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Wearable cuffless blood pressure monitoring devices: a commentary

This commentary aims to critically appraise the methods used within the review by Islam et al (2022) and expand on the findings in the context of community nursing and clinical research..

Patient-centred stoma care support: colostomy patients

Patients are usually discharged before they are fully recovered and ready to resume normal activities. Whether this includes physical activities or return to daily routines and work or school, the...

Discharging older patients from hospital to homecare: conflicts in collaborative practices among nurses across sectors

The present study adopted a meta-ethnographic approach including a framework of seven interwoven phases (Noblit and Hare, 1988). This approach was chosen because of its interpretive perspective and...

The law in relation to safeguarding and the community nurse

Safeguarding is an important consideration for all nurses, especially community nurses who are best placed to identify safeguarding risks while visiting patients at home. The first key principle in...

Risk and dementia

Box 1 looks at the case of Henry, and his wife Gail. In Henry's situation, it is clearly demonstrated that by minimising a risk in one area (in this case, it is his risk of falling when walking...

Keeping patients safe through medication review and management in the community

This article aims to describe and analyse the types of medication errors among community-dwelling patients following their discharge within 3 weeks from an acute care hospital..

Community support for families affected by dementia

David was 70 years of age when he first started to notice problems with his memory. Initially, this was just forgetting appointments, and occasionally struggling to find the right words, but over time...

Delegation of insulin administration: a survey of community nursing teams in England

The study aim was to evaluate use of the national voluntary framework for the delegation of insulin administration and the uptake of this delegation practice in community nursing in England..

Exploring the barriers to oral healthcare promotion and provision in the community

The aforementioned study discussed has shed a clear and necessary light on the uncertainty experienced by community nurses in providing oral healthcare to older people and other patient demographics...

Compassion fatigue in community nursing: what is it, who is susceptible, and what can be done?

‘Losing your ability to show care and compassion because you're just so overwhelmed with the amount of support you've been giving to people – patients, relatives, colleagues.’ .

Record keeping and the community nurse

Record keeping is an integral part of community nursing practice and there is an obligation placed upon the community nurse to record good, clear and accurate information about their patients (Royal...

Blepharitis in patients' eyelids: a discussion for nursing care

Blepharitis affects the anatomy and physiology of the eyelids and its associated structures, such as the eye lashes, eyelids, glands and tear film..

Valuing and sustaining older peoples' day care services

‘…community building-based services that provide care and/or health-related services and/or activities specifically for older people who are disabled and/or in need’. .

Barriers to infection prevention and control in patients’ homes

There has been a plethora of research around reason why staff do not or cannot carry out IPC procedures correctly.

Health behavioural changes in older people post pandemic

The pandemic not only had direct health impacts but also affected health behaviours through its multiple lockdowns and restrictions. Routines were lost and with that, so were some of the healthier...

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