Rosalind Eve and Kate Gerrish discuss the opportunities for practice nurses to improve the service given to patients by developing their professional roles.
Rosalind Eve SRN, BA(Hons), Honorary Research Fellow, Sheffield University Director, The Centre for Innovation in Primary Care Sheffield. Kate Gerrish, RGN, NDN Cert, B.Nurs, MSc, PhD Nurse Adviser, The Centre for Innovation in Primary Care, Reader in Nursing Practice Development, University of Sheffield
Article accepted for publication January 2001.
Denise Burley describes an initiative to support health promotion in Uzbekistan.
Denise Burley MSc, SRN, SCM, RCNT, HV Cert, Dip NEd (Lond) is a Senior Lecturer, Thames Valley University, London.
Article accepted for publication May 2001.
Amira Obeid describes an evaluation of school nursing services in Birmingham and discusses some recommendations for future practice.
Amira Obeid MSc, BSc (Hons), RGN, RM, RHV, D:PSN (CHS), FETC, FPCert, Dip CHD, CIDC is a Nurse Practitioner, Lordswood Surgery. At the time of writing was employed by Birmingham Specialist Community NHS Trust as a Researcher/Practitioner in Primary Care.Article accepted for publication July 2001.
Suri Thomas and Jill Stewart discuss the Beattie Model tool for optimising health promotion activities
Suri Thomas MSc Health Education, BA, HV Cert, RGN Cert Ed
is a Programme Leader BSc (Hons) Public Health, University of Greenwich.
Jill Stewart, MSc Policy Studies, BSc (Hons), PGCE, MCIEH, FRSH, FRGS, ACIH, is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Housing, University of Greenwich
Article accepted for publication: December 2003
Claire Rowley gives an overview of health visiting and the assessment of health need.
Claire Rowley RGN, RHV, CPT, BSc (Hons) is a Health Visitor at Airedale Primary Care Trust, Yorkshire. Article accepted for publication: April 2005
Katie O'Connell-Binns looks at the need for schools to be more fully involved in the public health agenda
Katie O'Connell-Binns BSc (Hons), RGN, RN Child is a Staff Nurse Neonatal Intensive Care, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust
Article accepted for publication: March 2007
Deborah Brown discusses the nursing management of a child admitted to A&E with a superficial partial thickness burn due to scalding
Deborah Brown BSc, RGN is a Sister, Accident & Emergency Unit, Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Article accepted for publication: January 2009