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Assessment of the older person in the community.
(Irish Nurses Association, 2006-10)
As the worlds demographics continue to change and as the life expectancy levels continue to rise, it is clear that as healthcare professionals we will be faced with meeting the needs of more and more over 65year olds who ...
Care planning in long-stay care of the older person
(2006-12)
Every time that the author walks into a different long-stay care of the older person unit it is found that the staff are struggling with care plan introduction. Healthcare professionals are constantly looking for clarification ...
Inter-professional working: power and politics in the operating department
(The Clinical Services Journal, 2007-05)
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Exploring the relationship between caring, love and intimacy in nursing
(Mark Allen Healthcare, 2004)
The paper utilises the five distinct perspectives on caring proposed by Morse et al (1990) to illustrate the relationship between love, intimacy and caring. Two distinct types of love, namely agape (altruism/charity) and ...
Working in an overcrowded accident and emergency department: nurses' narratives
(Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation, 2007-12)
Aim The aim of this study was to highlight nursing issues associated with overcrowding ( or access block) in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department.Design An interpretive phenomenological approach was adopted, with ...
Ethnomethodology: Time for a revisit? A discussion paper
(Elsevier, 2007-07-05)
The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of ethnomethodology and explore its usefulness as a methodology for nursing. Ethnomethodology was conceived through the writings of Harold Garfinkel, an American ...
The road to recovery
(RCN Publishing, 2009-02-10)
Anne Cleary and Maura Dowling examine the literature that focuses on the principal concepts of recovery in mental health and explore the importance of interpersonal skills, collaborative working and sharing knowledge
This ...
Home administration of bortezomib: Making a difference to myeloma patients' lives
(Elsevier, 2009-10-08)
Multiple myeloma is a clonal malignancy of plasma cells, characterized by anaemia, renal dysfunction, lytic bone lesions and the presence of excess monoclonal immunoglobulin. It is the second most common hematological ...
Hermeneutics: an exploration
(RCN Publishing, 2004)
The terms ‘hermeneutics’ and phenomenology’ are often used interchangeably in the literature, which can result in confusion for the reader. This article traces the relationship of these two philosophies and explains the ...
Discharge planning: communication, education and patient participation
(Mark Allen Healthcare, 2007-06)
For the most part, discharge from hospital is routine and uneventful. However, for a percentage of persons, discharge from acute care requires careful planning to ensure continuity of care. This is particularly the case ...