A personal reflection: using theoretical frameworks to understand the impact of starting university on health and wellbeing

Both lay and theoretical perspectives define health. Lay perspectives of health are definitions formed by non-professional individuals, who use conceptual understandings and perceptions of what health...

Contemporary considerations relating to health promotion and older people

The WHO (2015) advocates ‘healthy ageing’ as a goal for life, describing it as a process incorporating the development and maintenance of functional ability to facilitate wellbeing in later life..

Using simulated patients as a learning strategy to support undergraduate nurses to develop patient-teaching skills

Patient education is part of nursing practice (NMC, 2018b), and integral to person-centred care (World Health Organization (WHO), 2011). Some authors (Lin and Wang, 2017; Richard et al, 2018) have...

Sustaining the commitment to patient safety huddles: insights from eight acute hospital ward teams

Since June 2013, eight acute wards in one UK hospital have pioneered the use of PSHs. The PSH is seen as:.

Setting up an arthroplasty care practitioner-led virtual clinic for follow-up of orthopaedic patients

In the UK, the professional orthopaedic community has been supporting the development of advanced practitioners involved in the care of patients with a joint replacement and guidelines for follow-up...

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

Developing the advanced nurse practitioner role in a memory service

‘Ensure that the person has a timely diagnosis delivered compassionately and taking into account their personal needs and circumstances.’ Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Policy...

Pulse oximetry and the enduring neglect of respiratory rate assessment: a commentary on patient surveillance

Respiration, the process of breathing in and out, is the primary function of the lungs. The purpose of this process is to bring oxygen into the body for delivery to the cells, and to remove carbon...

The effects of ageing on female genital and sexual health

‘Even the most liberated knew little of the facts of life and most held to strong superstitions.’ .

Monitoring lung function in patients with chronic graft versus host disease: a pilot study

Between 1 November 2016 and 31 December 2017, cGvHD patients attending for ECP were supplied with a handheld peak flow meter (Mini-Wright, Clement Clarke), educated on how to accurately perform peak...

Palliative radiotherapy: what do nurses know?

To obtain an accurate representation of what is understood about palliative radiotherapy, a purposive sample of nurses who worked in oncology and palliative care specialist areas was selected. An...

Attracting and retaining nurses through a clinical fellowship programme

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is the largest employer in Wolverhampton, employing around 9000 staff and is an NHS acute and community provider in the West Midlands, with more than 850 beds on the...