Addressing patient sexuality issues in cancer and palliative care

There are many challenges to sexuality assessment and the barriers appear to be complex in nature. de Vocht et al (2011) examined the differences between patient expectations and those of health...

The legacy of the pandemic

The psychological impact of active surveillance in men with prostate cancer: implications for nursing care

The PRISMA flow diagram (Figure 1) illustrates the process used within this literature review to screen search results using the eligibility criteria (Moher et al, 2009). The search was carried out...

An innovative cancer care partnership for patients in the community

‘Ultimately, our collaboration is all about bringing treatment close to home, to improve access to care for patients and make a difficult time as convenient and comfortable for them as possible’ .

The importance of understanding burnout: an oncology nurse perspective

Burnout is a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion resulting in increased mental distance and low personal satisfaction in work activities (Sabo, 2011; Maslach and Leiter, 2016; Dyrbye et...

The state of nursing in 2021

Introducing an ANP-led temporal artery biopsy service for patients with suspected giant cell arteritis

GCA is associated with several potentially insidious symptoms; however, none of them are specific enough (pathognomonic) to the disease to be definitively diagnostic. Typically, patients will present...

Blood transfusions in adults: ensuring patient safety

The UK national haemovigilance surveillance programme, SHOT, repeatedly identifies that patient are harmed, and some die, as a result of being given the incorrect type of blood..

Advanced practice: critical thinking and clinical reasoning

As detailed in the table, multiple themes surrounding the cognitive and meta-cognitive processes that underpin clinical reasoning have been identified. Central to these processes is the practice of...

Delirium in adult patients in intensive care: nursing interventions

Identify possible nursing interventions that can be taken to prevent or manage delirium in adult patients in ICU..

Work-related stress assessment in an emergency department in French Guiana

The Karasek model, which has been used worldwide for about three decades, is seen as the gold standard for psychosocial jobs assessment (Kristensen, 1995). It is a three-dimensional instrument that...

The value of nursing support to a surgical camp in Uganda

Uganda is located within the central east of Africa and had a population of over 39 million in 2017 (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2021). Despite significant improvements...

A vision for an equitable future for the world

The rapid spread of COVID-19, having no cure readily available, and watching people fighting for their lives and all too many losing that fight, was quite terrifying. Nurses were not only concerned...

Connecting virtually during a pandemic: a lifeline for migrant nurses

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all healthcare workers, both physically and psychologically. Burnout, anxiety, fear of transmitting infection, feelings of incompatibility with the professional role...