British Journal of Nursing
SCOPUS (1992-2023)
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 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 ... ...
Tập 10 Số Sup1 - Trang S42-S49 - 2001
An overview of urinary incontinence 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 ... ...
Tập 25 Số 18 - Trang S14-S21 - 2016
The integration of BRCA testing into oncology clinicsPurpose: 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 establi...
Tập 25 Số 12 - Trang 690-694 - 2016
Prontosan wound irrigation and gel: management of chronic wounds 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 ... ...
Tập 15 Số 22 - Trang 1222-1228 - 2006
Radiation-induced skin reactions 2: development of a measurement tool 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): 1134–4... ...
Tập 8 Số 18 - Trang 1208-1211 - 1999
Development of an attrition risk prediction tool 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, estimat... ...
Tập 18 Số 19 - Trang 1194-1200 - 2009
The benefits to nurse-led telephone follow-up for prostate cancer 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 ele... ...
Tập 19 Số 17 - Trang 1085-1090 - 2010
Limitations of track and trigger systems and the National Early Warning Score. Part 1: areas of contentionEvidence 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 apprais... ...
Tập 27 Số 11 - Trang 624-631 - 2018
Are nurses blurring their identity by extending or delegating roles? 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 opinion... ...
Tập 19 Số 5 - Trang 295-299 - 2010
Support for mentors—an exploration of the issues 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 associat... ...
Tập 25 Số 20 - Trang 1095-1100 - 2016