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Name and institutional affiliation for other authors Diane Stark, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow Cathryn Glazener, Gynaecologist and Reader, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen Lesley Sinclair, Research Fellow, Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Glasgow Ian Ramsay, Consultant Obstetrician and Urogynaecologis...

983 Christopher Fountain, RN, OCN®, is a staff nurse; Lindi Goins, RN, OCN®, is the assistant head nurse; Molly Hartman, RN, OCN®, Nancy Phelps, RN, OCN®, and Debra Scoles, RN, OCN®, are staff nurses; and Victoria Hays, RN, MN, CNS, APRN-BC, is a clinical nurse specialist, all in the oncology unit of Providence Portland Medical Center in Oregon. Mention of specific products and opinions related...

Student health visitors led a Mini-MEND project for families with young children as part of their public health nursing course. The project gave a framework for the students and staff members from the children's centre to stimulate an awareness of health needs and facilitate health enhancing activities in terms of healthy eating and parenting. Reflection on the initiative identified application...

Contemporary nursing theories increasingly promote nursing as a specialist field facilitating patient wellbeing through therapeutic, qualitative approaches directed toward individual patient needs. Therapeutic touch is one such approach. The Nurse Healer’s Professional Associates International (NH-PAI) defines therapeutic touch as ‘a contemporary interpretation of several ancient-healing practi...

Head injury is a common occurrence that often leads to raised intracranial pressure (ICP). While the best care for patients with head injury might be in specialist neuroscience units, limited places mean that nurses working outside these units might also encounter patients with raised ICP. This article describes the pathophysiology of raised ICP in relation to vital observations and nursing int...

19 The oncology nursing staff of a large medical facility in the midwestern region of the United States identified that communication among nurses regarding education for patients with cancer often was disconnected between the inpatient and outpatient practices. Although excellent patient education was provided in both patient settings, the specialty-specific patient education messages often we...

There has been scant research into the prevention of parastomal hernia formation following stoma surgery, which is a common and distressing event. This study shows that the introduction of a prevention programme for a period of one year post surgery significantly reduces the incidence of hernia development. The programme is simple and involves education, abdominal exercises and advice on the us...