Do patients feel that they are satisfied following a consultation with a Nurse Practitioner?
1- Abstract The objective of the study is to formulate a research proposal to ascertain the level of patient satisfaction following consultation with a nurse practitioner within the primary care setting in a general practice surgery. The design of this research proposal will incorporate a patient satisfaction questionnaire based survey of patients seeing the nurse […]
A case study of the initial treatment of a suspected ‘hard to heal’ wound
For several decades, health care professionals have been under increasing financial and political pressure to optimise care and above all minimise costs. Chronic wound management is estimated to cost the NHS £1bn a year (Harding, 1998) and as longevity increases and medical, nursing and pharmaceutical knowledge and care develop, this figure will inevitably rise. Venous […]
Nutritional Report
INTRODUCTION Obesity has increasingly become a very significant public health concern. Coronary heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in the United Kingdom and obesity is an important contributor to this. Likewise, obesity significantly contributes to conditions such as high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, the prevalence of which is also […]