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Is altruism dying?

‘Poignantly, the development of the COVID-19 vaccines is wholly dependent on volunteers from across the world participating in the various vaccine trials to test both the safety and efficacy of the...

Mental health impact of admission to the intensive care unit for COVID-19

The number of survivors from ICU admissions is growing (Kondakci et al, 2018). Prescott and Girard (2020) found that 80% of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 and 60% who were admitted to ICU...

Oral conditions in the community patient: part 2—systemic complications of poor oral health

The oral cavity acts as a focal point for the interaction of the body with the external environment, with its key functions including mastication, taste, speech and swallowing (Kane, 2017). Alteration...

Short-term urinary catheters and their risks: an integrated systematic review

UCs are inserted for short-term or long-term purposes (Bardsley, 2015). They are used mainly as a short-term measure in the clinical area to relieve retention of urine (Meddings et al, 2014). A...

Improving review of housebound people with diabetes through competency-based training

Annual review (based on the nine key care processes) of housebound patients at the start of the project was variable, and was primarily carried out by the practice nurse or advanced nurse practitioner...

Skin infections in older adults

Hahnel et al (2017) investigated the prevalence of skin diseases in older nursing home residents while also exploring the possible associations of these with demographic and medical characteristics....

Impact of stress on nurses working in the district nursing service

The PICOT tool was used to aid in formation of the research question (Aveyard, 2019). Systematic searches were conducted in six databases: British Nursing Index (BNI), Cumulative Index of Nursing and...

How the zoonotic origins of SARS-CoV-2 ensure its survival as a human disease

Zoonoses may be bacterial, viral or parasitic and are defined as any disease or infection that is naturally transmissible from a vertebrate species to humans (WHO, 2020). Zoonoses, as with many...

Rethinking suffering in palliative care

At a glance, we can see that the argument to postpone death suggests prolonging life, and inherent with this should also an assessment of the quality of life. Conversely, hastening death translates to...

A look at the potential uses of oxygen-ozone therapy

Despite O3 therapy having been around for more than 150 years, more than a century of study and evidence of its benefits, opinions are still divided over its use (Juchniewicz and Lubkowska, 2020). The...

Challenging anti-vaxxers

‘Some are concerned that the vociferous anti-vaccination movement may undermine efforts to end the ongoing pandemic.’ .

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