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Prevalence of leakage and its negative impact on quality of life in people living with a stoma in the UK

The Ostomy Life Study 2019 was an online, retrospective, self-reported questionnaire developed by Coloplast A/S (Martins et al, 2022b). A total of 54 614 people living with a stoma from 17 countries...

Identification and responses by nurses to sexual exploitation of young people

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) (2017), sexual exploitation is.

New compact micro-hole zone catheter enables women to achieve effective bladder emptying without flow-stops

This investigation aimed to demonstrate that bladder-emptying performance is improved when an MHZC is used rather than CEC. Endpoints related to the risk of flow-stops, namely RV1, the number of...

Decreased level of consciousness in a child: recognition and management

Consciousness can refer to either the state of wakefulness, awareness, or alertness in which most humans function while not asleep. Decreased consciousness is considered to be present when there is a...

Cardiac Nursing

Gender differences in acute care treatments for cardiovascular diseases

A narrative review methodology was used following the standards of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Statement (Page et al, 2021). A search of two...

Coping among adolescents with long-term health conditions: a mixed-methods study

Adolescents spend most of their time at home and school. It is important to understand how adolescents cope with their illnesses in these two settings. This study investigated the coping strategies...

Stigma towards non-suicidal self-harm: evaluating a brief educational intervention

This study had two main aims. First, it intended to ascertain whether a short, one-off educational intervention into self-harm could reduce stigma and negative attitudes towards people who self-harm...