The return of blood from the legs depends on normal calf and foot muscle pump activity, open (patent) veins and functional venous valves. Problems with one or more of these functions can cause venous...
In a systematic review, Veronese et al (2024) highlighted the importance of prognosis in clinical decision making (and thus, patient outcomes) and the limited use of prognostic tools in practice...
In terms of the ethical challenges encountered by nurses in assisted dying, lessons can be learnt from other countries where medically assisted death has been legalised, such as Canada, New Zealand...
‘The delivery of care for community patients falls within the remit of the seven local health boards in Wales. Health boards deliver district and community nursing in their region, which is an...
The historic district nursing service model embedded throughout NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde comprises a specialist practitioner district nurse, community staff nurses and healthcare support workers...
Registered nurses must be able to identify life-threatening symptoms that need immediate treatment (Smith and Bowden, 2017). The Resuscitation Council UK (2021) advocate the Airway, Breathing,...
Community nurses must always wear gloves when handling blood or body fluids to avoid direct contact with potentially infectious material. They should wash hands before and after patient contact,...
Trust within teams and between healthcare professionals and the communities they serve is central to effective and equitable care. Participants at the summit highlighted trust as critical for...
‘The Darzi report makes depressing reading with its enumeration of the numerous health challenges facing the English population across all age ranges, the shortfalls in health provision including...
Occupational burnout and compassion fatigue are well-known hazards in the nursing profession, which have been particularly recognised in recent years. In a systematic review and meta-analysis, Li et...
Proposals for new legislation that could change the law about the ending of a patient's life have been under discussion across the UK. In Jersey, the States Assembly approved assisted dying in...
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