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Results reveal that at least one lumen of the majority of central lines in the ICU is locked for longer than a third of the total time in situ. This is a much larger proportion of time than initially...
This service has prevented many A&E visits and admissions to hospital, so reduced time spent in A&E or acute services. Not only has this saved money for the NHS and freed up resources but,...
The call for Martha's Rule arose out of the tragic death of 13-year-old Martha Mills, who died from sepsis in 2021 at King's College Hospital, London. There was a failure to recognise that she...
Nurses and others are given general authority under section 5 of the Mental Capacity Act to act in relation to a person's care and treatment where:.
The toilet skill development programme involves four steps. The steps are adaptable, depending on the age and understanding of the child and can be used for any child, including those who are...
The CQC was created in 2009 following the merger of three regulatory organisations: the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection, the Commission for Social Care Inspection and the Mental Health...
The Medical Protection Society (MPS) (2017), when discussing the increasing costs of clinical negligence claims, states:.
The study was conducted under routine clinical conditions in five international study sites (three German sites and two Polish sites) between April and September 2018..
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:...
The aim of this case study was to examine the missed nursing care phenomenon and to shed light on the possible predictors that may impact on the occurrence of missed nursing care in the context of a...