Celecoxib for osteoarthritis

The objectives of this Cochrane review were to assess the benefits and harms of using celecoxib in osteoarthritis. The benefits and harms considered included pain function, quality of life,...

Death as the final phase of development

Ageism in nursing

It is not easy to form a wholly dependable picture of staffing levels in healthcare. Much depends on the purpose for which the statistics are gathered. One such purpose is to gain an impression of how...

Depression, antidepressants and withdrawal in the community

The review (PHE, 2019) was a response to a call from the minister for public health and primary care in 2017 for PHE to identify the scale, distribution and causes of prescription drug dependence, as...

Optimising medication

‘Community nurses can contribute to medication safety by helping to monitor high-risk medications and highlighting concerns regarding non-adherence to the relevant treatment guidelines.‘.

Celebrating the contribution of foreign staff in the NHS

Peristomal skin care considerations for community nurses

There are three main types of output stoma that the community nurse is likely to see. These are the colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy. A colostomy will usually pass formed faeces and flatus between...

Getting the best out of staff in a district nursing team: nurturing resilience

Efficiency savings are a powerful driver to stretch teams as much as possible to obtain maximum productivity, and cost-improvement programmes (CIPs) that identify schemes to increase efficiency or...

Benefits of nurse-led continence prescription services for effective stock management and streamlined prescribing

Early assessment by a qualified and appropriately trained professional allows a patient-centred and cost-effective care pathway to be followed, leading to better outcomes (APPG, 2011). In clinical...

Potential of emotional freedom techniques to improve mood and quality of life in older adults

The existence of ‘meridians’, or energy channels, is fundamental within traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), but has been largely dismissed by Western medicine until recently. It is believed that...

Pituitary conditions: importance of geography and the Pituitary Foundation in patient support

The analysis revealed four main themes with associated sub-themes, plus one over-arching theme outlined in Table 1..

Blocked urinary catheters: what can nurses do to improve management?

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) account for a significant proportion of healthcare-acquired infections (Pellowe, 2009), and the cost of treating CAUTIs is estimated at almost...