Press ReleasesJAN authors are achieving worldwide exposure of their work through the journal’s active public relations programme (known as ‘Media Outreach’). This programme identifies and promotes papers internationally that have potential for broad media interest. Please see below the press releases that have been published.
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16 October 2007
Older African-American men with HIV often have sex
without condoms
As many as four out of ten HIV positive African-American men could be putting their partners at risk by not using condoms, according to research in the Journal of Advanced Nursing 60.4.
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08 October 2007
Nurses play a key role in police custody suites, complementing the traditional role of doctors
Nurses are now playing a valuable role in assessing people held in police custody, complementing the traditional role of the police doctor and improving response times, according to research published Journal of Advanced Nursing, 60.2.
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30 July 2007
Obese patients get patchy weight-loss support from their local health surgery
Only one in seven UK doctors’ surgeries provide well-developed support programmes for obese patients, according to a survey of primary care nurses published in Journal of Advanced Nursing 54.4.
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12 June 2007
Disadvantaged TB patients urgently need social support to make medical treatment more effective
Greater social support is urgently needed to meet the complex needs of the growing number of socially disadvantaged UK residents suffering from Tuberculosis (TB), according to a study in Journal of Advanced Nursing, 58.5.
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25 April 2007
Chronically ill prisoners can face great healthcare problems, but others inmates enjoy improved health
People with chronic illnesses can experience great difficulties in prison, but people such as drug addicts and the homeless may find their healthcare improves, according to a study in Journal of Advanced Nursing, 58.3.
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20 April 2007
Worried nurses react differently to attacks on staff and patients in psychiatric wards
Psychiatric nurses have a one in ten chance of being physically injured by an aggressive patient over the course of a year and many more suffer emotional distress because of the verbal abuse they receive while working in these difficult and challenging environments.
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28 February 2007
Heart attacks can give couples a new lease of life says study
A third of people who a suffer heart attacks discover new meaning to their lives and reconnect with their partner, but others see it as a threat to their well-ordered existence, according to research published in Journal of Advanced Nursing, 57.5.
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05 February 2007
Two-thirds of nursing students believe it’s wrong to lie to patients - twice as many as in 1983
Today's nursing students believe in greater honesty with patients, are less likely to agree to short-notice shift changes and are much older than their 1983 counterparts, according to a study published in Journal of Advanced Nursing 57.4.
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11 January 2007
Hospital death rate study reveals wide variations and stresses importance of Registered Nurses
Hospital death rates can be reduced by employing more Registered Nurses and the routine use of care maps or protocols, according to a study in the Journal of Advanced Nursing 57.1.
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