Article: A touch of comfort.(Family Life)

Article: Eczema care for children: The health visitor's role ...
Community Practitioner;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... for children's skin. She found her ... useful, as did her health visitor colleagues who started ... the telephone, or health visitor surgeries that offer ... substances to hydrate the skin and giving instructions ... aggravated their skin. Cotton garments ... particularly useful and the ...

Article: Health visitor saved baby's life.
Peterlee Mail (Hartlepool, England);  April 21, 2006 ;     613 words ... ... would have died if the health visitor had not come. New mum ... home, in Peterlee, a health visitor called in on them. She pinched Nicole's skin and immediately realised ... visit to Mrs Malcolm a health visitor found it necessary to ...

Article: Health visitor scheme a success. (news).(offering ...
Nursing Standard;  April 2, 2003 ;     600 words ... ... the chance to see a health visitor at their local GP surgery ... breathing difficulties, skin problems and using equipment ... lucky,' Croydon's health visitor team leader Jenny Giles ... and could be seen by a health visitor.' She added: `GPs ...

Article: Managing atopic eczema in childhood: the health ...
Community Practitioner;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... members. [3] The outer layer of the skin or stratum corneum provides a barrier to ... eczematous areas and in clinically unaffected skin. [1] Repeated scratching of the eczema ... needs to address the re-establishment of skin barrier function. Diagnosis Atopic eczema ...

Article: Managing atopic eczema in childhood: the health ...
Community Practitioner;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... family members.3 The outer layer of the skin or stratum corneum provides a barrier to ... eczematous areas and in clinically unaffected skin.1 Repeated scratching of the eczema causes ... needs to address the re-establishment of skin barrier function. Diagnosis Atopic eczema ...

Article: In the moment: a health visitor and a midwife ...
Community Practitioner;  May 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... perceptions of two practitioners--one health visitor and one midwife--while working within ... visitors have worked together with three health visitor grade-mix colleagues in a shared ... Box 1). Past experience When the health visitor author began working in Birchwood in ...

Article: The health visitor in the care of oxygen dependent ...
Community Practitioner;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... of chronic lung disease present the health visitor with a challenge. Health visiting ... community health workers, challenging the health visitor to work in a team to provide coherent ... distress and need the support of their health visitor. What they often receive is a fragmented ...