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UTI is defined as an infection of the urinary system, involving lower tract, upper tract or both (NICE, 2020a). The pathogens responsible for UTI include Escherichia coli (E. coli), which accounts for...
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease that occurs when a person's pancreas stops producing insulin, the hormone that controls blood-sugar levels. T1DM develops when the...
One side-effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the rise in diabetes-related referrals to diabetes specialist care teams by non-specialists, unfamiliar with inpatient diabetes management, which is a...
Initial scoping of staff perceptions regarding the impact of the pandemic on services, patients and roles as well as the acceptability of study method shaped the study. Four scoping questions were...
This document presents pragmatic guidance for lymphoedema services. It is based on analysis of the national response of Lymphoedema Network Wales (LNW) during the first few months of the COVID-19...
Jack was admitted through the surgical day ward on the morning of his bilateral grommet procedure. A student nurse (from now on referred to as ‘the nurse’ and supported by a registered nurse)...
An RNFA is a non-medical practitioner who performs surgical interventions during surgery and provides medical care to the perioperative patient under the supervision of a consultant surgeon (AORN,...
Non-surgical treatments include:.
A 78-year-old woman was admitted to the authors' hospital with pneumonia. She had previously experienced a cerebral infarction. Emergency tracheal intubation was performed because her heart rate was...
The four components of resilience are not redundant concepts during a pandemic; however, the ways in which they play out may be idiosyncratic and unconventional. Their portrayal can help broaden our...
‘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...
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