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Laughter can be the best medicine
- Author:
- NAZARKO Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 26.7.01, 2001, pp.52-53.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Patients in residential and nursing homes often resign themselves to the fact that they will have ongoing continence problems. But this need not be the case. Describes a continence clinic in one care complex.
United we fall
- Author:
- NAZARKO Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 21.4.99, 1999, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Asks whether single-registered care homes for older people can offer high quality care.
Blockage in the system
- Author:
- NAZARKO Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 4.2.98, 1998, p.32.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Discusses the system for assessing and purchasing care for older people who are not well enough to return home. Argues that there need not be a bed-blocking crisis whilst nursing homes are underused.
Nursing home nurses need support to update skills
- Author:
- NAZARKO Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 16.10.96, 1996, pp.38-40.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
More than 10% of registered nurses now work within the nursing home sector. This study investigated the level of employer support received by 41 nursing home nurses attending a seminar and the difficulties they faced in continuing their professional development. Nurses in the study stated that patient dependency and workload had increased and their training needs had risen. Almost two-thirds of the nurses attending received no employer support; the same proportion found it difficult to access professional education that was related to the needs of nurses working within nurse-led units. Almost two-thirds anticipated difficulties in meeting Post Registration Education and Practice requirements. The report discusses the implications of those difficulties on recruitment, retention and quality of care and concludes by recommending further research; government action to encourage links between universities and nursing homes and funding of Post Registration Education and Practice.
The single care home
- Author:
- NAZARKO Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 24.01.96, 1996, pp.31-33.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Discusses the importance of nursing in the long-term care setting and the issues arising from the possible introduction of a single registration care home. The current situation is examined and the implications for patients are highlighted.