Students should be exposed to a variety of nursing experiences within the host country. This would give them a broad spectrum for comparisons between cultures, nursing practice and health care delivery in those cultures. Therefore, educational institutions are strongly encouraged to provide opportunities for students to participate in nursing care and education in another country.
District nurse Mandy Grey is currently treating a thirteen year old girl who has a seriously infected tattoo on her buttock and infected tongue and nipple piercing all of which were performed at a local tattoo parlour. The teenager wanted the tattoo and piercing as all her friends have had similar body art and she felt pressured into having the same. Sister Grey wonders how this ever popular and increasingly intimate form of bodily adornment is regulated.
Shared decision-making lies at the heart of the Government's reforms of the NHS in England. The slogan, 'No decision about me without me', underpins shared decision-making that sees patients as active participants in their treatment decisions. In this article, Richard Griffith and Cassam Tengnah argue that for 'no decision about me, without me' to be a reality, district nurses must guard against paternalistic decision-making that excludes the views and wishes of their patients.
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