Resources

Margaret Barnett discusses the nutritional management of patients with respiratory disease

Margaret Barnett, RGN, MSc in Nursing Studies, COPD Dip. is a COPD Specialist Nurse, Plymouth NHS.

Article accepted for publication: May 2008

Topics:  Education

Alison Bardsley gives an overview of this distressing condition and how it can be managed in the community setting

Alison Bardsley, MSc, RGN, DN is Continence Services Manager, Oxfordshire PCT

Article accepted for publication: July 2008

Topics:  Prevalence

Marcia Gore discusses the sharp debridement of pressure ulcers in the community setting

Marcia Gore RN, Dip HE, BSc Hons, PGCE is Lead Nurse Tissue Viability, East Lancashire Teaching PCT

Article accepted for publication: June 2008

Gillian Vincent-Clayden discusses a service innovation that enables independence and promotes optimum health in old age

Gillian Vincent-Clayden, RN, RM, RHV, BSc Hons is Specialist Health Visitor for Older People, Croydon PCT

Topics:  Quality of life

Margaret Barnett discusses a respiratory care case study which looks at the management of COPD

Margaret Barnett RN, MSc, COPD Dip is a COPD Nurse Specialist, Team Lead. Plymouth NHS, Estover Health Centre, Plymouth, Devon