Learning difficulties and combined procedures

Children with learning disability relating to combining procedures i.e. taking blood whilst under anaesthetic for something else.

Ethical dilemmas in anorexia nervosa treatment

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Choice at the point of referral

Patient choice at point of referral to healthcare services.

Peripheral cannulation, venepuncture and infection

Peripheral cannulation and venepuncture. Strategies to reduce infection in in-patient and day-case settings. Children and adults. From 2000.

Neonatal transitional care

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Neonatal cup feeding

Cup feeding. Babies that leave neonatal/maternity ward with feeding cup.

Respiratory Nurse Specialists

Whether the provision of a respiratory nurse specialist service on admission units on a daily basis reduces length of stay/readmission compared with those who do not have access to respiratory nurse specialists in admission units on a daily basis.

Periprosthetic Fractures

Review articles for periprosthetic fractures between 2009-present.

Jehovah's Witnesses and Blood Transfusions

The medico legal context of Witness families receiving blood transfusions – particularly children.

Children and the Norovirus

Children (1-2 years) and the norovirus (length of symptoms, electrolyte abnormalities and other complications).

Nintendo Wii and Stroke

Patients with stroke/CVA and the intervention of Nintendo Wii.

Erythropoietin and anaemia of chronic disease

Studies investigating the use of erythropoietin in patients with anaemia of chronic disease. Hepcidin and in patients with anaemia of chronic disease.

Productive ward evaluations

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Ethical, legal and professional issues in nurse prescribing

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Thyroid biopsy and aeptic technique

Importance of the use of aseptic technique for thyroid biopsy.

Why are patients not put onto the Liverpool Care Pathway promptly?

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Training requirements for the Liverpool Care Pathway

What are the training requirements for the Liverpool Care Pathway for newly qualified nurses, registered nurses and the non-registered workforce. How does training/no training affect the quality of care on the pathway?

Bereavement, loss, grief or change, and dementia

Research on grief and bereavement in dementia from the points of view of the patient, the carer and the healthcare professional.

Sweet's syndrome and anakinra

Reports on histiocytic variant of Sweet’s Syndrome and Anakinra.

Caesarean ectopic scars and methotrexate or surgical management

Management of caesarean ectopic scar ectopics. Compare surgical management with methotrexate.

Passive smoking and asthma

Paediatric asthma patients and exposure to passive smoking. Are there any studies which show passive smoking as a trigger for significant asthma?

ADHD and stimulants vs no treatment (long-term outcomes)

Long-term outcomes (3 years or more) for children diagnosed with ADHD and treated with stimulants compared to those not treated with stimulants.

Occupational outcome measures for acute stroke patients

Occupational therapy outcome measures for patients with stroke on an acute ward.

Paraumbilical hernia repair

Outcomes for mesh or suture repair for patients with para-umbilical hernia.