This website is intended for healthcare professionals
This website is intended for healthcare professionals
When discussing the importance of skin care for patients with lymphoedema, it is essential to remind ourselves what the skin does and how it relates to the lymphatics. Many diagrams of the skin do not...
There are currently no specific diagnostic investigations or tools for identifying lipoedema, and clinical diagnosis relies on taking a previous medical history along with a family history, physical...
The conference was held in two parts, enabling delegates to build their own programme, based on their individual learning needs and interests..
‘Thanks so much for these videos. So nice you have shared this information. I've bought my LSN ball and am giving it a go.’ .
As we enter another New Year, what a start we have encountered. A&E departments and hospitals overwhelmed with ambulances still queuing outside, unprecedented strike action, COVID-19 still hanging...
‘health inequalities arise from experiences of racism and racial discrimination, which impact upon health status by causing physical and mental stress, with an indirect impact on socioeconomic...
A fairly novel concept, which now has considerable backing by clinical research, relates to the ability for diabetes to reverse—that is, to go into remission. According to Diabetes UK (2023),...
‘… in dealing with death in some persons a new sense of meaning may emerge, which is essentially a receptive experience of connectedness with an ego-transcending reality, such as mankind, nature,...
Much of the research and efforts have been focused on improving the efficiency and quality of hospital care through data analytics for clinical care and administration. NHE Vocera (2022) has made the...
The Bladder and Bowel Community (2022) state that there are three main types of intermittent self-catheters: coated, non-coated, and pre-lubricated. Coated catheters come with a hydrophilic coating,...
Within the past decade in district nursing, the author has seen increasing complexity of care and workload, with associated high levels of stress and burnout. The QNI (2022) suggested this is a...
We begin with a story that will hopefully bear no relation to the professional experience of readers. A GP once told me of a call he received from a gentleman who requested a home visit ‘to have a...
Strategies, such as reflective practice and compassionate leadership, are of great importance to positively change behaviour and are regarded as social, moral and economic priorities (Bailey, 2021)....
The first Community Nursing Research Community of Practice for the UK was initiated as an editorial in this journal in February 2022 (Bowers and Evans, 2022). It was a nascent idea; a tentative...
‘Older people with multiple and complex health conditions, minimised and reframed their ill health with scant regard to the extent that their health problems impacted on their lives; health problems...
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.
Evidence-based best practice
Peer-reviewed research
Focus on elderly care and long-term conditions
CPD support