What nurses can achieve

TIMERS: expanding wound care beyond the focus of the wound

The document outlines a basic 10-step management pathway required for each wound. The approach also includes how to treat palliative wounds in a maintenance fashion:.

Outcomes of a new wrap compression system for patients with lower limb ulceration and oedema

The financial burden to the NHS of treating leg ulcers (in terms of healing rates, duration of ulcers and recurrence rates) is estimated to be £1.8 billion per year and accounts for 13% of all...

A clinimetric analysis of the Pressure Ulcer Risk Primary or Secondary Evaluation Tool: PURPOSE-T

The validity of a tool refers to how effectively it measures the phenomena it was intended to assess (Charalambous et al, 2018). In the case of the PURPOSE-T, validity depends on its accuracy in...

The similarities and differences between advanced nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists

Parity: where is it?

A plan for nursing

A service evaluation of specialist nurse telephone follow-up of bowel cancer patients after surgery

This service evaluation is designed to assess patient satisfaction and the cost saving realised for commissioners by use of the telephone follow-up service. There is an emerging evidence base that...

BJN Awards 2019: gastrointestinal/IBD nurse of the year—runner-up

The challenges facing the NHS nationally in terms of funding and the logistics of running a range of diverse services are not in question..

Mental health: working with people who hear voices

Traditionally, based on a biomedical model of disease, such experiences have been understood as symptoms of psychiatric illness requiring treatment (Payne et al, 2017)..

How can all nurses support parenting?

Although it is recognised that community healthcare practitioners are often the professionals who are at the forefront of community interventions that support parenting, all healthcare workers will at...

Children and young people in care

There are several terms used to identify children and young people who are, or have experience of being, in care. In England, the term used in clinical practice is ‘looked after child’ abbreviated to...