Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
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An increasing number of people are living with long-term conditions. These conditions cannot be cured, but can be managed through education, health promotion, medication, therapy and self-management. ⋯ Nurses play a pivotal role in providing advice, guidance, education and support to people living with long-term conditions. Self-management is important as it not only benefits the patient, but also provides wider opportunities for community and specialist nurses to use and develop their clinical and interpersonal skills.
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The aftermath of the Haitian earthquake poses a huge challenge for nurses and other healthcare staff working in makeshift conditions.
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Newborns are screened for congenital conditions. To make tracking easier, a numbering system will become mandatory from April.
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This article discusses the differences between organisational culture and organisational climate, and provides an overview of the relationship between safety culture and safety climate within these wider concepts. The article concludes with a brief description of an initiative to test a safety climate measurement tool for use in NHS organisations.