Nursing language: uses and abuses
Article Abstract:
Nurses are beginning to examine the power of the language they use in communicating with, and about, patients. The subject merits much deeper examination as part of the quest for reflective practice. Nurses generally use language in a way which is informative and supportive, but sometimes the words they use are damaging or misleading. Examples of this type of language use are medical records which reflect the writer's moral code, or which fail to express the patient's experience of their illness.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1999
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Pregnant women and diabetes
Article Abstract:
The careful monitoring of diabetic women before conception, during pregnancy and at the birth should result in a healthy baby and stress free time for the mother. Midwives and nurses should encourage diabetic women to make regular visits to specialist centres where their overall health can be monitored. The main complication of diabetes during pregnancy is uncontrollable sugar levels with the possibility of delivering a malformed baby which could also suffer from jaundice and hypoglycaemia.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1999
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