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Long-term conditions

Management of autonomic dysreflexia in the community

When a person sustains a spinal cord injury (Figure 1), all autonomic nerve function below the injury stops (Norris, 2020). Essentially, AD is caused by a disruption to the autonomic nervous system at...

Managing incontinence in people with dementia

Urinary incontinence can be classified into seven types (Bardsley, 2016), as follows:.

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for adults with implantable cardioverter defibrillators

The purpose of Nielsen et al's review (2019) was to evaluate the benefits and harms of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programmes, delivered alone or in combination with psychoeducation...

Long-term conditions and severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

In early April 2020, the number of confirmed cases in this pandemic was well over 1 million people worldwide, and this figure is continuing to rise on a daily basis (Johns Hopkins University and...

Pharmacotherapy for hypertension in adults aged 60 years or older

Musini et al (2019) undertook a review to quantify the effects of antihypertensive pharmacologic treatment compared with placebo or no treatment in adults aged 60 years and older. Outcomes of...

A ‘long-term plan’

‘Planning and careful implementation will be required so that long waits in the home do not simply replace long waits for nursing care in hospital corridors or wards.’ .

Why choose British Journal of Community Nursing?

British Journal of Community Nursing provides clinical education dedicated to nursing in the home. Our goal is to help you develop your skills, improve your practice and manage cases more effectively.

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