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The first step in quality improvement work is to establish a team that shares a common vision for improvement and to define the roles of those within the improvement team (Swanson and Pearlman, 2017)....
Four main themes emerged from the interviews: (1) learning through experiences, (2) feeling responsible to get it right, (3) initiating the conversation and (4) barriers to DNACPR discussions..
In recent years, catheter maintenance solutions (Table 1) have been used primarily to minimise the effects of recurrent encrustation and blockage (Shepherd et al, 2017). A catheter maintenance...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Despite the well-documented need for, and benefits of, EBP, the literature reveals various barriers and challenges to its successful implementation. These include lack of time, high workload, poor...
In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on communities taking responsibility for their own health and using a public-health model for this purpose. This approach, known as ‘compassionate...
The Greater Manchester area is undergoing a period of transformation, ever since Manchester's health and social care funding was devolved in 2016, allowing services to be shaped to the needs of the...
PHM is important for community nurses because it informs how integrated care systems will be designed and implemented (NHS England, 2019a). It is fundamental to how healthcare will be delivered in...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance covering healthcare-associated infection prevention and control in primary and community care was published in 2012. This guidance...
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