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The vital role of nurses in the care of oesophageal cancer patients

01 April 2006

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Oesophageal cancer is an aggressive disease with the potential to metastasise early. Because the disease tends to remain silent until late in its course, the...

The rhythms of life: chronobiology and nursing

23 April 1997

Nursing Standard

Clinical

It is now well established that all human physiological processes exhibit rhythmicity. The menstrual cycle is probably the best-known, but physiological variables,...

Workers’wake-up call

06 October 2009

Nursing Standard

Feature

Researchers estimate that up to 50 per cent of the population have working patterns that are out of sync with their natural rhythms, and this can be harmful to...

Night-shift napping

02 January 2008

Nursing Standard

Feature

Fatigue can be a major problem for nurses working night shifts and could put patient care at risk. Taking brief naps may help.