The decision to amputate is a difficult one, but in some cases, amputation can greatly improve the patient's quality of life. Jo Gibson discusses the nursing care of patients undergoing amputation, with a view to helping them adjust to their changed circumstances.

The aim of this study is to explore arguments that broaden the understanding of possible links between the organization of nursing care and the structuring of professional identity. For that purpose, some aspects related to these themes are addressed, highlighting issues regarding differences in the concepts of the organization of nursing care and the nursing process, as well as the performance...

Children and young people who manage diabetes with injection therapy are at risk of using a poor technique. This may have serious consequences, including poor glycaemic control, leading to the longer term complications of diabetes. The Forum for Injection Technique (FIT) is an international body that promotes best practice in injection technique. This article summarises the forum's UK-specific ...

AIM This account, based on the experience of the first author, aims to describe an example of practice from a hospital in South Sudan. The example illustrates a cross-cultural encounter and the challenges that a Sudanese nurse and an expatriate nurse face in sharing knowledge when providing patient care. CONTENT The constructed practical example between nurses with different knowledge bases a...

AIM This paper describes the establishment of the first Japanese nurse practitioner graduate programme and legislative activities to institutionalize nurse practitioners in Japan. BACKGROUND To address the super-ageing population, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences initiated the first academic graduate level nurse practitioner programme in Japan, based upon the global standard def...

Registered nurses (RNs) have, according to the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, the overall responsibility for the medical care in the ambulance care setting. Bringing RNs into the ambulance service are judged, according to earlier studies, to lead to a degree of professionalism with a higher quality of medical care. Implicitly in earlier studies, the work in the ambulance service ...

Authors’ Note: This document was developed through collaboration of members of The american academy of Nursing expert Panel on global Nursing and Health and The Transcultural Nursing Society, with participation by members of The american academy of Nursing expert Panel on Cultural Competence. Sharon M. Weinstein, MS, CRNI, RN, FaaN, Larry Purnell, PhD, RN, FaaN, Cheryl Leuning, PhD, RN, and Rut...

Aids to Medical Nursing by Margaret Hitch is a valuable and essential addition to the series. It gives just the information on medical subjects that nurses need, with concise details of nursing care. This pocket-sized book should prove most helpful, both as a reference for those on duty, and for study for'the final examination. I shall have no hesitation in warmly recommending this book to both...

Aim The RCN Clinical Leadership Development Programme was set up in 1995 and sought to identify how clinical nurses in recognised leadership positions could improve the quality of patient care. Method The programme was tested on four senior nurses and 24 ward sisters in four acute hospital trusts in England over an 18-month period. The primary research question was whether the intervention impr...

Aim The aim of the study, being part of a Norwegian evaluation project of the RAFAELA system, was to explore nurse managers' perception of the RAFAELA system as a management tool in a Norwegian hospital setting. Design We applied an explorative qualitative design using focus group interviews. Methods Two focus group interviews were performed with 12 nurses in different management positions ...