'Lansley must listen to nurses on the front line' Neonatal nursing
Neonatal nursing news, practice and clinical research for the neonatal nurse
Neonatal nursing practice
"Clinicians must not bottle out of advising on formula feeds"
There is a need to look at how information on formula feeds can be made available to health professionals
Intravenous antibiotics in cystic fibrosis
What is the optimum duration of antibiotic therapy to treat chest exacerbations in CF?
Pregnancy checks before surgery
An NPSA Rapid Response Report outlines how to ensure that women do not undergo surgical procedures when they are unaware that they are pregnant.
Barriers encountered when recruiting obese pregnant women to a dietary intervention
Maternal obesity has health implications for mother and baby but a study revealed how midwives were reluctant to raise this issue with women in their care
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Direct entry now means no exit from the midwifery profession
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Meningococcal meningitis manifesting as hydrocephalus: a clinical dilemma
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Health visitors must demonstrate their worth to protect services
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Measuring the quality of care: using patient experience trackers in a neonatal unit
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Implementing the eight high impact actions to transform healthcare and boost efficiency
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NICE guidance to reduce variations in immunisation rates and maximise uptake
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Improving services provided in an early pregnancy assessment clinic
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Miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy 1: an overview
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Assessing the impact of a first-time parenting group
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Advice on maternal nutrition aims to cut health inequalities
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A programme to improve perinatal emotional and mental health
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Supporting vulnerable women during pregnancy
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Medical imaging: ultrasound
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Evaluation of home pregnancy test kits for reliability
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NICE guidance on antenatal and postnatal mental health
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Evaluation of a pregnancy liaison service
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Obstetric fistula
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An alternative to surgery in treating ectopic pregnancy
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The assessment and treatment of postnatal depression
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Pre-eclampsia
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Phenylketonuria.
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Smoking cessation in pregnancy.
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Psychological issues surrounding paternal perinatal mental health
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Diagnosis and treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome
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The NSF for children, young people and maternity services
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Causes and treatment of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
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Caring for women who have undergone genital mutilation
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Issues relating to puerperal psychosis and its management.
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Management of voiding difficulties associated with pregnancy
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Ectopic pregnancy: symptoms, diagnosis and management
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Invasive fungal infection occurring in low birthweight infants
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Screening to reduce HIV transmission from mother to baby
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Using remifentanil in labour via patient-controlled analgesia
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Providing breastfeeding support to ethnically diverse groups of mothers
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Infant feeding choices for mothers who are HIV positive
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Extended training equips nurses to undertake diagnostic hysteroscopy
Neonatal nursing news
Teesside neonatal nurse to carry Olympic torch
Neonatal nurse Jo Chubb will be taking part in the Olympic torch relay next month.
'It doesn't matter' where health visitors are based, says Lansley
The health secretary has dismissed arguments over where health visitors should be based as “missing the point”.
East Kent maternity shake-up goes ahead
Maternity services in east Kent are to be reconfigured, with two units to close to births, it has been announced.
Toolkit aims to help maternity staff improve safety
A toolkit for improving safety in maternity services has been launched by the King’s Fund with the backing of the Royal College of Midwives.
NMC to raise awareness of midwife supervisor role
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is to launch a drive aimed to increase awareness of the role of supervisors of midwives.
Twitter goes 'behind the scenes' at maternity unit
A Midlands hospital is conducting the UK’s first “tweetathon” from a maternity unit today.
