This website is intended for healthcare professionals
This website is intended for healthcare professionals
The natural ageing process results in dry, fragile, and thinner skin. This is compounded by the skin changes associated with lower leg problems, eg hyperkeratosis, papillomatosis, ulceration, and...
It is important to stress that public fear of immunisation is as old as the history of vaccination itself. Since Edward Jenner's groundbreaking work in 1796 using lymph from cowpox blisters to...
The World Health Organization (WHO) (2019) has stated that close to 800 000 people die due to suicide every year, which translates to one person dying every 40 seconds. For each adult who died by...
The Law Commission (1995) defined an ADRT as:.
Timewise (2018), a community interest company, worked with a number of trusts to scope how flexible working could aid retention. The resulting three-part action plan is a good starting point for...
Under the auspices of the new NMC standards for nursing, the term ‘mentor’ is to be phased out and replaced with ‘practice assessors’, ‘practice supervisors’ and ‘academic assessors’. Unlike the...
Last month, there were two media reports on patient safety incidents:.
Soon after I qualified as a nurse I undertook two different types of CPD. One was a part-time taught diploma, which had lectures and examinations validated by the University of London. The second...
Imagine a patient who has dementia (or someone who you may not even know has dementia) begins shouting as you move closer to them or begins removing their clothing and touching their private parts....
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