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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...

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...

Collaboration between a tertiary pain centre and community teams during the pandemic

The mean age of the patients at the pain centre was 58 years and about 50% had three or more comorbidities, placing them at a higher risk of morbidity and mortality from COVID-19. Approximately 30%...

Oral conditions in the community patient: part 1

Oral health has a symbiotic relationship with many chronic systemic diseases, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Poor oral health can exacerbate existing underlying disease by contributing...

Why nurses in primary care need to be research active: the case of venous leg ulceration

The optimal care pathway for VLU is set out in the updated 2019 NICE clinical knowledge summary (CKS) (NICE, 2019). The first action for wounds suspected of being venous in origin is appropriate...

Managing incontinence in people with dementia

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

Effective communication between nurses and patients: an evolutionary concept analysis

This concept analysis aims to clarify the concept of effective communication and address the gap in knowledge using Rodgers's (1989) theoretical framework. The evolutionary method of concept analysis...

Safety huddle in a community nursing setting

A specialist community practitioner district nurse (SCPDN) is tasked with effectively managing complex caseloads and ensuring that patients are receiving the correct care. SCPDNs carry out a holistic...

Burnout and its prevalence among public health nurses in Ireland

The purpose of this study is to examine the prevalence of burnout, as measured using the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, among public health nurses and to compare relationships between burnout,...

Clinical effectiveness of flucloxacillin delivery using an elastomeric device for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy

In the present study, the clinical effectiveness of delivering flucloxacillin using the Accufuser infusion devices was explored in a small sample of OPAT patients. It is more cost effective than...

Community nursing services during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Singapore experience

The experience gained from the COVID-19 pandemic preparation and service delivery was helpful to guide future community nursing practice in the ever-changing healthcare landscape. Keeping the...

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