Self-harm presentations in emergency departments: staff attitudes and triage

Self-harm is a deliberately caused injury or poisoning, usually viewed regardless of stimulus, which may or may not include suicidal intent (Hawton et al, 2003; Clements et al, 2016; NICE, 2018). It...

Developing a ‘core of steel’: the key attributes of effective practice assessors

This article reports on specific findings from a wider, previously published, research study which explored the factors that enabled some mentors to fail underperforming students in practical...

Honouring the achievements of Ethel Gordon Fenwick and of all nurses

At the beginning of the evening, Philip Graf, Chair of the NMC Council, took to the stage to deliver the opening speech. Graf detailed Fenwick's efforts over the years and explained how bill after...

Urinary incontinence in women: treatment recommendations

Pelvic floor muscle training is a physical therapy that NICE (2019) has recommended. Decisions about treatment choice will depend on the woman's symptoms and her general health. Lifestyle...

Celebrating 100 years of nurse regulation

Before the Nightingale era, there was no national nursing curriculum or state examinations, and hospital nursing was undertaken by an ad hoc workforce including members of the ecclesiastical...

Worthy of the ‘global leader’ hype, or are we seeing the tip of the iceberg?

‘Hundreds of families whose babies died or were seriously injured at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust do not even know their cases have been identified for investigation in the biggest...

From staff nurse to nurse consultant: Survival Guide part 7: Surviving professional relationships

Take a few moments to think about the various people and teams that you work with. Identify the various professions you interact with: medical staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech...

Developing new nursing leaders

‘Collective leadership is about everyone taking responsibility not just for their own job or role, but for the success of their team and their organisation as a whole. It is about ensuring that all...

Factors influencing health-related quality of life of those in the Netherlands living with an ostomy

The purpose of this research was, first, to assess how an ostomy population in the Netherlands perceives their HRQoL and, second, to determine key stressors influencing HRQoL in these people..

Experiences of wearing support garments by people living with a urostomy

A cross-sectional survey was conducted between 26 April and 16 May 2018. The data collection method was a questionnaire that requested information about the use of support garments, defined in the...

Let the voices of specialist nurses be heard

Caring for the older ostomate

Loss of appetite can be caused by a cocktail of medication, mouth ulcers caused by ill-fitting false teeth, a change in circumstances such as bereavement or a move to a nursing home or depression. If...

Helping patients live well with a stoma for inflammatory bowel disease: directions for future research

Early assessment of need and access to appropriate interventions following stoma surgery may facilitate a smoother transition with less disruption across many areas of patients' lives, thereby...

Creating consensus-based practice guidelines with 2000 nurses

A modified Delphi process was used for this project, which combined the scientific rigour of the traditional Delphi and RAND Nominal Group Technique (NGT-R), with virtual and face-to-face...

Helping students to self-care and enhance their health-promotion skills

We read Anne Mills' article exploring the concept of health responsibility in nursing with great interest (Mills, 2019). As final year medical students at Imperial College London, we feel strongly...