Recently-retired nurse practitioner Chris Aslett reflects on her career and concludes nursing is a challenging, diverse and,
rewarding profession
Overall key points Hirsutism may be idiopathic or caused by use of medications or disease statesInitial observations may be deceptive owing to use of cosmetics to conceal excess hairPhysical...
NHS Trust HR director Graham White offers advice on employment issues affecting nurses
Healthcare regulators perform four core functions for patients and registrants, writes Andrea James
Nurses should review and improve their
consultation skills on an ongoing basis to provide optimum care, writes Marilyn Edwards
Smoking cessation
strategies in pregnant women, adolescents
and patients with CVD are outlined by
Differentiating asthma from COPD involves careful history taking and
assessment, writes
Beverley Bostock-Cox
Kathy Abernethy highlights how to promote a healthy menopause without the use of hormone replacement therapy
Nurses must carefully examine swellings of the groin in children in case emergency referral is needed, write Sarah Henning, Meera Thayalan, and Siba Prosad Paul
News that some CCGs authorised in the first wave by the NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB) do not yet have an executive nurse has been branded 'disappointing' by the RCN.
Practice nurse jobs are under threat due to proposed changes to the GMS contract, a survey of GPs has revealed.
Swift decision-making to enable a smooth transition to a system of value-based pricing for drugs used by the NHS must now be taken, the Health Select Committee has concluded, following its inquiry...
QOF indicators are set change in a bid to to improve the health of patients who care for people with dementia.
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