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The habitus and field of district nursing: a discussion around its professional status and symbolic capital

District nursing as a field (Figure 1.1) is bound by its relationship to other professional fields as well as the four main nursing fields or branches of nurse education: adult nursing (Figure 1.2a),...

Promoting self-management in lymphoedema: the role of the community nurse

While not all nurses are lymphoedema specialists, they can still play a part in helping patients understand the complexities associated with lymphoedema by accessing up-to-date training and resources,...

Patient-centred stoma care support: urostomy patients

A urostomy is a surgically created opening in the abdomen that redirects urine from the body. It can be temporary or permanent. The opening is made when the bladder has to be removed or bypassed, and...

Recognition and assessment of pain in people with advanced dementia

The definition of pain has evolved over time; it is generally described as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling the experience associated with, actual or...

Getting our team culture right

Effective workplace cultures make an organisation a good place to work. The National Guardian Office annual report stated that 38.5% of the total cases raised with Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) guardians...

The digital divide and exclusion

‘The use of online booking of appointments, renewal of prescriptions and tele/virtual consultations are becoming the norm in many general practices. While this rush to the realise a digital health...

Be prepared for future pandemics

It is not unreasonable to expect that given the unavoidability and inevitability (of death, at least), the UK, as a well-developed, relatively rich and stable Western economy, with a historically...

Assessing students' confidence in prescribing: contributing facilitators and constraints

Some challenges were anticipated when searching for literature relevant to this topic. There are many different titles, terms and professions to consider when defining an independent prescriber...

Preventing future falls: strategies for success

The underlying causes of a fall are often multifactorial, with the World Health Organization (WHO) (2007) suggesting that risks can be grouped into four categories: biological, behavioural,...

Carbon monoxide poisoning: assessment and actions for nurses working in service users’ homes

The key function of the respiratory system is to distribute oxygen to the tissues, enabling the cells to produce energy through aerobic respiration and to remove waste products, primarily carbon...

Type 2 diabetes and food security: a mounting crisis with implications for community nurses

The incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasing at an alarming rate across Europe and North America, presenting a mounting crisis and significant health challenges. Alongside the...

People appear to have forgotten…

‘Despite the proven efficacy and strong promotion of the childhood COVER programme, its uptake has fallen to dangerously low levels in some areas. Population immunity is no longer sufficiently high...

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