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Improving quality of primary health care in a Sudanese dispensary

26 January 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Nursing in a poverty-stricken war zone means working with poor facilities and coping with different attitudes. Sue Campbell explores how working overseas does not...

Pilot evaluation of an intermediate care scheme

19 February 2003

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To explore whether an intermediate care scheme could reduce the number of unnecessary emergency hospital admissions for people aged over 65. Method A...

Assessing community healthcare needs: lessons from Africa

08 August 2001

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes participatory approaches to needs assessments for community profiling in developing countries. It reviews the literature on compiling...

Community-acquired MRSA in children

01 March 2003

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus is an organism that is commonly associated with hospitals, and is an increasing problem worldwide. However, there have...

Promoting public health: part 2

01 December 2006

Nursing Management

Continuing professional development

ONE OF the key lessons learned over the past few decades of public health research is that healthcare service providers must understand the subtle, unique...

Prevention and control of infection in non-acute healthcare settings

20 June 2006

Nursing Standard

Learning zone continuing professional development

This article discusses the main principles of infection prevention and control in non-acute healthcare settings. It explores the use of a set of ten tools developed...

Cultural sensitivity: a practical approach to improving services

02 May 2001

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Reports commissioned by the Department of Health (Acheson 1998, Alexander 1999) have highlighted the failure of the NHS to provide culturally sensitive services for...

Prevention and control of infection in non-acute healthcare settings

14 June 2006

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article discusses the main principles of infection prevention and control in non-acute healthcare settings. It explores the use of a set of ten tools developed...

Benefits of mobile working for community nurse prescribers

22 June 2011

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article examines the professional considerations that motivate the adoption of mobile working by nurse prescribers in England. The article presents some of the...

Community Anticoagulation Therapy: Family perspectives

01 September 2001

Paediatric Nursing

A&S Science

Increasing numbers of children and young people require anticoagulant therapy for congenital heart disease. A self-report, semi structured questionnaire was used to...