'The program portrays nursing as an endless string of isolated manual tasks'

Article Abstract:

A discussion is presented on the celebrity television shows about nursing on Channel Five. The program demonstrates lack of professionalism and the concept of responsibility, while learning and making complex clinical decisions has not been featured in the show, creating the impression that nursing is an endless string of isolated manual tasks.

Services information, Services, Television programs, Portrayals, Nursing

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Patients may delay going to A&E for fear of being made to have an HIV test

Article Abstract:

The idea of making HIV testing compulsory for all patients attending the A&E departments is very far-fetched with the repercussion being the fear in patients and hence their delay in visiting the A&E departments and also a major increase in the workload of the already overly loaded medical personnel.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, Emergency medical services, HIV testing, HIV tests, Viewpoint essay

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'I often have to calculate children's drug doses based on weight rather than age'

Article Abstract:

The article lays stress on the increasing obesity among children and how medicine doses are prescribed based on weight and not age, along with the role of parents in helping children with their diets.

Drugs, Drug therapy, Parenting, Diet therapy, Obesity in children, Childhood obesity, Drug administration and dosage

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