Dr Nigel Northcott offers insight into establishing clinical supervision in a group setting.
Dr. Nigel Northcott PhD, RGN, MA(Ed), PGCEA, Dip(N) is an independent Nurse (Practice, Education & Management), Oxford.
Article accepted for publication: April 2000
Alison Musk recounts her experiences working in the Australian Outback
Alison Musk BA (Hons) Adult Nursing, RGN, is a Coronary Care Unit Staff Nurse, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
Article accepted for publication: May 2000
Elaine Clements looks at attitudes to death both from society in general and from the medical profession.
Elaine Clements RGN, DPSN, BSc Health Studies is a District Nursing Sister, North Devon.
Article accepted for publication May 2000.
Alison Briant recounts how a smoke alarm project came into being in her area.
Alison Briant RGN, BSc (Hons), is a District Nurse, Watford & Three Rivers PCG, Hertfordshire.
Article accepted for publication February 2000.
Community nurses Barbara Green and Sue Greenwood, give their personal highly emotive account of the dayt the Kosovan refugees came to the West Yorkshire town of Halifax.
Barara Green RGN, DN, SCM is a District Nursing Sister and Sue Greenwood RGN is a community Staff Nurse, both work for Calderdale Healthcare NHS Trust.
Article accepted for publication October 1999.
Dr Tom Smith gives us the lowdown on steroids and their use
Dr Tom Smith MB, ChB, DPharm.Med is a part-time GP and a freelance medical writer.
Article accepted for publication: August 2000
Bev Swift describes a project designed to empower patients and increase their compliance with drug regimes using patient’s own drugs (PODS).
Bev Swift, RGN, DipN, BSc(Hons) is Ward Manager, Male Plastic Surgery, Withington Hospital, Manager.
Article accepted for publication October 2000.
Professor Philip Burnard looks at why nurses do not write for professional publications and considers how they might be encouraged to do so.
Professor Philip Burnard, PhD, MSc, RGN, RMN, Dip.N., Cert.Ed, RNT is Vice Dean, School of Nursing Studies, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff.
Article accepted for publication January 2000.
Pam Selim, Caroline Lewis and Sue Templeton describe a case study which examines how nurses and clients can work in partnership to achieve treatment compliance.
Pam Selim, RN, BA is a Research Nurse, Caroline Lewis, RN, BA, Grad.Dip.HC, MNSg is a Clinical Nurse Consultant (Wound Specialist). Sue Templeton RN, BN is a Clinical Nurse Consultant (Wound Specialist).
All three authors work for the Royal District Nursing Service, South Australia.
Article accepted for publication September 2000.