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.
Sue Thomas reviews why falls occur and describes the promotion of fall prevention in the community.
Sue Thomas RN, RM, CPT, DN, BA(Hons) Health Visiting is a Community Health Advisor, Royal College of Nursing, London.
Article accepted for publication July 2001.
Sue Hunter gives an overview of the assessment and diagnosis of asthma.
Sue Hunter MA, SRN, RSCN, ITU Cert., PN Cert, is the Principal at AMC Healthcare Training, Liverpool.
Article accepted for publication June 2001.
Amira Obeid discusses the role of interpreters and linkworkers with the healthcare system and asks are they an untapped source?
Amira Obeid RGN, RM, RHV, DPS:N, BSc (Hons), FETC, MSc, is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Neptune Health Park. At the time of writing the author was a Researcher/Practitioner Primary Care, Birmingham Specialist Community Health NHS Trust.
Article accepted for publication
September 2000.
In her sixth article, Rosie Pudner describes the use of several post-operative dressings used in wound management.
Rosie Pudner BA (Hons), RGN, RCNT, DipN.Ed, Dip.App.S.S. (Open) is a Senior Lecturer – Tissue Viability, Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, Kingston University and St George’s Hospital Medical School, London.
Article accepted for publication June 2001.
Mark Collier examines principles to underpin a practical patient focused approach to care for patient’s with pressure ulcers in the community.
Mark Collier B.A (Hons), RNT, RCNT, ONC, RN., is a Senior Lecturer/Nurse Consultant – Tissue Viability at the Centre for Research and Implementation for Clinical Practice (CRICP), Thames Valley University, London and Honorary Nurse Consultant – Tissue Viability, Hinchingbrooke Hospital NHS Trust (Acute), Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
Article accepted for publication July 2001.
Susan Vernon examines the issues of relevance, validity and applicability when using standardised scales.
Susan Vernon RGN, BSc, DN is a Research Nurse, Faculty of Health & Social Care Sciences, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, London.
Article accepted for publication January 2001.
