Publications by authors named "E J Maccallum"

Objective: To determine the feasibility and optimal design of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of Seizure First Aid Training For Epilepsy (SAFE).

Design: Pilot RCT with embedded microcosting.

Setting: Three English hospital emergency departments (EDs).

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Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors can improve vessel patency for patients with myocardial infarction and angina. Patients who receive these drugs can be managed more conservatively, without invasive procedures, and may have less risk of recurrent infarction and death.

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Othering and psychiatric nursing.

J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs

February 2002

This paper is a theoretical exploration of the concept of Othering in relation to psychiatric nursing. The concept of Othering is examined by working the dualisms of same/other in relation to the dualisms of east/west, man/woman and reason/unreason. Othering is also examined in relation to the construction of knowledge and reality.

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More than 400,000 new cases of heart failure are diagnosed each year, making it one of the largest problems in health care today, particularly among the elderly. Primary care providers must be aware of the benefits of early recognition and treatment of heart failure and asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Standard therapy has included ACE inhibitors, digoxin, and diuretics for volume overload.

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The care received by one patient in an acute psychiatric ward setting is described and analyzed by examining the relevant literature and the patient's perspective through a therapeutic relationship with a psychiatric nursing student. The patient is described as the new long stay patient and the reasons for the existence of this group are discussed. The paper concludes by stating the need to provide for those patients who are inappropriately occupying acute beds because there is no available alternative.

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