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NRL is extensively used in the manufacture of medical gloves, but is also used in catheters, elasticised bandages and wound dressings (Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 2020). NRL is a milky fluid...
The number of intravitreal injections required in the UK is set to increase by about 30% over the next 10 years, corresponding to an increase in the number of patients being diagnosed with wet AMD due...
This qualitative study formed phase two of a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study reported elsewhere (Flanagan et al, 2020). A self-selected sample of qualified nurses participated in five...
This literature review aimed to address the following question. ‘Do preceptorship and clinical supervision programmes support nurse retention in hospital settings?’ A PICo (Population, Interest,...
The journey to reduce falls at BSUH began in April 2009. The catalyst for this work was, unfortunately, far from unique: a catastrophic fall leading to the death of a patient, a bereft family,...
The demographics and biochemical characteristics of patients classified with SBR definite FH (n=6) and possible FH (n=134) are shown in Table 2. In summary, a pathogenic FH mutation (pathogenic...
Treatment adherence is a key factor influencing the outcomes of long-term growth hormone treatment. Suboptimal adherence has a substantial negative impact on patients (such as poorer health outcomes),...
The classification system for dystonia (see Table 1), is based on clinical characteristics (age at onset, body distribution, temporal pattern, the coexistence of other movement disorders and...
Students need to appreciate the importance of intercultural competence development as a means of developing the knowledge, skills and attitudes to work in culturally diverse healthcare settings. Choi...
These findings indicate that use of PS in everyday clinical practice provides a novel means of catheter maintenance, which has the potential to address CACS such as CAUTI and improve patients' QoL as...
CPE is a collaborative process involving management, and clinical and education staff. Participatory action research was identified as a suitable methodology because it facilitates a collaborative...
The advent of Kraeplinian philosophy in 1911 divided mental illness according to two disparate diagnostic criteria; that of dementia praecox—typified by a youthful onset of florid symptoms:...
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