British Journal of Nursing
SCOPUS (1992-2025)
0966-0461
Anh Quốc
Cơ quản chủ quản: MA Healthcare Ltd
Lĩnh vực:
Nursing (miscellaneous)
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The importance of patients' nutritional status in wound healing
Tập 10 Số Sup1 - Trang S42-S49 - 2001
Good nutritional status is essential for wound healing to take place. Ignoring
nutritional status may compromise the patient's ability to heal and subsequently
prolong the stages of wound healing. Glucose provides the body with its power
source for wound healing and this gives energy for angiogenesis and the
deposition of new tissue. Therefore, it is vital that the body receives adequate
amounts o...
An overview of urinary incontinence
Tập 25 Số 18 - Trang S14-S21 - 2016
Urinary incontinence is a common problem that is often under-reported due to the
embarrassing nature and social stigma attached. Urinary incontinence can have a
considerable effect on an individual's quality of life, but can be significantly
improved with correct assessment, treatment and management. Conservative
treatment options, including pelvic floor exercises, bladder retraining and
fluid mod...
The integration of BRCA testing into oncology clinics
Tập 25 Số 12 - Trang 690-694 - 2016
Purpose: The PARP inhibitor, Olaparib, is approved for women with BRCA-mutated
ovarian cancer. Therefore there is an urgent need to test patients and obtain
results in time to influence treatment. Models of BRCA testing, such as the
mainstreaming oncogenetic pathway, involving oncology health professionals are
being used. The authors report on the establishment of the extended role of the
clinical...
Prontosan wound irrigation and gel: management of chronic wounds
Tập 15 Số 22 - Trang 1222-1228 - 2006
Chronic wounds present a challenge that is costly in terms of quality of life to
the patient and in financial terms for the NHS. Several factors contribute to
the development of a chronic wound, in particular the influence of bacteria as a
biofilm within the wound environment. Irrigating a wound with normal saline has
long been advocated as the most appropriate method of wound irrigation but
biofi...
Radiation-induced skin reactions 2: development of a measurement tool
Tập 8 Số 18 - Trang 1208-1211 - 1999
Radiation-induced skin reactions occur commonly in clinical practice and cause
various problems for the patient. Assessment and treatment of these reactions is
an important part of the healthcare professional's role in the radiotherapy
unit. To accomplish this effectively a specific, yet comprehensive, measuring
tool is needed. The first article in this threepart series (Vol 8(17): 1134–40)
examin...
Development of an attrition risk prediction tool
Tập 18 Số 19 - Trang 1194-1200 - 2009
Aim: To review lecturers’ and students’ perceptions of the factors that may lead
to attrition from pre-registration nursing and midwifery programmes and to
identify ways to reduce the impact of such factors on the student’s experience.
Background: Comparable attrition rates for nursing and midwifery students across
various universities are difficult to monitor accurately; however, estimates
that t...
The benefits to nurse-led telephone follow-up for prostate cancer
Tập 19 Số 17 - Trang 1085-1090 - 2010
Prostate cancer is an important and increasing health problem for urologists,
and one which places significant demands on healthcare establishments for
improvements in service provision and maintaining quality. Guidelines for
diagnosing and managing prostate cancer in the UK are set out by the National
Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2008). Diagnosis includes a number
of elements, of...
Limitations of track and trigger systems and the National Early Warning Score. Part 1: areas of contention
Tập 27 Số 11 - Trang 624-631 - 2018
Evidence suggests that the identification and response to the deteriorating
patient continues to be an ongoing concern, despite the widespread use of track
and trigger score (TTS) systems. This article discusses the variations in the
parameters included in the different TTS systems in use across the NHS and their
sensitivity. Clinical guidelines and physiological theory are used to appraise
the pa...
Are nurses blurring their identity by extending or delegating roles?
Tập 19 Số 5 - Trang 295-299 - 2010
Nursing may be going through an identity crisis. The Department of Health
commissioned research identifying where nurses stand within society (Maben and
Griffiths, 2008), ‘with the stimulus for the report being the sense that nursing
had lost its way’ (Maben and Griffiths, 2008). The professional identity of
nursing appears to be unclear and an area where confusion and conflicting
opinions are inv...
Support for mentors—an exploration of the issues
Tập 25 Số 20 - Trang 1095-1100 - 2016
Nursing and midwifery mentors are fundamental to the process of ensuring future
practitioners are adequately prepared and supported during the practice element
of their degrees. However, there is evidence to suggest that the infrastructure
and support for the mentoring role is not always adequate. This article provides
a review of some of the issues including the emotional labour associated with
s...