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It goes on and on and on, the roundabout, and there is nothing magic about it. Staff shortages, something that many nurses feel acutely every day, continue to spiral upwards.
‘The world looks strange .
Psoriasis is a complex disease with numerous risk factors and a multifactorial inheritance pattern. Approximately one-third of affected patients have a first-degree relative with the disorder,...
Children's nursing in the UK can be seen to have been through six broad phases in the modern era. These are not necessarily discrete stages, since the development of children's nursing has been...
Max, a 65-year-old gentleman with no prior past medical history, had been admitted to the emergency department as a ‘resus pre-alert’ at the beginning of this admission 1 week previously. Ambulance...
‘Leadership is considered a multifaceted process that inspires, influences and motivates individuals towards a common goal … a positive workplace culture that supports the delivery of effective,...
This was developed during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide vital links with patients when they were unable to attend the outpatient clinic. Contributions from patients and the volunteers helped to...
This discussion raises the issue of what is primarily driving the development of an NHS patient safety culture and how these aims could be seen negatively by nurses, doctors and other stakeholders....
‘I am definitely still travelling over road bumps from time to time, but they occur less frequently and are becoming easier to level out’.
Beech et al (2019) published findings from research undertaken at The Nuffield Trust, outlining several high-impact interventions. These, if put into action, could help improve the workforce crisis.
In 2019 I took up the new role of prostate cancer nurse. Part of the role was to look at how an overstretched oncology clinic with a waiting-list of 80 follow-up patients could be improved. All...
The reliability of the well-used tool of testing urine by microbiology, culture and sensitivity (MC&S) has been in question lately (Malone-Lee, 2021). Kass (1956) never claimed to define a diagnostic...
Before commencing the study, verbal consent was obtained from the three care home management teams for the Attends observer to review the assessments and the used products. There was no patient...
Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is taken from the Latin name meaning ‘horse's tail’, and describes the bundles of nerve roots that emerge from the end of the spinal cord. The nerve roots serve the...
Celebrating International Nurses Day on 12 May helps us to demonstrate the vital difference that nursing makes to people and their families locally, nationally and internationally. No matter the...
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