Bukola Kolawole reviews nursing practices during the Spanish influenza pandemic and looks at what modern day health professionals can learn from the experiences of care givers in the early 1900’s.
Bukola Kolawole RN, BScN, MN is the Chair Elect, International Nursing Interest Group of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, Canada.
Article accepted for publication: May 2010
Alison Thompson and Emily Steventon discuss a cost effectiveness case study which looks at improving quality and reducing costs in community leg ulcer management.
Alison Thompson BSc (Hons) Specialist Practitioner and Locality Lead Tissue Viability Nurse.
Emily J. Steventon BSc (Hons), PG Dip is a Research Facilitator (Comprehensive Local Research Network).
Both authors work for Leicestershire County & Rutland Community Health Services.
Article accepted for publication: August 2010
Consent from the patient to present medical details and images in this case study was sought.
Gina Newbury discusses the future of community nurse education in Wales.
Gina Newbury MSc, BA (Hons), PGDip DN, RN, PGCE is Programme Manager BSc CHS & Lecturer in Primary Care & Public Health, Cardiff School of Nursing & Midwifery, Cardiff University, Wales.
Article accepted for publication: March 2010
Maureen Benbow gives an overview of pressure ulcer prevention clinical guidelines.
Maureen Benbow MSc, BA, RGN, HERC is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chester
Article accepted for publication: September 2010
Karen Logan discusses the development of a guideline to deliver best quality care to patients learning and living with clean intermittent catheterisation
Karen Logan RGN, MSc, OBE is Nurse Consultant, Head of Continence Service, Aneurin Bevan Health Board, Cwmbran, Wales
Article accepted for publication: December 2010
In this article, dermatology specialist nurse, Julie Van Onselen looks at the different types of scalp eczema and offers guidance on ways of treating this often intractable condition
Acknowledgements and further information
Reproduced with kind permission from the NES: This article first appeared in Exchange - National Eczema Society Members Magazine, Issue 137 pp16-18, Sept 2010.
National Eczema Society factsheets on seborrhoeic dermatitis in adults and cradle cap and seborrhoeic dermatitis in children can be downloaded free, along with all other NES resources from the Healthcare Professional area of www.eczema.org . Also http://www.dermnetnz.org/dermatitis/seborrhoeic-dermatitis.html.
Julie Van Onselen BA (Hons), RGN, RSCN, Dip N is a Dermatology Nurse with Oxfordshire PCT and an independent consultant at JVO Consultancy Education in Dermatology
Article accepted for publication: November 2010
