Wellbeing and quality of life of family caregivers: influence of sleep quality

To the authors' knowledge, this is one of the few studies examining the association between sleep, general wellbeing and QoL in family caregivers, including those of patients with ESRD receiving HD...

Community nutrition nurse specialist role: a service improvement

In May 2018, the ACHT decided to appoint a community nutrition nurse specialist to work with the district nursing teams. The role (0.6 working time equivalent) was envisaged to support the district...

Comparison of long-term treatment options for venous thromboembolism

The purpose of Andras et al's (2017) review was to appraise trials that randomly assigned participants to long-term anticoagulation therapy with VKAs or LMWH for treatment of symptomatic VTE. The...

Depression among older adults in Malaysian daycare centres

The results of the present study showed that more than half (59.1%) of the older participants recruited from PAWE centres were depressed, and 4.4% of these individuals were severely depressed....

Being active with lymphoedema and chronic oedema

Lymphoedema most commonly affects the limbs, but it may also affect midline structures, such as the head and neck, trunk, breasts and genitalia. It is more common than is generally realised, affecting...

Encouraging exercise in older adults: advice for nurses

Booth et al (2019) systematically reviewed the literature on the use of motivation as a mechanism underpinning exercise-based falls prevention programmes for older adults with cognitive impairment...

Death rituals in modern society

Struggles with infrastructures of information concerning hospital-to-home transitions

Data were collected via focus group interviews with Danish homecare nurses. The methodological orientation for this study was a content analysis approach, as described by Graneheim and Lundman (2004)...

Compassionate care in the community: reflections of a student nurse

I have chosen to reflect upon this specific incident because it highlights challenging elements of both the art and science of nursing (Jasmine, 2009), which will be discussed, including the...

Skin integrity in older adults: pressure-prone, inaccessible areas of the body

The skin is at its thickest on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet and thinnest on the eyelids (Lavers, 2017). It comprises three separate layers—the epidermis, the dermis and the...

Caseload management framework for public health nurses in the Republic of Ireland

In Ireland, the role of the public health nurse (PHN) is outlined in Circular 41/2000 as follows: ‘The public health nurse will focus “on a district or area meeting the curative and preventative...

Psychological issues surrounding faecal incontinence: experiences of patients and nurses

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...

Reminiscence intervention for community-dwelling older adults without dementia: a literature review

The aim of this integrative review of the literature is to summarise empirical evidence supporting the health benefits of reminiscence intervention for older adults without dementia who reside in...

Death and dying in the community in 2020: what's different?

Caring for dying patients presents a range of challenges, from symptom control or management and effective communication to managing the patient's psychological concerns, which are, in themselves,...

Community nursing and the 2020 Nightingale bicentenary celebrations