Mind matters

Article Abstract:

Nurses are ideally placed to help infertile couples overcome both the physiological and psychological affects of a problem which can result in stress and desperate unhappiness. Infertility affected 1 out of six couples trying for a baby in 1991. There have been many medical breakthroughs in the field of fertility but little has been done to alleviate the suffering and feeling of failure which surrounds couples who continually fail to achieve a pregnancy. There needs to be counselling and help for couples in this situation.

Infertility, Childlessness

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Green matters

Article Abstract:

Plants help improve hospital environments to make it appear more interesting and relaxing while softening the harshness of the ward atmosphere. The selected plants should be easy to care for, tolerant of different light levels and be able to withstand the dry, warm ward air. Suitable plants would include the Calathea rosea picta, the Kentia palm, the Dieffenbachia and the Ficus robusta rubber tree. The use of plants in the Patience Two medical ward of Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, England, is described.

Environmental aspects, Plants, Plants (Organisms), Hospital wards

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Mrs Green's decline

Article Abstract:

Lack of a caring rehabilitation programme has caused an elderly stroke patient's health to deteriorate. The patient was admitted to a nursing home on discharge from hospital. Subsequent visits by a nurse revealed increased depression and unhappiness. However, the home carers did not respond in a caring manner. The patient's situation is typical of many who would benefit from team rehabilitative therapy but are ineligible for it.

Case studies, Column, Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder), Stroke patients

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