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Nursing in Practice November/December 2007 Number 39

In this month's issue of Nursing in Practice: Wrapping it up; delivering leg ulcer care in the community

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Wound care

The role of a tissue viability research nurse
Tuesday 27 November 2007
The VenUS III ultrasound trial, run by York University, compares ultrasound therapy plus standard care to standard care alone for the treatment of leg ulcers. Erica Denton explains the role of the research nurse

Wound care

Delivering leg ulcer care in the community
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Caring for patients with leg ulcers is challenging and time-consuming. Solutions are needed that provide the highest possible quality of care delivered in the most cost-effective manner, such as community specialist leg ulcer clinics

Wound care

Wound care for diabetic foot ulcers
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Each week in the UK, 100 people with diabetes will undergo an amputation. Collaborative efforts between nurses, podiatrists and doctors are needed if the number of amputations is to be reduced. This article focuses on the specific role of the nurse with regard to wound care interventions for...

Comment

Has the public lost faith in the NHS?
Thursday 1 November 2007
A recent report on Clostridium difficile outbreaks in an NHS trust makes disturbing reading. Are nurses really the ones to blame?

Diabetes

Blood, sweat and tears, and a whole lot of funding
Tuesday 27 November 2007
In NiP 37 Lubna Kerr described a research project in Lothian that examined the effect of culturally-sensitive education on the diabetic control of patients who came from an ethnic minority background. The results were so impressive that it was decided to expand the project into an actual service....

Obesity

Supporting patients to lose weight: how you can help
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Michele Wynne provides an overview of how practice nurses play a pivotal role in obesity management, shares best-practice techniques surrounding weight management services, and discusses how obese patients can be treated and motivated to make life-enhancing changes

Cutting Edge

The latest evidence for practice
Thursday 1 November 2007
Could exercise slow decline for patients with Alzheimer’s disease?; How can we help obese children lose weight?

Obesity

Obesity: the public health timebomb
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Prompted by startling figures that show most of the UK will be obese by 2050, experts met at the National Obesity Forum to discuss how to not only cure, but prevent obesity. Nursing in Practice news reporter Nadine Woogara explains …

Talking Point

From quantity to quality
Thursday 1 November 2007
The last 10 years of the Labour government focused on expanding the capacity of the NHS. But recent announcements suggest that the next few years will concentrate on improving quality and developing more personalised care

Nursing In Practice

Goodbye 2007! Hello 2008!
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Nursing in Practice Events are the only free regional events in the UK dedicated exclusively to primary care nurses. We take a look at this year’s highlights and what 2008 has in store …

Professional

Should public health ethics be shaping our practice?
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Is there a public health ethic and is it different from medical ethics? Alison Wall argues that it is. Here she examines the emerging science of public health ethics, a subject that is becoming more relevant to primary care practitioners …

Persaud's perspective

Death and the right to die
Thursday 1 November 2007
Do some nurses have a more sympathetic view of euthanasia due to the nature of their work? Like vets, has their attitude to death been altered?

Professional

Communication skills: the spin doctors’ omission
Tuesday 27 November 2007
In today’s world there is often a great emphasis placed on getting your message across. Here Ashley Conway focuses on the other side of dialogue – listening – and makes a few observations on how we might refine this skill

Case study

Another quiet day in the minor illness clinic
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Just another morning for Janet Webb. A queue outside, the phone ringing and a cuppa, given half a chance. However, you never know what life is going to throw at you, and on this particular day Janet met a patient who she really wished had come to see her sooner …

Professional

Putting a piece of poetry into practice
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Ann Robinson focuses on the use of poetry as an aid to develop skills, in the use of reflective practice, to improve communication and raise levels of self-awareness. It offers practical advice on how to introduce the idea of using poetry in every day nursing practice

Sexual health

Young people and sex: are we thinking about it enough?
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Healthcare professionals have an important role in safeguarding children. Here Joanne Fores examines the implications of the Sexual Offences Act for practitioners providing contraceptive and sexual health services for young people

Asthma

Why are WPAAPs underused by health professionals?
Thursday 1 November 2007
Written, personalised asthma action plans are an important component of successful asthma education and self-management. But recent figures show that many people with asthma do not have such a plan, and that healthcare professionals provide most of the barriers …

Diabetes

Rimonabant and type 2 diabetes: results of the RIO study
Thursday 1 November 2007
Rimonabant is a cannabinoid receptor antagonist that has been licensed as an antiobesity drug. While more long-term studies are needed before definitive recommendations can be made for its use, it has been thought that it might have a role in obese or overweight people with type 2 diabetes. The...

Immunisation

Administering flu and pneumococcal vaccines
Thursday 1 November 2007
The flu vaccination season always comes at a time when workload is high. Stockport PCT has developed a pilot programme for healthcare assistants to provide influenza and pneumococcal vaccines, and free up skilled nursing time

Mental health

Young people and mental health: where are we now?
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Revisiting the topic of young women and depression, Jane Briddon highlights developments in policy and research relating not only to gender but young people’s mental health while also considering practice implications for primary care

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