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ABSTRACTThe phrase 'Nurses Eat Their Young' is an expression that is all too familiar within the nursing profession. Intergenerational differences can exacerbate pre-existing tendencies to put new nurses through their [...]

Although the abortion law in Canada was liberalized in 1969 and the procedure decriminalized in 1988, (1) women in this country continue to face multiple barriers that inhibit their discretionary [...], To the detriment of women's health, the abortion work of nurses in Canada has gone largely unexamined and is not well understood. This historical discourse analysis examines discursive constructions of nurses' abortion work and ongoing renegotiations of professional identity in The Canadian Nurse from 1950 to 1965. By investigating what has shaped and continues to inform nurses' understandings and enactment of abortion work over time, I hope to contribute to a foundation from which to evaluate contemporary abortion services and to foster conditions that support nurses in providing safe abortion care. Keywords. Abortion history, nursing history, historical discourse analysis, professional identity. Le role des infirmieres dans les avortements au Canada reste meconnu et mal compris, au detriment meme de la sante des femmes. L'analyse historique que nous proposons ici se penche sur la relation entre les discours infirmiers construits autour de l'avortement et la mise en reuvre d'une identite professionnelle en constante renegotiation telle qu'elle apparait dans le journal The Canadian Nurse, de 1950 a 1965. En scrutant les elements qui ont faconne ces discours et informe ces professionnelles sur la facon de proceder a des avortements, il s'agit de contribuer a poser des jalons pour mieux evaluer les services actuellement offerts en matiere d'avortement et d'aider a rassembler les conditions necessaires pour supporter les infirmieres dans leur offre de soins abortifs securitaires. Mots-cles. Histoire de l'avortement, histoire du nursing, analyse de discours, identite professionnelle

The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) is an integrated care pathway used to manage terminally ill patients in their final days or hours of life. It was developed by the Marie [...]

Health and education agencies collaborated in a hospital's special school to ask children what made a 'good' nurse. Eleven children aged between 11 and 14 years took part and described [...]

Specific complications of sickle cell disease (SCD) may emerge during adolescence, and education of patients and families is vital during transition from paediatric to adult health care. Adolescents with SCD [...]

The Productive Ward initiative allows nursing staff to bring about changes in the workplace, streamline systems of work and release time to care for clients. As an evidence-based approach that [...]

Summary Staying in hospital, particularly when undergoing surgical treatment, may be emotionally distressing. Patients may have to deal with separation from family and friends, disruption to routine as well as [...]

Aim The aim of this study was to explore community matrons' experience of caseload management and identify situations that may restrict or enhance patient care and outcomes. The Department of [...]

Summary Skin conditions can adversely affect many aspects of patients' lives. The quality of life for people with skin conditions such as psoriasis, atopic eczema and acne can be significantly [...]

Summary This article considers the nature of ovarian cancer, the effect this diagnosis may have on patients, their families and carers, and the treatment options available. The importance of the [...]

Summary This article, the first in a five-part series, examines offender health care as a specialty. It explores the role of the nurse and the developments that have occurred over [...]

Summary A sample of people with complex learning disabilities had their specialist hospital placements reviewed by the authors. In this article they describe the inpatients' environment, their daily life and [...]

Summary Person-centred mental health services are supposed to already exist in the UK but providing such services is a challenge for staff, This article examines the concept of person-centredness and [...]

Summary Because cerebral palsy (CP) is a sufficiently common condition of childhood and adolescence, the number and needs of these children and young people with cerebral palsy are monitored by [...]

Summary Diabetic ketoacidosis is a common life-threatening complication, which usually occurs in patients with type I diabetes, but it may also occur in those with type 2 diabetes during severe [...]

Aim To explore factors influencing the delay in reporting symptoms of lung cancer and to develop an early reporting tool that would prompt people to report symptoms early and request [...]

Summary Ensuring and maintaining patients' dignity have been defining attributes of good nursing for the past 150 years and should be quality indicators by which nurses can measure their performance. [...]

Summary Healthcare practitioners working with people with dementia are often asked by the carer: 'When will my partner need to go to a nursing home?' This article presents an overview [...]

Summary This article, the second in a five-part series, explores the ways in which best practice might be presented successfully through articles published within journals. The article discusses the importance [...]

Summary Supervised community treatment (SCT) was introduced in November 2008 under amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983. Although the purpose of SCT is to allow patients to live safely [...]

Summary A consultant nurse reflects on his professional development towards becoming an independent mental health nurse prescriber, working as a consultant nurse in a general hospital liaison role and prescribing [...]

Summary This article examines how nurses perceive critical or atrocity events in the workplace and the impact of these events on nurses' career paths and patients' experiences. It explores how [...]

Summary Kay Mafuba examines the literature on learning disability nurses' role in public health. He identifies methodological shortcomings and highlights gaps in knowledge concerning nurses' implementation of national policy and [...]

Summary Personal narratives written by long-term mental health care users can be invaluable in enabling professionals to gain insight and understanding about the impact of mental health interventions on their [...]

Abstract Admiral nurses support families and carers of those affected by dementia and the future provision of dementia care must take into account the needs of carers. This article describes [...]

Emergency department (ED) professionals often appear in the media as heroic individuals capable of saving people from death. This portrayal of emergency care professionals and their life-saving abilities, when combined [...]

Summary The purpose of this article is to raise awareness of eider abuse as an issue and its changing policy and legislative context. It highlights nurses' roles and responsibilities, enabling [...]

Abstract Aim The aim of this research is to gain a more complete understanding of the impact of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) on women. Method This research used qualitative [...]

By reading this article and writing a practice profile, you can gain a certificate of learning. You have up to a year to send in your practice profile. Guidelines on [...]

SUMMARY Nurses serving communities on the UK's remote islands are using advanced skills in roles that, in many cases, were traditionally filled by doctors. Often working alone, they take on [...]