The patient experience of peripheral intravenous therapy: development of a patient survey, initial findings, and next steps

“I had a horrible experience with everyone trying to access a vein. It took 6 nurses approximately 20 tries to locate a vein! It was awful! My arm was sooo very bruised and sore. I went from one...

Personal protective equipment: knowledge of the guidance

This novel study, to our knowledge the first to be described within the literature, served to assess awareness, confidence levels and knowledge of current PPE and AGP guidance among UK nursing staff..

Fighting TB in underserved populations: homeless communities

This story began with a prolonged hospital admission for Pete, a 58-year-old polite man who was a rough sleeper. He became homeless after losing his job. Pete was suffering from TB, which had damaged...

Introducing advanced level practice and the scope of developing new roles

According to HEE (2017), advanced clinical practice is delivered by experienced, registered health and care practitioners. HEE (2017) defines it as ‘a level of practice characterised by a high degree...

The development of advanced clinical practice roles in the UK

‘Advanced clinical practice is delivered by experienced, registered health and care practitioners. It is a level of practice characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making....

The importance and meaning of prayer rituals at the end of life

A ritual is the undertaking of specific activities or behaviours that express symbolic, often culturally influenced, meaning, whereby specific thoughts and feelings are experienced individually, or as...

A soft silicone foam dressing that aids healing and comfort in oncology care

Wounds in patients undergoing cancer treatment often produce moderate to high volumes of exudate..

Preventing and managing device-related pressure ulcers in oncology

‘A DRPU involves interaction with a device or object that is in direct or indirect contact with skin, or implanted under the skin, causing focal and localised forces that deform the localised and...

Advanced clinical practice

Work-family conflict, health status and job satisfaction among nurses

‘Role pressures associated with membership in one organization are in conflict with pressures restricting from membership in other groups.’ .

Supporting efforts for a global COVID-19 vaccine

Factors influencing nurses' engagement with CPD activities: a systematic review

The Cochrane and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines informed processes (Liberati et al, 2009)..

Reducing restrictive practice: a pertinent issue for children's services

Reducing restrictive practice in adult, mental health and learning disability services with the aim of limiting the occurrence of challenging behaviour is clearly being driven forward with the CQC...

The importance of upholding the duty of candour during patient care

The introduction of the duty of candour was part of the Government's plans to modernise the NHS by making it more accountable and transparent and it remains an enforceable duty for providers to carry...

Looking back over the past year in patient safety

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) (2020)State of Care annual assessment of health and social care in England noted some improvement in NHS acute care, where 75% of core services were rated as good or...