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Volume 4, Number 4 |
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| Effective acne treatment |
Marie Cunningham RGN Acne Support Group Nurse, Howard House, Middlesex |
Unlike most chronic dermatological conditions, acne can be controlled extremely effectively. Effective treatment can make a dramatic impact on the patient’s physical and psychological wellbeing. Nurses’ involvement in the treatment and management of acne can be highly rewarding, with most patients showing visible improvement in the first two months of treatment. |
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| BDNG: Looking into the future |
Dawn Preston RGN BSc Healthcare Studies ENB 998 934 Clinical Service Manager, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Chair of the British Dermatological Nursing Group |
In July, with both excitement and apprehension, I took over from Sandra Lawton as Chair of the British Dermatological Nursing Group (BDNG). Both Sandra and Jill, the past Treasurer, devoted a huge amount of time and effort to the work of the BDNG and they will be very much missed. |
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| Chronic plaque psoriasis: Beyond the skin |
Terry Adams RGN BA(Hons) MPhil Senior Lecturer, School of Health and Human Sciences, John Moores University, Liverpool |
This article, based upon a study of 50 individuals with chronic plaque psoriasis and 30 nurses involved in their care, highlights the importance of more formal psychosocial assessment and intervention, and the importance of structured patient teaching programmes. Nurses appear to be ideally placed to achieve such aims. |
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| Dermatology nurse prescribing |
Karina Jackson BA(Hons) RGN Dermatology Research Sister, St Thomas’ Hospital, London |
The growth in specialist dermatology nursing posts and increasing emphasis on nurse-led services in dermatology has resulted in a greater demand for the supply and administration of medicines without a doctor’s assessment and prescription.1 |
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| How to … apply topical steroids |
Annie Cox ENB N18 RGN Sister in the Department of Dermatology at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital |
Inflamed skin conditions can benefit from the use of topical steroids because they reduce the production of inflammatory mediators-cytokines and promote the synthesis of anti-inflammatory proteins-lipocortin. With careful application they can help to alleviate the effects of skin diseases. Annie Cox ENB N18 RGN Sister in the Department of Dermatology at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital explains how to apply them |
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