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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...
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...
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...
Before conducting this research, a review of the literature was conducted in order to develop a wider understanding of professionals' experiences of working with the LCP. Both expert opinion and...
Before undertaking a systemic review, a research question should first be formulated (Bashir and Conlon, 2018). There are a number of tools/frameworks (Table 1) to support this process, including the...
The patient was a 5-year-old boy who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 4 years and 9 months. Before being hospitalised, he showed symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), such as...
Following the CBC course, which is core to the CHEN programme, several members of staff became inspired to adapt elements of care delivered on the ward. As a result, several changes were made to the...
Approximately 1850 children are newly diagnosed with cancer in the UK each year, based on 2014-2016 statistics (Cancer Research UK, 2019a). Overall, children in their first 15 years of life have a...
Magnet status is awarded to hospitals that have created excellent care environments and support the professional practice of nursing. It is awarded by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center..
Receiving a complaint is a challenge and could be construed not as a negative, but as a positive, if it has prompted reflection on the issue of concern, and enabled the nurse to evaluate the...
2000: NHS Plan — reforming NHS and reducing role boundaries (Department of Health (DH), 2000).
The development of alternatives to the PhD indicates a growth in demand for professionally based higher degrees. This would imply recognition, by health professionals, of the importance of continuing...
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