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A condition that is widely seen as stigmatised is incontinence. This is defined as the loss of control over one's bladder and/or bowels, which has a significant hygiene and social impact. As adults,...
HCPs should suggest that patients with functional constipation eat 25 to 30g of fibre, preferably soluble, a day, increase their physical activity and drink 2L of water a daily (O'Donnell and...
In qualitative interviews with 10 asthma and COPD specialised nurses, two primary barriers were identified: the patient–nurse relationship and available resources (Gustafsson and Nordeman, 2018)....
The late Tom Kitwood, building on the work of Carl Rogers, developed the concept of person-centred care for people with dementia (Kitwood, 1997). Proposed first in the late 1980s at the University of...
‘COVID-19 pandemic… likely created a change in attitudes away from ‘the show must go on’ and fewer feelings of guilt.’ .
Oral anti-cancer medications (OAM) are increasingly being used in cancer care. They have the potential to particularly benefit patients in the community who can be treated in their homes, while also...
The pandemic has pushed death rituals to resemble what happened with industrialisation where death was, in most families, removed from the home set up to institutions where strangers cared for the...
Safeguarding is an important consideration for all nurses, especially community nurses who are best placed to identify safeguarding risks while visiting patients at home. The first key principle in...
Box 1 looks at the case of Henry, and his wife Gail. In Henry's situation, it is clearly demonstrated that by minimising a risk in one area (in this case, it is his risk of falling when walking...
COPD is determined as a health care priority and the SCPDN is well-placed to contribute to the diagnosis, management and optimisation of the disease. Globally, COPD is a leading cause of...
Wellbeing is defined as the combination of living functionally and feeling well (Huppert, 2009). While it is recognised within this definition that negative emotions and experiences are a part of...
This article aims to describe and analyse the types of medication errors among community-dwelling patients following their discharge within 3 weeks from an acute care hospital..
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