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The focus of GEM nursing is to identify potential geriatric syndromes in patients aged 65 years and over. These may encompass falls, incontinence, nutrition, constipation, pain, visual and hearing...
The argument has been made that distinct uniforms for nurses in advanced roles such as ANPs are of value (Bryson, 2016), and research involving clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) suggest that they...
ACPs play a pivotal role in CANH decision-making processes by using their advanced clinical skills and expertise to assess patients' nutritional needs, evaluate the appropriateness of CANH...
It is accepted within the psychological literature that people often establish ways of coping with the aim of moving themselves away from or lessening the intensity of strong or unbearable emotions...
If the patient is relatively stable, the clinician should take a comprehensive history: Table 1 summarises the key points that need to be considered during this process of taking a patient's history....
Clinical supervision for trainee ANPs has been acknowledged to be problematic for a variety of reasons. Given the rapid growth in advanced practice, there is increasing opportunity for a...
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‘There is a lack of evidence to guide how often a clinical skill should be practised and whether this varies from skill to skill or nurse to nurse’.
TTP specialist nurses play a unique and vital role in providing acute and long-term support to patients with this rare and life-threatening disease. They can offer personalised care to their patients...
The discussion below is based on the findings of a mixed-methods systematic literature review (Table 1), using the STARLITE (sampling strategy, type of study, approaches, range of years, limits,...
‘In primary care you learn the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis, creating a management plan and prescribing, all while upholding the principle of shared decision-making with the patient...
The research question was: ‘What are the views of health professionals of the advance care planning process with children and young people?’ The objectives were to identify:.
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