Reflecting on the communication process in health care. Part 2: the management of complaints

Receiving a complaint is a challenge and could be construed not as a negative, but as a positive, if it has prompted reflection on the issue of concern, and enabled the nurse to evaluate the...

Non-medical practitioner roles in the UK: who, where, and what factors influence their development?

2000: NHS Plan — reforming NHS and reducing role boundaries (Department of Health (DH), 2000).

Higher degrees in nursing: traditional research PhD or professional doctorate?

The development of alternatives to the PhD indicates a growth in demand for professionally based higher degrees. This would imply recognition, by health professionals, of the importance of continuing...

Heart disease: from living to living well

One of the first aspects that should be mentioned is the psychological effect that a life-changing diagnosis can have. Diagnosis comes with its own grief stages and research shows that almost all...

The new NHS patient safety strategy

NHS patient safety policies come and go, accompanied by the creation of new NHS organisations, policy refinement and repeated calls to arms for NHS staff to embrace the concept of a patient-centric...

Will the NHS Improvement interim plan help solve the nursing staff crisis?

Ever since the creation of the General Nursing Council (GNC) in December 1919 the nursing profession has been beleaguered by staff shortages. The passing of the Nurses Bill, which paved the way for a...

From staff nurse to nurse consultant: Survival Guide part 3: Just qualified

If you are working in a hospital ward then there will be HCAs—some of whom may have been working there for a decade, while others will be new and inexperienced—there will be other experienced...

A duty of care to the nurse as well

NIVAS 2019: facing the future in vascular access and infusion therapy

The case for using a disinfecting cap for needlefree connectors

Woller et al (2016) stated that patients require IV therapy interventions earlier and for longer periods, and that long-term central venous access is now common in all areas of acute hospital and...

Preventing central line sepsis

Health professionals' lack of knowledge of central venous access devices: the impact on patients

The aim of the study was to establish the transferability of the findings of the IPA study. The main objectives were to establish whether the following experiences were generalisable:.

We are all public health nurses

‘The science and art of promoting and protecting health and wellbeing, preventing ill-health and prolonging life through the organised efforts of society.’.

Making the workplace safe

Exploring the emotions of patients undergoing therapy for hepatitis C

From an economic perspective, the benefits associated with the eradication of HCV are clear; people who receive early curative DAA therapy require reduced disability and health spending than untreated...