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Professor of Nursing and Head of School for Nursing and Midwifery, Buckinghamshire New University
In the UK on 7 May 2022, one case was reported, linked to travel from Nigeria. On 14 May 2022, a familial cluster of two cases of monkeypox was reported in the UK (UKHSA, 2022a). These cases had no...
The practice of NG tube insertion originates from ancient Greece and Egypt, where tubing inserted rectally infused nutrient solutions for the treatment of bowel conditions (Chernoff, 2006; National...
The bowel is part of the digestive system. It is made up of the small bowel (small intestine) and the large bowel (colon and rectum). The small bowel is longer than the large bowel, but it gets its...
On behalf of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) Patient Blood Management Team, the Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) UK Haemovigilance Scheme and the National Blood Transfusion Committee, I have...
The UK national haemovigilance surveillance programme, SHOT, repeatedly identifies that patient are harmed, and some die, as a result of being given the incorrect type of blood..
Thermoregulation is a process that allows the body to maintain its core internal temperature. Thermoregulation has three mechanisms: afferent sensing, central control and efferent responses. The body...
The Frank-Starling law states that the force or tension developed in a muscle fibre depends on the extent to which it is stretched..
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According to HEE (2017), advanced clinical practice is delivered by experienced, registered health and care practitioners. HEE (2017) defines it as ‘a level of practice characterised by a high degree...
‘Ventilated patients must have a registered nurse/patient ratio of a minimum 1:1 to deliver direct care. A greater ratio than 1:1 may be required to safely meet the needs of some critically ill...
OA is the most prevalent form of arthritis and a leading cause of pain and disability worldwide (NICE, 2014; O'Neill et al, 2018; Vina and Kwoh, 2018). It affected 303 million people globally in 2017...
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach to behaviour change that uses any interaction between a health professional and a patient as an opportunity to engage with a patient to make positive...
Shock is generally classified according to its cause. There are four main pathological mechanisms that can result in a state of shock (Vincent and De Backer, 2013; Stratton, 2019):.
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