Journal of Community Nursing (JCN)
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Pat McCluskey, Kerry Brennan, Jennifer Mullan, Mary Costello, Denise McDonagh, Helen Meagher, Gillian McLoughlin, Helen Moloney, Tim Styche, Julie Murdoch

Articles: 13

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12/2019

Vol. 33 No. 6

How do you like to read your JCN?

Annette Bades

Nurses can have varied roles in the charity sector

Hilda Hayo

The trouble with asthma

Heather Henry

Working to secure the future of district nursing

Matthew Bradby

Raising the profile of nutrition and hydration

Claire Campbell

Role of UCS in wound care

Facebook Live: Antimicrobial resistance and implications for wound care

Caring for lower leg wounds and chronic oedema in the community

Bernadette McGlynn

Achieving the NHS Long Term Plan through integrated care provision: rhetoric or reality?

Teresa Burdett, Lee-Ann Fenge

A daughter’s caregiving journey

Nicki Haywood

What will the Year of the Nurse and Midwife mean for the UK’s community staff?

Surfactants in the treatment of chronic wounds and biofilm management

Audrey Gillies

Psoriatic patient treatment pathway: non-biological and biologic therapy

Tonia Goman

Identifying malnutrition in the community

Liz Anderson

Inelastic compression devices for chronic oedema management

Tracy Green

Articles: 15

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10/2019

Vol. 33 No. 5

Getting involved with supporting self-care

Annette Bades

Bladder and bowel issues in nurseries, schools and colleges

Davina Richardson

TVNs march at Pride Cymru’s Big Weekend

Julie Evans

New treatment for lower limb wound healing

Anita Roberts

Feeling the pressure of support surface selection

Gill Wicks

New vision for health visiting in England

Cheryll Adams CBE

Enhancing quality of life for individuals living with a PICC line in situ

Ellie Lindsay OBE, Laura Talbot

Ketamine bladders: what community nurses should know

Rachel Leaver

A step towards getting wound care right — first time

Elaine Bethell, Rosie Callaghan, Gemma Davies, Sian Fumarola, Nicky Griffiths, Lisa Hill, Adele Linthwaite, Stefanie Mahan, Joy Tickle

How community nurses can promote self-care

Caring for dehisced wounds in the community

Annemarie Brown

Improving assessment and management of lower limb wounds

Gillian Boast, Julie Green, Ruth Chambers, Robin Calderwood

Developing a nurse-led community intravenous therapy service

Jennifer Pepper

Indwelling urinary catheterisation: evidence-based practice

Sharon Holroyd

Articles: 14

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08/2019

Vol. 33 No. 4

Chronic oedema management

Margaret Sneddon

Supporting the development of healthcare assistants

Rhian Last

TVNs on the march at Pride Cymru’s Big Weekend

Julie Evans

The supportive role of community nurses

Annette Bades

Is it time to take a fresh look at catheter care and could we do better?

Karen Logan, June Rogers, Brenda Cheer, Alan Doherty

Enabling good nutritional care for patients with COPD

Jaqui Walker

My community

Penny Rubio

Smoking cessation and the health promotion role of community nurses

Tara Bright, Teresa Burdett

Compression hosiery for venous conditions: a literature review

Jeanette Muldoon

Chronic pain management: what community nurses should know

Angela Duckworth

Detecting and treating peripheral arterial disease in primary care

Jane Todhunter

Indwelling urinary catheterisation: current best practice

Ann Yates

Caring for chronic wounds in the community

Annemarie Brown

Articles: 13

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06/2019

Vol. 33 No. 3

District nurse teams need renewed investment

Matthew Bradby

Catch up on latest developments in respiratory care

Francesca Robinson

Making every contact count this summer

Annette Bades

How community nurses can help to prevent knife crime

Sue Boran, Paul Regan, Jane Todhunter

Poopology game: enabling best practice in managing diarrhoea

Kelly Lamb, Allison Sykes, Ann Turner, Catherine Wilkin

An overview of managing hypergranulation in wounds

Annemarie Brown

Basic continence assessment: what community nurses should know

Ann Yates

Enhancing end-of-life skin care to prevent pressure ulcers in primary care

Ray Samuriwo

Development of a community-based skin integrity service

Sara Burr, Rachel Sweeney

Clinical evaluation of a silicone adhesive remover for prevention of MARSI at dressing change

Guy Hadfield, Alexandra De Freitas, Sarah Bradbury

Catheter valves: retraining the bladder to avoid prolonged catheter use

Sandra Carr

Menopausal symptoms and hormone replacement therapy

Margaret Perry

Incontinence-associated dermatitis: diagnosis and treatment

Kirsty Mahoney

Articles: 13

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04-2019

Vol. 33 No. 2

Colostomy UK’s ‘Active Ostomates’ project

Richard Biddle

My community

Catherine Brewer

Winner of the 2018 Outstanding Practice in Wound Care Award

District nurse education: past, present and future

Matthew Bradby

Addressing air quality is a social responsibility

Annette Bades

What nurses can do to combat the dangers of air pollution?

Sue Boran

Compassion is needed when managing people who self-harm

Anita Kilroy-Findley

Reflection: patients’ experiences of being treated in a Leg Club setting

Abdul M Seckam, PhD PhD

Dysphagia in the community: tips and recommendations

Carolyn Taylor, Sue Pownall

Community-acquired pneumonia: what community nurses should know

Shirley Pickstock

Effective assessment and management of nocturia in the older person

Ann Yates

Promoting healthy arteries: diagnosing and managing PAD

Urša Kolari, #269; #269;

End-of-life care for people with dementia in UK care homes

Caroline Reeves, Alison Kate Lillie, Simon Burrow

Skin tears: a case-based and practical overview of prevention, assessment and management

Patricia Idensohn, Dimitri Beeckman, Karen E Campbell, Mary Gloeckner, Kimberly LeBlanc, Diane Langemo, Samantha Holloway

Articles: 14

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02/2019

Vol. 33 No. 1

My community

Josie Bades

Health and wellbeing for all

Matthew Bradby

Addressing malnutrition and access to food for older people: the Food In Later Life Game

Angela Dickinson, Wendy Wills

Championing nursing career opportunities

Beverley Matthews

There's no place like home when it comes to care for older people

Marie Hart

New plan aims to improve patient care

Annette Bades

Role of nutrition in pressure ulcer management

Fiona Moor

Paediatric to adult services: are they lost in transition?

Kathryn Smyth, Jayne Chester

NHS Long Term Plan and what it means for community nurses

Kathryn Evans, Jane Tadhunter, Crystal Oldman, Georgina Ritchie, Sharon Holroyd, Teresa Burdett, Emma Self

Skin tears: prevention and management in the elderly

Annemarie Brown

Understanding the differential diagnosis of leg ulcers: focus on atypical ulcers

Jane Todhunter

Psoriatic patient treatment pathway: systemic treatments

Tonia Goman

Secret Life of Catheters: an educational programme

Esmé White, Terri Hess, Philip James, William Dunsmuir

Articles: 13

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12/2018

Vol. 32 No. 6

Raising the voice of community nursing

Annette Bades

Infection prevention in community settings

Pat Cattini

My Community

Jennifer Pepper

Pharmacies and voluntary organisations tackling social isolation among older people

Lydia Shellien-Walker

Seeing the whole person: QNI initiatives for 2019

Matthew Bradby

Role of nurses in tackling health inequalities

Ann Hemingway, Joanne Bosanquet

The courage to compress

Georgina Ritchie, Ruth Broadhead, Jayne Livesey

Nursing Now campaign: time to break your silence

Cate Wood

Prevention and management of shingles and associated complications

Vilma Conceicao

Malnutrition: causes, consequences and solutions

Carolyn Taylor

What implications will Brexit have for integrated care provision?

Teresa Burdett, Lee-Ann Fenge

Recognising solar damage in the elderly

Sara Burr

What does the Tobacco Control Plan mean for community nurses?

Camilla Peterken

Dispelling some myths and misconceptions in wound care

Annemarie Brown

Articles: 14

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11/2018

Vol. 32 No. 5

Why patients, not paperwork, matter...

Annette Bades

It’s a sign of age, but where does time go?

Jane Brocksom

The untold story: alcoholism, a family disease

Shina Waresh

My community

Una Adderley

Greener practice: actions to improve the health of patients and the planet

Aarti Bansal

Community nurse prescribing

Molly Courtenay

Are community nurses spending too much time on admin?

Simplifying ankle brachial pressure index for leg ulcer management

Sylvie Hampton

Asthma review: what we need to cover and why

Jaqui Walker

Understanding compression: part 4 — bandaging and skin care

Georgina Ritchie

Identification and management of biofilm in chronic wounds

Vincent Siaw-Sakyi

Choosing the correct wound care dressing: an overview

Linda Nazarko

Articles: 12

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09/2018

Vol. 32 No. 4

Tackling the challenges of community care

Annette Bades

It’s time to invest in the future of district nursing

Matthew Bradby

A clinical heritage to trust

Brexit: the impact on health and social care and the role of community nurses

Teresa Burdett, Lee-Ann Fenge

Considerations for weight loss and activity in the over 60s

Gaynor Bussell

Legs Matter: improving wound care of the lower limb

Una Adderley

Use of Manuka honey for autolytic debridement in necrotic and sloughy wounds

Theresa Mitchell

Self-care for chronic oedema

Marie Todd

The role of nutrition in successful wound healing

Alexandra Bishop, Sarah Witts, Tanya Martin

Are changes to community health care taking effect?

Understanding compression: part 3 — compression hosiery stockings and adjustable compression wraps

Georgina Ritchie, Natalie Freeman

Articles: 11

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06/2018

Vol. 32 No. 3

Community nurses find their voice

Matthew Bradby

Importance of good nutrition for the older community

Emily Stuart

Dementia UK: a look back and a look ahead

Dr Hilda Hayo

Providing safe and effective, harm-free care

Annette Bades

Caring for dying patients in the community setting

Angela Duckworth

Are pressure area care support mattresses being under-regulated?

Annette Bades

European Class compression hosiery: a new range of garments

Rebecca Elwell

The community nurse’s role in early identification of necrotising fasciitis: raising awareness

Heather Symonds

The importance of oral health in palliative care patients

Emma Riley

Reducing the incidence of inappropriate indwelling urinary catheterisation

Julie Taylor

Understanding compression: part 2 — holistic assessment and clinical decision-making in leg ulcer management

Georgina Ritchie, Helen Taylor

A multicentre evaluation of a new chitosan FH02™ spray-on dressing in patients with chronic wounds in the UK

Andrew Sharpe, Joy Tickle, Sylvie Hampton

Articles: 12

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04/2018

Vol. 32 No. 2

My community

Sarah Jones

Connecting a community that just can't wait

Dean Ronnie

Nursing, gardens and health

Matthew Bradby

Spring is in the air...

Annette Bades

Do you experience problems with the dispensing of compression garments?

Jackie Stephen-Haynes

Can community nurses take on obesity?

Helen Brewah, Jane Todhunter, Annette Bades, Stephen Colyer

Placing our best leg forward: preventing lower leg conditions for our workforce and the general public

Jemell Geraghty, Lukla Biasi

Why district nursing should have its own apprenticeship standard

Stephanie Lawrence

The psoriatic patient treatment pathway: phototherapy

Tonia Goman

Treatment of anxiety in elderly housebound patients

Patricia Day

A review of full-thickness pressure ulcer healing in primary care

Sarah Pankhurst

Pelvic floor exercises for treating stress urinary incontinence

Sharon Holroyd

Understanding the challenges of lipoedema

Anne Williams

Understanding how compression works: part 1

Georgina Ritchie, Gillian Warwick

Articles: 14

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02/2018

Vol. 32 No. 1

New practical guide to bolus feeding in adults

Liz Anderson

My Community

Julia Botsford

Physical, social and psychological causes of malnutrition in older adults

Emily Stuart

New resources support and inform homeless health and care home nursing

Louise Clanfield

How can creative arts help our NHS?

Nicky Goulder

Jobs

Hallam Medical

Doing our bit for the environment

Annette Bades

Are missed appointments sinking the NHS?

Annette Bades, Kathryn Evans, Jane Todhunter, Jackie Stephen-Haynes

Managing moisture

JCN JCN

Scalp psoriasis: management and treatment

Tonia Goman

Irritable bowel syndrome: the latest thinking

Marianne Williams

Reality of wound care in 2017: findings from interactive voting pads

JCN JCN

Respiratory conditions and urinary incontinence

Mariama Barrie

Adult asthma: what community nurses should know

Shirley Pickstock

Diagnosis and management of lower limb cellulitis

Jane Todhunter

Articles: 15

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12/2017

Vol. 31 No. 6

How community nurses can help fight loneliness this Christmas

Lucy Harmer

Charity-run helpline provides valuable support for those with IBS

Alison Reid

Let’s talk lipoedema

Isobel MacEwan

My Community

Flora Doig

Tackling loneliness during the festive season

Annette Bades

The impact of cold weather and loneliness on our elderly

The collaborative, community approach of the Leg Club model

Clare Mechen

Caring for pilonidal sinus wounds and fistulas: a practical management guide

Annemarie Brown

Need for tissue viability education for community children’s nurses 39

Suzanne Tandler

Discharge from critical care into the community for end-of-life care

Anthony Chambers, Fiona Robinson

Treatment interventions for bowel dysfunction: constipation - part two

Mariama Barrie

Scamming: recognising and supporting victims of financial abuse

Sally Lee, Lee-Ann Fenge

Pressure ulcer identification and management

Brenda King

Chronic oedema: identifying areas for service improvement

Rachel Sweeney

Outstanding Practice in Wound Care Award

Articles: 15

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11/2017

Vol. 31 No. 5

Summer of CPD

Bladder & Bowel Community launch new services

Simon Jones

Attitudes are contagious; are yours worth catching?

Donato Tallo

QNI projects champion the community nurse

Crystal Oldman

Meeting the needs of people with advanced multiple sclerosis

Megan Roberts

Promoting concordance in oedema maintenance therapy

Nurses leading the way with procurement

Annette Bades

Can restricted product formularies save the NHS?

Understanding oral mucositis: causes and treatments

Emma Riley

Breathlessness at end of life: what community nurses should know

Shirley Pickstock

My Community

Clare Mechen

A practical guide to systematic wound assessment to meet the 2017–19 CQUIN target

Jeanette Scott-Thomas, Catherine Hayes, Jonathan Ling, Ann Fox, Ralph Boutflower, Yitka Graham

Treatment interventions for bowel dysfunction: constipation

Mariama Barrie

Compression therapy in the community

Dr Giovanni Mosti

Understanding long-term catheterisation for effective bladder drainage

Rachel Leaver

Adjustable Velcro compression devices and management of lower limb lymphoedema

Megan Hunter

Use of topical treatments in psoriasis management

Tonia Goman

Articles: 17

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08/2017

Vol. 31 No. 4

'Simple’ computer virus affects world’s fourth largest employer - our NHS

Alex Munro

Managing your own health from your mobile 24/7

Jane Lindo

Local respiratory groups: a lifeline for community nurses

Carol Stonham MBE

My community

Ina Farrelly

Why we should integrate health and social care

Annette Bades

Can health and social care work together?

Support surface selection for longterm patients in the community

Sarah Westcott, Lucy Welding

Improving elderly housebound patients’ mental health

Patricia Day

Chief cook and bottle washer: life as an older male carer

Mel Hughes, Jacob McKay, Pete Atkins, Angela Warren, Julie Ryden

Supporting older patients with nutrition and hydration

Edel McGinley

Empowering patients to self-care with a Velcro wrap compression device

Jane Todhunter

Managing multiple sclerosis and bladder dysfunction: part two

Mariama Barrie

An overview of common skin complaints seen in primary care

Kirsty Armstrong

Dealing with common lower limb problems in primary care: part two

Annemarie Brown

Articles: 14

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06/2017

Vol. 31 No. 3

Cake and conversation to combat lonely Sundays

Cliff Rich

Are royal interventions helping our mental health?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Standing together in the face of unspeakable atrocity

Alex Munro

Importance of equality and diversity in today’s NHS

Donato Tallo

Managing psychological trauma in health care

Matthew Bradby

Keeping healthy at festivals

Cate Wood

Why social care should be everyone’s concern

Margaret Willcox

Ensuring good nutrition for older patients in the community

Cate Wood

My community

Jacqui Ciotkowski

Can royal revelations save mental health?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Underpinning assessment with intuition and a tested model

Kyley Parfitt

The use of motivational interviewing in community nursing

Patricia Day, Jill Gould, Gayle Hazelby

Notes on a six-month evaluation of juxtacures™ by one community nursing team

Sarah Williams

Dealing with common lower limb problems in primary care

Annemarie Brown

Use of emollients in psoriasis management

Tonia Goman

Managing multiple sclerosis and bladder dysfunction: part one

Mariama Barrie

Using an innovative dressing to balance wound moisture

Joy Tickle

Articles: 17

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04/2017

Vol. 31 No. 2

Is your morale really at an all-time low?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Supporting ill children to be cared for at home

Linda Partridge

Improving wound care through reducing variation in practice

Kathryn Evans

My community

Donato Tallo

What does the future hold for community nurses?

Alex Munro

Agents for change

Jason Beckford-Ball

Is mouth-to-mouth effective in the community?

Emma Gardner

Flexibility is the key

Maggie Scott

Identifying the different clinical presentations of psoriasis

Tonia Goman

Improving outcomes for people recovering from cancer

Claire Taylor

Using an adjustable compression device to manage venous leg ulcers

Moira Bradley, Linda Nelis, Mary Reagen, Sue Collins, Rhona Paterson, Patricia Munro, Lorraine Cannon, Geraldine Rankin

Latest developments in transanal irrigation therapy

Sharon Holroyd

Troubleshooting PEG feeding tubes in the community setting

Rosie Thompson

Accurate chronic wound assessment in the community setting

Jeanette Milne

Using a step-up, step-down approach to exudate management

Tracey Bajjada

Articles: 15

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02/2017

Vol. 31 No. 1

Things can only get better...

Jason Beckford-Ball

What will 2017 bring for community nurses?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Working to stop asthma attacks and find a cure

Sonia Munde

Joining the technological revolution

Ian Bailey

UK faces world’s highest rates of mesothelioma

Liz Darlison

A different kind of nursing recruitment agency

JCN JCN

My community

Steve Robertson

Snapshot learning: Biatain Silicone

JCN JCN

QNI’s annual conference: inspiring quality and success in nursing

Crystal Oldman

Improving the Dysphagia Experience

Tracy Wothers

The role of community nurses in stroke prevention

Christopher Stephen Clare

A new solution for indwelling catheter encrustation and blockage

Sharon Holroyd

Assessing patients with urinary incontinence: the basics

Rachel Leaver

Best practice management of peristomal pyoderma gangrenosum

Anna Wallace

Articles: 14

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12/2016

Vol. 30 No. 6

Honesty is the best policy

Donato Tallo

Tackling loneliness with afternoon tea

Mary Rance

My community

Suzy Sawyer

Supporting patients with a colostomy

Clare Matthews

Blurring our roles may not be such a bad thing...

Alex Munro

One is such a lonely number...

Jason Beckford-Ball

Restoring joy to practice: could group consultations help?

Georgina Craig

Read all about it...

Mariama Barrie

Improving the management of chronic disease in the community

Jane Jones

Helping families struggling to manage eczema

Magali Redding

Providing best practice oxygen therapy in the community

Shirley Pickstock

Identifying and managing dysphagia in the community

Rosie Thompson

Diagnosis and treatment of painful bladder syndrome

Sharon Holroyd

Promoting patient concordance to support rapid leg ulcer healing

Julie Stanton, Alison Hickman, David Rouncivell, Fiona Collins, David Gray

Articles: 14

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10/2016

Vol. 30 No. 5

Should we be paying people to get better?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Small changes can go a long way

Alex Munro

My community

Una Adderley

Pay as you go...

Jason Beckford-Ball

The nursing management of infantile eczema

Vilma Conceicao

Assessing respiratory rate and function in the community

Jaqui Walker

How can camouflage help with long-term skin problems?

Tonia Goman

Improving patients’ experience of dressing removal in practice

Geraldine Reevell, Tessa Anders, Tracey Morgan

The provision of nutritional advice in patients with cancer

Edel McGinley

Finding a cost-effective dressing solution with multiple applications

Kirsty Mahoney

Managing postsurgical wounds in the patient’s home

Kirsty Mahoney

Devising a treatment programme to address the challenges of excess exudate

Joy Tickle

Articles: 12

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08/2016

Vol. 30 No. 4

What will Brexit mean for community nurses?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Going out on a limb

Oliver Kennett

The future of advanced practice is changing...

Alex Munro

Working to support myeloma patients across the UK

Lois Lobban

My community

Ryan Latto

Getting yourself in the zone...

Jason Beckford-Ball

Leading change, adding value

Kathryn Evans

Getting a taste for best practice in infant nutrition

JCN JCN

A simple and effective solution to preventing recurrent venous leg ulcers

Kirsty Mahoney

Using a narrative framework in nursing students’ community placements

Fern Todhunter

Community pulmonary rehabilitation: a multidisciplinary approach

Lindsay Welch

Nutrition and pressure ulcers: putting evidence into practice

Carolyn Taylor

Understanding the latest guidance on pressure ulcer prevention

Michael Ellis

Common incontinence problems seen by community nurses

Olufunmilola Kehinde

Articles: 14

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06/2016

Vol. 30 No. 3

Is confusion over dementia symptoms harming diagnosis?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Friends and family

Anu Singh

Should we stay or should we go ... what would Brexit mean for nurses?

Alex Munro

Helping healthcare's unsung heroes

Paul Steiner

Supporting adults with a brain tumour

Polly Newton

Coeliac disease: how much do you know?

Shirley James

My community

Candice Pellett OBE

Should we stay or should we go?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Food for thought

Natalie Welsh

Helping vision-impaired ex-service men and women

Sue Morrell

Setting up a unique outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service

Gillian Davis, Jayne Woodhead

Using an adjustable compression system to treat community leg ulcers

Natalie Freeman, Ray Norris

The evidence for treating pressure injury located on the patient’s heel

Massimo Rivolo

Using soap substitutes, bath additives and leave-on emollients

Tanya Flavell

Dealing with patients with concurrent dementia and urinary incontinence

Mariama Barrie

Articles: 15

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04/2016

Vol. 30 No. 2

Are poor mental health services the real epidemic in primary care?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Do you pass the nursing ‘stress test’?

Angela Hall

What is complex regional pain syndrome?

Melanie Burden

Community nurses must engage with homelessness

David Parker-Radford

Breaking the cycle of shame

Rhia Favero

Saying a big ‘thank you’ to healthcare’s unsung heroes

Ian Wheeler

Staying on message: ensuring people with MS access specialist services

Del Thomas

My Community

Jenny Smyth

Tragedy reminds us of what we have

Jason Beckford-Ball

Revalidation is nothing to be scared of...

Alex Munro

The impact of vulval disease on patients’ quality of life

John Major, Fabia Brackenbury, Karen Gibbon, Nevianna Tomson

Demystifying debridement and wound cleansing

Salma Khatun

How to identify and manage seasonal allergic rhinitis

Dermot Ryan

The challenge of carrying out research in care homes: malnutrition

Ruth Stow

How to recognise, assess and control wound exudate

Pauline Beldon

An hour-a-day project aimed at streamlining continence services

Mariama Barrie

Articles: 16

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02/2016

Vol. 30 No. 1

Should community nurses be expected to live healthy lifestyles?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Well-connected

Laura Westwick

Sticks and stones...

Carol Singleton

Helping people across the world living with a stoma

Niall Norbury

The role of health visitors in caring for older people

Hannah Britton

QNI Editorial

Crystal Oldman

Nurses need to keep it on the record

Alex Munro

My community

Nina Turner

Healthy living can be very taxing

Jason Beckford-Ball

Crossing the health and social care divide

Angela Hall

Managing exudate and preventing biofilms in community wound care

Simon Barrett

Dealing with viral skin infections in the community setting

Manpreet Lakhan

Setting up and running a community IV therapy clinic

Kate Owen

Managing the aftercare of patients with a Mitrofanoff pouch

Rachel Leaver

A guide to spirometry best practice for community nurses

Lindsay Welch

Working together to treat meningococcal necrotic skin lesions

Jemell Geraghty

Articles: 16

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12/2015

Vol. 29 No. 6

Nice to meet you — the power of networking

Alex Munro

Older people need our help more than ever

Janet Morrison

Advancing the profile of district nursing

Crystal Oldman

My community

Celina Eves

Will cutting student bursaries choke the supply of new nurses?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Can digital resources improve my selection of hosiery?

Rebecca Elwell

Moisture-associated skin damage

CliniMed CliniMed

Back to the future

Jason Beckford-Ball

Virtual reality

Cathy Greaves

Delivering intravenous diuretics in the community

Lynda Blue

How to improve the community care of leg ulcer patients

Deborah Simon

Effective exudate management and the Eclypse® dressing range

Mike Ellis

Practical nutritional measures in patients with dementia

Edel McGinley

Assessment of community wound infection

Kirsty Mahoney

Identifying urinary incontinence in community patients

Mariama Barrie

Dealing with common skin lesions in older people

Annette Aldridge

Articles: 16

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10/2015

Vol. 29 No. 5

How silicone wound contact layers promote healing and patient comfort

Sarah Mancini

Is the media obsession with fad science fuelling health problems?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Nurse to patient: a view from the other side

Alex Munro

Providing COPD patients with a passport for health

Katy Beckford

Raising awareness of lymphatic conditions across the UK

Jane Durston

Putting the individual at the centre of mental health support

Liz Felton

The importance of keeping the cold chain intact

Michelle Falconer

Let's make 2015's Stop Pressure Ulcer Day a great success

Michael Clark

How can desloughing a wound aid the patient experience?

Lorraine Grothier

My community

Justine Hextall

Record-keeping means more than ticking a box

Jason Beckford-Ball

'If it's not written down; it didn't happen...'

Amanda Andrews, Bernie St Aubyn

Learning on the job

Jason Beckford-Ball

What is the patient experience of healing in a hosiery kit?

JCN JCN

The importance of effective exudate management in the community

Maureen Benbow

Nursing management of pilonidal sinus in the community

Jackie Griffin

Troubleshooting stomas in the community setting

Jennie Burch

Will providing ‘care closer to home’ result in more complex wound care?

Edwin Chamanga

The importance of diet and nutrition in severe mental health problems

Elaine Jennings

The use of a honey dressing in a range of wound types

Tracey Morgan

How can community nurses manage chronic constipation?

Sharon Holroyd

An overview of eczema management for community nurses

Tanya Flavell

Articles: 22

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08/2015

Vol. 29 No. 4

The QNI is funding innovative nursing projects across the UK

Crystal Oldman

Providing support for carers in preventing pressure ulceration

Diane Cuff

Health visitors: making a difference to children and families

Jayne Hollinshead

Are we forgetting why we became nurses in the first place?

Alex Munro

Will community nurses ever get a fair deal on pay?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Revalidation: taking away the fear factor

Alex Munro

Managing wound slough in the community patient

JCN JCN

My community

Linda Harris

Does nursing still qualify as a vocation?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Delivering integrated care with the BHF

Sana Zakaria

Are your wound management choices costing you money?

Tracey Morgan

Ask the expert: How do I reduce foot oedema while healing a leg ulcer?

JCN JCN

Practical weight management in primary care

Rebecca McManamon

Home oxygen therapy: an update for community nurses

Phyllis Murphie

Tackling compression therapy in the community: a new solution for nurses

Keith Moore, Lynn Welsh, Teresa Greaves, Kim Socrotes

Understanding the link between wound care and nutrition

Catherine Rabess

An alternative to compression bandaging in venous leg ulcers

Gill Wicks

Troubleshooting indwelling catheter problems in the community

Gill Davey

Five steps to successful wound healing in the community

Sue Johnson

Articles: 19

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06/2015

Vol. 29 No. 3

Is community nursing in danger of becoming an emergency service?

JCN JCN

Out of Africa: one nurse’s visit to Uganda

Sue Hill

What does the election result mean for primary care nurses?

Alex Munro

Tackling the isolation of children with a stoma

Wendy Hetherington

Travel health: how to ensure your patients stay illness-free overseas

Patricia Stewart

Marie Curie: building on strong foundations

Dee Sissons

Ask the expert: How do I prepare the limb for effective compression?

JCN JCN

My community

Sarah-Jayne Lawson

Have we been here before?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Detecting progressive chronic kidney disease in primary care

Dr Nicola Thomas

The community matron’s role in providing end-of-life care

Angela Liddament

What are the benefits of using cohesive inelastic compression bandages in the community?

JCN JCN

Managing and preventing acute exacerbations of COPD in the community

Shirley Pickstock

Managing patients following a lower limb amputation

Brigitte Price, Beverly Moffatt, Dawn Crofts

Eosin solution: a dermatology treatment rediscovered

David A Haigh

Redesigning continence services: rehabilitation and cost-effectiveness

Jane Appleyard, Stephanie Bastone

Articles: 16

View issue

05/2015

Vol. 29 No. 2

The Queen’s Nursing Institute announces annual conference

Queen’s Nursing Institute

What will your vote mean for nurses on the frontline?

Alex Munro

How can community nurses help to shape continence care?

Sharon Eustice

Preparation starts now for spring allergies and hay fever season

Patricia Stewart

How will the general election result influence the future NHS?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Ask the expert: How to prevent leg ulcer recurrence when moving into compression hosiery?

JCN JCN

My community

Sue Hill

The Cavell Nurses’ Trust is here to help people just like you...

John Orchard

Cost efficacy of using Juxta CURES TM and UCS TM debridement cloths

Sue Elvin

Make sure your vote counts on 7 May...

Jason Beckford-Ball

The use of Actilite Protect® as an all-round wound care solution

Tracey Morgan

Understanding the development and management of shingles

Vilma Conceicao, Katie Shostak

How to use compression hosiery kits in the treatment of venous leg ulceration

JCN JCN

A small multicentre evaluation of a new gelling fibrous silver dressing

Lindsey Bullough, Sian Fumerola, Elaine Forster, Nicola Ivins, John Timmons

Applying SSKIN bundle education and dermal pads in residential homes to improve the quality of care

Ray Norris, Alistair Bielby, Natalie Freeman, Beverley Piper

Providing optimal sub-bandage pressure in compression therapy

Simon Barrett

What can we do to improve the patient experience of continence care?

Sharon Holroyd

Understanding the relationship between type 1 diabetes and diet

Gaynor Bussell

Articles: 18

View issue

02/2015

Vol. 29 No. 1

It's privatisation, but not as we know it...

Jason Beckford-Ball

Will more private sector involvement affect NHS community services?

Busy times ahead for the Queen's Nursing Institute

You just can't get the staff these days...

Alex Munro

Here's to a thinner and better-prepared 2015

Angela Hall

Nursing skills: learning the community way

Emily Carney

How can I improve leg ulcer care when faced with increasing service demands?

Testing for urinary tract infection in non-catheterised patients

Maurice Madeo, Paula Johnson

Lymphovenous disease and its effects on the lower limb

Michael Ellis

Identifying common skin infections and infestations

Sandra Lawton

Recognising and managing patients with interstitial lung disease

Annette Duck

Role of nutrition in the final stages of palliative care

Edel McGinley

The assessment, selection and benefits of made-to-measure hosiery

JCN JCN

My community

JCN JCN

Articles: 14

View issue

12/2014

Vol. 28 No. 6

A new year and a new NHS

Jason Beckford-Ball

Can community nurses afford another NHS plan?

Community nurses are championing the cause of carers

Wendy Nicholson

Could you be a Queen’s Nurse?

Anne Smith

Community nurses have crucial role in protecting babies this winter

Zoe Chivers

My experiences as a cruise-ship nurse

Managing urinary incontinence: guidelines for community nurses

Janice Reid

Community nurses’ experiences of treating patients with leg ulcers

Edwin Tapiwa Chamanga

An overview of end-of-life care in the community setting

Angela Hall

Breathlessness in the community: part two — management

Janelle Yorke

Factors affecting mental health support to the British armed forces: part two

Alan Finnegan, Sara Finnegan, Mike Thomas

How to identify and treat herpes zoster (shingles)

Emma Corden

My community

JCN JCN

Articles: 13

View issue

10/2014

Vol. 28 No. 5

Clear and present danger

Jason Beckford-Ball

Do we need to start again with end-of-life care?

Community nursing improving health care for homeless people

What are the ongoing effects of a stem cell or bone marrow transplant?

Anneliese Levy

There’s so much more to health visiting than weighing babies

Melita Walker

Time to get involved in global STOP Pressure Ulcer Day

Michael Clark

Hand hygiene is the big winner at infection control conference

Flu vaccine: complacency is not an option

Gill Treverton

Dealing with acute and chronic pain: part two - management

Julie Gregory

Factors affecting mental health support to the British armed forces: part one

Alan Finnegan, Sara Finnegan, Mike Thomas

How to accurately identify and record pressure ulceration

Pauline Beldon

Wound care in the community: infection, exudate and conformability

Tracey Morgan

An overview of lymphoedema for community nurses

Garry Cooper

Providing dietary advice for people with type 2 diabetes

Gaynor Bussell

Principles underlying urinary catheterisation in the community

Frank Booth

A new leg bag range for children with indwelling catheters

Brenda Cheer

Breathlessness in the community: part 1 - assessment

Janelle Yorke

Diagnosing, assessing and managing cellulitis in the community

The importance of the pelvis in posture, seating and pressure care

My community

JCN JCN

Articles: 20

View issue

08/2014

Vol. 28 No. 4

Calling all superheroes...

Jason Beckford-Ball

Do we have enough nurses to move care ‘closer to home’?

The power of the tweet

Jason Beckford-Ball

District nurse student numbers on the up

Crystal Oldman

Community nurses can encourage men to look after their health

Providing flu vaccination is a vital part of community health

Patricia Stewart

Patients and clinicians to have their say in the new NMC code

Katerina Kolyva

INS - working to support those with long-term conditions

Carol Hopkins

A compression bandage system that helps to promote patient wellbeing

Teresa Greaves, Nicola Ivins, Claire Stephens

How wound cleansing and debriding aids management and healing

Annette Downe

Implementing pressure ulcer prevention in a Welsh nursing home

Delia Catherine Keen, Michelle Gaudario

The role of nutrition in the management of COPD patients

Edel McGinley

Introducing a pelvic floor telephone assessment service

Carlene Igbedioh, Andrew B Williams, Alexis Schizasrvice

Effectiveness of an MRSA 'seek-anddestroy' approach in care homes

Maurice Madeo, Sally Spridgeon-Davison

Smoking and respiratory disease: the role of the community nurse

Camilla Peterken

Management of Staphylococcus aureus-infected atopic eczema

David Haigh

Dealing with acute and chronic pain: part one - assessment

Julie Gregory

Support matters: the contribution of community nursing assistants

Sue Pender, Karen Spilsbury

What you need to know about caring for the skin around a stoma

My community

JCN JCN

Articles: 20

View issue

06/2014

Vol. 28 No. 3

Cracking the code

Jason Beckford-Ball

Is patient involvement in nurse regulation anything more than PR?

Making a difference to the lives of people with dementia and their carers

Beth Britton

National District Nurses Network actively looking for new members

Sue Hill

Early referral services supporting people with cancer at home

Nicole Woodyatt

Working with community nurses to help support the homeless

Crystal Oldman

Management of urinary tract infection (UTI) in the community

Marian DiVito

Reducing the risk of infection in indwelling catheterisation

Norma Acker

Dealing with the effects of seasonal changes on the skin

Polly Buchanan

Practical strategies for treating malnutrition in the community

Carolyn Taylor

Community management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Annette Bades

The principles behind end of life care and the implications for patients

Rebecca Westwood

Understanding the basics of wound care in the community setting

Kirsty Mahoney

How to ensure better infection control in the patient's home

Jackie Stephen-Haynes

Medicines optimisation: an agenda for community nursing

Chetan Shah, Hedy Lehman, Stuart Richardson

How to select the best compression hosiery for your patient

My community

JCN JCN

Articles: 17

View issue

04/2014

Vol. 28 No. 2

Defusing the public health time-bomb...

Jason Beckford-Ball

Is it the job of community nurses to police people’s lifestyles?

‘Patients are the centre of everything you do’

Jason Beckford-Ball

Learning the easy way

Jason Beckford-Ball

Supporting carers - a new online resource from the Queen’s Nursing Institute

Crystal Oldman

Nurses need to be prepared for a more demanding job market

Alex Munro

The management of atopic eczema in the community setting

Ann Joy

The use of a faecal management system in sacral pressure ulcer care

Akrum Allymamod, Edwin T Chamanga

Looking at malnutrition from the patient's perspective

Carolyn Taylor

A solution to cost-effective wound management in the community

Julie Evans

Psychological aspects of wound care: implications for clinical practice

Dominic Upton

What nurses need to know about the application of larval therapy

Jackie Griffin

A versatile range of leg bags for use in community patients

Laurna Underhill

Assessing the clinical skills training needs of community healthcare staff

Michelle Chappell, Kay Ford

The importance of hand hygiene in preventing the spread of infection

Let’s talk about sex...

Kathy French

My community

JCN JCN

Articles: 17

View issue

01/2014

Vol. 28 No. 1

New year is a new start for community nursing

Jason Beckford-Ball

Why are we stigmatising people with dementia?

The QNI is encouraging innovation through frontline education

Crystal Oldman

The big interview — JCN talks to Viv Bennett

Jason Beckford-Ball

How do we deal with the death of a patient?

Ilhan Wardhere

Ensuring optimum quality of life in community patients with a stoma

Jennie Burch

Supporting community patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Isobel Mason

Nutrition in the older person — are we facing a crisis in the community?

Helen Willis

Understanding the impact of leg ulcer bandaging on patient quality of life

Edwin Tapiwa Chamanga

Using natural properties to manage chronic wounds

Jackie Stephen-Haynes, Elaine Gibson, Michelle Greenwood

Exit site management in the community using Kendall™ AMD Antimicrobial Foam Dressing with PHMB

Julie Evans

Using the latest psoriasis guidance to inform community treatment

Rebecca Penzer

Dementia care: reducing carers’ emotional burden

Zoë Elkins, Ian Weatherhead

The reality of introducing advanced nurse practitioners into practice

Elizabeth Haidar

The provision of adequate hydration in community patients

Putting healthcare policy into practice

Anita Fatchett, Liz Clark, Dawn Taylor

Are our continence services fit for purpose?

Sharon Eustice

Spotlight

My community

JCN JCN

Articles: 19

View issue

11/2013

Vol. 27 No. 5

Even ‘good’ care can sometimes go bad...

Jason Beckford-Ball

What should replace the Liverpool Care Pathway?

Is it time to start telling the patient’s story?

Jason Beckford-Ball

Time to provide health care at home

Involving patients in the monitoring of radiotherapy-induced skin reactions

Audrey Scott

Urinary incontinence and the importance of catheter fixation

Julian Spinks

Using an antimicrobial skin cleanser before catheterisation

Tim Sandle

A modern dressing range to meet today’s wound care challenges

Lisa Sutherland

Management of patients with heel-located pressure damage

Lorraine Grothier

The clinical performance of a silicone foam in an NHS community trust

Jackie Stephen-Haynes, Alistair Bielby, Richard Searle

How often should patients in compression have ABPI recorded?

Winnie Furlong

Managing the nutritional status of community patients with leg ulcers

Jennifer Lunnon

Can primary care work for patients with complex needs?

Jeff Fernandez, Mark Medjesi Jones

Community nurses need to make every contact count

Jane DeVille-Almond

The single competency framework means professionals prescribing together

Anita Fatchett, Andrew McEwan

Spotlight

Management of venous leg ulcers: assess, dress and compress

The QNI — helping nurses in the real world

My community

JCN JCN

Articles: 19

View issue

09/2013

Vol. 27 No. 4

Welcome to the new-look Journal of Community Nursing

Jason Beckford-Ball

Celtic tigers are earning their stripes

Ros Moore

Who is today’s community nurse?

Anne Pearson

Crossing the health and social care divide

Jason Beckford-Ball, Binkie Mais

Managing radiotherapy-induced skin reactions in the community

Ellen Trueman

Assessment, management and prevention of infected wounds

Martyn Butcher

Dealing with wound-related pain at dressing change

Jacky Edwards

The CHROSS Checker: a tool kit to detect early skin changes associated with venous and lymphovenous disease

Janice Bianchi

Pressure-reducing pads effectively prevent and reverse signs of category 1 pressure damage

Aaron Knowles

The use of compression hosiery in mixed aetiology ulceration and palliative care

Helen Butterfield

Superabsorbent dressings — have we reached maximum capacity?

June Jones

The importance of peristomal skin care in the community setting

Jackie Stephen-Haynes

Managing swallowing difficulties in patients with learning disabilities

David Wright

Managing the symptoms of urinary tract infection in women

Chetan Shah

Assessing eating disorder and weight preoccupation risk in female students

Samantha Ramsay

Factors influencing evidence-based practice among community nurses

Kate Gerrish

The use of a reflective grid to aid community nurse education

Marian Judd

Achieving compression therapy concordance in the new NHS: a challenge for clinicians

David Gray

Community Nursing must not reinvent the education wheel

Heather Bain

Spotlight

My community

JCN JCN

Articles: 21

View issue

05/2013

Vol. 27 No. 3

‘Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’

Deborah Glover

Reducing chronic disease: analysis of a community wellness programme

Jenny Manry, Jane Peterson

Evaluation of a new two component inelastic compression bandage kit

Aaron Knowles, Dr Hildegard Charles, Agnes Collarte, Anna Coulborn, Sylvie Hampton

Helping to manage malnutrition with BAPEN Decision Trees

Dr Sheldon Cooper, Anne Holdoway

Cost effectiveness and improved patient outcomes using a super-absorbent dressing

Lorraine Grothier

Abnormal scarring: an overview

Inflammatory bowel disease - patient engagement and experience

Kathryn Foskett

Using a hydroconductive dressing: a case series

Sue Johnson, Pam Spruce, Kathleen Leak, Denise Ridsdale

Making a difference: integrating the Liverpool Care Pathway into practice

Cheryl Manners, Sharon Roberts

BookReviews

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 12

View issue

03/2013

Vol. 27 No. 2

Editorial

Deborah Glover

Management of osteoporosis update

Rachel Ashcroft-Hands

Reviewing the effectiveness of larval therapy

Laura Wood, Mark Hughes

Smoking cessation

British Heart Foundation

Management of constipation in the community

June Rogers

Dermatological issues in lymphoedema and chronic oedema

Mieke Flour

Need to Know

BookReviews

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

01/2013

Vol. 27 No. 1

Editorial

Deborah Glover

Lindsay Leg Clubs: clinically effective, cost effective

Ellie Lindsay

Who’s taking care of the boys?

Jane DeVille-Almond

Academia and clinical practice – working together successfully to develop skin integrity knowledge and skills

Karen Ousey, Ross Atkinson, Leigh Fleming, Barbara Conway

SpotLight

Cleansing chronic wounds with tap water or saline: a review

Andreja Ljubi, #269; #269;

Articles: 6

View issue

11/2012

Vol. 26 No. 6

Editorial

Deborah Glover

Effective management of COPD

Annette Bades

The role of the colorectal and stoma clinical nurse specialist

Kathryn Foskett

Good practice in catheter care

Ann Winder

Implementing a dermatology pocket guide

Janice Bianchi, Barbara Page, Sheila Robertson

Mealtime difficulties

Denise Stapleton, Gillian Griffiths, Jill Sherriff

Identifying patients at risk of pressure ulcers

Lynne Watret, Fiona Middler

BookReviews

A multi-centre observational study examining the effects of a mechanical debridement system

Susan Johnson, Agnes Collarte, Loty Lara, Andreia Alberto

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 11

View issue

09/2012

Vol. 26 No. 5

Editorial

Deborah Glover

End of Life Care community services

Sue Pender, Fiona Pearce

Optimising treatment and care for dementia patients

Zoë Elkins

Diabetic foot ulcers

Maureen Benbow

BookReviews

Continence product use: a review

Tendayi Masuko

Surgery for people with lymphoedema

Dr Anne Williams

A retrospective study of fall risk factors

Chetan Shah, Gillian Williams, Jaikishan Joshi, Roobi Aziz

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

07/2012

Vol. 26 No. 4

Editorial

Deborah Glover

Cervical screening time for a review?

Robyn Lotto, Jane Williams

Diabetes in the South Asian community

Phil Holdich, Warren Gillibrand, Carl Covill

SpotLight

Public mental health in primary care

Thomas J. Currid, Marie Horgan

Smoking, related diseases and the Government’s tobacco control strategy

Emma Sadler

BookReviews

Venous leg ulcers in context

Irene Anderson

DiaryDates

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

05/2012

Vol. 26 No. 3

LastWord

Editorial

Deborah Glover

End of life issues in the management of COPD

Margaret Barnett

Improving public health: right role, right person?

Deborah Glover

Treating psoriasis in community practice

Susan Maguire

The assistant practitioner in palliative and end of life care

Joanne Smith, Trish Brown

SpotLight

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: right for the wound but is it right for the patient?

Lynne Watret

The role of the mentor: a critical analysis

Mary Louise Goode

Principles of urinary catheterisation

Frank Booth, Melanie Clarkson

Articles: 10

View issue

03/2012

Vol. 26 No. 2

Exploring the role of nurse partners

Fiona Roscoe

Editorial

Deborah Glover

Fungal infections of the foot in people with diabetes

Peter Roberts, Phil Holdich

The influence of context and ecology on children’s development

Marcella Kelly

DiaryDates

Home enteral nutrition and team working

Dr Omorogieva Ojo, Ileen Patel

JCN Exhibition & Study Days

Deborah Phillips

Best practice in use of licensed medicines

Professor Matt Griffiths

SpotLight

Skin care of the incontinent patient

Maureen Benbow

LastWord

Articles: 11

View issue

01/2012

Vol. 26 No. 1

Editorial

PTM Publishers

Editor's Editorial

Deborah Glover

Living with and beyond breast cancer

Anne Williams

Devising a wound dressing formulary

Caroline Swayne

Nurse partners in general practice

Fiona Roscoe

BookReviews

Prescribing in practice – a patient centred approach

Fiona Wondergem

Medication management in older people with dementia

Gaye Kyle

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

11/2011

Vol. 25 No. 6

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Providing nutritional support for patients with COPD

Margaret Barnett

Bereavement care: the role of the DN?

Teresa Davies

Dressing awkward wounds

Maureen Benbow

SpotLight

Assessment and monitoring of oedema

Jenette Muldoon

Constipation: review of management and treatment

Gaye Kyle

Vertebral compression fractures

Rachel Ashcroft-Hands

BookReviews

Choosing the correct stoma appliance

Pat Black

LastWord

Articles: 11

View issue

09/2011

Vol. 25 No. 5

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Managing chronic constipation

Gaye Kyle

Preceptorship in public health nursing

Marcella Kelly

Using Debrisoft® for wound debridement

Maureen Benbow

Management of minor burn injuries

Jacky Edwards

Eczema in later life

Julie Van Onselen, Margaret Cox

BookReviews

DiaryDates

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

07/2011

Vol. 25 No. 4

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Stoma management and palliative care

Barbara Borwell

Preventing broken hips in care homes

Carol Jones

SpotLight

Improving pressure ulcer care

Edwin Chamanga

BookReviews

Maintaining a balanced diet with food allergies

Sarah Heath

LastWord

Articles: 8

View issue

05/2011

Vol. 25 No. 3

Understanding and managing breakthrough pain

Ray Bunn, Professor Matt Griffiths

BookReviews

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Spirituality, mental health nursing and assessment

Ruth Elliott

Continence product use in the community

Ian Pomfret, June Rogers, Julie Vickerman

Debridement: wound bed preparation

Maureen Benbow

Healing a chronic wound using Promogran Prisma

Lisa Martin

Infection and eczema

Margaret Cox

DiaryDates

Stoma formation

Jennie Burch

Managing chronic oedema and lymphoedema

Jeanette Muldoon

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 13

View issue

03/2011

Vol. 25 No. 2

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

COPD: Implementing NICE guidance

Margaret Barnett

Scar therapies

Jacky Edwards

Reducing the risk of traumatic hypospadias

Dr Guy Evans, Dr Shahid Kausar, Miss Yuko Smith

The aXe factor

William Bryans

Management of a fungating wound

Lynne Watret

BookReviews

SpotLight

The quality agenda – what does it mean?

Dr Karen Ousey

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

01/2011

Vol. 25 No. 1

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

The patient journey: guiding practice in intermittent catheterisation

Karen Logan

Scalp problems in eczema

Julie Van Onselen

SpotLight

Equity, choice or chance? Community palliative care

Dr Catherine Walshe, Professor Ann Caress, Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham, Professor Chris Todd

DiaryDates

Transforming community leg ulcer services

Diane Blockley, Lindsey Large, Lynn Spencer, Claire Rashid

Detoxing dependent drinkers

Jeff Fernandez

BookReviews

KerraMax®: managing highly exuding wounds

Sylvie Hampton

LastWord

Articles: 11

View issue

11/2010

Vol. 24 No. 6

BookReviews

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD patients

Margaret Barnett

Good communication in end of life care

Alison Charalambous

An evaluation of the use of PolyMem Silver in burn management

Jacky Edwards, Sally Mason

Contracting budgets

William Bryans

DiaryDates

Psoriasis: more than just skin deep

Fiona Wondergem

Nursing and the 1918/1919 Spanish influenza pandemic

Bukola Kolawole

Leg ulcer management: a cost-effectiveness case study

Alison Thompson, Emily Steventon

District nurse education : a Welsh perspective

Gina Newbury

International pressure ulcer guidelines

Maureen Benbow

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 14

View issue

09/2010

Vol. 24 No. 5

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Consulting with patients – part three

Kim Young, Linda Duggan

Implementing change

Lorna Glenn

BookReviews

Accel-Heal®: a new therapy for chronic wounds

Martin Tadej, Dr Steve Young, Sylvie Hampton

SpotLight

Catheter care: is it really improving?

Ian Pomfret

Quality of life on prescription – the Seal Tight audit

Duncan Stang

The science of holistic nursing

Natalie McGeorge

DiaryDates

Ageing & wound healing

Maureen Benbow

District nursing: an endangered species?

Anne Smith

Living with a chronic leg ulcer

Olivia Byrne, Marcella Kelly

LastWord

Articles: 14

View issue

07/2010

Vol. 24 No. 4

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Combating the spread of tuberculosis within ‘hard to reach’ groups

Edwin Tapiwa Chamanga

BookReviews

Larval therapy: is it effective against MRSA?

Rebecca Laurie

To tell the truth or not?

Nadia Dossa

Caring for an intrathecal line in the community

Teresa Davies

SpotLight

Napkin dermatitis and its treatment

Fiona Wondergem

Self-care in lymphoedema

Anne Williams

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

05/2010

Vol. 24 No. 3

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Nurse prescribing

Debbie Davies

Stress incontinence

Patricia McDermott

SpotLight

The future of nursing: positive spin required

Mark Gagan

Evaluating care: home enteral nutrition

Omorogieva Ojo

A critical review of the Waterlow tool

Edwin Tapiwa Chamang

DiaryDates

Consulting with patients – part two

Kim Young, Linda Duggan

Compression for leg ulceration

Morag McKenzie

LastWord

Articles: 11

View issue

03/2010

Vol. 24 No. 2

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

A guide to producing quality written information for patients

Margaret Barnett

Counting the cost

William Bryans

DiaryDates

Subcutaneous chemotherapy in the community

Helen Lloyd

An all graduate profession?

Barbara Corney

Honey treatments for wounds

Amy Cray

Consulting with patients: the structure of history taking

Kim Young, Linda Duggan

Emollients and ageing skin

Maureen Benbow

SpotLight

BookReviews

LastWord

Articles: 12

View issue

01/2010

Vol. 24 No. 1

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Review of the factors influencing continence care

Patricia McDermott

Preventing heel ulceration

Dr Karen Ousey

Primary care innovation: removing the technology barrier

Urban Fröderberg

Hydration Response Technology and managing infection

Julie Evans

Aromatherapy: the challenges for community nurses

Tzu-I Chiu

DiaryDates

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

12/2009

Vol. 23 No. 12

Quality of life and pressure ulcers

Maureen Benbow

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Assisted suicide – are we all singing from the same hymn sheet?

Mark Gagan

Management of breathlessness

Margaret Barnett

SpotLight

Faecal incontinence – exploring the ‘hidden problem’

Dr Karen Ousey, Dr Warren Gillibrand

Articles: 6

View issue

11/2009

Vol. 23 No. 11

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

The public health challenge of obesity: is it the new smoking?

Dianne Burns, John Costello, Monica Haggart, Joanne Kerr, Keith Longshaw, Ruth Thornton

SpotLight

Fungating malignant wounds and their management

Maureen Benbow

Mixing medicines legislation: an update

Professor Matt Griffiths

BookReviews

Let’s talk continence – international style

Joanne Whiteley

Undertaking risk management in community nursing practice

Joanne Reynolds

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

10/2009

Vol. 23 No. 10

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Implementing a strategy for portfolio learning

Andrew McEwan, Dawn Taylor

BookReviews

Moisture lesion or pressure ulcer?

Celene Gibbon

Managing ‘crunch’ time

William Bryans

SpotLight

ResourceCentre

Managing secondary lymphoedema

Maureen Benbow

Reducing encrustation & catheter blockage

Ian Pomfret, Lauren Tew, Sharon Eustice

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

09/2009

Vol. 23 No. 9

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Promoting self-management for patients with COPD

Margaret Barnett

Assisting older people with bathing

Caroline McGraw, Professor Vari Drennan

Identifying, managing and treating skin tears

Dr Karen Ousey

Why bother with research ethics?

Rev. Professor John Swinton

Modernising the nursing curriculum: older people and nursing students

Ruth Thornton

SpotLight

Reducing bacterial loading using Suprasorb X +PHMB

Martin Tadej, Anna Colbourn, Andy Kerr, Cathie Bree-Aslan

BookReviews

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

08/2009

Vol. 23 No. 8

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Infection control and UTI’s

Hayley Grist

Managing dysphagia in practice

Samantha Mellor

Using active wound dressings on rheumatoid ulcers

Veronica Doody

SpotLight

Nurse-led detox in primary care

Jeff Fernandez

LastWord

Articles: 7

View issue

07/2009

Vol. 23 No. 7

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Men’s mental health during the first year postpartum

Katie O’Connell-Binns

Patient & public involvement in community research

Eleni Chambers, Amanda Clarke, Jo Cooke

An overview of living with a stoma

Joanne Wright

BookReviews

Chronic wounds – an overview

Dr Karen Ousey

Clini Duo40 venous ulcer compression system

Andy Kerr, Sylvie Hampton

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

06/2009

Vol. 23 No. 6

Editorial

Analysis of framework models

Elizabeth Haldar

Lymphoedema: improving practice

Jane Board

Skin care protection for urostomates

Natalie Steele

ResourceCentre

Skin cancer prevention & detection

Lesley Andrew

Algivon: Manuka honey v complex wounds

Anna Coulbourn, Sylvie Hampton, Martin Tadej

Beating a silent killer

Lisa Lesneski

SpotLight

Treating venous ulceration

Evelyn Frowen

LastWord

Articles: 11

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05/2009

Vol. 23 No. 5

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Reflecting on a relationship centred approach to care

Mary Partis

Caring for people with chronic cancer pain

Jane Mair

Exploring pressure ulcer prevention

Dr Karen Ousey

Working with children who have complex health needs

Dr Jacqui Hewitt-Taylor

DiaryDates

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Safe and secure – improving practice in the UK

Lynda Eastwood

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Articles: 9

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04/2009

Vol. 23 No. 4

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Assessment and management of faecal incontinence

Alison Bardsley

Sharp debridement of a pressure ulcer

Marcia Gore

DiaryDates

Health visiting older people – bridging the gap

Gillain Vincent-Clayden

ResourceCentre

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Management of COPD: Making a difference

Margaret Barnett

Parafricta™ material: can it reduce the potential for pressure damage?

Sylvie Hampton, Dr Stephen Young, Cathie Bree-Aslan, Anna Colbourn

Consent & refusal: selective respect for a young person’s autonomy

Jackie Vasey

Articles: 10

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03/2009

Vol. 23 No. 3

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Child health promotion: Sun Safety Jake

Carly Shaw

ResourceCentre

Urinary catheterisation: the infection control aspects

Debbie Wright, Ian Pomfret

Nursing management of a child with a thermal injury

Deborah Brown

Skin care for leg ulcers

Carol Coley

SpotLight

Improving nursing management of nutrition in COPD patients

Margaret Barnett

LastWord

Articles: 9

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02/2009

Vol. 23 No. 2

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Care of the dying: advice for primary care nurses

Dr Sally Lawton, Dr Gordon Linklater, Dr Margaret Denholm, Lisa Macaulay

Use of honey on a neuropathic ulcer

Laurie Chapman

Coated catheters – reviewing the literature

Alison Bardsley

Healing post traumatic wounds with URGOCELL® START

Dr Damien Grenier de Cardenal, Dr Jean Pierre Rifler, Dr Catherine Salomon

Improving diabetes management

Lorna Glenn

BookReviews

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 9

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01/2009

Vol. 23 No. 1

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Becoming a community matron

Karen Gaffney

SpotLight

Osteoporosis: maintaining bone health and preventing fractures

Kirsty Carne

Skin tears

Maureen Benbow

BookReviews

LastWord

Articles: 7

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12/2008

Vol. 22 No. 12

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Introducing guidance for the assessment of pain in older adults

Dr Pat Schofield, Dr Sinead O'Mahony, Dr Beverly Collett, Dr Jonathan Potter

Debridement and the removal of devitalised tissue

Maureen Benbow

The obesity epidemic - a holistic approach

Teresa Davies

SpotLight

ResourceCentre

A practical guide to the management of a tracheostomy

Margaret Barnett

LastWord

Articles: 8

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11/2008

Vol. 22 No. 11

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Examining the theory behind patient assessment & care

Amy Cray

A novel method of suprapubic catheter management

Ian Pomfret

BookReviews

Exuding wounds

Maureen Benbow

Non cancerous lymphoedema: a basic understanding

Louise Johnson

Optimal exudate management in a dressing

Keith Cutting

COPD: Smoking cessation

Margaret Barnett

SpotLight

ResourceCentre

LastWord

Articles: 11

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10/2008

Vol. 22 No. 10

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Chemotherapy: no place like home?

Martyn Main, Rachel Unwin

The role of parents in children’s eating habits & childhood obesity

David Benton

Preventing venous ulceration

Modupe Iwuji

The use of emollients in dry skin therapy

Beverley Chiodo

SpotLight

ResourceCentre

Update on larval therapy

Maureen Benbow

LastWord

Articles: 9

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09/2008

Vol. 22 No. 9

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Are the needs of carers being met?

Dr Fiona Carmichael, Dr Claire Hulme

Diabetes care in residential homes

Trish Stewart, Kathleen Troop

SpotLight

Sugar rush – the facts

Joanna Philpot

Maintaining the cold chain – VaccinePorter® review

Fiona Wondergem

End of Life Care Strategy

Dr Teresa Tate

Management of bleeding and malodour in fungating wounds

Helen Lloyd

Managing stoma & skin related problems

Joanne Wright

BookReviews

Oxyzyme(TM): an oxygen releasing dressing

Sylvie Hampton, Andy Kerr, Cathie Bree-Aslan

LastWord

Articles: 12

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07/2008

Vol. 22 No. 7

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Necrotising fasciitis

Maureen Benbow

ANP’s: assessing & prescribing

Elizabeth Haidar

Management of a patient using VAC therapy

Irene Speding

Indwelling urinary catheters: friend or foe?

Ian Pomfret

SpotLight

Healing without the sting

Keith Cutting

The burden of COPD

Julia Davey

LastWord

Articles: 9

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06/2008

Vol. 22 No. 6

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

When community patients need opiates

Susan Shaw

Dignity in health and social care

Charlotte Potter

Exploring wound management and measuring quality of life

Maureen Benbow

IV therapy

Sylvie Hampton

SpotLight

The management of chronic oedema

Irene Speding

ResourceCentre

Treating sinus wounds

Sylvie Hampton, Dr Steve Young, Andy Kerr

LastWord

Articles: 10

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05/2008

Vol. 22 No. 5

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Invasive procedures for the management of pain

Catherine Black, Patricia Schofield

Healthcare in care homes: a vision for improvement

Tom Owen

Safeguarding children

Cynthia Condliffe

Venous leg ulceration: concordance

Sue Dillaway

Nutritional management of coronary heart disease

Angie Jefferson

Understanding the pH balance in wound healing

Sylvie Hampton

BookReviews

Intermittent catheterisation

Ann Winder

SpotLight

DiaryDates

LastWord

Articles: 12

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04/2008

Vol. 22 No. 4

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Diabetes mellitus: A case history of community care

Lynn Hull

A critical reflection: Care tracker in a cancer care programme

Carol Barchou

We're listening to District Nurses

Susan Munroe

ResourceCentre

SpotLight

The diabetic foot and its management

Alison Williams

Non-pharmacological management of COPD

Margaret Barnett

LastWord

Articles: 9

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03/2008

Vol. 22 No. 3

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Breastfeeding education for health professionals

Marina Bigger, Dr Ann Long

Managing retracted stomas

Joanne Wright

Raising boys' achievement

Katie O'Connell-Binns

Dietary prevention and treatment of diabetes

Dr Alyson Hill

Best practice - appliance of dressing products

Maureen Benbow

SpotLight

ResourceCentre

DiaryDates

LastWord

Articles: 10

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02/2008

Vol. 22 No. 2

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Assessing chronic lung disease

Margaret Barnett

The health visitors role in prescribing

Andrew McEwan, Dawn Taylor

Nappy rash and childhood eczema: an overview

Fiona Wondergem

Modern wound therapies

Maureen Benbow

Establishing a health club in warden controlled accommodation

Jill Richards, Dr Bernie Edwards

BookReviews

SpotLight

DiaryDates

Entering the Excellence in Practice writing awards: practical tips for new writers

Kate Gerrish

LastWord

Articles: 11

View issue

01/2008

Vol. 22 No. 1

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Managing leg ulcers

Maureen Benbow

Skin care and incontinence

Ian Pomfret

SpotLight

ResourceCentre

Targeting residential homes against influenza

Fiona Rutter

Managing minor illness - vaginal discharge

Marie Massey, Susan Winterburn

LastWord

Articles: 8

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12/2007

Vol. 21 No. 12

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Assessing for preferred place of care

Sharon Hall

Process quality in business and financial management

William Bryans

Rehabilitation assistants' roles in medicines management

Hilary Holmes, Professor Steven Timmons

SpotLight

Wound care, audit and patient involvement

Maureen Benbow

ResourceCentre

LastWord

Articles: 8

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11/2007

Vol. 21 No. 11

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Using a model in the assessment and management of COPD

Margaret Barnett

Nurse prescribing - the benefits and the pitfalls

Professor Molly Courtenay

BookReviews

District nurses: a flexible workforce

Maxine Davy

SpotLight

ResourceCentre

Promoting continence positively

Claire Hope

Bandages and bandaging: recapturing the art and skill

Maureen Benbow

DiaryDates

Chronic oedema: challenges for community nurses

Anne Williams, Gillian Craig

Honey as the new 'silver' dressing in wound care

Sylvie Hampton

LastWord

Articles: 13

View issue

10/2007

Vol. 21 No. 10

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Controversies surrounding the management of pain in patients with terminal cancer

Paula Smith, Pat Schofield, Barry Aveyard, Catherine Black

Nutritional spices of life

Joanne Wright RGN, RM RM

DiaryDates

SpotLight

Managing minor illness - the common cold

Susan Winterburn, Marie Massey

The effects of urinary and faecal incontinence on the skin

Joanne Whiteley RGN, BSc BSc

Bacteria and wound healing

Sylvie Hampton

LastWord

Articles: 9

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09/2007

Vol. 21 No. 9

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Managing minor illness - headaches

Susan Winterburn RN RHV BSc MMedSci

Peanut allergy - a public health concern

Cynthia Condliffe RGN, RSCN RSCN, BSc BSc

Developing partnership approaches and working in collaboration in the NHS

William Bryans

Care of a colostomy

Sylvie Hampton MA, BSc (Hons.) DpSN, RGN RGN

Healing and wound classification

Maureen Benbow MSc, BA BA, RGN RGN, HERC HERC

SpotLight

ResourceCentre

Living with osteoporosis

Kirsty Carne RGN

DiaryDates

BookReviews

LastWord

Articles: 12

View issue

08/2007

Vol. 21 No. 8

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Assessing practice through portfolio learning

Andrew McEwan, Dawn Taylor

SpotLight

ResourceCentre

Complementary therapies for pain management in palliative care

Pat Schofield, Paula Smith, Barry Aveyard, Catherine Black

Lymphoedema of the lower limb

Sylvie Hampton

Drug delivery: Domiciliary oxygen therapy

Margaret Barnett

Diagnosing and assessing wounds

Maureen Benbow

LastWord

Articles: 9

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07/2007

Vol. 21 No. 7

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Preparing students for primary care

Amanda Young, Joan Curzio

SpotLight

Prescribing 2007

Professor Molly Courtenay

Managing minor illness - dyspepsia

Susan Winterburn

Management of diabetic plantar heel ulcer with Flaminal®

Catherine Gooday, Rachel Murchison, Grace Souter

Patient assessment and wounds

Maureen Benbow

BookReviews

Urinary catheter problems: 2

Ian Pomfret

LastWord

Articles: 10

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06/2007

Vol. 21 No. 6

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Equitable distribution of district nursing staff and ideal team size

Andrea Jones, Sylvia Russell

Drug delivery: nebuliser therapy

Margaret Barnett MSc

DiaryDates

ResourceCentre

Topical negative pressure: a systematic review of the available evidence

Maureen Benbow, Pauline Beldon, Martyn Butcher, Heather Newton, Sylvie Hampton, Helena Baxter

SpotLight

Assessing dysphagia

Joanne Wright

LastWord

Articles: 9

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05/2007

Vol. 21 No. 5

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Resolving crisis within the community

Mohammed Shams Uddin, Richard Byrt

The twilight hours - a forgotten service?

Nadia Dossa

SpotLight

Pain assessment in terminal cancer

Catherine Black, Barry Aveyard, Paula Smith, Pat Schofield

Preventing osteoporosis - healthy bones for life

Beverley Chiodo

BookReviews

Coping with atopic eczema

Joanne Wright

Back to basics - skin and wounds

Maureen Benbow

Male urinary incontinence - could penile sheaths be the answer?

Jennie Potter

Developing a new community service

Antoinette Whitrick

LastWord

Articles: 12

View issue

04/2007

Vol. 21 No. 4

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Management of terminal delirium: a literature review and case study

Catriona Forbes

SpotLight

DiaryDates

Dressing formularies: an overview

Maureen Benbow

Stoma care - a guide to daily living

Fiona Wondergem

Managing arm lymphoedema due to advanced cancer

Anne Williams

Managing COPD: inhaler therapy

Margaret Barnett

Event News

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

03/2007

Vol. 21 No. 3

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Community prescribing and wounds

Irene Cooke

The role of the district nurse in diabetes management

Sally Magson-Roberts

BookReviews

Nurse prescribing: assessment of a patient with venous leg ulcer

Olabisi Oshinbolu

SpotLight

ResourceCentre

An evaluation of asthma clinics in a primary care environment

Emma Fawcett

DiaryDates

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

02/2007

Vol. 21 No. 2

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Cervical screening for under 25's - evaluating the evidence

Emma Fawcett

Treating breakthrough cancer pain in the community

Helen Bishop

SpotLight

Clinical governance & accountability in wound care management

Maureen Benbow

BookReviews

Childhood nutrition

Dr Hannah Theobald

ResourceCentre

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

01/2007

Vol. 21 No. 1

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Treating UTI in the primary care setting

Louise Lee

The advanced practitioner role in a community twilight service

Jenny Boyden, Bernie Edwards

DiaryDates

Where is tissue viability in 2007?

Maureen Benbow

Electric stimulation of chronic wounds

Keith Moore

A structured approach to changing practice

Karen Wigan, Barbara Caren, Tracey McKenzie

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 9

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12/2006

Vol. 20 No. 12

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Traumatic brain injury: the cloud of unknowing

Zahra Pah-Lavan

SpotLight

The history of skin camouflage in health care

Liz Hawkins

Gifts, sponsorship and hospitality

William Bryans

Eating for type 2 diabetes

Dr Hannah Theobald

ResourceCentre

Hand hygiene facilities in community settings

Deborah Ward

BookReviews

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

11/2006

Vol. 20 No. 11

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

The experiences of older adults in pain: a literature review

Dr Pat Schofield, Dr Tony Ryan, Dr Amanda Clarke

ResourceCentre

BookReviews

Penile sheaths: a guide to selection and fitting

Ian Pomfret

Prescribing and silver wound products

Annemarie Brown

The lymphoedema practitioners role in provision of care: a case study

Andrea Stigant

Silicone and skin adhesives

Keith Cutting

The diabetic foot: the role of a podiatrist

Alison Williams

Maintaining optimum nutrition

Joanne Wright

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 12

View issue

10/2006

Vol. 20 No. 10

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

A student centred approach to teaching and assessing in the community

Linda Chapman

Supporting nurse prescribers - a Welsh perspective

Andrea Surridge, Tanya Spriggs

Prioritising competing demands

William Bryans

Addressing the health needs of women and children of Asian descent

Mary Chatrath, Joan Gray

The gentle dental way

Dr Brian Mouatt CBE

DiaryDates

Larval therapy in full thickness burns

Jacky Edwards

SpotLight

Nutrition in palliative care: effective or ineffective?

Tessa Aston

Treatment of a non-healing scar

Anna Gale

BookReviews

LastWord

Articles: 13

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09/2006

Vol. 20 No. 9

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Epilepsy: Out of the shadows

Zahra Pah-Lavan BSc RN

A model of care for people with long term conditions

Angie Clegg, Alan Bee

The role of diet and lifestyle changes in the management of constipation

Nigel Denby BSc Hons

Holistic ear care: cerum removal techniques

Rebecca Neno

SpotLight

Caring for a painful venous leg ulcer

Hanne Vogensen, RN RN

ResourceCentre

Intermittent self catheterisation: a change in practice or just a series of developments?

Willie Doherty, RNLD RNLD, RGN RGN, D/N Cert, ENB 978

BookReviews

DiaryDates

Atopic eczema: an overview

Karen Spowart

LastWord

Articles: 13

View issue

08/2006

Vol. 20 No. 8

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Are district nurses too task orientated to meet the needs of the 21st century?

Wendy Parkinson

DiaryDates

HNA - the theory practice gap recedes

Gill Coverdale, Kath Lancaster

Is tap water a safe alternative to normal saline for wound cleansing?

Sally Magson-Roberts

MRSA – superbug or superstar?

Claire Kilpatrick

SpotLight

ResourceCentre

Making a bid for additional resources

William Bryans

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

07/2006

Vol. 20 No. 7

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

An analysis of assessment

Louise Lee

ResourceCentre

Mentorship in the community

Angela Hall

BookReviews

Urinary catheter problems

Ian Pomfret, Mandy Wells

Nutrition and reducing CVD

Angie Jefferson

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

06/2006

Vol. 20 No. 6

Standards with overstretched resources

Fiona Meehan

Caring for children with complex health needs

Cynthia Condliffe

Infection control in the community - do we have a problem?

Bernadine Wrobel, Beth Maryon

Independent prescribing and beyond

Dr Molly Courtenay, Matt Griffiths

ACA Conference 2006

BookReviews

Patient self-massage for breast cancer-related lymphoedema

Anne Williams

Pain management in care homes

Dr Patricia Schofield

Onychomycosis: managing patients at risk

Polly Buchanan

SpotLight

DiaryDates

LastWord

Articles: 12

View issue

05/2006

Vol. 20 No. 5

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Alzheimer's disease: the road to oblivion

Zahra Pah Lavan

SpotLight

Making sense of working together

Ian Pomfret, Clare Holden, Debbie King, Rebecca Molyneux, Linda Newsham, Lauren Tew, Julie Vickerman

Developing skin camouflage practice - a joint initiative

Annemarie Brown, Madeleine Flanagan

Holistic assessment of pain and chronic wounds

Maureen Benbow

Weight loss diets: what does the science say?

Penny Hunking

ResourceCentre

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

04/2006

Vol. 20 No. 4

Delivering the goods

Fiona Meehan

The creation of a virtual practice learning team

Fern Todhunter

Leadership and management of change

Elizabeth Haidar

DiaryDates

Practice education facilitators - from theory to practice

Celia Cameron

Promoting child & maternal health: a community parent - peer education course

Heather Stringer

SpotLight

An update on VAC therapy

Maureen Benbow

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

03/2006

Vol. 20 No. 3

The rise and rise of community nursing

Fiona Meehan

Framework for the safe delivery of a blood transfusion service

Jan Green, Liz Pirie

Postoperative stoma care and the selection of appliances

Lyn Kirkwood

SpotLight

Bridging the funding gap

William Bryans

BookReviews

Ethics and wound management

Providing palliative care in end-stage COPD within primary care

Margaret Barnett, RGN RGN, MSc MSc, COPD Dip

DiaryDates

Professional isolation and the role of clinical supervision in rural and remote communities

Deborah Coleman

LastWord

Articles: 11

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02/2006

Vol. 20 No. 2

Restructuring health: at what cost?

Fiona Meehan

A clinical audit of Actico cohesive short stretch bandages

Anne F. Williams RGN, MSc MSc, DN DN, RNT RNT

Nurse prescribing update

Dr Molly Courtenay

BookReviews

COPD: the role of the nurse

Margaret Barnett

SpotLight

Nutrition matters for older adult

Susan Holmes

DiaryDates

Kerraboot® case study

Anne Walker

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

01/2006

Vol. 20 No. 1

Making a difference

Fiona Meehan

Adapting to living with a tracheostomy

Margaret Barnett

Managing wounds using a structured assessment tool

Celia Muir, Lynne Watret

ResourceCentre

SpotLight

Stress urinary incontinence, whose problem is it?

Jeanette Haslam

LastWord

Articles: 7

View issue

12/2005

Vol. 19 No. 12

Nurse prescribing plans opposed

Fiona Meehan

Role redesign to support the delivery of integrated care

Clare-Louise Nicholls RGN, Dip N., Cert MHS

Debating the role of health visitors in primary care services

Mark Hamill Dip Nursing, RN RN, Marina T. Bigger MSc, BSc (Hons), RGN RGN, RHV RHV

SpotLight

The use of silicone gel in hypertrophic scar management

Jacky Edwards RGN, BSc (Hons), PGDE PGDE

Sowing contamination, reaping compensation - hand hygiene

Zahra Pah-Lavan RN, BSc (Hons)

DiaryDates

LastWord

Articles: 8

View issue

11/2005

Vol. 19 No. 11

A job for life?

Fiona Meehan

Bed sharing: safe or not?

Carole Withers RGN, HV HV, BSc (Hons)

Ethical issues in community care

Gill Harris BSc (Hons)

ResourceCentre

Diabetic foot management

Maureen Benbow

DiaryDates

Living with X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia

Diana Perry

Questioning practice - the need for research in continence care

Ian Pomfret, Rona Mackenzie

Antibiotic resistant bacteria - do all dressings need a silver lining?

Jacky Edwards

BookReviews

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 12

View issue

10/2005

Vol. 19 No. 10

Long hours, poor pay, but at least the pension was good!

Fiona Meehan

Cultural sensitivity in community nursing

Dr Philip Burnard

Implementing the single assessment process

Alison Glover

BookReviews

Commissioning resources

William Bryans

Peer support in child protection practice

Grace Davis, Diane Cockayne

ResourceCentre

SpotLight

DiaryDates

What goes around comes around

Sylvie Hampton

Multiple Sclerosis: Journey into the unknown

Zahra Pah Lavan

LastWord

Articles: 12

View issue

09/2005

Vol. 19 No. 9

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Group clinical supervision: supporting neurology clinical nurse specialists in practice

Kirsten Turner

The provision of sexual health care for adult women with learning disabilities

Katrin Lehman

DiaryDates

Conservative sharp debridement

Lynfa Edwards

ResourceCentre

BookReviews

Older people - managing their pain in the community setting

Dr Pat Schofield, Margaret Dunham, Catherine Black

Breaking bad news

Angela Hall

SpotLight

An evidence based approach to wet wrap therapy for the management of eczema

Dr Paula Beattie

Multiprofessional treatment of urinary incontinence following radical prostatectomy

Ian Pomfret, Clare Holden

Common ear problems in the primary care setting

Joanne Wright

LastWord

Articles: 14

View issue

08/2005

Vol. 19 No. 8

Against all adversity

Fiona Meehan

Medication compliance in the elderly

Deborah June Coleman RGN, DN Cert, BSc Hons

Children with complex needs: training for care staff

Dr Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor PhD, BA (Hons), RGN RGN, RSCN RSCN

Getting published: practicalities, pitfalls and plagiarism

Kate Gerrish RN, NDN Cert, B.Nurs B.Nurs, MSc MSc, PhD PhD

Leg clubs: personal reflections on implementing change

Ellie Lindsay BSc (Hons), RN RN, DN DN, CPT CPT, Dip HE

SpotLight

Are you pro or anti biotics?

Zahra Pah-Lavan RN, BSc (Hons)

LastWord

Articles: 8

View issue

07/2005

Vol. 19 No. 7

Room for improvement

Fiona Meehan

Alternative practice placements - a review

Trish Bell RGN, RN (Child)

Diabetic yearly reviews: the role of DN's

Gill Harris BSc (Hons) RGN, DN DN

BookReviews

DiaryDates

SpotLight

An introduction to stomas

Lyn Kirkwood

ResourceCentre

Death by pressure ulcer: being held to account when ulcers develop

Sylvie Hampton, MA BSc (Hons) DpSN RGN

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

06/2005

Vol. 19 No. 6

Business as usual?

Fiona Meehan

Collusion in palliative care: a reflective account

Carol Graham, Claire Robson, Shirley Whitford

Health needs assessment

Claire Rowley

Legal and ethical frameworks for healthcare practice

Vivien Ogden

Short stretch bandaging and the immobile patient

Sylvie Hampton

DiaryDates

SpotLight

Making the most of scarce resources

William Bryans

Case study: caring for a patient with a highly exudating leg ulcer

Juli Kirby

ResourceCentre

BookReviews

Ian Pomfret gives an overview of the ACA Conference.

Ian Pomfret

LastWord

Articles: 13

View issue

05/2005

Vol. 19 No. 5

Making your vote count

Fiona Meehan

Hay Fever - not to be sniffed at!

Zahra Pah-Lavan

Relieving constipation

Fiona Wondergem

SpotLight

Using applied wound management

Simon Barrett RGN, BSc BSc

Walking for health: a community initiative

Teresa Burdett, Clare Wong

Service provision in child health clinics

Georgina Sparrow

Nutritional screening by district nurses

Suzanne Williams

Psoriasis: an overview

Joanne Wright

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

04/2005

Vol. 19 No. 4

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Parkinson's disease: the dying of the light

Zahra Pah Lavan

Theory of nurse prescribing

Diana Warner

BookReviews

The health and social needs of women who use illicit drugs

District nursing: evolution or extinction

Joanne Bennett, Ann Robinson

DiaryDates

Caring for sloughy wounds

Sylvie Hampton

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

03/2005

Vol. 19 No. 3

A sense of deja vue

Fiona Meehan

Stroke prevention through community action

Zahra Pah Lavan

SpotLight

Pain management in palliative care: a case study

Dr Patricia Schofield, Catherine Black

Improving continence care: searching the evidence

Deborah Flynn

District Nursing: Opening the doors to reality

Joanne Bennett, Ann Robinson

Vacuum therapy and its potential for wound healing in the community setting

Sylvie Hampton MA, BSc (Hons), DpSN DpSN, RGN RGN

Patients' experiences of attending a new community leg ulcer clinic

Lesley Ogden, Dr Stephanie Honey

ResourceCentre

DiaryDates

LastWord

Articles: 11

View issue

02/2005

Vol. 19 No. 2

High standard of service

Fiona Meehan

A comparative study of nurses wound knowledge in two areas

Jacky Edwards

Risk minimisation

Connie Adsett, Anne Maddock

Improving the health and well-being of people resident in nursing homes

Lydia Green

Occupational dermatitis

Dr Iain Foulds

BookReviews

DiaryDates

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

01/2005

Vol. 19 No. 1

Could the pensions shake-up affect NHS staff?

Fiona Meehan

Tracheostomy management and care

Margaret Barnett

Optimising health promotion activities

Suri Thomas, Jill Stewart

SpotLight

Health care assistants: their role in pressure ulcer prevention

Sylvie Hampton

Benchmarking continence services

Ian Pomfret, Frank Booth

LastWord

Articles: 7

View issue

12/2004

Vol. 18 No. 12

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Provision of intermediate care by the independent sector

Tina Fear, Helen De Renzie-Brett, Amanda Cheesley

Going Upstream

Fiona Wondergem

Public health and the older person

Janet Cox, Rosemary Bottoms

BookReviews

The use of tap water for wound cleansing

Sylvie Hampton

Constipation - a hard habit to break

ResourceCentre

LastWord

Articles: 9

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11/2004

Vol. 18 No. 11

Could do better . . .

Fiona Meehan

The link between commissioning and teamwork within primary care

Marina Bigger

Prevention and treatment of obesity in the community

Dr Sandra Drummond

Acne and eczema: questions and answers

ABPI ABPI

SpotLight

Contracting within the NHS

Frank Booth

Understanding and managing lymphoedema in people with advanced cancer

Anne Williams

BookReviews

LastWord

Articles: 9

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10/2004

Vol. 18 No. 10

Stub it out!

Fiona Meehan

The role of diet in the prevention and treatment of CHD

Luci Daniels

Independent and supplementary prescribing in dermatology

Polly Buchanan

DiaryDates

From compliance to concordance: Achieving shared goals

Carol Jones

Managing symptoms of fungating wounds

Sylvie Hampton

BookReviews

SpotLight

C-Front development

Pam McMahon

LastWord

Articles: 10

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09/2004

Vol. 18 No. 9

Looking for new blood

Fiona Meehan

Preparing nurses for 'first contact' in the management of minor illness

Susan Winterburn, Elaine Lodge

Nutrition and cancer

Doctor Nora O'Brien, Doctor Tom O'Connor

Urinary catheters and associated uti's

Ian Pomfret, Lauren Tew

Conference Report

Fiona Meehan

Use of Leptospermum honey in chronic wound management

Val Robson

Letters

SpotLight

Eczema - a case study

Amira Obeid

Ear syringing - the pros and cons

Zahra Pah Lavan BSc

BookReviews

LastWord

Articles: 12

View issue

08/2004

Vol. 18 No. 8

Editorial - Watchdog attacks NHS inequalities

Fiona Meehan

Mouth care - how important is it?

Carl Hanson

Applied wound management

Fiona Meehan

Holistic wound care

Sylvie Hampton

Non-medical prescribing - an overview

Dr Molly Courtenay, Matt Griffiths

DiaryDates

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 8

View issue

07/2004

Vol. 18 No. 7

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Type 2 diabetes: The role of diet in prevention and treatment

Pamela Dyson

Audit of wound management practice

Lynne Watret, Duncan McFarlane

An agenda for action on continence

Frank Booth

East versus West: a cluster analysis

Dr Moon Fai Chan et al

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 7

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06/2004

Vol. 18 No. 6

Too clever to care

Fiona Meehan

Selection of pressure relief mattresses for use in the home

Guy Alexander

The use of linseed: managing constipation naturally

Nick Puffett

Innovation in primary care

Sue Ridout

Assessment of pad clogging

Caroline Bolton

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 7

View issue

05/2004

Vol. 18 No. 5

Improving Services

Users and carers views about health services

Susan Winstanley

SpotLight

Short stretch bandaging - the way forward for venous leg ulcer management?

Kerry Ellis

BookReviews

From compliance to concordance

Carol Jones

Crisis management in catheter care

Ann Yates

Community placements for pre-reg nurses

Tina Fear

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

04/2004

Vol. 18 No. 4

Money, money, money

Fiona Meehan

Inside out, outside in, or somewhere in between

Liz Lees, Sian Wade

Development of a vascular assessment unit

Robin Cooper

SpotLight

Fall prevention in primary care

Wendy Walker

LastWord

Articles: 6

View issue

03/2004

Vol. 18 No. 3

Dementia ruling is good news

Fiona Meehan

Recent developments in prescribing

Anne Baird

Phatic communication and community nursing

Professor Philip Burnard

An introduction to the skin

Blocked indwelling urethral catheters: evaluating evidence based practice

Barbara Holtom

Mixing dressings - a clinical governance issue?

Maureen Benbow

BookReviews

LastWord

Articles: 8

View issue

02/2004

Vol. 18 No. 2

Staying the course

Fiona Meehan

The community cardiac rehabilitation worker

Sue Dawson, Mohammed Sharif

DiaryDates

Home enteral nutrition

Claire Wright

BookReviews

Caring for the 'at risk' foot

Dr Kate Springett

LastWord

Articles: 7

View issue

01/2004

Vol. 18 No. 1

Nurses need to be all that they can be

Fiona Meehan

Nutrition and diabetes

Sandra Drummond

Debating the gatekeeping role within primary care services

Marina Bigger

Dressing selection and associated pain

Sylvie Hampton

SpotLight

Advancing care and clinical practice

Deborah Flynn

LastWord

Articles: 7

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12/2003

Vol. 17 No. 12

A hunting we will go?

Fiona Meehan

Maternal grandmothers and support for breastfeeding

Susan Winterburn, Moyez Jiwa, Joanne Thompson

Encrusted urinary catheters: how should nurses manage them?

Diane McNicoll

Vascular wounds - assessment and diagnosis

Maureen Benbow

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 6

View issue

11/2003

Vol. 17 No. 11

Fee woes for nurses

Fiona Meehan

The uses and limitations of survey methods within primary care practice

Marina Bigger

SpotLight

African-Caribbean skin and the management of eczema

National Eczema Society

Methods of debridement and patient focused care

Mark O'Brien

Back to Basics 1: Assessment of bowel dysfunction

Karen Irwin

BookReviews

DiaryDates

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

10/2003

Vol. 17 No. 10

Violence is on the increase

Fiona Meehan

Nurse prescribing – the story so far

Molly Courtenay, Matthew Grittiths

SpotLight

BookReviews

A case for the community hospital

Suzanne Clark

Compromised wound healing: managing an infected hip lesion

Ayesha Clarkson

Back to basics: urinary sheaths

Ian Pomfret

DiaryDates

Implementing change – the mini nutritional assessment tool to enhance leg ulcer healing

Susan Gerry, Lynfa Edwards

Articles: 9

View issue

09/2003

Vol. 17 No. 9

Time for action

Fiona Meehan

Community rehabilitation and older people: a brief overview of the literature on effectiveness

Gill Hek

Depression in primary care

Jane Briddon, Professor David Richards, Karina Lovell

BookReviews

The use of emollients and their correct application

James Britton

An agenda for action on continence

Frank Booth

DiaryDates

Equipment choices - using practice guidelines

Abi Eaves, Liz Scanlon

Improving the nutritional status of elderly people in residential care

Caroline Morrell

Mepilex Border - a product comparison

Jacky Edwards

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 12

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08/2003

Vol. 17 No. 8

A force to be reckoned with

Fiona Meehan

Common mental health problems

Jane Briddon, David Richards, Karina Lovell

Understanding performance appraisal

Cathy Ryan

Developing guidelines for the prevention of type 2 diabetes within a general practice setting

Amira Obeid

A survey of continence nurse advisors working in one health region

Lynn Austin

BookReviews

SpotLight

The management of lymphoedema of the lower limbs

Anne Williams

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

07/2003

Vol. 17 No. 7

Eastern delights

Fiona Meehan

Education for nurse prescribers

Matt Griffiths

Establishing referral criteria

Caroline Davies

Factors influencing breast self examination for rural women in Korea

Chung-Yul Lee et al.

BookReviews

Paediatric continence promotion - An overview

June Rogers

Treating and managing pilonidal sinus disease

Kate Carter

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

06/2003

Vol. 17 No. 6

Carry on nursing

Fiona Meehan

A supportive-education home follow-up programme for post MI patients

Kim Robertson, Dr Katia Kayhko, Dr Pertti Kekki

A multidisciplinary approach to intermediate care

Corrine Chamberlain

Tackling obesity in the community

Dympna Pearson

Supporting patients with psychosocial problems

Dr Mark Faulkner

Critical factors of pressure ulcer development

Suzanne Clark

BookReviews

Management of atopic eczema in children

Rosemary Turnbull

SpotLight

Reviewing foam dressings

Jacky Edwards

LastWord

Articles: 11

View issue

05/2003

Vol. 17 No. 5

A vote for the future

Fiona Meehan

Evaluation of the Redbridge Rapid Response Service

Paddy Foster, Lynda Sibson

What future for nurse-led walk-in centres?

Victoria Boyle

Practical advice for the effective application of compression bandaging

Lynfa Edwards

Letters

Osteoporosis and hip fractures

Beverley Chiodo

Woundcare is evolving

Catheter removal and recatheterisation

John Robinson

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

04/2003

Vol. 17 No. 4

Everybody loses

Fiona Meehan

Nurse prescribing – how did we get here?

Anne Baird

Diabetes audit

Dr Debbie Parnell, Amira Obeid

ResourceCentre

Off the kitchen table

Jenny Marsh

SpotLight

Nutrition and healing

Sarah-Jane Hughes

Reducing malodour in wounds: a dressing evaluation

Sylvie Hampton

BookReviews

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

03/2003

Vol. 17 No. 3

A price too high?

Fiona Meehan

Diabetic retinopathy - a case study

Amira Obeid

DiaryDates

Developing a nursing discharge summary

Jill Cunliffe

CPHVA Conference

Diane Lewis

Mad, bad and dangerous to know - 2

Barbara Green

BookReviews

Wounds meet the Web

Adele Atkinson

Infectious skin conditions

Dr James Britton

Choosing a catheter

John Robinson

Acticoat & Acticoat 7 - a product review

Jacky Edwards

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 13

View issue

02/2003

Vol. 17 No. 2

Public Pay Meltdown

Fiona Meehan

Blowing the whistle

Chris Buswell

Mad, bad and dangerous to know

Barbara Green

Preventing alcohol abuse – a community strategy

Henry Ekpe

BookReviews

Basic footcare for older people – whose role is it?

Janet Knott

The practice educator in specialist community practice

Deborah Stevens

Social isolation and the management of leg ulceration

Annemarie Brown

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

01/2003

Vol. 17 No. 1

A prescription for the future

Fiona Meehan

Anaesthetic gel insertion during male catheterisation

Vivien Ogden

Head to head confrontation

Jackie Unstead, Sarah Brill

BookReviews

The use of Promogran in wound healing

Jacky Edwards

Developing leadership capacity in community nursing: meeting the challenge

Joanne Bennett, Ann Robinson

SpotLight

LastWord

The silver solution

Suzanne Clarke

Articles: 9

View issue

12/2002

Vol. 16 No. 12

Nurses crucial to survival

Fiona Meehan

Developing leadership capacity in community nursing: the context of change

Joanne Bennett, Ann Robinson

School health nursing review and recommendations for future practice

Amira Obeid

Supporting new mothers with postnatal depression: an evaluation

Eulinda Clarke-Akalanne, Patrick Myers

Scar management

Jacky Edwards

LastWord

Articles: 6

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11/2002

Vol. 16 No. 11

Make your views known

Fiona Meehan

Massage and nursing

Anna McLoughlin

Audit of community catheter care - a comparative study

Ian Pomfret, Ann Winder, Willie Doherty

School nurses and sexual health education

Sarah Bekaer

The prostate and its problems

Beverley Chiodo

Euthanasia: reflecting on the experience of dying

Pauline Carroll

The adaptability of chiropody felt and its use in the seamless care of patients

Sylvie Hampton, Dr Tarique Khan

ResourceCentre

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

10/2002

Vol. 16 No. 10

Challenging behaviour

Fiona Meehan

The who, why, what of intermediate care

Sian Wade, Liz Lees

Poverty - a threat to health

Teresa Burdett

A pragmatic guide to evidence-based treatment of community based under-nutrition

Claire Wright

SpotLight

Audit of community catheter care

Ian Pomfret

Body image considerations in patients with wounds

Adele Atkinson

BookReviews

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

09/2002

Vol. 16 No. 9

The time is right

Fiona Meehan

Community nursing in the tele-first century: fiction or reality?

Sharon Levy et al

A handy reference tool for syringe drivers

Gill Fleming

Off The Fence

Tackling oral health inequalities in young children

Carol Ottley

Health risk assessment

Patricia McGeoghan

Physiotherapist’s role within the continence team

Joanne Whitehead

Measuring wounds

Rosie Pudner

BookReviews

DiaryDates

Eczema - an overview

Beverley Chiodo

LastWord

Articles: 12

View issue

08/2002

Vol. 16 No. 8

The honeymoon is over

Fiona Meehan

Learning from primary care nursing in South Africa

Vari Drennan

Social work referrals to district nursing services

Elaine Nixon

BookReviews

Nursing care and care homes - a census view

Dr Ian Donald, Brian Cope, Sally Roberts

SpotLight

Cigarette smoking and its effect on wound healing

Rosie Pudner

To exercise or not to exercise?

Jeanette Haslam, Ian Pomfret

Off The Fence

Guidelines for Authors

LastWord

Articles: 11

View issue

07/2002

Vol. 16 No. 7

The future looks bright

Fiona Meehan

Community Nursing - the last 25 years

Jo Hesketh

Loss of the ability to eat and drink - a case study

Dawn Brookes

The bionursing model: what does it have to offer?

Emeritus Professor Justus Akinsanya

District nursing and care homes - a census view of care delivery in Gloucestershire

Dr Ian Donald, Brian Cope, Sally Roberts

Stress among community mental health nurses

Deborah Edwards

Legal issues for the prevention of pressure ulcers

Louise McKeeney

Constructive dismissal

Chris Buswell

SpotLight

Back to basics: an introduction to continence issues

Ian Pomfret

BookReviews

Primary lymphoedema: a case study

Maureen Barrett

LastWord

Articles: 13

View issue

06/2002

Vol. 16 No. 6

Seize the day

Fiona Meehan

Community nursing innovation

Maggie Walker, Kay Levett

Working in new ways

Susan Allen

Chlamydia - a case study

Amanda Wildbore

BookReviews

SpotLight

A ten-point assessment plan for wound management

Mark Collier

Continence awareness for people with a visual impairment

Cate Parker

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Francis Allison

The management of pretibial lacerations in the community

Corinne Ball

A guide to using enteral nutrition in the community

Dr Rebecca Stratton

LastWord

Articles: 12

View issue

05/2002

Vol. 16 No. 5

Give nurses their due

Fiona Meehan

Teaching in Tashkent

Denise Burley

Introducing nurse prescribing into a district nursing team

Sue Ridout

Evidence based practice

Jacky Sisson

Implementing change: The introduction of a pain management tool

Gillian Baker

Use of the stages of change/transtheoretical model in promoting continence

Michael Hughes

Wound bed preparation

Rosie Pudner

Telfa Clear

Jacky Edwards

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

04/2002

Vol. 16 No. 4

In support of HCA's

Fiona Meehan

Clinical governance and the district nurse

Peter Zeh

Homeward bound - reflection of a complex discharge

Mave Salter

Digital rectal examination/manual removal of faeces in adults

Karen Irwin

Screening for undernutrition in the community

Claire Wright

Making sense of wound cleansing

Lynne Watret, Margaret Armitage

Urgotul - Product Focus

Jacky Edwards

LastWord

Articles: 8

View issue

03/2002

Vol. 16 No. 3

Politics and health don’t mix

Fiona Meehan

Nurse prescribing - testing the knowledge base

Mahesh Sodha, Glenn Williams, Rasila Shah, Jane Clegg

Nurse-patient partnership: rhetoric or reality?

Bridget Taylor

Emollients - a guide to their use in eczema

Collette Chambers

The concept of hope - a phenomenological study

Jackie Stephen-Haynes

Managing pressure sores in the community

Jane Alder, Rosemarie Winter

Limited resources in wound management: a reality for some

Mark Collier

The way forward?

Maureen Beech

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

02/2002

Vol. 16 No. 2

Santa’s pay rise paves the way

Fiona Meehan

Asthma - the next steps

Sue Hunter

Appetite and the older person

Sue Hunter

Assessing vascular disease: a review of primary care practice

Sharon Goodall, Mr Haytham Al-Khaffaf

Product Focus - Flamazine

Jacky Edwards

DiaryDates

Stoma appliances - what's the choice?

Linda Readding

LastWord

Articles: 8

View issue

01/2002

Vol. 16 No. 1

A definition of urgent…

Fiona Meehan

Clinic at home - a service for housebound patients with diabetes

Bernadine Wrobel

Ancient remedies for modern wounds

Suzanne Clark

Health and social care disability awareness

Victoria Eathorne

Developing a nurse-led service

Jean Charlton

Assessing diabetic patients at risk of foot ulceration

Rosie Pudner

Are district nurses meeting the needs of ethnic minorities?

Carolyn Lees

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

12/2001

Vol. 15 No. 12

Easier By Degrees

Fiona Meehan

District nurse communication in the management of palliative care symptoms

Emily Griffiths

BookReviews

Triple integration nursing

Amanda Robertson

DiaryDates

The political aspects of continence: informing the public

David Pollock

Off The Fence

Vapour-permeable film dressings in wound management

Rosie Pudner

ResourceCentre

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

11/2001

Vol. 15 No. 11

Coping with the aftermath

Fiona Meehan

Primary care visits out-of-hours: The case for skill mix?

Dr Moyez Jiwa, Joan Bakewell, Sue Foster, Dr Kate Gerrish

Off The Fence

Liz Phillips Hellston, Cornwall Cornwall

Flu and pneumococcus vaccination

Elaine Higson

Nurse prescribing and professional relationships

Claire Rashid, Helen Bentley

Communicating with dementia patients

Kirstie Davison

Foam, hydrocellular and hydropolymer dressings in wound management

Rosie Pudner

DiaryDates

Barriers to healing

Lynne Watret, Margaret Armitage

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

10/2001

Vol. 15 No. 10

More choice for staff?

Fiona Meehan

Community nursing: does the title fit the talents?

Susan Carr

Vicarious liability

Chris Buswell

Reviewing district nurse caseloads

Fiona Stephens

SpotLight

BookReviews

Continence, health policy and older people

Sue Thomas

Management of minor burns

Lindsey McKirdy

Urethral catheterisation - is gel needed?

Ian Pomfret

Deodorising dressing products in wound management

LastWord

Articles: 11

View issue

09/2001

Vol. 15 No. 9

A watershed for the NHS

Fiona Meehan

Roles, responsibilities and innovative capacity: the case of practice nurses

Rosalind Eve, Kate Gerrish

Falls and older people

Sue Thomas

Asthma: assessment and diagnosis

Sue Hunter

DiaryDates

Increasing access to healthcare

Amira Obeid

SpotLight

Post-operative dressings in wound management

Rosie Pudner

Principles for practice

Mark Collier

Use of standardised scales in community nursing assessment

Susan Vernon

LastWord

Articles: 11

View issue

08/2001

Vol. 15 No. 8

Getting tough on violence

Fiona Meehan

Using the internet to support evidence based practice

Jane Kinniburgh

Low/non-adherent dressings in wound management

Rosie Pudner

Malnutrition in older people

Dr Finbarr Martin

LastWord

Articles: 5

View issue

07/2001

Vol. 15 No. 7

All spin no substance ?

Fiona Meehan

All mouth and no action

Dr Carolyn Hardy, Ian Trueman, Annie MacKown

The road to NVQs – a vocational training success story

Pamela Fenner, Ann Terrell

Growth factors – the healing messengers

Jacky Edwards

Ambulatory chemotherapy – towards best community practice

Colin Macduff, Alison Leslie, Dr Bernice

Reconfiguration of a continence service

Ian Pomfret

Iodine impregnated dressings

Rosie Pudner

Psychological aspects of atopic eczema

Collette Hoare

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

06/2001

Vol. 15 No. 6

Prescribing limitations

Fiona Meehan

Working with non-statutory agencies

Deborah Ward

Intermediate Care

Sue Thomas, Dr Douglas MacMahon

Leprosy – a growing problem

Judy Poole

BookReviews

Continence products - top five requests

Helen White, Debra Evans

Colonisation versus infection of indolent venous leg ulcers

Lynfa Edwards

Amorphous hydrogel dressings in wound management

Rosie Pudner

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

05/2001

Vol. 15 No. 5

All change for nursing

Fiona Meehan

RESPIRATORY DISEASE: Caring for the carers of chronic lung disease sufferers in the community

Helen Parnell

Evidence based practice and client compliance

Pam Selim, Caroline Lewis, Sue Templeton

BookReviews

Emotional Contracts

Chris Buswell

Untangling the web

Stephen Mell

Burn wound cleansing

Lindsey McKirdy

The application of SERVQUAL in a district nursing service

Beverly Black

SpotLight

Advances in genome therapy

Dr Tom Smith

Alginate and hydrofibre dressings in wound management

Rosie Pudner

Using reflective practice in palliative care

Jill Preston

LastWord

Articles: 13

View issue

04/2001

Vol. 15 No. 4

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Patients’ own drugs (PODS) – a taste of your own medicine

Bev Swift

Q Methodology - advantages and the disadvantages of this research method

Kelvin Karim

'Drop In' services for schools

Gill Stansefield

Writing Skills - Why nurses do not publish

Professor Philip Burnard

BookReviews

SpotLight

Old age: mind, body and spirit - the biological stages of ageing

Professor Roger Watson

Starting up a leg ulcer assessment clinic

Rosy Almond

Selecting the appropriate method of catheterisation

Ian Pomfret

Hydrocolloid dressings in wound management

Rosie Pudner

LastWord

Articles: 12

View issue

03/2001

Vol. 15 No. 3

Do the right thing…

Fiona Meehan

Nursing Informatics 1

Gillian Scott

Nursing Informatics 2

Gillian Scott

Collaboration in primary care

Dee Davies, Ruth Northway

The role of the nurse in obesity management

Steven Jeffry

Wound infection unravelled

Mick Miller

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 8

View issue

02/2001

Vol. 15 No. 2

Lukewarm for reforms

Fiona Meehan

General Practice: Evaluating menopause services in general practice

Almira Obeid

Health care and older people: setting the scene

Sue Thomas, Dr Doug MacHahon

SpotLight

Meeting the Kosovans

Barbara Green, Sue Greenwood

Managing adult faecal incontinence

Karen Irwin

Wages and pay legislation

Chris Buswell

Community assessment of diabetic foot ulcers

Dawn Brookes

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

01/2001

Vol. 15 No. 1

Watch dog or lap dog

Fiona Meehan

Palliative care - The perceived role of the DN in palliative care

Sonja Mcilfatrick, Carol Curran

Cybercare and stimulating the socially isolated

Professor Margaret Grieco, Chris Carter

SpotLight

Managing diabetic hypoglycaemia

Catriona Forbes

Ear syringing - a case for clinical governance

Steve Coopey

The use of vacuum assisted closure in wound care

Bev Swift

LastWord

Articles: 8

View issue

12/2000

Vol. 14 No. 12

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

The psychological problems of cancer

Andrew Bottomley

Society and Death

Elaine Clements

Smoke alarm project

Alison Briant

CPHVA conference news

Denise Burley

Removing catheters

John Robinson

Vaginal examination - a gender issue?

Jeanette Haslam

Compression therapy

Christine Moffatt

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

11/2000

Vol. 14 No. 11

Enough is enough…

Fiona Meehan

Assessing and treating erectile dysfunction

Dorothy Sneddon

Exhibition Extra

Critically appraising research reports

John Playle

Evidence based practice: finding the evidence

Gill Hek

DiaryDates

Evolving an approach to group clinical supervision

Dr Nigel Northcott

BookReviews

Management of pre-tibial lacerations

Lindsey McKirdy

Conference News

Lynfa Edwards

A community eczema clinic

Patricia Carey, Jacqualine Darby, Jacqui O'Reilly

Community nursing down under

Alison Musk

Treatment Trends: Steroids - the facts reviewed

Dr Tom Smith

LastWord

Articles: 14

View issue

10/2000

Vol. 14 No. 10

A taste of things to come

Fiona Meehan

Spirituality and the nurse's role

Elaine Hemingway

Public health - origins and definitions

Pat Owen

SpotLight

Moral precepts of hand washing in a community health care setting

Joan Cochrane

Delivering effective infection control in the community setting - facing the challenge

Deborah Ward

Intermittent self-catheterisation

Hilary Duffin

Critical analysis of leg ulcer management

Winifred Farrell

LastWord

Articles: 9

View issue

09/2000

Vol. 14 No. 9

A blueprint for the future?

Fiona Meehan

Qualitative approaches to research

John Playle

Nurse prescribing - basic and continuing education

Cate Parker

Pain in cancer

Gill Ward

Carbohydrate confusion - setting the record straight

Claire O'Brien

Short stretch compression bandaging

Latha Krishnamoorthy, John Melhuish

Developments in dermatological care

Winifred Farrrell

SpotLight

Rationing health care

Sharon Fernandez

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

08/2000

Vol. 14 No. 8

A position of trust…

Fiona Meehan

Nurse prescribing - the implementation process

Sue Thomas

Non-sharp debridement of devitalised wound tissue

Jacky Edwards

Catheter care case histories

Ian Pomfret

Preventing falls in older people

Susan Vernon

Conference News

LastWord

Articles: 7

View issue

07/2000

Vol. 14 No. 7

A new NHS culture

Fiona Meehan

Can euthanasia ever be morally acceptable?

Joan Richardson

Experimental designs in research

John Playle

Linking basic theory to practice for healthcare assistants

Lesley Adcock

SpotLight

Identifying pain associated with leg ulceration

Addah Mangwendeza

Perceptions of user participation in health care: 3

Amira Obeid

LastWord

Articles: 8

View issue

06/2000

Vol. 14 No. 6

Fit for caring?

Fiona Meehan

Educating the educators

Lynn Walker

DiaryDates

Developing primary care nursing: the contribution of nursing development units

Kate Gerrish, Alison Ferguson, Nicki Kitching, Jane Mischenko

Research designs: the survey

John F. Playle

BookReviews

SpotLight

Auditing tissue viability status

Irene Cooke

Promoting continence - a reflective account

Linda Davis

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

05/2000

Vol. 14 No. 5

Challenging Times

Fiona Meehan

Reviewing discharge planning processes & promoting good practice

Wendy Biddington

Perceptions of user participation in health care: 2

Amira Obeid

Assessing the readability of mental health leaflets

Lisa Caygill, Pauline Summerfield, John Ormrod

Sampling issues in research

John Playle

Benchmarking in nursing: learning from industry

Chris Buswell

SpotLight

Empowering a diabetic patient to self-care: a guide to reflection

Mary Adams

District nurse assessment of diabetic foot ulceration

Helen Cawthorne

LastWord

Articles: 10

View issue

04/2000

Vol. 14 No. 4

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Day-time wetting in school age children

June Rogers

Perceptions of user participation in health care

Amira Obeid

Respiratory: Management of COPD

Jacinta Meighan-Davies, Helen Parnell

Identifying ethical issues in nursing research

Linda Bindless

Is aseptic technique always necessary?

Diane Gilmour

Managing malodorous wounds

Jacky Edwards

Urinary continence management – penile sheaths

Ian J. Pomfret

SpotLight

LastWord

Articles: 10

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03/2000

Vol. 14 No. 3

Deliver us from this evil

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Assessing the needs of carers

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Talking about sexuality: a challenge for community nurses

Professor Philip Burnard

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Oral dietary supplements

Sue Green

Palliative management of fungating malignant wounds

Patricia Grocott

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02/2000

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Making policy

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The role of the health visitor distraction hearing test

Rosemary Dillingham, Jean Smallwood

A nurse led lipid clinic

Jean Curry

Learning in the home care setting

Colette Ferguson, Dorothy Whyte, Charles Anderson

Care of the incontinent client’s skin

Sarah Le Lievre

The pharmacological treatment of venous leg ulcers

Jane Renton

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Vol. 14 No. 1

Editorial

Fiona Meehan

Developing skills in health commissioning

John Unsworth, Sue Spencer

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The nature of research

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Sharp debridement of wounds

Jacky Edwards

Nutritional and dental health management in Parkinson’s disease

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Vol. 13 No. 12

Conditions of practice

Palliative care emergencies

Kathy Morris

Chronic Disease: Cystic fibrosis diagnosis and treatment in the community

Lin McGraw

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Housing - an issue for all community nurses

Teresa Burdett

Pilonidal sinus wounds: the clinical approach

Dr. Dibyesh Bannerjee

Caring for patients with urological stomas

Sharon Fillingham

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11/1999

Vol. 13 No. 11

What nurses really, really want

Fiona Meehan

Palliative care: Mouthcare an indicator of the level of nursing care a patient receives?

Erica Denton

Choices: a primary care based mental health promotion project

Hazel Watson

An audit of the community Macmillan nursing service

Joan Douglass, Sarah Venn

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Preventing the recurrence of venous leg ulceration

Lynfa Edwards

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10/1999

Vol. 13 No. 10

Lessening the threat

Educational provision for nurses operating 'NHS Direct'

Denise Burley

A health visiting initiative for the elderly

Sangita Patel, Elizabeth Yea

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Erectile dysfunction and its management

Karen Lobb-Rossini

Pressure sore classification grading systems

Lynfa Edwards, Val Banks

The role of a stoma in colorectal cancer treatment

Linda Readding

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09/1999

Vol. 13 No. 9

Life on the other side of society

Fiona Meehan

Dealing with complaints from service users - part 2: Implications for community nurse educators

Peter Pettit, Sandy Tinson

Treating hypertension in elderly people

Erica Denton

Palliative care workshops: An overview

Jan Hammett

Palliative care: Meeting the needs of dying patients and their carers

Vicky Wilson

Diet and cancer - is there a link?

Professor Donald Naismith

Assessing psychological well-being of incontinent patients

Gwenda Lewis

Using negative pressure technology in the management of wounds

Yvonne Franks

Journal clubs a rationale for implementation

Chris Buswell

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08/1999

Vol. 13 No. 8

Postcode rationing a reality

Fiona Meehan

Legislation: Dealing with complaints from service users

Peter Pettit, Sandy Tinson

Promoting good foot care in type 2 diabetes

Vivien Ogden

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The challenge of Parkinson's disease

Sue Thomas, Dr Doug MacMahon

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07/1999

Vol. 13 No. 7

Preventing the baby blues

Fiona Meehan

Spasticity in Multiple Sclerosis

Nicki Ward

Travellers - a subculture from a transcultural nursing perspective

Elaine Hemingway

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Paediatrics: The interface between community paediatric nursing and health visiting

Janet MacGregor, Dee Hellings

Redefining aseptic technique

Diane Gilmour

Breast awareness

Alison Briant

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06/1999

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From cradle to grave

Fiona Meehan

Health Assessment: Case log of a student advanced nurse practitioner

Amira Obeid

Psychoanalytical theories of child development

Brendan McMahon

Clinical supervision - an initial evaluation

Carolyn Lees

BookReviews

Catheter care - trouble shooting

Ian Pomfret

Management of wound exudate

Alexandra Nielsen

Atopic eczema - an overview

Jessica Stone, Sarah Ransome

Asthma - the community challenge

Jacinta Meighan-Davies, Helen Parnell

Eczema: The allergy field

Patricia Schooling

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05/1999

Vol. 13 No. 5

Prescribing pains

Fiona Meehan

Clinical supervision in practice

Lesley Adcock

A model of leadership for community nurses?

Jackie Morton

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BookReviews

Managing split skin grafts and donor sites in the community

Adele Atkinson

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Articles: 7

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04/1999

Vol. 13 No. 4

Clinical governance: Making a difference

Fiona Meehan

Promoting collaboration within community health care nursing

Ruth Northway, Gill Walker

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Low level LASER therapy

Yvonne Franks

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The role of health promotion in childhood soiling

Diane Gilmour

Managing infant dry skin

Sarah Purcell, Dr. David Paige

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Articles: 8

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03/1999

Vol. 13 No. 3

Nurses cool on pay deal

Community Nursing: Erosion of a unique role

Sue Fensom

Dementia awareness in district nursing and health visitng

Damon Thompson, June Campbell

Out of hours community nursing

Joanne Hung, Lisa Hollins, Professor Jeremy Dale

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The management of patients with a surgical wound

Rosemary Pudner

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Articles: 7

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02/1999

Vol. 13 No. 2

Nurses to the rescue again

Community Care: Collaborative working

Wendy Clatworthy

'Old hat, new feather': working with nursing models

Margaret Norris

Practice Methods: Implementing change in practice

Mark Lovatt

The complexities of wound management in the diabetic foot

Lynfa Edwards, Alethea Foster

Diabetes education whose responsibility?

Debbie Hicks

Larval therapy in a diabetic foot

Christa Waller, Maggie Walker

BookReviews

Continence advisors to the rescue!

Dorothy Sneddon

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Articles: 10

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01/1999

Vol. 13 No. 1

Political Panic

Low self-esteem: A barrier to health promoting behaviour

Carol Clarke

Bandaging a literature review

Jacky Edwards

Cachexia and anorexia in palliative care

Kathy Morris

Asthma a case study

Amira Obeid

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Articles: 6

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12/1998

Vol. 12 No. 12

A force for the future

Fiona Meehan

A guide to compression bandaging: treating venous leg ulcers Part One

Lynfa Edwards

Stress incontinence

Loraine Roberts

The role of the advanced practitioner in health visiting

Amira Obeid

HRT what should we believe?

Sallie Buck

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11/1998

Vol. 12 No. 11

Why are we waiting?

Fiona Meehan

Prevention and management of pressure sores Part One

Gillian Pedley

Product Review Diabetes wound management

A guide to dry skin problems

Dr Jay Herbert

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Sugar in a weight reducing diet

Dr. Sandra Drummond

Articles: 6

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10/1998

Vol. 12 No. 10

Super nurse to the rescue

Fiona Meehan

Getting to grips with obesity

Dr. Sandra Drum-mond

Audit outcomes: standards for catheter care

Ian Pomfret

BookReviews

Changes in contraception

Sallie Buck

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Plastic surgery: a community perspective

Jacky Edwards

Continence and the community nurse

Michael Hughes

Primary Healthcare: Reviewing responsibilities

Kate Gerrish, Barbara Ross, Victor Thompson

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09/1998

Vol. 12 No. 9

The Right Prescription

Fiona Meehan

Responding to the needs of carers?

Maxine Vincent

Vitamin Supplementation: Giving your body a helping hand

Andrew Hanson

BookReviews

Clinical supervision and the Practical Nurse

Jackie Cairns

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The Management of patients with a fungating or malignant wound

Rosemary Pudner

Research Involving Housebound People

Jane Hampton, Jo Higgins, Vikki Cronin

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08/1998

Vol. 12 No. 8

Back to nursing

Fiona Meehan

Detection of elder Abuse

Joan Richardson

Palliative care mapping project

Alison Mathew, Val Newall

Realising the potential of urinals for women

Joan McIntosh

MRSA in the community Part One

Maureen Benbow

SpotLight

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07/1998

Vol. 12 No. 7

Vaccination: Travel medicine

Moira Crawford

Truth will out

Fiona Meehan

White Paper: New NHS Modern Dependable

Sue Thomas

Health promotion and the district nurse

Elaine Clements

BookReviews

The management of diabetic foot ulcers

Rosemary Pudner

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Articles: 7

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06/1998

Vol. 12 No. 6

Ending the care lottery

Fiona Meehan

A little piece of district nursing history

Barbara Charlton

Promoting mental health

Carol Postle-Hacon

Promoting continence training for people with learning difficulties Part One

Linda Smith, Paul Smith

BookReviews

Effective wound health care

Elizabeth Scanlon, Peter McGinnis

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Articles: 7

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05/1998

Vol. 12 No. 5

Valuing life

Fiona Meehan

Educating diabetics

Lesley Adcock

Discharge Planning: Aiming for the goal with a foot in both camps

Nora Dunderdale, Helen Pink, Woody Caan

Project 2000: Exploring student nurse experiences in the community

Barbara Workman

Quality: Ensuring quality community health services

Gill Walker

The management of patients with a leg ulcer

Rosemary Pudner

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LastWord

Articles: 8

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04/1998

Vol. 12 No. 4

Policies need a facelift

Fiona Meehan

Sexuality: The last two taboos in community nursing

Dr. Philip Burnard

Attitudes of health workers to incontinence

Claire Smith

Not really caring for the carers?

Phil Ratcliffe

BookReviews

Treating schizophrenia

Theresa Hartley

Educating nurses to care for patients with leg ulcers

Louise Brereton, Pauline Barber, Brenda King

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Articles: 8

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03/1998

Vol. 12 No. 3

We need your input

Fiona Meehan

Nurse prescribing - ready or not

Vicki May

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Reflective practice

Anne McIllmurray

BookReviews

Skill mix in health visiting

Sheena Wright

Managing cavity wounds

Rosemary Pudner

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Articles: 8

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02/1998

Vol. 12 No. 2

Have your say

Fiona Meehan

A cross-cultural experience

Donna Hicks Myers

Access to sexual & reproductive healthcare for people with learning difficulties

Lesley Vernon

Legal and ethical perspectives of nurse prescribing

Peter Pridmore

Treating urinary incontinence using biofeedback and neuromuscular stimulation

Jeanette Haslam

Networking hospital to home

Coleen Gradwell, Anna Reeves

Listening as a personal quality

Philip Burnard

Articles: 7

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01/1998

Vol. 12 No. 1

Déjà vu

Fiona Meehan

Care In The Community

Peter Savage

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How Well Nourished Are Your Patients?

Mary Hickson, Margaret Hill

Woundcare: Advances In Wound Management

Treating Minor Burns

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