Margaret Barnett examines how the Roper, Logan & Tierney model can be incorporated in the assessment and management of patients with COPD within primary care to enhance their quality of life.
Margaret Barnett MSc in Nursing Studies, COPD Dip. is a COPD Specialist Nurse, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon.
Article accepted for publication: March 2007
Professor Molly Courtenay discusses the benefits and factors which inhibit and facilitate nurse prescribing practice
Professor Molly Courtenay PhD, MSc,
Cert Ed, RGN, School of Health & Social Care, Reading University and is a Joint Prescribing Adviser for the RCN
Article accepted for publication: September 2007
Maxine Davy discusses the reality of district nurse assessment
Maxine Davy, RGN, NDN cert, BSc (Hons) is a District Nurse Team Leader, Lincolnshire PCT
Article accepted for publication: June 2007
Claire Hope gives an overview of the impact that urinary incontinence can have on a persons physical and
psychological health and social well being
Claire Hope RN, RM, PG Dip HCE, MSc is a Nurse Lecturer at St Bernards Hospital, Gibraltar
*Article accepted for publication August 2007
Maureen Benbow gives an overview of the different types of bandages available and reasons why nurses need to recapture the art and science of bandaging
Maureen Benbow MSc BA RGN HERC is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chester
Article accepted for publication: September 2007
Anne Williams & Gillian Craig consider some of the possible challenges for community nurses as they establish a role in the management of chronic oedema
Anne F Williams is a Cancer Nursing Research Fellow/Specialist Lymphoedema Nurse at Napier University/NHS Lothian.
Gillian Craig is a Specialist Lymphoedema Physiotherapist at NHS Grampian Chronic Oedema Service
Article accepted for publication: August 2007
