Tempting GNVQ health and social care students into the world of nursing

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Vocational further education may begin to play a valuable role in overcoming the fall in the number of people entering nurse training in the UK. The UKCC will shortly approve the GNVQ Intermediate health and social care award as being an acceptable element of the entry requirements for pre-registration training. Nurse managers and nurse educators should look closely at further education students, particularly those following GNVQ courses, as a source of recruits into nursing. They should consider visiting local colleges of further education and sixth forms, where there will probably be many GNVQ students interested in nurse training.

Recruiting, Nursing students

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Narcolepsy: Nursing the sleeping sickness

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Narcolepsy is a disorder of the central nervous system leading to abnormal sleep tendencies, and is underdiagnosed and misunderstood. The peak onset of the disorder is in adolescence, and sufferers be be regarded as lazy and malingering, so early diagnosis is vital. Classic symptoms include excessive daytime somnolence (EDS) and irresistible sleep attacks, cataplexy which involves sudden loss of muscle control, hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep paralysis. Treatment aims to control the symptoms, using simulant drugs or a new drug called modafinil which acts specifically on sleep-wake centres.

Care and treatment, Narcolepsy

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A natural nursing talent

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Nurses may feel that marketing is not something which they want to get involved with, however marketing can mean simply finding out what patients need and want. It is about recognising what practices are valuable, building up relationships and understanding the problems that patients have with the services they receive. Nurses use their initiative already in their day-to-day duties, and if they can market their ideas effectively then they can be instrumental in developing new services to benefit their patients.

Methods, Planning, Marketing, Nursing

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