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July 2010 | Volume 13 | Number 6
Annual health checks: A strategy to encourage attendance
Sleep problems: How treating insomnia can improve quality of life
Gentle teaching: Introducing an alternative approach to caring for vulnerable people
Professional development: The importance of maintaining the body's correct fluid balance
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Importance of sexual needs assessment in palliative care
Vascular access devices: securement and dressings
Extravasation: prevention, recognition and management
Book reviews
Florence Nightingale at First Hand
Hurt – The Harrowing Stories of Parents Whose Children Were Sexually Abused
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Read the latest CPD article, write a practice profile, then submit online.
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Interview with Felicity Stockwell
In this video nurse researcher Felicity Stockwell speaks about her seminal study ‘The Unpopular Patient’.
Facing the Care Challenge conference
The RCN Fellows conference is for nurses, carers and patients who are interested in safe, quality care.
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