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Prevention of infection: central venous catheters

05 June 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article demonstrates how with set protocols, training and meticulous attention to detail, sepsis can be almost eradicated in central venous catheters.

Thought for food: nutritional assessment of chemotherapy patients

01 June 2007

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Cancer and its treatment can give rise to enduring nutritional problems for patients, presenting challenges to nurses and other health professionals. Patients who...

Helping children who require long-term parenteral nutrition

01 July 2013

Nursing Children and Young People

Art & science

Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a therapy that is complex and can lead to serious complications such as infection of the central venous catheter. A follow-up audit...

Safe placement of nasogastric tubes in children

01 November 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

insertion of nasogastric tubes is a common nursing procedure but practice rituals and unfounded assumptions can compromise safety. current methods for checking the...

Reducing the risk of wrong route errors

01 July 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit are at particular risk from clinical errors because of their fragility and vulnerability, as well as the complex nature...

Changing from oral to enteral feeding: impact on families of children with disabilities

01 September 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

The number of children in the UK who are being fed enterally at home is increasing. Feeding by nasogastric or gastrostomy tube may not seem particularly abnormal to...

Intestinal failure and long-term parenteral nutrition in children

05 December 2008

Paediatric Nursing

CPD

Infants and children with intestinal failure such as that seen in short bowel syndrome will require parenteral feeding, some of them in the long-term. Complications...

Providing nutritional support for patients in critical care

21 May 2018

Nursing Standard

Nutrition

The provision of nutritional support for patients who are critically ill is complex and multifaceted, in part because of the variety and complexity of potential...

Retaining central venous catheters in paediatric parenteral nutrition

02 September 2009

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article aims to discuss problems with central venous catheters (CVCs) and offer strategies to assist in preventing their replacement. The article focuses on the...

Importance of nutrition in palliative care of patients with chronic disease

08 September 2010

Nursing Standard

CPD

Good nutrition is important in caring for patients with life-limiting illness, not only for meeting the body’s physical requirements but also because of its...

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