Worthy of the ‘global leader’ hype, or are we seeing the tip of the iceberg?

‘Hundreds of families whose babies died or were seriously injured at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust do not even know their cases have been identified for investigation in the biggest...

From staff nurse to nurse consultant: Survival Guide part 7: Surviving professional relationships

Take a few moments to think about the various people and teams that you work with. Identify the various professions you interact with: medical staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech...

Developing new nursing leaders

‘Collective leadership is about everyone taking responsibility not just for their own job or role, but for the success of their team and their organisation as a whole. It is about ensuring that all...

Factors influencing health-related quality of life of those in the Netherlands living with an ostomy

The purpose of this research was, first, to assess how an ostomy population in the Netherlands perceives their HRQoL and, second, to determine key stressors influencing HRQoL in these people..

Experiences of wearing support garments by people living with a urostomy

A cross-sectional survey was conducted between 26 April and 16 May 2018. The data collection method was a questionnaire that requested information about the use of support garments, defined in the...

Let the voices of specialist nurses be heard

Caring for the older ostomate

Loss of appetite can be caused by a cocktail of medication, mouth ulcers caused by ill-fitting false teeth, a change in circumstances such as bereavement or a move to a nursing home or depression. If...

Helping patients live well with a stoma for inflammatory bowel disease: directions for future research

Early assessment of need and access to appropriate interventions following stoma surgery may facilitate a smoother transition with less disruption across many areas of patients' lives, thereby...

Creating consensus-based practice guidelines with 2000 nurses

A modified Delphi process was used for this project, which combined the scientific rigour of the traditional Delphi and RAND Nominal Group Technique (NGT-R), with virtual and face-to-face...

Helping students to self-care and enhance their health-promotion skills

We read Anne Mills' article exploring the concept of health responsibility in nursing with great interest (Mills, 2019). As final year medical students at Imperial College London, we feel strongly...

Marking World AIDS Day

Tick-borne encephalitis