Hypovolaemic shock

Shock is generally classified according to its cause. There are four main pathological mechanisms that can result in a state of shock (Vincent and De Backer, 2013; Stratton, 2019):.

The journey from nurse to advanced nurse practitioner: applying concepts of role transitioning

Advanced nursing practice has been in existence internationally for over 50 years, with the USA spearheading developments in the 1960s (Begley et al, 2010). Many countries subsequently followed suit,...

Redefining undergraduate nurse teaching during the coronavirus pandemic: use of digital technologies

It is not clear when universities will reopen, allowing for the resumption of the delivery of nurse education that provides the face-to-face and online theoretical learning opportunities. What we do...

The benefits of latex-free gloves in the operating room environment

Two key methods for the prevention of SSIs are surgical hand antisepsis and the use of personal protective equipment, such as sterile protective gloves (de Oliveira and Gama, 2016). In the 1980s, a...

From novice student to frontline care of COVID-19 patients in just 6 months

I remember attending my first lectures. It was initially overwhelming because the university is huge. The transition from college to university was daunting because of my lack of awareness of my own...

Surgical role expansion among the NHS workforce

During times of need, such as conflicts, nurses have often undertaken procedures that are normally within the jurisdiction of a trained medical practitioner. Zarnitz and Malone (2006) discussed how...

Patient safety reports round-up during the COVID-19 pandemic

Walsh (2020) captures this issue well:.

From staff nurse to nurse consultant: Survival Guide part 12: Surviving social media

‘Nurses, midwives and nursing associates may put their registration at risk, and students may jeopardise their ability to join our register, if they act in any way that is unprofessional or unlawful...

These are the hands that care

‘These are the Hands/That touch us first/Feel your head/Find your pulse/Make your bed … And these are the hands that … Log the dose/And touch us last.’ .

Use of a closed-system drug transfer device reduces contamination with doxorubicin during bolus injection

The study was performed in compliance with institutional guidelines. The nurses participated voluntarily..

Systemic anti-cancer therapy delivery in the home: a service model

Findings from the EMBRACE phase 3 clinical trial showed that eribulin significantly improves overall survival relative to treatment of physician's choice in patients with heavily pretreated metastatic...

COVID-19 and cancer care

Prostate cancer in Scotland: an evolutionary journey

The complexities of the journey from diagnosis to treatment shine a light on the importance of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) team, which acts as the glue that binds everything together. At the...

Changing practice: moving to a specialist nurse-led service for BRCA gene testing

Descriptive statistics, tests for normality and independent t-test statistical analyses were performed using Stata 16 software..

‘I am not an angel, I am a nurse, I am human’

‘Night shift done and it is the small things I think I'd care about. .