The tabloids have been having a field day recently at the expense of nurses. Accusations of poor nursing care, indifference towards patients and clients and feeble attempts by nurses to become 'mini doctors' has led some to believe that nurses as a whole are now . . . too clever to care
Guy Alexander gives an overview on the selection of mattresses used in pressure ulcer prevention
Guy Alexander RGN, Dip N, BSc (Hons) is a Specialist Nurse - Joint Equipment Services, Hampshire County Council Social Services, North Hampshire PCT.
Article accepted for publication: January 2004
Nick Puffett examines the management of constipation using natural remedies.
Nick Puffett RN, DN, BSc Hons, BA Hons (Nursing), HE Dip. Cancer Nursing is a Community Nurse/Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Article accepted for publication: August 2003
Sue Ridout describes her role as a nurse practitioner in community care for older people
Sue Ridout NDND, ENB Higher Award, R38 Triage in Primary Care is a Nurse Practitioner for Older People, Harborne Medical Centre, Harborne, Birmingham. Article accepted for publication November 2003
Caroline Bolton et al. at Forest Laboratories UK Ltd describe a comparative assessment of the 'clogging' of incontinence pads following the use of Sudocrem™, Cavilon™ Durable Barrier Cream and Conotrane™.
Caroline Bolton, Richard Flynn, Emma Harvey and Justine Morris; Forest Laboratories UK Ltd, Bexley, Kent DA5 1NX, England. Acknowledgement: We are grateful to the volunteers who took part in the study. Article accepted for publication: March 2003
Pamela Dyson reviews link between diet and diabetes
Pamela A. Dyson BSc, SRD is a Diabetes Specialist Dietitian at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LJ. Article accepted for publication: March 2004
Lynne Watret and Duncan McFarlane describe a recent audit into wound management practice in a primary care division.Lynne Watret is CNS Tissue Viability and Duncan MacFarlane, AHP Clinical Audit Facilitator at Primary Care Division, NHS Greater Glasgow. Article accepted for publication: November 2003
