Nursing Times 2001 - Abstracts

Nursing Times 2001
TitleSubjectAuthors
10 ways to improve your practice.(networking in the medical field)HealthMary Ward
1.5m pounds for Scotland.(funding for nursing recruitment and retention in Scotland)Health 
60.1 Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy - 1.HealthJanet Copp
9 hints on how to get to grips with the UK.(tips for nurses coming to Britain from overseas)HealthDavid Stanley
Abdominal massage for adults with learning disabilities.(bowel management practice)HealthMarian Emly, Liz Wilson, Jill Darby
A breath of fresh air.(Filipino nurse, nursing home, Sussex, England)HealthGillian Reeve
A brother's legacy.(medical negligence case)HealthJean Crate
Acromegaly management in the community.(case study)HealthSharon Carr
Acting on dilemmas in palliative care.HealthMezzi Franklin
A development programme for newly qualified staff nurses.HealthCarole Jackson, Debbie Dzik-Jurasz
Administering antibiotic therapy at home.(nursing)HealthJennifer Deagle
Administration of inotropes.(guidance on administering inotropes)HealthNigel Davies
A fair share.(district nurses)HealthChristine Spens
A flexible approach to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.(MRSA)HealthJoanne Leigh Nolan
A focus on innovation to boost national care standards: the Nursing and Midwifery Practice Development Unit aims to promote best practice across Scotland by encouraging innovation and the exchange of ideas.HealthRhona Hotchkiss
A framework for nursing the dying patient in ICU.HealthJane Eastland
A framework for telephone nursing.(operation of NHS Direct nursing helpline)HealthRosalyn Moore
After Bristol: the importance of informed consent.(report on Bristol Royal Infirmary )HealthAnn Gllagher, Jean McHale
A guide to female urinals.(Continence)HealthJoan McIntosh
A holistic approach to pain.(total pain, hospice care)HealthValerie Howard
A hot issue.(health risks associated with global warming and ozone layer depletion)HealthLynn Eaton
A nation of pill poppers?(antidepressant medication)HealthSusannah Strong
...and lecturers should have workload audit.(nurse lecturers)Health 
A new perspective on an old problem.(care and treatment of continence problems)HealthLinda Nazarko
A new way to link research.HealthCharlotte Clarke
An integrated care pathway for leg ulcer management.(Wound Care)HealthTracy Evans
A non-pharmacological approach to managing breathlessness.HealthGillian Stent
Anybody can make a difference, darling.(mental health services)(Column)HealthMary Kenny
Anyone for coffee?(nurses, coffee breaks)(Column)HealthAlicia Devine
A partnership scheme for adults with complex needs.HealthGlynis Blackman, Vincent Tanti
A pension worth working for.(nurse's pensions)HealthMichael Halls
A personal cancer ordeal sheds new light on practice.(nurse's experience of her daughter's cancer)HealthNoeline Young
Applying clinical governance in hospice care.(Clinical governance has been embraced by organisations outside the NHS, such as the hospice movement.)HealthPenny James
A practical guide to managing coursework.(further education for nurses)HealthAnn Fowler, Mary Eagle
A protocol for care of skeletal pin sites.HealthMary Wood
Are integrated care pathways suitable for maternity care?(Column)HealthMandy Robotham, Suzanne Cro
Are lecturers keeping up with their PREP?(continuous education in the medical profession)HealthRuth Todd
Are nurses ready to prescribe without a doctor's endorsement?HealthFiona Culley, Molly Courtenay
Are nurses receptive to an evidence-based newletter?(examination of the use of newsletters to disseminate medical researh to nurses)HealthNicola Andrew, Sue Kinn
Are we just bottling out?HealthCaroline Deacon
A right to choose.(health choices for those with learning disabilities)HealthHazel Morgan
Aseptic non-touch technique.(may reduce spread of infections)(NTPlus)HealthStephen Rowley
Assessing leadership development training.(nursing practice)HealthSteve Taylor, Tracey Williamson, Sarah Petts
A systematic desensitization programme for agoraphobia.HealthJohn Tredget
Auditing PICC line management.(peripherally inserted central catheters)HealthRuth Hendy
A vicious circle: visual impairment in people with learning disabilities.(role of nurses)HealthPenelope Stanford, Gary Shepherd
A way forward for nurse recruitment.HealthNoreen Cushen
Bandaging: a vital skill.(Wound Care)HealthKate Ballard, Helena Baxter
Benchmarking: how do you do it?(includes related articles)(Cover Story)HealthJacqueline Martin
Best of both worlds.(provision of nursing and other care for elderly people in their own homes)HealthLiz Lees
Best practice in weaning.(nutrition of babies)HealthChristine Norgate
Best practice.(results of professional survey and laws regarding Nurse Practitioners in the United Kingdom)HealthAmi David
Better health care and learning disability.HealthKay Graham
Better out than in.(morose, but somewhat humorous stories dating back to 1939 about objects inserted by humans into their bodies)HealthGeorge Winter
Better quality of care for UGI cancer patients.(need for specialist nursing care for patients suffering from upper gastrointestinal cancers)HealthArabella Melville
Bladder retraining.HealthRay Addison, Jane Lopez
Blood transfusion - 1.HealthClare Atterbury
Blood transfusion.(part 4)HealthClaire Atterbury
Bodies in motion, minds at rest.(nurses promoting physical fitness)HealthMatthew Baker
Body parts and the law.HealthSue Woodcock
Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy - 3.(nursing technique)HealthJanet Copp
Bone metastasis secondary illness, primary concern.HealthUrsula O'Leary
Bridges, bins, bushes: One nurse's daily beat.HealthLeona Armstrong
BTS moves to prevent steroid risk to children.(British Thoracic Society, guidelines)Health 
Bully for you ... or is it?(bullying in nursing)(Statistical Data Included)HealthRaj Persaud
Caesarean rate rising steeply.(United Kingdom, caesarean births)Health 
Caffeine addiction and its effects.HealthSimon Joseph
Call for guidelines on pain relief.(information access on pain relief and pain control drugs; United Kingdom)Health 
Campylobacter: diagnosis, treatment and prevention.HealthPaul Sudworth
Can I have a career in A&E?(accident and emergency)HealthMary Allen
Cannabis: a question of health, not politics.(debate on therapeutic use of cannabis)(Column)HealthMary Kenny
Care force landings.(includes related article)(Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service nurse Annelies Cusack)HealthKathy Degilio
Caring for Peggy.(terminal elderly cancer patient)HealthSarah Larham
Caring for ventilated children at home.HealthRos Sanders
Casualties of war.(examination of aging United Kingdom vetrans and the role of hospitals in past wars)HealthMulholland Helene
Caught between a rock and a hard place.(whistleblowing)Health 
Changing behaviour through relocation.(includes biographies)(moving people with learning disabilities into community home)HealthWilliam Sharp
Cleanliness rules ok.(ward sisters to enforce hospital cleaning standards)(NTPlus)(Editorial)HealthPaul Hateley
Click here for e-learning.HealthDavid Kennedy
Client involvement is the sure way to better health.(Sure Start scheme in Hastings, England)HealthAlice Webster
Clinical governance and tissue viability.HealthLouise Gibson, Nicky Poulain
Clinical governance in the real world.(One of the core aspects of clinical governance affecting nursing practice is clinical effectiveness.)HealthJacqueline Reilly
Clinical nurse specialists: towards a definition.HealthElizabeth Robb
Coaching for health care assistants.(on-the-job training for health care assistants)HealthJanice Menhennet, Angela Artley
Colorectal cancer.(part 3, bowel disease)HealthJulia Breeze
Communicating effectively with psychotic patients.HealthJohn Johnston
Communicating with unconscious patients.(reducing psychological distress)HealthKaren Leigh
Community palliative care: the evolving role of Macmillan nurses.(provision of palliative care in the community)HealthAlison Hill
Community treatment orders will make mental health nurses' jobs easier.HealthBrian Rogers, Stephen Firn
Conflict in court?(examination of drug treatment instead of jail for drug offenders)HealthMichael Bateman
Cop a load of this: why are the police so much better paid than nurses?(includes case studies)HealthClare Thomson, David Crouch
Coronary heart disease.(continuing study of the care and treatment of patients with coronary heart disease)HealthRichard Hatchett
Coronary heart disease.(methods of assessment, diagnosis and treatment of stabel angina)HealthRichard Hatchett
Critical care education is given a redesign.(nurse education)HealthSheila McKinley
Critical care outreach team sees fall in cardiac arrests.HealthNick Fox, Jan Rivers
Critical incident management.HealthGerald Bailes
Crossing the professional boundaries.(role of senior house officer, Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust)HealthNicky Burns, Karen Easton
Cured but still in need of care.(cancer, side-effects of treatment)HealthLoretta Loach
Dave, death and me.(student nurse's experiences of caring for cancer patient)HealthJames Fox
Day in the life.(Blackpool Commmunity Drug Team nurse Jane Keane)Health 
Day in the life.(cardiology nurse)HealthAlison Pottle
Day in the life.(Chlamydia Screening Study, nurses Karl Pye and Mark Young)(Interview)Health 
Day in the life.(of a staff nurse)HealthAnaliza Eborde
Day in the life.(research nurse)HealthElizabeth Cort
Dealing with the faces of life.(genetic nursing)HealthAnneDevine Gullard Alicia
Dear nurse.(woman's letter detailing treatment of husband following stroke)Health 
Decontamination of nebulisers.(to prevent cross infection)(NTPlus)HealthAnna Edwards
Deep vein thrombosis - aetiology and prevention.(nursing)HealthSandra Geraghty, Jane Russell, Selina Gilbourne, Jacqueline Young
Delivering change.(midwifery)HealthMandy Ronotham
Dementia care.HealthSuzanne Wightman
Dementia: early diagnosis is vital for best care.HealthLucy Hamilton
Demystifying practice development.HealthSteve Page
Detaining patients: a study of nurses' holding powers.HealthOlajide Ajetunmobi
Detecting pain in people with profound learning disabilities.(includes case study)HealthRoberta Astor
Developing an enteral feeding skills station.(nurse training)Health 
Developing local TB guidelines.(tuberculosis)HealthGary Porter-Jones
Developing patient group directions.(community nursing)HealthJane Chapman, Vari Drennan, Sarah Raynor
Developing the nursing role in major trauma.(role of military trauma nurse coordinator)HealthTimothy Hodgetts, Lee Turner
Developing the role of the nurse endoscopist.(specailization of nurse as a endoscopists)HealthPauline Matthews
Diabetes: blood glucose monitoring.(includes related articles)HealthMary Burden
Diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD).(NT Plus Respiratory Supplement.)(guidance for nurses on symptoms and treatment of lung diseases)HealthIan Johnston
Digitalis for treatment of congestive heart failure in patients in sinus rhythm.Health 
Directors 'vastly underpaid.'(nursing directors, survey)Health 
Disposable body-worn pads for incontinence.(nursing skills)HealthColleen Morrison
Doctors on the cheap?(includes related articles)(nurse practitioners)HealthClare Thomson
Do diets work?HealthLesley Milne
Does cervical cancer screening do more harm than good?(pros and cons of cervical cancer screening)HealthLinda Payne, Penny Lavis
Doing it for the kids.(measures to reduce child poverty and ill health)(Column)HealthHelen Roberts
Dollar values.(conference of American Psychiatric Nurses' Association)HealthChris Hart
Don't hold back on restraint.(using physical restraints to manage patient aggression, violence)HealthEddie Orme
Don't panic.(nurses, reregistering)HealthMaurren Williams
Dramatic improvement in COPD patient care in nurse-led clinic.(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)HealthAndrea Stothard, Kerry Brewer
Drug administration via a nasogastric tube.(nursing practice)HealthEmma Bryson
Duelling Tories are yeat to choose weapons.(Conservative Party, social policy)(Column)HealthNiall Dickson
Dying with dignity.(dementia patients)HealthClarissa Meers, Fergus McKenna
Educational imput to improve documentation skills.(United Kingdom National Health Service Trust programme for nurses)HealthMelanie Fisher
Elective admissions to suit the individual; imagine a system that allows patients to choose their own operation dates.(Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust launches Easi-Book system)HealthLiz Allen
Emergency contraception and teenage sexuality.HealthAlison Kilcoin, Chris Clark, Karen Payne
Empowerment in policy and practice.HealthMark Faulkner
Energy balance, mood and behaviour.(metabolism)HealthShupikai Rinomhota, Hazel Rollins
Energy, mood and behavior.(examination of the effects of diet on behavior and moods)HealthShupikai Rinomhota, Havel Rollins
Engaging nurses in clinical research.(blood transfusion study)HealthMary Fitzgerald
Evidence-based pyschological interventions in mental health nursing.HealthDavid Shapiro, Graham Paley
Expanding the remit of palliative care.(includes related articles)(terminally ill care)HealthMaggie Bisset, Vicky Robinson, Rob George
Experience counts; do clinical placements help students choose their branch programme?HealthRachel Hardyman, Sarah Robinson
Facial shaving.(patients)HealthPhilip Jevon, Melissa Jevon
Fast-track toilet training.(Continence)(toilet training for children with special learning needs)HealthJune Rogers
Fed up with poor food.(Sandwell Community Foods, access to fresh vegetables and fruit for low income people)HealthDavid Thomas
Feeding problems in elderly patients.(nursing practice)HealthRoger Weetch
Female devices: are your patients missing out?(Continence)(devices to prevent urinary incontinence)HealthRay Addison, Jenni Roberts
Fight for long-term care while you can.HealthPat Ramdhanie
Fighting talk.(columnist and former nurse Claire Rayner)HealthPhil Barker
Finding the right words.(parents, children, cancer)HealthSophie Petit-Zeman
Firm foundations.(use of nurses in planning a hospital design)HealthColin Wright
First-rate care for women with problems in pregnancy.(includes related article)HealthLinda Scott
Fit for practice: 6.5 feedback from patients.HealthPetra Copp
Fit for practice.(Code of Professional Conduct)Health 
Fit for practice: Consent and confidentiality.Health 
Fit for practice.(includes case study)(part 2: professionalism)Health 
Fit for practice: Legal issues in accountability.Health 
Fit for practice.(part 2: nurses' roles and skills)Health 
Fit for practice: Part 5.1: Accountability, autonomy and standards.(includes related articles)(nursing)Health 
Flu in the community: nursing management.HealthElaine Higson
Fond farewell to a public sector colossus.(Rodney Bickerstaffe steps down from Unison)HealthJanet Snell
For the record.(includes related article)(United Kingdom government's health policy)(Cover Story)HealthGay Lee
From ivory towers to brass tacks.(evidence-based practice, quality nursing research)HealthHelen Mulholland
Fury as UKCC confirms fees will rise to 60 pounds sterling.(nurses, registration fees)HealthAdrian O'Dowd, Nikki Daly
Getting the massage across.(use of aromatherapy in pregnancy and childbirth)HealthJoyce Reid
Getting to grips with the metal ear syringe.HealthGeoff Stubbs
Going back to my roots.(Arena)(returning to midwifery)(Column)HealthFiona Sommerville
Great expectations.(United Kingdom government's plans for National Health Service reorganization)HealthAnne Picking
Guidelines for preventing hospital-acquired infections.(includes related article)(United Kingdom)(Cover Story)HealthPeter Harper
Hancock spurns place in college's hall of fame.(former general secretary of Royal College of Nursing)Health 
Handful of 8,000 eligible HCAs join up.(health care assistants, Royal College of Nurses)Health 
Hands across the water.(North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust program for Filipino nurses)HealthJanette Whalley, Jane Springett
Hands-on detection of systemic circulatory deterioration.(nursing techniques)HealthSharon Paminter
Hear today, gone tomorrow.(includes related article)(acoustic neuroma)HealthCarl Whiffen
Hepatitis C why all the fuss?(Cover Story)HealthMay McCreddie, Margaret Neilson
Here IT comes. Ready?(skills training in information technology for nurses)HealthEileen Fursland
Hey big spender.(includes related article)(administrative role of nurses, United Kingdom)(Cover Story)HealthMichael Halls
Holidays from hell.(nurses on holiday)HealthMarc Radcliffe
Home truths: palliative care nurses are in the front line as South Africa struggles to cope with its HIV epidemic.HealthSam Crowe
Homeward bound.(patient rehabilitation scheme)HealthSusan Woodcock
Hospital: A place of safety?(psychiatric care)HealthHelene Mulhilland
How can we pay the dandy highwayman?(health care services)(Column)HealthNiall Dickson
How do I get back into nursing?HealthAndree le May
How foot and mouth disease affected a rural continence service.(Continence)HealthSandra Beeton
How patients can contribute to nurses' education.(part 2)HealthMoira Ingham
How to create a support network for research nurses.HealthClare Cann, Sian Jones
How to get the job you want.(career planning for nurses)(Cover Story)HealthPat Anderson
How to hit the jackpot.(includes case study)(nurses, funding, further education)HealthKirsten Downer
How to learn form the locals.(study, teaching, and placement of student nurses in the United Kingdom)HealthMatthew Akind
How to use medical devices safely.(nurses, avoidance of adverse incidents; United Kingdom)HealthWendy Murray, Helen Glenister
Hyperemesis gravidarum: a short case study.(nausea and vominting in early pregnancy)HealthJoy Field
Hypothermia - 2: rewarming patients.(practical advice for nurses)HealthPhil Jevon, Matthew Kelly, Beverley Ewens
Hypothermia management.HealthPhil Jevon, Beverley Ewens, Mathew Kelly
If we take foreign countries' nurses there must be some give for their students.(Editorial)Health 
Implementing best practice in pressure ulcer prevention.HealthSuzanne Reed, Kevin Hambridge, Lucy Land
Improving the management of asthma in under-fives.HealthHelena Dunbar, Diane Postle
Inappropriate placements in registered nursing homes.HealthMandy Lloyd
Increasing fibre: why and who.(nutrition)HealthDiane Palmer, Pamela Barker
Infection control in nursing and residential homes.(training guide)(NTPlus)Health 
Inflammatory bowel disease.(medical management)HealthIsobel Mason
In-hospital resuscitation for ward nurses.(life support training)HealthVicki Leah
In praise of model nurses.(outpatient nurses)HealthSandra Howard
Inspiring confidence in new nurses.HealthClare Bennett
Intermittent sequential compression therapy.(reduction of lower limb dependent edema, St. Mary's Hospital, Leeds, England)HealthMonica Carcary
Introducing a medical emergency team.HealthTimothy Hodgetts, Gary Kenward, Lee Turner
Is anybody listening?(mental health care)HealthLesley Warner
Is bringing back matron just a publicity stunt?(nursing)HealthSteve Partridge, Chris Hubble
Is Britain ready for voluntary euthanasia?HealthLesley Sanders
Is dope still on the ropes?(decriminalize cannabis is being seriously discussed in the U.K.)HealthTim Turner
Is it irresponsible to encourage young people to go into nursing?HealthMichael Gross, Beverly Malone
Is it OK to lie about your mental health when applying for a job?(okay; advantages and disadvantages)HealthBen Davidson, Hilary McCallion
Is it time ti end the mental health nurse role?(debate)HealthDavid Harding-Price, Annie Morgan
Is nursing the dying a lost art?(opinions of nurses)HealthMaire Shelly, Penny Hansford
Is rationing the only way forward for the NHS?(National Health Service)(Column)HealthIan Bogle, Allyson Pollock
Issues for nurses in dementia diagnosis and management.(continuing eduction for nurses on the care and treatment of patients with dementia)HealthJaone Wilcock, Michelle Bryans
Is the clinical nurse specialist de-skilling the junior doctor?(United Kingdom health care)HealthAdrian Newland, Nicky Burns
Is the older people's lobby harming younger people's care?(pros and cons)HealthGordon Lishman, Mike Woolliscroft
Is there a health service worker in the House?(politicians)(Column)HealthJo Brand
Is the word 'patient' outmoded?HealthSimon Williams, Julia Neuberger
It's a fact: hospitals make you sick.(infections and illnesses contracted in hospital)(Column)HealthJo Brand
Just do it.(advice on techniques of practicing nursing)HealthJohn Knape
Just like starting over.(new hospitals)HealthLeona Armstrong
Just say no to faulty, outdated equipment.(National Health Service)(Column)HealthChris Gill
Keeping nurses nursing: a quantitative analysis.(retention problems in nursing compared to teaching)(Statistical Data Included)HealthHeather Gage
Keep up the good work, but please do it quietly.(hospital wards, noise levels)(Column)HealthGabrielle Bowie
Kettles strictly forbidden.(nursing, history)HealthMary Baker
Language matters: quality interpreting services are essential for health care staff dealing with immigrant communities.HealthSara Pennington
Larva therapy.(wound management)HealthMolly Courtenay
LAtex allergy awareness among hospital staff.(includes related articles)HealthWrightm Lisa, Gavin Spickett
Laughter can be the best medicine.(care for the elderly)HealthLarole-Lynne Lenavence, Susan Slaughter
Leading a community resource team for older people.(Lesley Bainbridge, team coordinator for Community Resource Team for Older People scheme in Gateshead, England)Health 
Learning disabilities and mental ill health: care plans.HealthPeter Martin
Leg ulceration in rheumatoid arthritis.HealthMichele Grange, Charles Henderson
Life after stroke: Sam's story.HealthJonathan Webster
Life of activism that has won praise from Nelson Mandela.(Unison leader Rodney Bickerstaffe)Health 
Lifesaver or life sentence?(oxygen therapy)HealthHeather Matthews, Paula Browne, Sam Sawyer, Mary Dolding
Listening to the experts.(patients in control of their treatment)HealthAnita Rigby
Listen up, because it's going to be you one day.(elderly patients)(Column)HealthClaire Rayner
Lives less ordinary.(Human Rights and Nursing Awards)HealthDaloni Carlisle-Pesic
Long live the generalist nurse.HealthEileen Shepoerd
Lower urinary tract symptoms: Why incidence rates are vital.HealthHelen Dallosso
Lymphatic filariasis.(diseases caused by African insects)HealthBarry Thompson
Making daisy chains on ward 42.(recollections of nursing in Glasgow in the 1940s)HealthMary Baker
Making history.(documenting the lives of long-stay care residents with learning disabilities)HealthRael Martell
Making sense of arterial blood gases.(nursing)HealthMaureen Coombs
Making sense of probiotics.HealthDiane Palmer, Pamela Barker
Making the best use of overseas recruits' skills.HealthLynne Wigens, Cathy Ryan
Making the most of modern matron.HealthAnne Buchanan, Grace Gibbs
Male nurse takes NHS pension scheme to court.(NHS Occupational Pension Scheme)Health 
Management of encopresis and the parents' role.HealthMaeve McGinley
Managerial skills for F and G grades. Part three.HealthLacqueline Wheeler
Managing asthma in adolescence.HealthPat MacDonald
Managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at home.(NT Plus Respiratory Supplement.)HealthRob Angus
Managing chronic pain in children.HealthSusan Aitkenhead
Managing extravasation injuries in preterm neonates.(Wound Care)HealthVal Irving
Managing exudate. (Part 2).HealthRichard White
Managing haemorrhagic skin lesions.(Wound Care)HealthTracy Vernon
Managing malignant fungating lesions.HealthJackie Lisle
Managing the confused patient.(nursing)HealthMark Radcliffe, Katie Speechley
Managing type 2 diabetes: a dynamic approach.HealthSue Cradock, Chas Skinner
Measuring quality in a paediatric day care unit.HealthJessica Higson, Glenis Hawkins
Medication for schizophrenia.HealthRichard Gray
Men, monasteries, wars and wards.(history of male nurses )HealthAnn Pugh
Mental health rehabilitation.(includes related articles)HealthEileen Fursland
Mental illness and substance abuse.(case study)HealthJohn Sims, Andrew Lancelot
Middle-aged men still at high risk.(coronary heart disease, United Kingdom)Health 
More work for less pay; despite being used as substitutes for nurses, health care assistants and support workers would be better off working in supermarkets.HealthCarole Thornley
MRSA: false economy may lead to dangerous practices.(medicine-resistant Staphylococus aureus)HealthCarmel Edwards
National service framework delayed by at least a year.(United Kingdom, diabetes care; government)Health 
Natural healing.(naturopathic clinic for children, England)HealthDavid Potterton
Nervous system 8: part eight of this series on the nervous system describes the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis.HealthKate Watkiss, Nicki Ward
Nervous system.(part 11)HealthChris Brunker, Sarah Shah
Nervous system.(part 5)(spine and spinal cord)HealthWilliam Blows
Nervous system.(part 6)(spinal cord)HealthWilliam Blows
New therapies for the management of type 2 diabetes.HealthAnthony Barnett
NHS down 30,000 young nurses over 10 years.(National Health Service, United Kingdom; employed nurses)Health 
NHS staff given advice on treating anthrax patients.(United Kingdom's National Health Service)Health 
NMC to slash monitoring bill.(Nursing and Midwifery Council, United Kingdom; nursing education quality bill)Health 
No butts revisited.(includes related articles)(anti smoking campaign)Health 
No more Mr Bad Guy, please: prejudices often get in the way of managers and nurses working effectively as a team.HealthAlan Randall
Non-healing leg ulceration.(Wound Care)HealthChristine Moffat
Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation.HealthDoug Sawkins
Now you are a nurse prescriber - what next?(part 2)HealthJo Skinner, Yvonne Savage
Now you are a nurse prescriber - what should you do next?(good prescribing practice)HealthJo Skinner, Yvonne Savage
NT Christmas quiz.(test about current developments that affect nursing with answers)Health 
NT Helpdesk.HealthKaren Jennings
NT Practice solutions.(anticoagulation treatment)HealthLilian Webb
NT practice solutions.(community healthcare)HealthRosalie Gurr
NT practice solutions.(infusion devices, usage)HealthSue Fillingham
NT practice solutions.(pressure ulcers)HealthMaureen Benbow
Nurse-friendly integrated care pathways.(St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, England)HealthJudith Chilcott, Alison Hunt
Nurse-initiated coronary thrombolysis.(application of thrombolytic agents)HealthCharlie Bloe
Nurse practitioners are 'missed opportunity.'(advocated use of emergency nurse practitioners; United Kingdom)Health 
Nurses charged thousands for training courses.Health 
Nurses say emphatic no to stalker' charter.(Cover Story)Health 
Nursing a patient after subarachnoid haemorrhage.HealthJuliet Bostwick, Mary Sneade
Nursing blueprint for elderly care.HealthCarol Davies, Kuljit Jheeta
Nursing Times election manifesto.(includes related article)(United Kingdom election 2001)(Cover Story)Health 
Nutrition and learning disabilities.(practical nursing)HealthSusan Grassick
NVQ training unlocks the potential of nursing auxiliaries.HealthGill Dunlop
Oil on troubled waters?(use of complementary therapies in the National Health Service)(Cover Story)HealthClare Thompson
Old before their time; why are people with learning disabilities misplaced in nursing homes?HealthDavid Thompson
Osteoarthritis: symptoms and nursing management.HealthSarah Ryan
Osteoporosis.(nursing technique)HealthAnne Sutcliffe
Osteoporsis: Prevention and treatment.HealthAnne Sutcliffe
OU launches course for HCAs.(Open Univeristy, health care assistants; nursing course)Health 
Our 'job' is unique and packs an emotional punch.(Column)HealthEamonn Sullivan
Paediatric discharge criteria lead to improved outcomes.HealthJessica Higson, Rachael Bolland
Paediatric risk assessment in an adult setting.(government guidelines recommend that children are cared for by paediatric nurses, but many end up on adult wards.)HealthSharon mcAllister
Pain assessment in a day-bed unit.(Cover Story)HealthTanya Lord
Pain relief.(Wound Care)(reducing wound pain)HealthHelen Hollinworth
Pain tool audit in coronary care.(myocardial infection)HealthFiona Bett
Parkinson's disease and the nurse's role in continence assessment.HealthDeborah Rigby, Liz Whelan
Parkinson's disease - continence management.HealthLiz Whelan
Part 3.4: the complexity of human interactions.(practical nursing skills)Health 
Part 4.3: the contribution of nurses.(study advice)Health 
Patients with severe asthma.HealthLinda Pearce
Paws for thought.(health aspects of maintaining contact with animals in hospital)HealthOlwen Owen
Pectus deformities: causes and effects.HealthCaroline Emery
Perils of popping into Boots for a Levonelle.(availability of emergency contraception in United Kingdom)HealthSian Evans
Planning for a smooth discharge.(discharging patients)HealthMave Salter
Poaching staff from poorer nations is a 'short-term fix.'(recruiting overseas nurses, United Kingdom; global nursing partnerships conference, United States)Health 
Postcards from the edge.(review of the role nurses played in World War I)HealthRuth Davies
Poverty and the health divide.(Great Britain)HealthRobert Hoskins
Practical aspects of stoma care.(guidance for nursing staff on stoma care)HealthElaine Armstrong
Practical procedures for nurses.(Nursing Times supplement.)(study notes)HealthSarah Moppett, Wendy Colley, Diane Gill, Kay Sutherland, Janine Falconer
Practical procedures for nurses: stoma care - 6(a) complications.HealthChris Metcalf
Practice solutions.HealthAlison Likcoin
Practice solutions.(mental health and legal system)HealthMarian Bullivant
PRB to scrutinise on-call payments.(nursing pay review body, United Kingdom)Health 
Preparing the patient for tracheostomy tube removal.HealthHilary Harkin, Claudia Russell
Prescribing for community nurses.HealthGuy Collins, Pam Campbell
Pressure on GPs to honour pay rises.(practice nurses, England; general practitioners)Health 
Pressure ulcers: an assessment of the latest guidance.(Wound Care)HealthAmanda Tong
Preventing infection associated with central venous catheters.HealthCarol Pellowe, Peter Harper, Robert Pratt, Nicola Robinson
Preventing infections from short-term indwelling catheters. (Part 3).HealthCarol Pellowe
Preventing readmission in mental health.(relapse assessment)HealthPatrick Coyne, Rami Jumnoodoo, Elaine Singaram
Preventing unwanted teenage pregnancies.HealthSarah Bekaert
Professional development: The hepatitis viruses.(second part of 3 articles; testing for hepatitis viruses)HealthMay McCreaddie
Promoting healing in static wounds.HealthKate Ballard, Helena Baxter
Psoriasis: the role of the genetic research nurse.HealthLucy Ronda
Psychiatric caring.HealthPhil Barker
Psychological aspects of wound healing.HealthStephen Hopkins
Psychosocial rehabilitation after burn injuries.(National Burn Care Review Committee report )HealthJames Partridge
Psychotherapy with a soul.HealthJenny Droughton
Pulmonary hypertension: the role of specialist units.HealthNatalie Doughty, Ann Mainwood
Putting research into practice.(the process of current research reviewing for best practice in nursing)HealthWilfred McSherry
Q. When can nurses be charged with manslaughter?HealthChris Cox
Racism in nursing: a critical realist approach.(United Kingdom)HealthBarbara Condliffe
RCM calls it a day on night rate.(midwifery services, United Kingdom)Health 
RCN will not ballot on pay.(Royal College of Nursing, pay for nurses)Health 
Reaching the heart of the community.(treatment of coronary heart disease patients)HealthSteve Hams
Reactions to topical medicaments and wound care products.(Wound Care)HealthJustine Ratcliffe
Recognising wound infection.(Wound Care)HealthPauline Beldon
Recognizing the causes of delirium in older people.HealthAlan Hughes
Registering reform in mental health.HealthWally Barr
Relative values.(coping with relatives of patients)HealthKatie Speechly
Respiratory nurse consultant: the role.HealthJane Scullion
Retiring from work, but not from life.(Column)HealthMari Norman
Revealing the invisible profession.(Opinion)(community nursing in United Kingdom)(Column)HealthAmi David
Review of catheter care guidelines.HealthKathy Getliffe
Rewarding dementia nurses.HealthKaren Daniels
Riding shotgun in the community.(medical staff, security)(Column)HealthMalcolm Cheshire
Risk assessment in theatres.(health care)HealthSue Lamont
Risk management in mental health.HealthDavid Pratt
'Robbed of a peaceful death'.(ethics of resuscitation)HealthBerta Zehetmary
Rotational programmes for newly qualified nurses.(new nurses often feel ill-prepared for clinical practice)HealthKath Evans
Safety tips.(medical equipment usage, part 1)(Cover Story)HealthHelen Glenister
Scabies.(diagnosis, treatment and prevention of scabies)HealthMargaret Jenkins
Screening in doubt.(breast cancer screening, research; Denmark)Health 
Seamless health and social care at a price.(includes case studies)HealthDavina Allen, Patricia Lyne, Lesley Griffiths
Setting up a sexual health clinic in a school.HealthPatricia Day, Delya Lane
Sex education for the boys.HealthChris Mayer
Sexual health and the respiratory patient.(NT Plus Respiratory Supplement.)HealthCarol Law
Sharp fall in home visits.(health visitors, Scotland)Health 
Short-changed?(nurses, responsibilities)HealthDimple Devadas
Should caesareans be performed only on the basis of medical need?HealthTara Kaufmann, David Liu
Should free personal care be available for all older people?HealthGordon Lishman, John Hutton
Should HCAs be allowed to call themselves nurses?(titles given to health care assistants)HealthTracey Lambert, Ann Eaton
Should healthcare assistancts be called nurses?(debate over standards by which someone can be called a nurse)HealthDeborah Glover, Paul Chapmen
Should late terminations for foetal abnormality be stopped?HealthSimone Aspis
Should newly qualified nurses be forced to work in the NHS?HealthIan Ireland, Mandy Clark
Should nurses always intervene when patients self-harm?HealthPaul Fletcher, Christine Hogg
Should nurses encourage parents to take up the MMR vaccine?(measles, mumps and rubella)HealthAlison Whyte, Kim Liversidge
Should nurses give medication without the patient's consent?HealthJoe Nicholls, Harry Clayton
Should nurses in uniform be banned from smoking?HealthMike Fleming
Should patients with dementia be told their diagnosis?(debate)HealthRuth Lesirege, Jo Hesketh
Should school nurses be dispensing emergency contraception?HealthPat Reid, Pat Jackson
Should the NHS buy failing nursing homes?HealthLes Bright, Ann Mackay
Should the NHS send patients abroad to reduce waiting lists?(National Health Service)(Column)HealthGay Lee, Roy Lilley
Should the RCN have appointed an American as general secretary?(advantages and disadvantages; Royal College of Nursing, United Kingdom)HealthMike Hayward, Tracy McFall
Should we be recruiting volunteers to work in hospitals?(pro and con viewpoints)HealthJane Salvage, Kate Bowgett
Showing a little mercy.(euthanasia and Dutch nurses)HealthTony Sheldon
Sleep patterns in older patients.(nursing practice)HealthChristopher Humm
Slowing the progression?(nursing care for dementia patients)(Cover Story)HealthTony Bush, Jan Holmes
Specialist pathways.(specialized training in different areas of patient care)HealthAudrey Thompson
Stand and deliver.HealthDavid Harding
Standard principles for preventing HAIs.(includes related articles)(United Kingdom guidelines on hospital-acquired infections)(Cover Story)HealthHeather Loveday
Stoma care - 1(a): cutting a template.(guidance on cutting a template for a patient's pouch after colostomy or ileostomy)HealthChris Metcalfe
Stoma care - 2: emptying a drainable pouch.(instructions on emptying a stoma pouch)HealthChris Metcalfe
Strength through diversity.(National Health Service, Great Britain)HealthShahnaz Ali, Brian Collier
Stroke and continence care.(care and treatment)HealthKatherine Brittain
Stroke, catheter and constipation: action plans.(care of the elderly)HealthRay Addison, Lizzie Dodd, Jumoke Abili, Frank McGurrin, Valerie Jones
Subarachnoid haemorrhage: managing complications.(part 2)HealthJuliet Bostwick, Mary Sneade
Support for student training: a new role as demonstrators.(clinical demonstrators)HealthMarie Downes
Support role spreads the workload in intensive care.HealthAnne McLeod
Surely some mistake.HealthLois Goding
Surgical therapy for inflammatory bowel disease.HealthJudy Sercombe
Systems and diseases: exploring normal anatomy and physiology.(pathology)HealthKate Widdows
Systems and diseases: Nervous system 9.HealthKate Watkiss, Nicki Ward
Systems and diseases. Nervous system part 10: intracranial haemorrhage.HealthClare Addison
Tackling aggression with oestrogen.HealthMark Greener
Taking note.(includes related articles)(nursing practice)(Cover Story)HealthPat Anderson
Tales of modern magic.(nursing)(Cover Story)Health 
Taxation, taxation, taxation.HealthHelen Mulholland
Teaching opportunities in nursing homes.(health care assistants, qualifications)HealthHeather Murray
Theatre, not drama.(theatre nursing)HealthAnn Shuttleworth
The changing face of primary and community health care.HealthElaine Ryder, sula Wiltshire
The devil you know.(conflict between nurses and managers)HealthAndrew Cole
The end results.(includes related articles)(Nursing Times survey into care for terminally ill)(Cover Story)HealthJulia Addington-Hall
The gift of life.(caring for a technically dead patient)HealthJennifer Stuckey
The heart of the community.(heart disease rats in Leicester)HealthDaloni Carlisle-Pesic
The Hepatitis Viruses.HealthMay McCreaddie
The hepatitis viruses.(discussion of hepatitis viruses)HealthMay McCreadddie
The long wait for legal cannabis.HealthToni Turner
The more things change....(experiences of returning to hospital after 21 years)HealthVari Drennan
The natural way to go.(a career in embalming)HealthAnne Lydon
The nurses on our doorstep: the UK needs trained nurses and many asylum seekers and refugees fit the bill.HealthSian Evans
The nurse's role in screening for diabetic retinopathy.(includes related article)(screening programme set up by general practitioner's practice team, North London, England)HealthAngela Connolly, Christine Hosker
The patients from hell.(nurses' stories)(Cover Story)HealthMark Radcliffe, Liz Cort
The rheumatology community nurse.HealthSarah Rhyan
The right plasma volume expander.(patient care and nursing techniques)HealthDaniel O'Neill
The role of infant feeding advisors.(includes related articles)HealthValerie Finigan
The state we're in.(includes related article)(United Kingdom state of nursing in 2001)(Cover Story)Health 
The therapeutic benefits of a women-only environment.HealthSheila Mallon
The treatment of anogenital warts at home.HealthMary Pleavin
The use of management plans in patients' control of asthma.(NT Plus Respiratory Supplement.)HealthTeresa Burgoyne
They think it's all over.(therapeutic effects of playing football on mental health patients)HealthPam Carter-Morris
Time to put the R back in TPR.(monitoring temperature, pulse and respiratory rate)HealthTimothy Hodgetts, Gary Kenward, Nicolas Castle
Tomorrow's world.HealthRenata Langford
Torn: Which is the best union for HCAs.HealthLynn Eaton
Trading places.(includes case studies)(nurses who become managers)HealthJanet Snell
Traumatic wounds: cleansing and dressing.(Wound Care)HealthChristine Dearden, Janice Donnell, Jean Donnelly
Traumatic wounds: local wound management.(Wound Care)(part 3)HealthChristine Dearden, Janice Donnell, Martina Dunlop, Jean Donnelly
Traumatic wounds: nursing assessment and management.HealthChristine Dearden, Janice Donnell, Jeannie Donnelly, Martina Dunlop
Traumatic wounds: The management of superficial and partial thickness burns.HealthChristine Dearden, Janice Donnell, Jeannie Donnelly, Martina Dunlop, Margaret Higgins, Eithne Tieney
Treating children's wound pain in the community.HealthAlison Howard
Tuberculosis returns.HealthTim Baker
Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.(part 1)HealthAnthony Barnett
UK nurse witnesses aftermath of attack.(interview with nurse William Andrew)(Interview)Health 
Ultrasound therapy.HealthKate Ballard, Hildegard Charles
Understanding is the key.(importance of nursing staff to have a strong understanding of food and nutrition and how it effects the helath of patients)HealthHazel Rollins
Understanding the MRSA experience.(treatment of isolation diseases, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections)HealthMaurice Madeo
Unearthing evidence of clinical effectiveness.(includes related articles)(nursing)HealthAndrea Nelson
Unions demand 'quite a bit more' than last year.(includes related articles)(nurses, pay)Health 
Using action research: an introduction.(action research, part 1)HealthJackie Bridges, Julienne Meye, Jasmine Smith, Christine Carter
Using larva therapy to debride an ischaemic toe.(wound management)HealthSue Johnson
Using the internet to update practice.(Wound Care)HealthJohn Unsworth
Using video recording in observational research.HealthRobin Lewis, Mark Faulkner, Heidi Cheung
Vaccinating against influenza and pneumococcus.(Cover Story)HealthMargaret Umeed
Vacuum-assisted closure.(Wound Care)HealthKate Ballard, Helen Baxter
Victim or villain? Why trusts must overhaul complaints procedures.(United Kingdom National Health Service)Health 
Vincristine fatalities: lessons to be learnt.(includes related article)HealthKen Campbell
Wake-up call from Kate.(account of nursing and caring for terminally ill patient)HealthMelissa Allinson
Waste disposal for the ostomate in the community.(Continence)HealthElaine Swan
We're not the bad guys.(Commission for Health Improvement)(Column)HealthElizabeth Fradd
We should value the core skills.(nursing)HealthElaine Ryder, Sula Wiltshire
What are you afraid of?(nurses' views of asylum-seekers)HealthJo James, Mary Dawood
What health care assistants know about clean hands.HealthChris Perry
What is the National Service Framework for Older People?(aged, health care)Health 
What to live "la vida locum'?(benfits of working for a nursing agency are examined)HealthRenata Langford
What will you do for the NHS?(includes related article)(United Kingdom National Health Service; opposition parties' policy)Health 
When it's time to go home.(includes related articles)(patients, discharge from hospital)(Cover Story)HealthEileen Shepherd
When more is less, and less and less.(nurses)(Column)HealthBernard Place
When parents have a mental illness.(Child and adult services must collaborate if we are to improve the care of children whose parents have a mental illness.)HealthJane Anyaegbunam
When parents have learning difficulties.HealthNicky Richardson
When to use antihypertensives.(drug therapy for high-dependency patients, part 2)HealthNigel Davies
Who's afraid of clinical governance?(Although clinical governance is a relatively new initiative, it incorporates a number of components that are already familiar to nurses.)HealthAlyson Charnock
Who will hold the reins of power?(topical issues in primary and community care, part 4)HealthElaine Ryder, Sula Wiltshire
Who will train the inspectors.(regulation of long-term health care, United Kingdom)HealthPat Ramdhanie
Why getting nurses to use hoists is a long haul.(Cover Story)HealthMoirag Webster
Why nurses end up in court?(includes related article)(legal challenges against nurses)(Cover Story)HealthMarion Moody
Will 'expert patients' undercut nurses?(United Kingdom government's plans to offer patients training in self-care)HealthAnn McGauran
Will independent sector involvement destroy the NHS?(National Health Service, United Kingdom)HealthChris Hart, Richard Jones
Will the Afghan people benefit from the West's military action?HealthBrian Belle-Fortune, Lynne Hubbard
Will the human genome project have any impact on nursing?(views of nurses on potential impact of human genome project)HealthJo Gibson, Caroline Benjamin
Wilson's disease: from the liver to the brain.(patient care)HealthRachel Taylor, Anil Dhawan
With this job I thee wed: Although there are ever more male nurses and female doctors, the old doctor-nurse stereotypes still intrude when nursing and medical staff tie the knot.HealthHarriet Gaze
Witness for the prosecution.(guidance on appearing as a witness before the General Medical Council)HealthBarbara Condliffe
Working on the home front.(nursing homes)HealthIrene Munro
Workshops add to psychosis service.(treating psychotic patients through shared experiences and discussion)HealthLinda Khoo, Siobhan Woollett
Would tougher sentences deter violence against health staff?HealthAndrew Andrews, Karen Reissmann
You can't manage without us: managers and nurses need to join forces to raise standards of care.HealthEileen Shepherd
Young's therapy for clients with personality disorders.(nursing practice)HealthDenis McVey, Naomi Murphy
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