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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Ministry of Health authorizes only physicians and nurses to give injections, with one exception-medical and nursing students may also give injections if supervised by a clinical instructor. The emergence of the injectable contraceptive Sayana Press in some African countries prompted the DRC to test the acceptability and feasibility of distribut...

AIM AND OBJECTIVES To establish whether the problems and issues experienced by people with dementia living at home and their carers were addressed in the clinical guidance for continence management for community nursing services in England. BACKGROUND Internationally, the numbers of people with dementia are rising. Managing incontinence is a significant issue as the presence of incontinence i...

R. Benkert1; P. Dennehy2; J. White3; A. Hamilton4; C. Tanner3; J.M. Pohl5 1Wayne State University, Nursing, Detroit, Michigan, United States; 2GLIDE, San Francisco, California, United States; 3Michigan Public Health Institute, Center for Data Management and Translational Research, Okemos, Michigan, United States; 4Alliance of Chicago Community Health Services, Clinical Informatics, Chicago, Ill...

Background: a significant minority of older people live in residential care. While disability is often a major contributory factor, it may not be measured or managed adequately by health and social services. At present there is little information comparing levels of disability within nursing homes and the community, and no mechanisms for monitoring changes in this disability ratio longitudinall...

CONTEXT In July 2005 the National Rural Health Alliance released a discussion paper on advanced nursing practice in rural and remote areas of Australia. The paper called for more debate and research about advanced nursing practice roles, especially on how the roles contribute to quality care and patient health outcomes. Monash University School of Rural Health, Victoria, Australia, completed tw...