This website is intended for healthcare professionals
This website is intended for healthcare professionals
FI is a distressing symptom at any life stage (Butcher, 2019). It is associated with anxiety, altered body image, reduced confidence and low self-esteem (Collins and Norton, 2013; Ness, 2018). Social...
Despite the well-documented need for, and benefits of, EBP, the literature reveals various barriers and challenges to its successful implementation. These include lack of time, high workload, poor...
In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on communities taking responsibility for their own health and using a public-health model for this purpose. This approach, known as ‘compassionate...
The Greater Manchester area is undergoing a period of transformation, ever since Manchester's health and social care funding was devolved in 2016, allowing services to be shaped to the needs of the...
PHM is important for community nurses because it informs how integrated care systems will be designed and implemented (NHS England, 2019a). It is fundamental to how healthcare will be delivered in...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance covering healthcare-associated infection prevention and control in primary and community care was published in 2012. This guidance...
The Queen's Nursing Institute’ (QNI)'s (2018) publication ‘Nursing in the digital age’ presented a picture of the ways in which information and communication technology is being used in the provision...
A skills analysis was undertaken across all the NTs in the county, and gaps in skills and knowledge were identified. This resulted in a discussion on the training needs within NTs between the service...
The Dutch Buurtzorg organisation is a social enterprise that uses a patient-centred model of care combined with self-managing teams of visiting nurses. The central principles in the patient-centred...
The Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reported that the UK spent 9.8% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on healthcare in 2018 (OECD, 2019b). This equates to US$ 4070 per...
A preceptorship framework was developed by the trust with competency statements to demonstrate progression by the preceptee during the preceptorship phase. Competence refers to specific capabilities,...
On occasion, despite HPs' best efforts to share information and develop a relationship of ‘equals’ with patients, some patients still fail to concord (Seligman, 1975; Hewison, 1995; Morden et al,...
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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