Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
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In this article, Clare Bennett provides an overview and update of respiratory assessment and symptom management. The causes and symptoms of breathlessness are discussed, along with assessment methods and nursing interventions.
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Ensuring that a patient fasts before an operation is perhaps one of the most fundamental pre-operative responsibilities that nurses might perform on a daily basis. However, in this article it will be suggested that, despite the undisputed body of evidence spanning more than two decades that demonstrates appropriate fasting times, nurses still commonly fast patients for too long. ⋯ By reviewing the literature on pre-operative fasting and reflecting on the evidence base for nursing practice, this article aims to offer explanations of why nurses act contrary to evidence which suggests that their practice is outdated.
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The author describes the paediatric advanced life support algorithm and discusses specific aspects of paediatric resuscitation.
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The inadequacy of some areas of palliative care provision was acknowledged in the NHS Cancer Plan (DoH 2000). Many patients would prefer to die at home, but only one quarter are able to do so because of the lack of community or specialist palliative care teams in some parts of the country. The Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Services Network developed an initiative to meet the educational and training needs of practitioners delivering palliative care in the community.