For many, the professional relationship between a dental practitioner and a patient represents an ideal long-term, close personal relationship that involves friendship as well as professional responsibility. Privacy and confidentiality are essential to all trusting relationships, especially in the professional setting. Privacy refers to how an individual decides what personal information to sha...

A postal questionnaire was used to assess patient compliance with instructions, post-operative sequelae and general practitioner workload resulting from the day case unit of Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry. Compliance with instructions was good. There was little post-operative pain but there was a high incidence of other side effects. Few patients needed to see their general practitioner in the week...

Culturally incompetent communication patterns with providers influence the health disparities of African Americans. Limited knowledge exists on cross-racial nurse practitioner nurse-patient relationships (NP-NPRs). The purpose of this paper is to describe how NPs and patients in cross-racial relationships developed primary care relationships in one nurse managed center (NMC). A qualitative desi...

BACKGROUND Smoking cessation following lung cancer diagnosis has been found to improve several patient outcomes. Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use is now prevalent within Great Britain, however, use and practice among patients with lung cancer has not as yet been explored. The current study aims to explore e-cigarette use among patients and examine current practice among clinicians. The re...

Objective To describe the perceptions of Australian NPs and NP candidates (student NP and NPs in transitional roles but not yet authorised) in regards to their confidence and practice in providing medicine information to patients / clients. Design An electronic survey related to prescribing practices. Setting The survey was open to all Australian NPs (n=250 at time of survey) and NP candidates....