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In a recent Commons debate, the MP Andrew Selous raised the importance of mouth care, oral health and access to dental services and the impact of poor oral care on vulnerable older people. He also...
This article describes the third update of a review first published in 1998 (Shepperd et al, 2016). This review sought to evaluate the most up-to-date evidence of the clinical and cost effectiveness...
Caring for dying patients presents a range of challenges, from symptom control and management and effective communication to managing the patient's psychological concerns, which may make community...
On 1 April 2019, the Home Secretary Sajid Javid announced that his department was to present proposals to place nurses, as well as teachers and certain other professionals, under a legal obligation to...
In a bid to decrease the carbon footprint, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (2019) has produced a patient decision aid to support people living with asthma to choose inhalers...
“Shared decision-making is an ethical imperative, because it ensures information sharing and working in partnership and is associated with better outcomes.”.
Most men will experience some urinary leakage immediately after their catheter is removed and in the first months after prostatectomy. Continence improves with time, but usually plateaus at 12 months...
Older age is associated with considerable changes, for example, in social role, functional ability, and work and income status. It can be an opportunity to take on new hobbies and interests, to travel...
A PICO question was implemented to develop the question for this literature review (see Table 1). Once the focus question was identified, inclusion and exclusion criteria were set to enable a focused...
Pruritis is defined as the desire to scratch, and it can occur as a common feature of a skin condition, but also can present as generalised pruritus with no rash or previous history of skin disease,...
The @home service is a nurse-led integrated care team (including dedicated GPs and consultant sessions) that aims to provide hospital care to patients in their homes or usual place of residence. It is...
The importance of effective caseload management is highlighted by its inclusion as one of the three core components in the district nursing service model (DHSC, 2013). As a key component of the...
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