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The article is about the demand for funding for higher education nursing training and the further expansion of nursing degree programs. Various organizations such as the Association of Nursing Directors of University Hospitals and Medical Schools in Germany (VPU e. V.) and the German Nursing Council have published a joint position paper emphasizing the need for comprehensive higher education qualification for nursing professionals. The nursing degree program aims to modernize and make the qualification for nursing professionals contemporary and attractive. Additionally, the article provides information about a call for papers for a handbook on nursing didactics, as well as dates for various nursing congresses and events. [Extracted from the article]

People often experience mouth care problems at the end of life, yet it is an area that can sometimes be neglected. Some nursing staff may be anxious about causing additional pain or distress to a patient, for example, while a 2021 paper in the Journal of Research highlighted lack of relevant nurse training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper I have chosen to underpin this article is now 20 years old and was written following a clinical career in acute oncology, hospice care, as well as supporting young people with AIDS/HIV. In each setting I had witnessed how challenging it was to introduce palliative care when active treatment and cure were the main focus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the opinion of Steve Flatt, director of the Psychological Therapies Unit in Liverpool, England, on the issue of paper work management in nursing. He relates that his work in the private sector unit only involves paper works that are directly related to patient care. Moreover, he adds that in the passing years nursing has opted to a more academic role which resulted to nurses who managed rather than nurse.

Some of the most enduring images of the COVID-19 pandemic are of weary nurses and fellow healthcare staff with red marks and bruises on their faces after wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) during long shifts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the opinion of Brendan McMahon, a clinical nurse specialist in East Midlands, on the issue of paper work management in nursing. He relates that according to survey conducted by the National Health Service (NHS), nurses spend less than four hours in treating their patients. Moreover, he adds that paperwork is the highlight of the new labor and the new look of the NHS.

The article focuses on the promotion of the nursing profession in Great Britain. Local papers play a critical role when trying to reaching out to the general public. They possess distinct ability of capturing the attention of readers by presenting a neighborhood at an angle that truly characterizes the local community.

Reports on the launch of a research position paper by the Royal College of Nursing in London, England on the promotion of excellence in care through research and development. Improvement of medical care and nursing practice; Encouragement of nurses to carry out research.

Patient safety is an important issue in today's health care. This paper takes a human factor perspective to emphasize the importance of designing health care systems to account for caregiver personal characteristics and capabilities in order to compensate for individual caregiver limitations. This paper was designed to help nurses understand the impact of the human factor on patient safety. The authors hope that caregivers can use provided principles related to work systems, procedures, equipment and environments to improve patient safety and care systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Unions are demanding urgent face-to-face talks with ministers after leaked documents revealed government plans to impose a cap on nurses' pay from 2008, despite its own prediction that there will be severe nurse shortages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the response of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on the growing number of nurses from mainland Europe that use falsified documents to get on the register. NMC claimed that fraudulent nurses from countries like Poland had forged exam certificates and university references. The Council had already revealed ten cheats who claimed that they had passed the International English Language Testing System.

Reports that a newspaper's claims that nurses and other carers are abusing older patients in Great Britain are founded.

This article aims to explore three main concepts related to the professional development of nursing professionals. This paper first critically reviews and reinterprets scientific evidence on the relationship between nurse staff allocation and healthcare outcomes and then challenges some of the common interpretations of this evidence in the professional literature. Secondly, in the absence of solid empirical evidence provided by sophisticated datasets in this field, we consider how Communitarianism may provide a well-defined, highly appropriate ethical framework for further developing and improving the nursing profession and healthcare outcomes. Thirdly, this article examines the role of Communitarian ethics in setting Taiwan's healthcare priorities and promotion nursing's core professional values. In conclusion, we recommend several conceptual health policy frameworks to ensure patient safety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article outlines nurses' legal and professional responsibility to adhere to good practice in keeping patients' notes up to date. It provides a description of information governance issues, including paper and electronic records. The article discusses wider issues such as the importance of good communication in record-keeping and advises on good practice in content and style. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of the new white paper on public health this article aims to help you better understand your contribution to improving the nation's health and wellbeing. After reading this article you should be able to: • Describe in your own words what is meant by the term 'public health'. • Explain why the NHS needs to take a more public health-orientated approach to delivering services to individuals and communities. • Identify what your personal contribution to the public health agenda could be. • Identify what additional knowledge and skills associated with public health practice you will need to play your part in improving health and tackling inequalities in health where you work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An interview with a nursing instructor is presented. Topics covered include her specialty in obstetrics were she teaches an obstetrical nursing course in a 4 year nursing program, what her other duties are such as creating and grading exams and reading student papers and her educational background having graduated with a diploma in nursing.

The article presents a discussion on whether the new safety protocols by the government in Great Britain destroy adolescents' last resort for private advice on sexual health. It suggests that two government consultation papers-- "Sharing Information" and "Working Together to Safeguard Children" --raise the possibility that information would be shared with other agencies more widely. It reports that most sexual health professionals believe confidentiality is a cornerstone of their work and they will breach it only in exceptional cases.

The article reports on the paper, written by international cohort of doctors, published in "The Lancet Infectious Diseases" journal which is calling for better training for front line staff to reduce the number of deaths from sepsis in Great Britain. The paper is calling for campaigns to improve awareness and clinicians to ensure early diagnosis. The insights of professor Jonathan Cohen, one of the authors of the paper, are also included.

'You must be raking it in,' a friend said the other day, giving me a knowing wink. 'Raking it in?' I shrieked. It was in the papers (well it would be, wouldn't it?) that agency nurses are earning hundreds of pounds an hour and this person had made the wrong assumption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This week junior doctors in England are voting on whether to take industrial action over a planned contract that reduces their pay for working unsocial hours. Ballot papers sent by the British Medical Association proposing the first strike action for doctors since 2012 had to be returned by November 18. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on research which was conducted to investigate the support that newly qualified nurses need when transitioning from student to registered nurse. The research, which reviewed 24 papers, found that newly qualified nurses need support from management and that preceptorships were effective in helping them transition from students to registered nurses. Recommendations on preceptorships from the Nursing and Midwifery Council and Britain's Department of Health are discussed.

The article presents the opinion of Sue Szczepanska, a staff nurse in Queen Mary's Hospital in Kent, England, on the issue of paper work management in nursing. She relates that paper work is essentially a part of nurses' job, which they want to be done properly to ensure proper patient care. Moreover, she adds that it is the non-essential paper works that takes much of the nurses' clinical time especially if the clinical area is understaffed.

The article offers information related to activities involving nurses in Great Britain. Any person who is eligible of winning the Research Paper of the Year is invited to publish his or her paper between January 1 and December 31, 2006. The 2007 conference of the American Organization of Nurse Executives will be held on April 12-16 in Washington D.C. Applicants for the clinical nursing scholarship offered by the Barbers' Co. are invited to submit their curriculum vitae by February 28, 2007.

The article reports that nurses could take a greater role in reducing clinical risk for patients by responding promptly to patient safety alerts. Researchers evaluated how the alerts were managed in NHS (National Health Service) organisations and whether they resulted in safer practice. They found that the decision about the relevance and dissemination of alerts was often taken by a single individual and that alerts disseminated on paper were frequently unread.

The article presents a nurse's experience in disaster nursing. This paper reports how did Heather McClelland rose to the challenge of helping earthquake victims in China's south west province of Sichuan. McClelland flew to China with a team of British experts to help their Chinese counterparts. Earthquake victims and survivors were all over and the team of emergency staff workers tried to rescue them.

Philosopher Michel Foucault is widely quoted in academic nursing papers, but do we really understand him? Daniel Allen went on a mission to find out more about the man and his relevance to nursing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A letter to the editor is presented from a reader reacting to a working paper from Skills for Health (tiny.cc/tgbu5x) on creating a high quality health support workforce.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to a comment from the commons public accounts committee chairman Margaret Hodge regarding the consultation paper "No Voice Unheard, No Right Ignored" in the April 1, 2015 issue.

The article provides information related to smoking cessation in Great Britain. It reveals that the country has nearly ten million smokers and smoking remains the main cause of preventable illness and premature death. It also provides details on the study which suggests that 11 million smokers were admitted to the hospital and the move of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to publish a paper advocating the routine and systematic delivery of cessation support to smokers.

In the article the author urges nurses to respond to consultation documents concerning Great Britain's white paper "Liberating the NHS."

Nurses should view the white paper reorganising the NHS as a 'fantastic opportunity', according to health minister Anne Milton. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author discusses the nursing implications of the British government white paper "Liberating the NHS" that proposes a reorganization of the National Health Service (NHS). The author discusses the role for nurses in leading and founding social enterprises and the opportunities for commissioning. However, she notes that attention must be paid to nurses' pay and pensions in order to secure their positions.

The article reports on the need for police to have better training in dealing with people who have mental health problems. The paper "The Police and Mental Health," published by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, states that nurses and other health professionals can help police deal with mental health issues.

The article presents how to write a practice profile and get a certificate of learning from it. This paper highlights the learning process in caring for patients after death and the nurse's role in this practice. This article gives the guidelines which serves as rules for anyone who will want to submit an entry.

The article presents procedures in writing practice profile for nurses in Great Britain. First step includes writing between 750 and 1,000 words and putting the author's name and the title of the article at the top of the entry. Participants are required to complete all the fields of the form and attach the practice profile using a paper clip. Successful completion of the profile will enable nurses to win certificates of learning.

The article presents the opinion of Kate Chapman, a staff nurse at the Royal Free Hospital in London, on the issue of paper work management in nursing. She relates that repetitive filing of forms is taking too much of hers and other nurses' clinical time. Moreover, she adds that the situation is due to the increasing reliance of hospitals to external services and equipment providers.

The article presents news briefs related to nursing in Great Britain. The British National Health Service has drawn up a consultation paper "Fit to Lead" that removes the requirement of allocating two reserved places for nurses, cutting down the number of professional members to between four and eight. British health secretary Patricia Hewitt has admitted that a government pledge of providing a nurse for every secondary school and cluster of primary schools may not be feasible.

The article offers the significance of the open access research publications to nurses. According to the author, access publishing offers nurses a new way of finding the latest research and evidence. This technology benefits the readers for fast access of research papers, and to authors, which their work is disseminated to a wide audience. Other advantages of the open access research publications are presented.

Nursing unions are to lobby MPs over the most controversial proposals in the health and social care white paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the response of the nursing organizations toward the government's white paper on community care in England. They pointed out the cost of shifting from a secondary to primary care considering the current financial condition. Nurses are also speculating where the additional staff will come from and how resources will be allocated to the community.

The article reports that most sexual health professionals believe confidentiality is a cornerstone of their work and they will breach it only in exceptional cases. It suggests that the consultation paper "Sharing Information" by the government in Great Britain outlines a number of scenarios that could lead to disclosure of information to other agencies more widely.

White paper demands increase in school nurse numbers and scope of responsibilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents an update on issues concerning the health care industry in the U.S. as of September 2004. Information on Transforming Care at the Bedside, a joint project of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Details of a white paper on nurse shortages, released by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.