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Manual handling and the lawfulness of no-lift policies

04 February 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Recent discussions over the plight of a woman who had spent a year sleeping in her wheelchair because the local NHS trust refused to allow her to be lifted into bed...

Body shape distortion: promoting postural care at night

04 September 2009

Learning Disability Practice

Feature

A child’s night-time sleeping position is important because a destructive lying posture can, over time, distort a child’s body shape. This can reduce the capacity of...

The complexities of heel ulcers

16 April 2003

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article examines the complexities of heel ulcers. Treatments now considered outdated and potentially hazardous are discussed as are modern treatments that may...

Effective interventions for pressure ulcer prevention

10 September 2003

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article examines the causes of pressure ulcers and provides an overview of the best advice available in preventing them in the clinical setting. This should...

Implementing moving and handling in higher education

27 April 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Moving and handling education for staff and students was implemented by one higher education institution and examined across its pre-registration health programmes....

Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers

06 September 2006

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

An ‘all-in-one’ guideline on pressure ulcer prevention and management in primary and secondary care was published last year by the National Institute for Health and...

Positioning critically ill patients in hospital

29 June 2005

Nursing Standard

CPD

Although moving and handling is an important aspect of nurse training, the emphasis is often more on the health and safety of the nurse than on the importance of the...

Sitting: pressure ulcer development

14 February 2001

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Seating is a major factor in pressure ulcer development, but it is frequently overlooked in the literature on pressure area management. Pressure ulcers are largely...

Manual handling and nursing children

01 March 2002

Paediatric Nursing

CPD

The aim of this article is to highlight some of the unique challenges relating to handling children, such as: their stage of physical and cognitive development,...

Prone positioning in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

15 November 2005

Nursing Standard

Art &science respiratory focus

Prone positioning is a technique used to treat patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Nurses are ideally placed to initiate and manage prone...