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Oral care in adults

The Department of Health's Essence of Care document (2010) emphasised that oral hygiene is a priority and a standard facet of patient care. Nurses, who work at the heart of health care, may find...

Neurological assessment in children and young people

To understand the elements of a nursing neurological assessment it is necessary to first understand the structure and function of the nervous system. If there is clear understanding of how a system is...

Tracheostomy care

Tracheostomy insertion is rarely a primary procedure and is usually a response to a patient's actual or potential deterioration in clinical condition; it is routinely performed as part of the ongoing...

Setting up a nurse-led bowel ‘two week wait’ service

Historically, the authors' acute hospital trust provided a geographically blind service whereby patients were fitted into existing consultant clinics. Due to the ad hoc allocation of appointments,...

Using a frame of reference for talking to patients about death and dying

‘When for the last time you close your mouth your words and soul will belong to the world of no place no time.’.

Older adults' self-advocacy in patient safety: a cross-sectional study

Few studies have been conducted on self-advocacy regarding patient safety of older adults, especially in developing countries. Based on the data from 230 older adult patients, we found that the total...

Menopause and the NHS: caring for and retaining the older workforce

Menopause is a normal part of the ageing process and refers to the point in time when menstruation has ceased for 12 consecutive months. Menopause occurs naturally in women between the ages of 45 and...

The use of voice-assisted technology to enhance self-care

The importance of innovation in health care cannot be overestimated and, since the dawn of communication technology and the invention of the telephone, the healthcare industry has endeavoured to...

An end-of-year report card from NHS Resolution

‘… which dispute the idea that the NHSLA resolves claims “as quickly and cost-effectively as practicable,” and argue instead that the NHSLA often fails to settle cases proactively and is therefore...

From staff nurse to nurse consultant: Survival Guide part 4: Surviving as a senior clinical nurse

Each of the above roles are not individually unduly stressful. Some become routine and, with experience, do not create undue stress. Others would be rarer, such as attending a coroner's court, and...

A focus on culture and leadership

‘Compassionate leadership in practice means leaders listening with fascination to those they lead, arriving at a shared (rather than imposed) understanding of the challenges they face, empathising...

Exploring individuals' perceptions of living with a stoma

In 2016 Salts Healthcare, in collaboration with independent researchers, initiated some qualitative and quantitative research exploring some of the practicalities stoma care patients face throughout...

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