Vol 12, No 4 (2008)

Table of Contents

Editorial

Perchance to dream -- about nursing PDF
Victoria J Pinkney-Atkinson 3

News from Nursing Organisations

Health minister to assume more powers if new bills are passed PDF
Anso Thom 4
More money needed for new cadre of healthcare workers PDF
Staff Reporter 5
Building a Network of Oncology Nurses: A Key Objective for the South African Lymphoma Patient Group PDF
Natalie Toner 6

Nursing Matters

Nursing migration and the ethical debate PDF
Lesley Fudge 8-9

Quality of Care

The Patient and the Plaster Cast PDF
Susan J Armstrong 10-12

Oncology Nursing

Mucositis - a nursing management approach PDF
Rowan Robinson 14-16

Community Health/Primary health care/ Occupational health

Managing the TB tsunami in South Africa PDF
Kathy Dennill 18-21

Clinical

The HPV vaccine – What the nurse practitioner needs to know PDF
F Guidozzi 22-26
A therapeutic approach to coughing PDF
I Truter 37-42
Revised SEMDSA Guidelines for diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus for primary health care in 2002 PDF
Editorial Office 43-44

Wound care/Stoma care

Basic principles in the management of thermal injuries PDF
J S Karpelowsky, H Rode 29-36

Paediatrics

Hypercholesterolaemia in children and young adults – current management PDF
F J Raal 47-51
Paediatric vaginal discharge PDF
M R Makwela 52-54

Industry News

Landmark study confirms the importance of home & personal hygiene in reducing infectious diseases PDF
Editorial Office 28
The Building Blocks of Human Milk. World Breast Feeding Week: Defending the Child’s Human Right to Adequate Food PDF
Editorial Office 55
Lilly shows their "Hands and Hearts" around South Africa PDF
Leigh Hopewell 56



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