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Do nursing textbooks accurately describe pulse oximetry? An audit of current literature

The factors contributing to graduate nurses' pulse oximetry knowledge deficits are not clear but inadequate education may be an associated factor. It has been suggested that the origin of these...

Assessing and managing nausea and vomiting in adults

An understanding of the medical terminology associated with nausea and vomiting is important for reliable and effective assessment and management of patients' symptoms (Table 2) (Waugh and Grant,...

The scope and variance of clinical nurse specialist job descriptions

The UK experience is not unique. A CNS may be integral to many patients' care pathways, although there is little uniformity in the evolution of nursing specialties with respect to role titles, scope...

Using patient and public involvement to identify priorities for research in long-term conditions management

The feedback portion of the workshop began the initial analysis as common themes across the groups were identified and discussed further as a unified group. This discussion was again recorded in note...

Developing and sustaining nurses' service improvement capability: a phenomenological study

This study aimed to understand service improvement experiences of undergraduate adult nursing students in their final year of university and up to 12 months into their graduate practice. The following...

Reflections on setting up a nursing preceptorship programme

‘Providing support and guidance enabling new registrants to make the transition from student to accountable practitioner.’ .

A guide to the NMC emergency standards for nurse education during the current deployment of student nurses

Tables 1 –4 provide key information taken from the NMC Emergency Standards for Nursing and Midwifery Education (NMC, 2020). The standards are then explored in terms of the implications for...

Therapeutic apheresis services: a unique field of nursing within NHSBT

Apheresis is the overall term used for the range of procedures that can be undertaken using an apheresis machine. An apheresis machine is used to remove, exchange, collect or treat a specific...

Negligence, trauma and nervous shock

Negligence is best described as actionable harm and a successful claim has to show that:.

The quest to find an effective vaccine for COVID-19

Coronaviruses include a range of organisms that can cause diseases, including the common cold and the current SARS-CoV-2. Despite the original severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus...