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Nursing Standard - Volume 25, Issue 52
Nursing Standard
Issue 52 - Volume 25 - 31 August 2011
4 archive articles
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Author: Zuzana Khan
Nebuliser therapy is an important part of nursing patients with respiratory disease. Despite controversy about their use, nebulisers still have value in certain clinical situations. Nebuliser therapy ...
Date: August 2011
Journal: Nursing Standard
Issue: Volume 25, Number 52
Keywords: Nebuliser therapy - Preventing falls in older people: assessment and interventions
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Authors: David Jones | Tracy Whitaker
Falls can have a devastating effect on older people. Physical injury and fear of further falls may restrict social and physical activities, leading to a lack of confidence and social isolation. Nurses...
Date: August 2011
Journal: Nursing Standard
Issue: Volume 25, Number 52
Keywords: Community nursing, falls prevention, older people, risk assessment - Using solution-focused communication to support patients
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Authors: Steve Smith | Dorothy Adam | Pamela Kirkpatrick | Gillian McRobie
Nurses want to help patients; it is one of their main roles and a key source of job satisfaction. However, finding the time despite low staffing levels and a heavy workload is a constant challenge. Th...
Date: August 2011
Journal: Nursing Standard
Issue: Volume 25, Number 52
Keywords: Communication, empowerment, patient-centered care, quality of life, solution-focused communication - Understanding the NMC code of conduct: a student perspective
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Author: Hannah Sutcliffe
The Code, published by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2008), provides standards of performance and ethics for nurses and midwives, and is a means of safeguarding the health and wellbeing of ...
Date: August 2011
Journal: Nursing Standard
Issue: Volume 25, Number 52
Keywords: Accountability, code of conduct, nurse-patient relationship, professional conduct, responsibility
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