Clare-Louise Nicholls discusses the need for good liaison and communication when supporting vulnerable older people at home.
Clare-Louise Nicholls RGN, Dip N., Cert MHS is Older Peoples Services Lead at Cotswold and Vale Primary Care Trust.
Article accepted for publication: September 2005
William Bryans gives an overview of how community nurses can make better use of resources and reconcile expectation with availability.
William Bryans is the author of:
Resource Management in Health and Social Care and Essential Checklists for Frontline Staff. (Both are published by Radcliffe)
Jan Green & Liz Pirie describe the development of a community based blood transfusion service. Jan Green RGN, Transfusion Liaison Nurse, National Blood Service.
Liz Pirie RGN, Transfusion Nurse Specialist, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.
Article accepted for publication: October 2005
In his third article William Bryans discusses the need for nurse managers to be able to access financial resources.
William Bryans is the author of:
Resource Management in Health and Social Care and Essential Checklists for Frontline Staff. (Both are published by Radcliffe)
Deborah Coleman and Una Lynch discusses the value of clinical supervision in relieving professional isolation for district nurses working in rural areas.Deborah Coleman MSc, BSc (Hons) Health Studies, RGN, NDN Cert, is a Teaching Fellow, Queens University, Belfast.
Una Lynch is a Senior Lecturer, Queens University, Belfast.
Article accepted for publication: September 2005
William Bryans discusses the need for health workers to develop partnership working approaches
William Bryans is the author of 'Managing in Health and Social Care: essential checklists for frontline staff', 'Resource Management in Health and Social Care: essential checklists' & 'Practical Management in Health and Social Care' published by Radcliffe.
Article accepted for publication: March 2006
Susan Winterburn & Marie Massey discuss the management of the common cold
Susan A Winterburn RGN, RHV, BSc, M Med Sci is a Senior Nursing Lecturer Marie Theresse Massey RGN, RSCN, B Med Sci is a Nursing Lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
Article accepted for publication: January 2007
Sylvie Hampton gives an overview of the siting of IV cannulae and the administration of IV solutions
Sylvie Hampton MA, BSc (Hons), DpSN, RGN is a Tissue Viability Consultant, Eastbourne Wound Healing Centre
Article accepted for publication: March 2008
Karen Gaffney outlines her professional and personal learning on the journey to becoming a Community Matron
Karen Gaffney DN Dip, RM, RGN is a Community Matron, Tattenham, Surrey
Article accepted for publication: July 2008
Student nurse Carly Shaw discusses her innovative health promotion tool produced as part of her Diploma in Child Nursing course at the University of Huddersfield
At the time of writing Carly Shaw RN Child was a student at the University of Huddersfield.