Donepezil for dementia due to Alzheimer's disease

The objectives of Birks and Harvey's updated Cochrane systematic review were to determine the clinical efficacy and safety of donepezil in people with mild, moderate or severe dementia due to...

The profile of place of death

Shifting pain management in the community

Current thinking, developed over many years of turning routinely to pharmacological measures, presumes that pain should never be experienced in the modern world, and that there is a pill that can...

Hand and other hygiene practices

‘Role modelling good hygiene practices to students and others should be part of professional practice.’.

Experimenting with gene silencing in cardiovascular medicine

The gene-silencing research outlined in this article is just some of the innovative work taking place in cardiovascular medicine. Next month's column will discuss tissue engineering and regeneration,...

District nursing today

‘The lack of consistency regarding remuneration, clinical band, prescribing, role and job title undermines the public's understanding of the title ‘district nurse’.’ .

If Scotland can, why not England?

Managing Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation conversations in the community

Four main themes emerged from the interviews: (1) learning through experiences, (2) feeling responsible to get it right, (3) initiating the conversation and (4) barriers to DNACPR discussions..

Use of catheter maintenance solutions by community nursing staff: an assessment

In recent years, catheter maintenance solutions (Table 1) have been used primarily to minimise the effects of recurrent encrustation and blockage (Shepherd et al, 2017). A catheter maintenance...

Wellbeing and quality of life of family caregivers: influence of sleep quality

To the authors' knowledge, this is one of the few studies examining the association between sleep, general wellbeing and QoL in family caregivers, including those of patients with ESRD receiving HD...

Community nutrition nurse specialist role: a service improvement

In May 2018, the ACHT decided to appoint a community nutrition nurse specialist to work with the district nursing teams. The role (0.6 working time equivalent) was envisaged to support the district...

Comparison of long-term treatment options for venous thromboembolism

The purpose of Andras et al's (2017) review was to appraise trials that randomly assigned participants to long-term anticoagulation therapy with VKAs or LMWH for treatment of symptomatic VTE. The...