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A total of 68 patients were included in the study, with a male:female ratio of 24:44 and a mean age of 82.13±9.43 years. Some 63 (92.65%) patients underwent scheduled NGT replacement, while five...
A 3-month peer mentoring programme was developed for all newly appointed RNs on completion of the corporate induction. Each new RN would be matched with a more experienced RN peer mentor working...
A colostomy is needed to treat conditions such as bowel cancer, Crohn's disease, diverticulitis; anal, vaginal or cervical cancer; bowel incontinence; and/or Hirschsprung's disease (NHS, 2017)....
This was a qualitative study with face-to-face semi-structured interviews. The setting was a specialist community palliative care team working from a hospice base in Lothian, Scotland..
In addition to the monthly PCN meetings in the Wirral neighbourhood, leadership workshops were held. It was acknowledged that local partners needed to know and understand each other with much greater...
In their Cochrane review, Herbert et al (2018) aimed to evaluate whether feeding patients within the first 24 hours after lower gastrointestinal surgery orally or through a tube would shorten the...
Donna Kinnair, head of the Royal College of Nursing, and herself no stranger to racism as a black woman living in the UK, points out that patients in black and minority communities have the worst...
‘Even those who have not experienced anxiety and depression previously have been challenged by the lockdown.’ .
Undergraduate dental training in the UK is a 5-year mixed academic and clinical medical programme, with dentists graduating with the principal skills required to be safe clinicians. Although the...
One of the clear benefits of using e-learning to deliver training is the flexibility of the location and time it needs to be completed. The health service runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but most...
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of the district nurse in palliative care provision, with a particular focus on observational exploration of their role and practice in providing...
This programme comprises 30 minutes of leg muscle strengthening and balance retraining exercises that progress in difficulty and are performed at home at least three times per week, together with...
Since its inception, holistic social prescribing has influenced a paradigm shift from a pathogenic, medical model, towards a salutogenic model that embraces what makes people healthy rather than...
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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