Nursing

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2019

Supporting social care and the funding it urgently needs

While integrated care is being discussed, Lucy Lewis, consultant practitioner trainee specialising in frailty and older people at Health Education England (Wessex), gives some startling figures that reinforce the value of social care systems and the call for increased funding.

May

2019

International Nurses Day: Presence, not presents

In the context of the multidisciplinary team it can feel awkward to single out any one profession for praise - but nurses offer unique and valuable skills, writes Dawne Garrett.

Apr

2019

An unknown world

Feb

2019

BGS Nurse and AHP Council: position on the professionals’ workforce development and educational requirements of those supporting the health and care of older people

BGS Nurse and AHP Council have identified five levels of health and care staff in the workforce where specific knowledge and skills pertaining to working with older people, who may be living or dying with frailty, requires a tailored educational and practice development response.

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Aug

2018

Nursing Perspectives on the Confusion Assessment Method

The Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) is used to detect delirium but its sensitivity is low when used in real-world settings. A study explored reasons for this through a series of focus groups with orthopaedic nurses at two academic hospitals in Hamilton, Canada.

Mar

2018

Improving oral health in older people

The Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England is concerned about the significant impact that poor oral health is having on older people’s general health and quality of life.

Apr

2018

Doreen Norton - How one nurse helped to stop killer bedsores

“Moving a patient relieves bedsores:” it sounds obvious today, but it took the work of an innovative nurse in the 1950s working with a group of elderly patients to realise it. Bedsores, or pressure ulcers are lesions caused by a number of factors including unrelieved pressure.

Apr

2018

Continence Care in Residential and Nursing Homes

Many of the residents are likely to have some degree of urinary incontinence or dysfunction. Urinary incontinence in this setting should not be viewed as inevitable. With good management it may be preventable. Incontinence is a symptom of underlying problems.

Members only

Apr

2018

Simulated practice to improve care

This Practice Question has been published with the kind permission of the Royal College of Nursing.

Could simulated practice with registered nurses improve the delivery of healthcare for older people in hospital?

Jul

2018

The Government response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee Second Report of Session 2017-19, ‘The Nursing Workforce’

The Government has published its response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee's Second Report of Session 2017-19 on 'The Nursing Workforce'.

Jun

2014