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Acute leukaemia: making sense of a complex blood cancer
(Mark Allen Healthcare, 2013-08-16)
Acute leukaemia represents a diverse group of blood cancers that affect both children and adults. Treatment schedules for these haematology cancers are often prolonged, with many associated side effects and complications. ...
Maximising psychiatric nurses' contribution to interdisciplinary working
(Mark Allen Healthcare, 2012-06-01)
Internationally, the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric care has resulted in expanded roles for mental health nurses within a community interdisciplinary team setting. This presents an opportunity for mental health ...
Nurses’ experience of loss on the death of older persons in long‐term residential care: findings from an interpretative phenomenological study
(Wiley, 2011-06-30)
Background. Little is known of the experience of loss among nurses working with older persons in long‐stay settings.
Objectives. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the experience of loss among nurses ...
Living with relapsed myeloma: Symptoms and self-care strategies
(Wiley, 2017-12-21)
Aims and Objectives: To explore which symptoms relapsed myeloma patients experience and what self-care strategies are used.Methods: This was a qualitative study utilising focus group interviews (n=4) with relapsed myeloma ...
Developing a structured education programme for clients with COPD
(Mark Allen Healthcare, 2011-05-01)
This article describes the development of a Structured Education Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme (SEPRP), for the PRINCE (Pulmonary Rehabilitation In Nurse-led Community Environments) study. This process involved a ...
Child protection role of community nurses: the views of Public Health Nurses in Ireland
(Redactive Publishing Limited on behalf of Unite and CPHVA, 2011-11)
Public health nurses in Ireland are generalist
practitioners with a wide range of roles that
address the needs of clients in the community
across their lifespan. Child protection is one of
many of the roles of Irish ...
An audit of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in children
(RCN Publishing, 2012-09-11)
Frieda Clinton and colleagues present a study at one children’s cancer centre into the use and effectiveness of anti-emetics for patients receiving chemotherapy
An audit was conducted of the management of chemotherapy-induced ...
Early intervention and management of adrenal insufficiency in children
(RCN Publishing, 2012-09-11)
Sinéad Moloney and Maura Dowling outline how to treat this hormonal disorder and suggest ways to improve parental and carer education
The endocrine disorder adrenal insufficiency includes inadequate production of the ...
Continuing education for urology nurses: harnessing the potential of e-learning
(Wiley, 2012-02-20)
The module Living with cancer of the lower urinary tract' was developed to address the learning needs of specialized urology nurses working in hospitals and generalist nurses caring for urology patients in practice settings. ...