Nursing times
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This guided learning unit outlines how national guidelines can support the assessment of bowel function. It discusses the prevalence of bowel disorders, the tools used to collect data for assessment and outlines how to carry out a patient assessment.
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This is the first in a two-part series on emotional labour, a trained and individualised response to help manage the emotions of patients. It reviews relevant literature to define and explore this concept in nursing, and considers examples of emotional labour and makes recommendations for future policy and research. Part 2 of this research, to be published in next week's issue, examines routine aspects of emotional labour in nursing and the barriers to recognising this aspect of work.
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This article provides an update on Clostridium difficile and highlights the appropriate infection-control measures that need to be in place to reduce the infection.
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Carol Kelly and Dave Lynes discuss the evidence and assessment for domiciliary oxygen, as well as considering oxygen therapy in palliative care.