I went home from my study group and I thought I’d write a song A light hearted little anecdote to carry us along A humorous look at training and the eportfolio Just how do we get our trainees to learn all the things we know? But events that followed after came and stopped me in my tracks And our talks of authenticity had me thinking back Life isn’t always funny when we’re in the here and now An...

Hemingway A (2013) What is nursing care and who owns it? Nursing Times; 109: 6, 16-17. The Francis report into the failings at Mid Staffordshire, out last week, demands practical responses from all health professions if they are not to be repeated in other NHS providers. This article explores why nurses need to re-examine their philosophy of care and move beyond the notion of patient-centred ca...

infected by HIV. One out of every five newly infected people is below the age of 25 years. Indonesia’s Ministry of Health projections show that without acceleration of HIV prevention programmes, over half a million people in Indonesia will be HIV positive by 2014. The epidemic is fuelled primarily by sexual transmission and injecting drug use. Tanah Papua (the two provinces of Papua and West Pa...

1. In 1990, the Secretary General of the OAU presented a report to the OAU council of Ministers on the changes taking place in the world and their implications for Africa. In this, he stated that " the strongest likelihood does exist for the emergence of a new geopolitical balance of forces as well as a new international economic order that could further debilitate and marginalise Africa." The ...

OBJECTIVE To review the adequacy and diagnostic categories of the Bethesda system for reporting Pap test results (cervicovaginal cytology) and summarize management options. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE The latest research evidence and guidelines from both international and Canadian sources are reviewed. With a few exceptions, good evidence supports particular management approaches for each adequacy stat...

Fenton K, Phillips N (2013) Developing skills in clinical leadership for ward sisters. Nursing Times; 109; 9, 12-15. The Francis report has called for a strengthening of the ward sister’s role. It recommends that sisters should operate in a supervisory capacity and should not be office bound. Effective ward leadership has been recognised as being vital to high-quality patient care and experienc...

Profile Pakistan's leather industry is one of the major foreign exchange earners for the country. About 90% of its products are exported in finished form. During 1996-97, the production of leather was about 14.3 million m and export earning amounted to US$ 642 million. There are some 600 tanneries in the formal sector and an equally large number of tanneries in the informal sector. These are co...

Delusional parasitosis (DP) appears to be common in India. This condition is more prevalent in elderly people. Currently used treatment pimozide, a high potency antipsychotic, has disadvantage of extra-pyramidal symptoms & tardive dyskinesia in this age group. Hence there is a need to evaluate the use of high potency atypical antipsychotic risperidone in DP. This case report documents the effic...

As the publication of picture books that contain meta-fictive or postmodern elements increases, research concerning how intermediate grade readers respond and construct meaning in transaction with these texts is important. This study explores readers' responses and discussions focusing on the picture book Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne. Utilizing discussion transcripts and response journa...