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Elaine Walls

Senior Lecturer, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Recognising and supporting families through domestic violence and abuse

The current definition of DVA includes any incident of threatening behaviour, violence, abuse or control that occurs between two adults or young people over the age of 16 years, who are or have been...

How can all nurses support parenting?

Although it is recognised that community healthcare practitioners are often the professionals who are at the forefront of community interventions that support parenting, all healthcare workers will at...

Assessing for faltering growth in infants and children

Suboptimal growth is multifaceted; it may be the only indicator of a pathological disorder (Lee et al, 2018). However, studies across Europe (Joosten and Meyer, 2010; Romano et al, 2015), report that...

Understanding reflux problems in infants, children and young people

In reflux and GORD the stomach contents (feeds) and acid are expelled upwards from the stomach through the lower oesophageal sphincter (cardiac sphincter) into the oesophagus and mouth (Terblanche,...

Embedding knowledge into non-medical prescribing education

Nurse prescribing is an area of professional development that has been a priority for specialist practitioners since it was introduced in the Crown report (Department of Health (DH), 1999). Nurse...

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