To learn the lessons, think beyond the specialty

Patient safety reports have a key role in helping staff maintain and develop good organisational cultures. They are a rich source of real-time information showing how nurses and doctors can better...

From staff nurse to nurse consultant Academic essays part 6: planning your essay

A necessity, not a nicety

‘The mistaken belief persists that patient safety is about individual effort.’ .

Embracing the changes imposed by COVID-19 to shape future stoma care service provision

We all acknowledge how vital the role of discharge planning is for a safe transition into the community for a new ostomist (Prinz et al, 2015), yet due to the risk of exposure to SARS-COV-2 in...

Stoma care: procedures, appliances and nursing considerations

Major causes:.

Sociodemographic characteristics and self-care management knowledge of patients with an ostomy

The aim of this study was to evaluate the extent of knowledge and skills of Italian ostomy patients with a history of cancer. Their sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were analysed, and...

Quality of life of family caregivers of patients with a stoma: a cross-sectional study from Iran

This study was carried out in 2020 in Iran. The type of study is descriptive. The sample consisted of 250 family caregivers of patients with cancer who had an intestinal stoma. The sample size was...

Learning from the past year and hoping for a better future

Using creative arts therapy workshops to explore stoma patients' feelings

‘How can traumatised people learn to integrate ordinary sensory experiences so that they can feel secure and complete in their bodies?’ .

Marking World AIDS Day in a COVID-19 world

Dancing the falls away

Critical care nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a story of resilience

The four components of resilience are not redundant concepts during a pandemic; however, the ways in which they play out may be idiosyncratic and unconventional. Their portrayal can help broaden our...

Changes to nurse-to-patient ratios in intensive care during the pandemic

‘Ventilated patients must have a registered nurse/patient ratio of a minimum 1:1 to deliver direct care. A greater ratio than 1:1 may be required to safely meet the needs of some critically ill...

Care of the surgical patient—part 2: oral anticoagulants

Anticoagulant therapy and its role in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders (people with atrial fibrillation and mechanical prosthetic heart valves) is well recognised (National Institute for...

Recognition and management of sepsis: the nurse's role

‘The invasion of a normally sterile cavity by organisms, or inflammation caused by organisms in parts of the body which are not normally sterile.’ .