Oxygen alert wristbands (OxyBand) and controlled oxygen: a pilot study

For long now, it has been known that prolonged exposure to high concentrations of oxygen in animal models leads to diffuse alveolar damage, alveolar collapse, haemorrhage, infiltration of inflammatory...

A coaching program to improve quality of life in older people in Japan: a randomised controlled trial

The findings of the present study confirmed that the developed programme was effective in improving QOL, which has been shown to be strongly related to healthy life expectancy (Kaplan and Camacho,...

Management of swallowing problems in community settings

Swallowing is a complex activity required to move food from the mouth to the stomach, involving different muscles and nerves working together, and it requires close coordination between digestive and...

Is care for people with long-term conditions ‘proactive’, ‘preventive’ and ‘patient centred’?

Ambitious plans for change to improve the management of LTCs are underway. With the development of ‘50 vanguards’ as part of the NHS Five Year Forward View, sustainability and transformation...

How to manage incontinence-associated dermatitis in older adults

Beeckman (2017) identified the following four conditions under MASD: IAD; intertriginous dermatitis (ITD; related to perspiration); periwound MASD (due to wound exudate); and peristomal MASD...

Community nursing and antibiotic stewardship: the importance of communication and training

Growing evidence supports the use of theoretical frameworks to identify barriers and facilitators to health professional behaviour, and one such approach is the behaviour change wheel (BCW) (Michie et...

Case studies on careers in palliative care community nursing

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When words make a difference in palliative care

When talking to patients, any pity response from the health professional (HCP) tends to convey a negative message, that the patient is not being listened to and, with that, they are not reassured...

Community nursing and the working time laws

Accidents may or may not result from a faulty working regime, but they sometimes do. They are often one-offs, and serious instances can end a nurse's professional career. However, the number of hours...

Community interventions for prostate cancer

In a new phase II feasibility study published in the British Medical Journal examining both quantitative and qualitative data, it has been reported that men living with prostate cancer have benefitted...

Emergency department visits and hospitalisation

‘The evidence appears to suggest that the use of emergency departments and transfer to hospital could be mitigated if clients towards the end of their lives and their families feel well supported at...

A chance to improve end-of-life care

Long-term urinary catheterisation in community-dwelling adults

Indications for long-term catheterisation are given in Box 1. Given the known risks associated with long-term catheter use, as well as the overuse for convenience in the older population, catheters...

Treatment for superficial thrombophlebitis of the leg

The primary objective of the review (Di Nisio et al, 2018) was to assess the efficacy and safety of topical, medical and surgical treatments for ST of the leg, related to the improvement of local...

Caring for people with multiple sclerosis who use cannabis for symptom control

Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) is a flowering plant that contains around 400 chemicals, over 70 of which are cannabinoids (Atakan, 2012). Two of these cannabinoids have been of interest within the field...