Chris Buswell looks at the need for managers to invest time and effort into developing emotional contracts in the workplace.
Chris Buswell RGN, Dip Nurse Counselling Skills, ENB 941 & 998, is a staff Nurse at Grove Court Residential/Nursing Home, Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Article accepted for publication January 2000.
Dr Tom Smith, MB, ChB, DPharmMed is a General Practitioner working in Scotland and a freelance medical writer.
Article accepted for publication April 2001.
Deborah Ward discusses the role of non-statutory and voluntary agencies as service providers in the mixed economy of care.
Judy Poole discusses leprosy, new treatments and protocols for dealing with the disease and warns community nurses to be on the lookout for this disfiguring condition.
Judy Poole, MPH, BSc (Hons), PGDAE, RGN, RM, RHV is a Lecturer,
School of Health & Social Welfare,
Open University, East Midlands and
Children Services Liaison Health Visitor
with Broxtowe & Hucknall
PCT, Nottingham
Article accepted for publication
May 2000.
Dr Carolyn Hardy, Ian Trueman & Annie MacKown discuss nurses’ attitudes to oral care
Carolyn Hardy RGN, BSc (Hons), PhD, PGCAP, Lecturer; Ian Trueman RGN, BSc (Hons), DN Health Lecturer; and Student Nurse Annie MacKown School of Nursing, The University of Nottingham.
Article accepted for publication
January 2001.
Pamela Fenner and Ann Terrell describe a vocational training success story.
Pamela Fenner RGN, SCM, MSc, Head of Nursing, North Essex Health Authority. Ann Terrell is a Senior Lecturer at
South Bank University, London
Article accepted for publication
September 2000.
Rosalind Eve and Kate Gerrish discuss the opportunities for practice nurses to improve the service given to patients by developing their professional roles.
Rosalind Eve SRN, BA(Hons), Honorary Research Fellow, Sheffield University Director, The Centre for Innovation in Primary Care Sheffield. Kate Gerrish, RGN, NDN Cert, B.Nurs, MSc, PhD Nurse Adviser, The Centre for Innovation in Primary Care, Reader in Nursing Practice Development, University of Sheffield
Article accepted for publication January 2001.
Amira Obeid discusses the role of interpreters and linkworkers with the healthcare system and asks are they an untapped source?
Amira Obeid RGN, RM, RHV, DPS:N, BSc (Hons), FETC, MSc, is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Neptune Health Park. At the time of writing the author was a Researcher/Practitioner Primary Care, Birmingham Specialist Community Health NHS Trust.
Article accepted for publication
September 2000.
Mark Collier examines principles to underpin a practical patient focused approach to care for patient’s with pressure ulcers in the community.
Mark Collier B.A (Hons), RNT, RCNT, ONC, RN., is a Senior Lecturer/Nurse Consultant – Tissue Viability at the Centre for Research and Implementation for Clinical Practice (CRICP), Thames Valley University, London and Honorary Nurse Consultant – Tissue Viability, Hinchingbrooke Hospital NHS Trust (Acute), Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
Article accepted for publication July 2001.
Susan Carr considers how well current terminology assists or hinders the role of the nurse in the community setting.
Susan M. Carr PhD, MSc, BA, RGN, RHV, RNT, HVT, PGCE is a Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Social Work & Education, University of Northumbria,
Newcastle upon Tyne.
