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Assisted ventilation in cystic fibrosis: nursing care

16 September 1998

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Clinical

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common lethal genetic disorder affecting Caucasian populations, particularly those of northern European origin. It is a hereditary...

Informed consent and the treatment of children

04 September 1996

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Paediatric nursing

The UKCC Code of Professional Conduct (1992) states: ‘Each registered nurse, midwife and health visitor shall act at all times, in such a manner as to safeguard and...

Wedding rings and hospital- acquired infection

16 July 1997

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Clinical

Nurses have a professional responsibility under the UKCC Code of Professional Conduct (UKCC 1992), to offer patients the highest possible standard of care, care that...

The unique function of the nurse

07 January 1998

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Professional development

Virginia Henderson’s contribution to nursing in the 20th century has been compared to Florence Nightingale’s contribution during the 19th century. Her definition of...

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (mics)

23 October 1996

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Special focus: cardiology

Cardiac surgeons at some cardiothoracic centres in the United Kingdom are now performing keyhole surgery on patients with coronary artery disease using the latest...

Leg ulceration and clinical effectiveness: nurse-led clinics

01 April 1998

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Special focus: Tissue viability

During the past decade, studies on the prevalence of leg ulceration in the UK and mainland Europe suggest that between 1 and 2 per cent of the population are...

Continuity of care for older people

16 September 1998

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Care of older people

A quarter of 85-year-old and half of 90-year-old people live in residential care (DoH 1997). Many older adults discharged from hospital are transferred to...

Nurses’ perceptions of roles in multidisciplinary teams

31 July 1996

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Multidisciplinary care

The move towards multidisciplinary approaches to health care has been encouraged by a number of government reports (DoH 1986,1989) in order to support the increase...

Evaluating primary care interventions for incontinence

28 February 1996

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Continence care

Regular urinary incontinence affects one in six adult women. However, for the majority, good continence services are difficult to access and few primary care-based...

Bridging the research-practice gap: the role of the link nurse

13 March 1996

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Research

There has been much discussion about the need to reduce the gap between nursing research and nursing practice (Polit and Hungler 1993). McKenna (1995) argued that...

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