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Home enteral nutrition and team working
Community provision of nutritional support to patients who are unable to meet their nutritional requirements through oral intake alone is increasing. These patients often have complex clinical and social needs due to their diagnosis and social circumstances, and thus require input and support from a number of different healthcare professionals. This article, from a winner of the JCN Writing Awards, outlines how concerted team working can provide a seamless service for patients requiring home enteral nutrition.
Key words: Home enteral tube feeding Nutritional nurse specialist Dysphagia
Fungal infections of the foot in people with diabetes
Whilst the risk of foot lesions and infection in people with diabetes is well documented and widely researched, fungal infections of the foot are common yet less often reported in the literature. Therefore, the importance of foot health and assessment cannot be underestimated. Knowledge of the main types of fungal infections, why they occur and how to treat them is useful for prevention and management strategies for community nurses who support people with diabetes. This article outlines the key issues surrounding fungal infections in patients with diabetes, and presents an introduction to prevention and management strategies.
Key words: Glycaemic control Misdiagnosis Mismanagement of fungal conditions
The influence of context and ecology on children’s development
The concept of child development is constantly evolving; the evidence base is taken from the sometimes disparate disciplines of philosophy, biology, psychology and sociology. The theoretical debates consider the processes of human uniqueness, human similarity, change, universality, context, ecology culture and anthropology. This article explores some of these concepts and how they have developed in relation to the historical understanding of the child
Key words: Mechanistic world view Organismic world view Contextual worldview Multidisciplinary practice