Wendy Clatworthy looks at the extent to which the contemporary policy context of communiity care, facilitates the development of collaborative working between health and social care professionals.
Margaret Norris describes a nursing theory module and gives an overview of students' perceptions of the usefulness of nursing theory.
Mark Lovatt details how change in practice methods can be achieved and how improved communication can benefit patient care.
Lynfa Edwards and Alethea Foster discuss the complexities of wound management in the diabetic foot and give a joint community nursing podiatric perspective on multidisciplinary care.
Debbie Hicks discusses the need for patients to receive appropriate diabetes education as a means of empowering them and helping them to deal with living with a chronic disorder.
Christa Waller and Maggie Walker describe a case study whereby larval therapy was implemented in an attempt to avoid amputation of an infected diabetic foot.
Dorothy Sneddon discusses the qualities needed to be a successful continence advisor.