Looking for non-adherence

Article Abstract:

Johnson and Johnson's Release non-adherent absorbent wound care dressing has important advantages over Smith and Nephew's Melolin. In a study of 66 patients with either postoperative wounds or superficial skin-loss lesions, Release was easier to handle when being applied and was also more absorbent than Melolin. It also showed significantly less leakage of exudate to the front of the dressing and did not adhere to the wound. In comparison, Melolin often stuck to the wound and caused pain on removal.

Evaluation, Surgical dressings, Melolin (Bandage), Release (Bandage)

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Haunted by bulimia: A nurse who was turned down for a job because she used to have bulimia has fought to have her eating disorder classified as a disability

Article Abstract:

A nurse had her appointment as a D-grade nurse on the stroke rehabilitation unit at H.M. Stanley Hospital in St Asaph, withdrawn, after it was found that she had suffered from bulimia, although it had been under control since 1995. The case was taken up by a barrister who believed that bulimia fitted the definition of disability, and that the nurse had been discriminated against. However a tribunal decided against the nurse and the RCN is to mount an appeal.

Analysis, Bulimia, United Kingdom. Industrial Tribunals

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Why nurses end up in court?

Article Abstract:

Since 1990 there has been an increase in the number of nurses taken to court mainly because of changes to the legal system. Advice on ways nurses can avoid litigation using real cases as examples is presented.

Usage, Cover Story, Actions and defenses, Litigation

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