Friends for life
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A key nurse describes how she became the key nurse to the longest-surviving person with AIDs in the UK. She began working with him at the Kobler Clinic, which is a halfway house between hospital and the community. She describes his sense of optimism, particularly since he has been having combination therapy, and his way of taking life one day at a time. The patient himself was diagnosed in 1983 when there was no care or counselling, he recalls. He describes the ease with which he can talk to his key nurse, and her positive frame of mind.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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A special kind of courage
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Nurses who are faced with situations of bad practice also face the dilemma of whether to take action on the situation. A nurse, voicing concerns about local practice, may be victimized and lose job promotion prospects, so many do nothing and then have to live with the stress. Employee bodies recommend that nurses use established internal channels to voice concerns in a constructive and assertive manner, and they advise that collective action involves less risk than personal initiatives.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Finding ways to cope: Nurses supporting patients as they recover from trauma injuries are engaged in emotionally draining work
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Nurses have to overcome their normal human reactions of shock, horror, and pity when faced with trauma patients, if they are to nurse the patient effectively. They also need guidance in helping patients and their relatives to cope with physical and psychological problems. Mentoring can be successful, and other experts, or even other patients, may be called in to support patients.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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