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Recent Articles

Providing nutritional support for patients with COPD
Margaret Barnett looks at providing nutritional support and advice to patients with COPD.
Key words: Nutritional advice Health promotion & COPD Maintaining an appropriate body weight
Bereavement care: the role of the DN?
Winner of the 2011 JCN Writing Awards, Teresa Davies explores the role of the district nurse in bereavement support visits to relatives of their patients.
Key words: Effect of bereavement on health and well-being Evidence to support professional intervention
Dressing awkward wounds
Maureen Benbow discusses some basic strategies for dressing wounds and tips for dressing the more difficult to dress wounds located in awkward places, their correct application, maintenance and removal.
Key words: Quality of life Ideal dressing Dressing selection Awkward areas