Rosemary Dillingham and Jean Smallwood discuss the value of health visitor distraction tests to detect hearing abnormalities in young babies.
Rosemary Dillingham SRN, Dip HV, Dip in Aromatherapy (IIHHTT) Member of the ICHT. Jean Smallwood SRN, CMB Part 1, HV Cert are both Audiometric Health Visitors, Worcestershire Community NHS Trust.
Article accepted for publication August 1999.
Jean Curry describes the implementation of a lipid clinic led by nurses in Northumberland.
Jean Curry RGN, RM, DipN (Lond), DipHV, BSc(Hons), Community Nursing Science, CPT is a Health Visitor/Community Practice Teacher, Bondgate Surgery, Alnwick, Northumberland.
Article accepted for publication July 1999.
Colette Ferguson, Dorothy Whyte and Charles Anderson describe their preliminary findings from a qualitative research study which aimed to discover student nurse experiences of preceptorship during their community placement.
Colette Ferguson MSc, RGN, RMN, RCNT, RNT, at the time of writing was a Lecturer, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Bell College, Hamilton, Scotland.
Dorothy Whyte BA, PhD, RGN, RSCN, HV, RNT is an Honorary Fellow, Dept. of Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh.
Charles Anderson MA, MEd, PhD is a Lecturer, Dept. of Higher & Further Education, University of Edinburgh.
Article accepted for publication October 1998.
Sarah Le Lievre describes the basic functions of the skin and how the nurse can minimise skin damage in incontinent patients.
Sarah Le Lievre RGN, CMB Pt 1, FETC,
Cert H Ed, is a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Continence Health & Social Services, Jersey, Channel Islands. Executive Committee Member of the RCN Continence Care Forum.
Article accepted for publication August 1999.
Jane Renton discusses the use of pharmacological agents to improve healing rates of venous leg ulcers.
E. Jane Renton MSc, PGDip (Wound Healing), MRPharm S, Principal Pharmacist, Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust, Scotland.
Article accepted for publication November 1999.
With the support of informal carers now recognised as a priority if people with significant needs are to live at home, Lesley Adcock examines the care given to an individual patient and her husband upon her discharge from hospital following a stroke injury.
Lesley Adcock BSc(Hons) Community Health, DN, RGN, District Nursing Sister, Hounslow & Spelthorne Community & Mental Health Trust.
Article accepted for publication April 1999.
Professor Philip Burnard discusses the points community nurses should consider prior to engaging patients in conversations about sexuality.
Philip Burnard PhD, MSc, RGN, RMN, DipN, Cert Ed, RNT, Professor and Vice Dean, School of Nursing Studies, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff.
Article accepted for publication July 1999
