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Tests on trial

03 February 2009

Nursing Standard

Feature

A former nurse campaigns against the use of animals in medical research, arguing it is scientifically flawed. A group that defends vivisection argues live animal...

Typologies in nursing: a review of the literature

01 January 2007

Nurse Researcher

issues in research

The generation and use of typologies is a familiar, but taken for granted, aspect of nursing discourse. In a previous article in Nurse Researcher (14,1), Colin...

Contact dermatitis:types, triggers and treatment strategies

05 May 2009

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article provides an overview of the issues involved in the assessment and management of patients presenting with contact dermatitis. It describes the different...

Trends in hypothesis testing and related variables in nursing research: a retrospective exploratory study

15 April 2011

Nurse Researcher

General

Aim To compare the inclusion and the influences of selected variables on hypothesis testing during the 1980s and 1990s. Background In spite of the emphasis on...

Procedure for pregnancy testing

28 November 2007

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article summarises the procedure for assessing and undertaking a test to determine if a woman is pregnant.

Contact dermatitis: types, triggers and treatment strategies

29 April 2009

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article provides an overview of the issues involved in the assessment and management of patients presenting with contact dermatitis. It describes the different...

A position statement about predictive genetic testing among children

23 September 2019

Nursing Children and Young People

Ethical issues

Genetic testing of children to predict their future risk of illness is controversial. When parents make the decision to test their children, they deprive them of...

Early diagnosis and testing for human immunodeficiency virus

08 June 2016

Nursing Standard

CPD

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is now considered a long-term condition. However, HIV can only become a long-term condition if it is diagnosed early and...

How genes affect the risk of developing cancer

01 July 2013

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

Genetic testing is increasingly used to analyse whether a person carries an increased risk of developing a particular cancer. This is based on the observation that...

Dilemmas in managing patients with cancer of unknown primary

02 October 2009

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is one of the ten most common cancer diagnoses in the UK. Since publication of the NHS Cancer Plan (Department of Health 2000),...