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Will critical pathways replace the nursing process?

17 September 1997

Nursing Standard

Clinical management

Some writers allege that the step by step process approach to nursing individual people is inappropriate. The nursing process ignores the individuality of both the...

The rise and fall of cot sides

19 April 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Some researchers have questioned the use of cot sides, citing evidence that the incorrect use of them might be considered dangerous and even unethical. This article...

Dealing with problems in clinical practice

18 August 1999

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The identification of problems and how they are dealt with is affected by the individual perspectives of all parties involved. Mike Lowry discusses how groups of...

Philosophical implications of the use of advance statements (living wills)

08 March 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The growing prevalence of advance statements represents an important shift away from paternalistic care. Patients’ willingness to begin to take more personal...

A systematic approach to complex wounds

07 April 1999

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Complex wounds fill most nurses with the feeling of unmanageable dread. This article aims to dispel such fears by showing that the nurse, once equipped with the...

Providing contact cards for relatives following bereavement

07 July 2010

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes the implementation of a Welsh Assembly Government policy to improve customer service and provide an opportunity for relatives to seek further...

Critical thinking among nurses

01 February 2008

Nursing Management

Leadership

IN TODAY’S complex and ever changing healthcare environment, nurses must be prepared to analyse large amounts of information critically so that they can weigh up the...

Managing difficult behaviour

01 October 2010

Nursing Management

Feature

People can be identified in various ways, such as lazy, argumentative or stubborn, all describing behaviours that can lead to difficulties in the workplace. It is...

Resuscitation decision making and older people

01 July 2002

Nursing Older People

CPD

Public expectations of the success of resuscitation have been raised in recent years. However, reality does not always match these expectations. Media attention has...

Trust-wide core care plans

15 October 1997

Nursing Standard

Clinical

Since its adoption from the US some 20 years ago, the nursing process and its essential component the individualised patient care plan, have been promoted as the...