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Antidepressant medications such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), come with a risk of causing sexual side-effects. The British National Formulary (BNF) (Joint Formulary Committee,...
It was important to first examine the literature around how students learn within the higher education context, and the approaches to learning that students may take. A ‘surface learning’ (or...
‘Treating over a million people a day in England, the NHS touches all of our lives. When it was founded in 1948, the NHS was the first universal health system to be available to all, free at the...
The registered nursing associate (RNA) plays a vital role in supporting and supervising learners from a range of health professions. An RNA is qualified to provide patient-centred care while working...
"This feels like a particularly exciting time in my new graduate journey as I find myself being allocated patients with more complex nursing needs."
In 2017, I had been working as a tissue viability nurse for several years in another trust. I shared an office with a lymphoedema team and found that the subject piqued my interest. When a lymphoedema...
A presentation to Northamptonshire Health Charity supported the transformation of two side rooms into pilot Swan rooms to support the delivery of end-of-life care with a particular focus on the needs...
Throughout Europe, poor working conditions and high workloads (Dall'Ora et al, 2020), low pay (OECD and European Union, 2022) and a lack of career opportunities (Royal College of Nursing, 2023) are...
Whoever I speak to professionally since joining the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), despite the many areas that I want to share with colleagues – such as plans to scope whether or not advanced...
OHID et al (2021) have created an evidence-based toolkit entitled Delivering Better Oral Health aimed at preventing oral disease and improving oral health. Since its first edition in 2007, this...
MEED includes a detailed risk assessment that uses a flag system to alert clinicians to the impending threat to life from parameters that include weight, BMI, cardiovascular health, hydration status,...
This service has prevented many A&E visits and admissions to hospital, so reduced time spent in A&E or acute services. Not only has this saved money for the NHS and freed up resources but,...
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