Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
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Evidence suggests that health professionals experience significant levels of occupational stress, which can lead to illness, increased absenteeism, high staff turnover, unsafe behaviour and increased accident rates. Nia Harris highlights strategies to manage and prevent high levels of stress at work.
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Mental health problems are frequently seen in physical care settings. The author gives an overview of different types of psychological illness and discusses appropriate treatment and management.
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This article describes participatory approaches to needs assessments for community profiling in developing countries. It reviews the literature on compiling community profiles, provides an insight into conducting these in developing countries, and draws out lessons for those contemplating community profiling in the UK. The author's experience of primary health care in Africa shows that involving communities in the collection and analysis of data improves the value and quality of information, and the appropriateness of the programmes that result.
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Peripherally inserted central catheters are used for a variety of parenteral therapies. This article discusses the advantages of securing these catheters and different methods of securement.