Vol 12, No 1 (2008)

Table of Contents

Editorial

Editorial PDF
Victoria Jane Pinkney-Atkinson 05

Leadership/Management/Professional Practice

Nurses on Purpose: A nursing advocacy case study. South Africa joins international nurse community in action against Cadbury Schweppes PDF
Janine Slome 10

Case Studies

Improving the Quality of Care - Learning Through Case Studies; Monitoring Labour and Foetal Distress PDF
Susan Jennifer Armstrong 12

Oncology Nursing

Bone Marrow Transplantation: A Journey From Despair to Hope PDF
Rowan Robinson 16

Infection Control/Communicable diseases

The nurse's experience of exposure to possible HIV infection after an exposure/injury on duty PDF
Laura Ester Ziady 21
Malaria, its Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment PDF
B L Sharp, C L Martin, D le Sueur 30

Awareness

Tribute; Joy Elizabeth McPherson 1948-2007 PDF
Debbie Regensburg 24

Wound care/Stoma care

Chronic Venous Ulcers: Compression therapy treating the underlying cause - a case study PDF
Liezl Naude 25

Community Health/Primary health care/ Occupational health

HYPERTENSION TREATMENT ALGORITHM PDF
Victoria Jane Pinkney-Atkinson 37

News from Nursing Organisations

Call for a multi-dimensional approach to shortage of ICU nurses PDF
Editorial Office 9
15th International Conference on Cancer Nursing Call for Abstracts PDF
Editorial Office

Press releases

Hair and scalp conditions PDF
Amayeza Info Centre 45
Enhancing Baby’s Immune Defenses PDF
Megan Pentz-Kluyts 50
Vaccine to prevent life-threatening pneumonia PDF
Anne von Gottberg 52
South African Breastmilk Reserve: PMTCT of HIV and INFANT FEEDING: Surprising policy developments with the promise of actual change PDF
Editorial Office 54
In A New Study RotarixTM Offers 96% Protection Against Severe Rotavirus Gastroenteritis And Prevents 100% Of Rotavirus-associated Hospitalisations PDF
Editorial Office 56
Changing the shape of comibination vaccines - the first and only South African vaccine with six disease protection in a single injection PDF
Editorial Office 58
World Cancer Day, 4 February 2008 PDF
Editorial Office 60


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