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As the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic reached its peak in the UK from March to May 2020, the ‘clap for carers’ campaign demonstrated the strong public appreciation of nurses and other key workers...
The ‘advanced standing programme’ (ASP), the ‘accelerated track programme’ and the ‘2-year second-degree nursing programme’ are different terms used interchangeably in North America to describe a...
Pulmonary fibrosis is a form of interstitial lung disease that causes fibrosis (scarring) in the lungs. The most common type of PF is IPF (ALA, 2020). ‘Idiopathic’ is defined in the Cambridge...
An initial search of two databases, CINAHL and PubMed, sourced 309 articles. Keywords included ‘delirium’, ‘acute confusion’, ‘intervention’, ‘nurs*, ‘patient’’, ‘preoperative’, ‘intraoperative’...
The medical model of patient care adopted by many clinicians does not always allow for a holistic approach (Dobson, 2017). And the level of palliative care experience and end-of-life training received...
Note-taking is an essential component of everyday practice for health professionals. This skill is central to ensuring potentially life-threatening or life-saving patient information is documented...
Mr Churi, a 52-year-old man, was diagnosed with advanced silicosis with progressive massive fibrosis..
The author believes it is time to consider an alternative and transformative approach to reduce stigma relating to mental health disorders for ethnically, culturally and socially diverse people,...
It is widely acknowledged that quality improvement projects (QIPs) advance health care and are integral to reaching the targeted outcomes that provide best possible care for patients (Charles et al,...
COVID-19 is now at the forefront of everyday life in the UK, and practices such as social distancing, support bubbles, shielding and wearing face masks have become the norm. The pandemic has severely...
It is important to diagnose and treat patients with watery eyes, as this symptom has been shown to decrease patients' quality of life through impairment of their ability to perform activities of daily...
This literature review aimed to consider and consolidate the current literature exploring the health care experiences of transgender individuals..
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