This website is intended for healthcare professionals
This website is intended for healthcare professionals
For those colleagues who are either lone specialists at their organisation or in a very small team, the opportunities for keeping up-to-date with innovations with current clinical practice can...
Adequate nutrition is integral to wound healing, a process that relies on the availability of critical nutrients such as proteins, vitamins, and minerals. These nutrients are essential for tissue...
Any change to healthcare meal provision must be balanced against the needs of patients. To assess the dietary needs of the inpatient population, the self-reported patient feedback survey data for the...
An updated rapid review of the evidence was recently published (Phillips and Coad, 2023); this was necessary to capture new research published since the original review (Coad et al, 2017). There has...
As the global population experiences a demographic shift, understanding the complexities of ageing becomes crucial for both individuals and professionals. Geroncology brings together the sciences of...
The department I work in supports people receiving care as part of a directly commissioned highly specialist service for patients with neurofibromatosis. Highly specialist services such as this are...
The further back we go, into pre-colonial times, the harder it has been for me to find information. Since the autobiography The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands was reprinted in 1984,...
Paul Lee (a pseudonym) was a 72-year-old man with a wife and family. He was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy following a myocardial infarction. This then led to a diagnosis of heart failure with...
‘An educational method which uses a variety of modalities to support students in developing their knowledge, behaviours and skills, with the opportunity for repetition, feedback, evaluation and...
Those working with the acutely unwell are at increased risk of suffering emotional disturbance resulting from prolonged patient contact and their empathetic relationships with them in an acute or end...
The more rigorous and well prepared the article is, the greater its chances of being accepted for publication. This means that attention to detail and thoroughness in the writing process can...
NAs are required to meet the revalidation requirements set out by the NMC (2021), including 35 hours of continuous professional development (CPD), 20 of which must be participatory learning. It is...
We are knocking on an open door when it comes to the need to develop an NHS patient safety culture. Everybody who works in or is connected with the NHS, including patients, would agree that this must...
An LPA allows capable adults to nominate one or more people to act on their behalf if they are unable to make decisions themselves at some point in the future..
Members of the public shared how several factors need to be present to deliver care that feels of a standard from ‘good’ to ‘excellent’. The report highlights that good care builds on the basic...
BJN provides nurses with an evidence base for clinical practice and a platform for professional development. It shares the information and advice that is key to unlocking your full potential.
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