’s nursing in Wales

01 December 2004

Paediatric Nursing

General

In 1999, the National Assembly for Wales published Realising the Potential, a strategy for nursing, midwifery and health visiting in the principality (NAW 1999). It...

Learning from Bristol: Acting to improve a Cinderella service

01 September 2001

Paediatric Nursing

General

The Chairman of the Inquiry into children’s heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary 1984-1995, Professor Ian Kennedy, wrote the chapter in the report on...

Children first

01 November 2004

Mental Health Practice

Children and adolescents

The National Service Framework (NSF) is part of the government’s cross-departmental ‘Change for Children’ programme. The aim is to ensure all children and young...

Improving mental health care in general hospitals

01 May 2007

Nursing Older People

Care

The mental health needs of older people being cared for within general hospitals and other acute healthcare settings has been specifically identified as a priority...

Is there a place for epidemiology in nursing?

05 July 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Background Epidemiological research is seen by many to have Immense value in helping to determine the health of populations and In helping to plan and determine...

Leadership in children’s nursing: impact on policy

01 May 2004

Paediatric Nursing

General

In the aftermath of the Bristol inquiry and other critical reports it is more important than ever that children’s nurses voice their views and share their extensive...

National service frameworks: from policy to practice

01 November 2004

Paediatric Nursing

General

National service frameworks (NSFs) set national standards and define service models for specific clinical services or groups, put in place programmes to support...