Overall the consent process works well but specific areas of concern centre around the risks of orthodontic treatment.

RN, CM PURPOSE. To document nursing diagnoses on nursing care plans in an Australian context where NANDA nursing diagnoses were utilized. METHODS. An audit of 298 nursing care plans at three selected hospitals by three university lecturers involved in teaching nursing diagnosis. FINDINGS. Pain was the nursing diagnosis most often documented; the majority of other diagnoses pertained to physical problems experienced by patients . CONCLUSIONS. The results of this research add to the knowledge of nursing diagnosis utilization and have implications for the provision of nursing care and its teaching and research.

The recent epic2 publication (Pratt et al, 2007) provides evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections. One of the new recommendations related to the prevention of central venous catheter (CVC) associated infection states that 2% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) in 70% isopropyl alcohol (IPA) should be used for cutaneous antisepsis prior to device insertion. This article reviews cutaneous antisepsis prior to intravascular catheter placement.