It is the small caring tasks that mean so much to patients
Article Abstract:
The experience of a nurse, caring for an 80-year old patient, on her first hospital placement is narrated. Small indignities can assume huge proportions to a sick person, and nursing requires a subtlety and technique if sympathy is to be converted into effective action.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2006
Public affairs, Social aspects, Methods, Practice, Nursing, Patients, Patient care, Aged patients, Elderly patients
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2006
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Bringing stroke out of the shadows
Article Abstract:
The article discusses nurses' contribution in providing better services for stroke, a very critical field of care.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2007
Government expenditures, Health Care and Social Assistance, HEALTH SERVICES, Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Care Services, Medical & Health Services, Health aspects, Management, Prevention, Medical care, Stroke (Disease), Stroke, Hospitals, Company business management, Stroke patients, Thrombolytic therapy, Hospital admission and discharge, Medical care (Private), Government finance
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2007
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Subjects list: Care and treatment, United Kingdom
Similar abstracts:
This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.