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The Journal of the Irish<br />
Practice Nurses<br />
Association<br />
1 edITorIAl<br />
4 News<br />
12 brANch News<br />
revIew<br />
14 NoN-INvAsIve <strong>veNTIlATIoN</strong> —<br />
AN overvIew For The PrImAry<br />
cAre Nurse<br />
Noreen donoghue<br />
21 chroNIc PAIN IN older AdulTs<br />
Nicola cornally<br />
Professor geraldine mccarthy<br />
26 PosT NATAl sexuAl heAlTh<br />
Kate mccabe<br />
30 exPlorINg The exPerIeNce oF coPd:<br />
A PheNomeNologIcAl sTudy<br />
ursula reilly clarke<br />
EDITOR<br />
Maura Henderson<br />
CONSULTING EDITORS<br />
Darina Lane and Ruth Morrow<br />
SUB EDITOR<br />
Tim Ilsley<br />
DESIGNER<br />
Barbara Vasic<br />
PUBLISHERS<br />
Graham Cooke<br />
Maura Henderson<br />
*<strong>Green</strong><strong>Cross</strong> <strong>Publishing</strong> is a recently<br />
established publishing house which is<br />
jointly owned by Graham Cooke and<br />
Maura Henderson. Between them Graham<br />
and Maura have over 25 years experience<br />
working in healthcare publishing. Their stated aim is to publish<br />
titles which are incisive, vibrant and pertinent to their readership.<br />
Graham can be contacted at<br />
graham@greencrosspublishing.ie<br />
Maura at<br />
maura@greencrosspublishing.ie<br />
Disclaimer<br />
The views expressed in Nursing in General Practice are not<br />
necessarily those of the publishers, editor or editorial advisory<br />
board. While the publishers, editor and editorial advisory board<br />
have taken every care with regard to accuracy of editorial and<br />
advertisement contributions, they cannot be held responsible for<br />
any errors or omissions contained.<br />
Contents<br />
35 INTervIew:<br />
Nursing in General Practice is published by<br />
<strong>Green</strong><strong>Cross</strong> <strong>Publishing</strong>, Lower Ground Floor,<br />
5 Harrington Street, Dublin 8.<br />
Tel: 4789770 Fax: 4789764<br />
Email: maura@greencrosspublishing.ie<br />
Issue 5 1 Volume 2 3 september January / February / october2009 2010<br />
NeTTA wIllIAms,<br />
FouNder member oF The IPNA<br />
38 ProbIoTIcs serIes<br />
The ImmuNe sysTem ANd your guT: A closer<br />
looK AT ThIs INTrIcATe relATIoNshIP. PArT 4<br />
deirdre Jordan<br />
linda v Thomas<br />
44 PATIeNT’s PersPecTIve<br />
cANcer — The role oF NuTrITIoN ANd dIeT —<br />
A PATIeNT’s seArch<br />
mJ murray<br />
47 PosTer serIes<br />
hyPerTeNsIoN mANAgemeNT:<br />
The role oF The PrAcTIce Nurse<br />
stella hogan and róisín doogue<br />
FooT cAre ANd FooTweAr<br />
Ann casey<br />
50 AbsTrAcTs<br />
osTeoPorosIs<br />
womeN’s heAlTh<br />
54 ProducTs<br />
57 crossword<br />
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