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In the present study, the clinical effectiveness of delivering flucloxacillin using the Accufuser infusion devices was explored in a small sample of OPAT patients. It is more cost effective than...
The experience gained from the COVID-19 pandemic preparation and service delivery was helpful to guide future community nursing practice in the ever-changing healthcare landscape. Keeping the...
The need to create a workforce that can deliver high-quality community care, meet commissioning requirements as well as address the shortage of qualified DNs, has been apparent for long, with calls...
Within the Scottish context, the method to measure, monitor and resource DN caseloads is based on the principles of workload analysis, and workload is measured on the basis of subjective...
A total of 68 patients were included in the study, with a male:female ratio of 24:44 and a mean age of 82.13±9.43 years. Some 63 (92.65%) patients underwent scheduled NGT replacement, while five...
A 3-month peer mentoring programme was developed for all newly appointed RNs on completion of the corporate induction. Each new RN would be matched with a more experienced RN peer mentor working...
In addition to the monthly PCN meetings in the Wirral neighbourhood, leadership workshops were held. It was acknowledged that local partners needed to know and understand each other with much greater...
Undergraduate dental training in the UK is a 5-year mixed academic and clinical medical programme, with dentists graduating with the principal skills required to be safe clinicians. Although the...
One of the clear benefits of using e-learning to deliver training is the flexibility of the location and time it needs to be completed. The health service runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but most...
The community nursing service at the authors' trust had already been providing IV antibiotic therapy within the community, although this had been restricted to provision within patients' own homes....
Since the Declaration of Alma Ata in 1978, there has been a paradigm shift in thinking about health (World Health Organization (WHO), 2008). This has been evident in integrating health and social care...
Importantly, it should be noted that nurse-led verification of expected death is not intended to replace GP verification, but enables nurses to extend the care of those patients who are on the...
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