Nursing Times - Latest respiratory http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net/magazine/graphics/logo.png Nursing Times http://www.nursingtimes.net 'Nurses must get involved in national debates to be heard' http://www.nursingtimes.net/home/clinical-zones/leadership/nurses-must-get-involved-in-national-debates-to-be-heard/5057669.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/home/clinical-zones/leadership/nurses-must-get-involved-in-national-debates-to-be-heard/5057669.article I qualified as a nurse more than 17 years ago and, as a result of that, I have seen three governments run the NHS, continuous changes and a whole host of health-service scandals that have ended in increased scrutiny and criticism by the media and by society. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:01 GMT Non-attendance at a difficult-asthma clinic http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/asthma/non-attendance-at-a-difficult-asthma-clinic/5057665.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/asthma/non-attendance-at-a-difficult-asthma-clinic/5057665.article Patients may miss difficult-asthma clinic appointments for several reasons; a study examined whether telephoning those who did not turn up improved future attendance Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:52 GMT 'I should not have had to be the one to decide if I needed to stay in hospital' http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/asthma/i-should-not-have-had-to-be-the-one-to-decide-if-i-needed-to-stay-in-hospital/5057663.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/asthma/i-should-not-have-had-to-be-the-one-to-decide-if-i-needed-to-stay-in-hospital/5057663.article Denise Beach has asthma. She outlines her problems in accessing appropriate treatment in accident and emergency Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:30 GMT Buteyko technique use to control asthma symptoms http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/respiratory/buteyko-technique-use-to-control-asthma-symptoms/5057650.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/respiratory/buteyko-technique-use-to-control-asthma-symptoms/5057650.article The Buteyko breathing technique has been shown to help people control asthma symptoms and could be incorporated into asthma reviews by practice nurses Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:48 GMT