Margaret Barnett looks at providing nutritional support and advice to patients with COPD.
Margaret Barnett RGN is a COPD Specialist Nurse working in General Practice in Portsmouth.
Article accepted for publication: July 2011
Winner of the 2011 JCN Writing Awards, Teresa Davies explores the role of the district nurse in bereavement support visits to relatives of their patients.
Teresa Davies RGN, DN, Bsc (Hons) is a District Nurse in Llangollen, Wales.
Maureen Benbow discusses some basic strategies for dressing wounds and tips for dressing the more difficult to dress wounds located in awkward places, their correct application, maintenance and removal.
Maureen Benbow RGN, is a Senior Lecturer, University of Chester.
Article accepted for publication: July 2011
Jeanette Muldoon discusses the measurement of oedema as a diagnostic and monitoring tool, highlighting the need for practitioners to reassess within agreed timelines to ensure constant monitoring of treatment effectiveness or the need to refer.
Jeanette Muldoon, Head of Clinical Services, Activa Healthcare.
Article accepted for publication: August 2011
