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A public health approach to nursing in the community

21 May 1997

Nursing Standard

Community

The growing awareness of the public health potential of nurses in primary care (SNMAC 1995) has provided a welcome change from the individualistic health education...

Nurse practitioners in general practice: an expanding role

13 November 1996

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Primary health care

The title nurse practitioner causes a great deal of confusion among nurses and between nurses and other professional healthcare workers. Definitions of the role have...

Community nursing profiles: their role in needs assessment

04 June 1997

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Community

The term ‘community profile’ refers to a diverse range of projects undertaken by different organisations including communities themselves, and statutory and...

Managing risk factors for hypertension in primary care

25 February 1998

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Clinical

Nurse practitioners have the opportunity to improve the detection and enhance the management of hypertensive patients and those susceptible to coronary heart disease...

Perceptions of barriers to implementing research

29 January 1997

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Research

This article reports the findings of a study of community nurses to determine their perceptions of barriers to the implementation of research findings in practice. A...

Art & Science

03 April 1996

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Art & Science

Qualified nurse practitioners working in the community prescribe from a wide formulary. Despite degree level education, their prescriptions still have to be signed...

Change theory and health promotion

18 February 1998

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Art & Science

Practice nurses spend much of their time attempting to improve patients’ health behaviour. In this article, the author, herself a practice nurse, describes how the...

Fall prevention and the national service framework

09 October 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and nature of fall prevention activities carried out by London primary and secondary care NHS services and...

Primary care: nurse-led telephone triage and advice out-of-hours

12 August 1998

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Art & Science

In this article the authors report on the evaluation of an out-of-hours telephone triage and advice service in general practice. A computer-based decision support...

Risk factors for hypertension and cardiovascular disease

18 February 1998

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Clinical

Hypertension is known to be a significant causative agent in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) including stroke (Coope and Warrander 1986). A...

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