Resources

Professor Molly Courtenay discusses the benefits and factors which inhibit and facilitate nurse prescribing practice
Professor Molly Courtenay PhD, MSc,
Cert Ed, RGN, School of Health & Social Care, Reading University and is a Joint Prescribing Adviser for the RCN
Article accepted for publication: September 2007

Topics:  Ease of access

Maxine Davy discusses the reality of district nurse assessment
Maxine Davy, RGN, NDN cert, BSc (Hons) is a District Nurse Team Leader, Lincolnshire PCT
Article accepted for publication: June 2007

Topics:  Change

Claire Hope gives an overview of the impact that urinary incontinence can have on a persons physical and
psychological health and social well being
Claire Hope RN, RM, PG Dip HCE, MSc is a Nurse Lecturer at St Bernards Hospital, Gibraltar
*Article accepted for publication August 2007

Maureen Benbow gives an overview of the different types of bandages available and reasons why nurses need to recapture the art and science of bandaging
Maureen Benbow MSc BA RGN HERC is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chester
Article accepted for publication: September 2007

Anne Williams & Gillian Craig consider some of the possible challenges for community nurses as they establish a role in the management of chronic oedema
Anne F Williams is a Cancer Nursing Research Fellow/Specialist Lymphoedema Nurse at Napier University/NHS Lothian.
Gillian Craig is a Specialist Lymphoedema Physiotherapist at NHS Grampian Chronic Oedema Service
Article accepted for publication: August 2007

Sylvie Hampton discusses the use honey in modern cost effective wound management
Sylvie Hampton, MA, BSc (Hons), DpSN, RGN, Tissue Viability Consultant, Eastbourne.
Article accepted for publication: June 2007

Topics:  Clinical trials