Resources

Cynthia Condliffe examines the crucial role community children's nurses have within commissioning services for children with complex health needs and learning disabilities and their families.
Cynthia Condliffe RGN, RSCN, BSc (Public Health), BA (Business Studies) is a Community Children's Nurse, with lead-in clinical governance, Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare Trust.
Article accepted for publication: January 2006

Topics:  Unmet needs

Bernadine Wrobel & Beth Maryon describe a small scale study which looked at the incidence of MRSA infection in a busy London suburb.
Bernadine Wrobel, BSc (Hons), DN, RGN is Primary Care Team Leader/DN, Havering PCT.
Beth Maryon, SCPT, DN, RGN is Practice Development Support manager/DN, Havering PCT.
Article accepted for publication: January 2006

Dr Molly Courtenay & Matt Griffiths give an overview of supplementary prescribing and beyond.Dr Molly Courtenay PhD, MSc, CertEd, BSc, RGN is Reader Prescribing & Medicines Management, School of Health & Social Care, Reading University.

Matt Griffiths RGN, BA (Hons), FAETC, NISP is Joint Prescribing Adviser, Royal College of Nursing & Senior Charge Nurse, Peterborough Walk-In Centre.
Article accepted for publication: February 2006

Anne Williams gives a guide to patient self massage in the management of lymphoedema.
Anne F. Williams RGN, MSc, DN, RNT, Onc Cert, is a Lymphoedema Specialist Practitioner Dalkeith, Scotland.
Article accepted for publication: November 2005

Dr Patricia Schofield presents a typical scenario faced by staff in care homes on a daily basis.
Dr Patricia Schofield PG Dip ED, PhD, RGN, Dip N, is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Sheffield.
Article accepted for publication: April 2006

Topics:  Managing pain