Brought to book
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Nursing libraries are inadequate, but the success of reforms such as PREP and Project 2000 is dependent upon the provision of a good library service. Further library funding is essential to allow a wider-based curriculum to be introduced for nurses. The introduction of the PREP proposals will increase demands on libraries. The recommended book stock is 50 per student, according to Library Association guidelines, but in a 1991 survey of six midwifery and nursing colleges in the Northern Regional Health Authority, the best had a ratio of 25 books per student and the worst just 10 books per student. The Library Association recommends one librarian per 100 students, while in the survey one college only had one librarian per 300 students. Some libraries are managed by clerks, while some are staffed by well-qualified librarians.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1992
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Rules of attraction
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There is concern that there will soon be a national nursing shortage and areas with particular problems include Yorkshire, North West Thames, North East Thames, South East Thames, Wessex and Wales. Ray Rowden, Institute of Health Services Management director, believes that managers will have to offer incentives if they want to recruit and retain staff. Some believe that local pay will create a worse situation, although others believe local pay will eliminated the distinctions between nurses, doctors and support workers.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1995
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Life from death: giving others a chance to live can help relatives come to terms with the death of their loved one
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The wife of an organ donor feels she has been helped in her grief over the loss of her husband by donating his organs and giving others the gift of life. She describes the good relationship built up with the intensive care nurse and her conversation with the transplant coordinator to determine which organs would be suitable for transplant. She recalls her surprise at finding she was also able to donate some of her husband's skin and a section of bowel for medical research.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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