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Anaemia caused by an imbalance in the diet. Reduced level of haemoglobin in blood caused by insufficiency of iron, folic acid, vitamin B12, vitamin C and copper, sometimes singly, but usually in some combination of these nutrients.  

An accepted level of achievement by which nursing care can be assessed or compared.  

A hospital sister who has administrative duties.  

A standard method of treatment and documentation of treatment carried out by nurses. A systematic manner for determining the client’s problems, making plans to solve them, initiating the plan or assigning others to implement it, and evaluating the extent to which the plan was effective in resolving the problems identified. The five steps in the…

Treatment given by nurses. Nurse employed by a GP or primary care trust to work in a GP’s practice providing treatment, health promotion, screening and other services to patients of the practice.  

In the UK, a nurse employed by the Department of Health to assist the Chief Nursing Officer in providing professional advice to Ministers and policy-makers.  

A mother who breast-feeds her baby.  

A set of stated principles about nursing which gives professionals a way of formulating a plan of care, assessing its success and addressing any problems which arise from it. A conceptual model that refers to abstract and general ideas about human beings, their environments and health, and nursing.  

The treatment of illness by nursing care, without surgery. In the nursing process, the step after planning. This step involves all aspects of actual caring for the patient and requires full knowledge of the assessment and planning stages of the nursing process. The goals of nursing intervention are stated in the planning step of the…

A nurse-led ward or unit that sets out to demonstrate by example innovative high-quality care, to reflect on practice and draw lessons from this experience, and to provide learning opportunities for other nurses.