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Diabetes Management and the Role of the Community Nurse: a Holistic Perspective

Ideally, it is the role of any healthcare provider to empower and support patients to be confident in and capable of self-management of both types of diabetes; however, the reality is that...

Oral Health and Community Nursing: a Practical Guide to the Delivering Better Oral Health Toolkit for Adults

Oral diseases affect patients across the life course, with tooth decay listed as the number one reason for hospital admissions in children aged 6 to 10 years old (Office for Health Improvement and...

Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma: a Biopsychosocial Approach to Patient Care

The ageing world population is rapidly increasing. In 2019, 9% of the population were over 65 years and the United Nations expect this figure to almost double to 16% by 2050. An acceleration of older...

Overview of Urinary Incontinence

The National Institutes for Health (NIH) (2023) explains that the bladder tightens in order to move urine into the urethra while the muscles surrounding it relax to allow the urine to pass out of the...

Navigating cultural competence in district nursing

The UK is evolving in its cultural diversity, and although the terms ‘culture’ and ‘religion’ are closely linked, what they stand for individually, differs. Culture is the body of knowledge in...

Assessment and management of fractures

When assessing a patient following a fall or trip in the community setting, a rapid assessment should be undertaken to determine if urgent intervention is needed due to immediate life-threatening...

Mental health in the community: part two

In terms of policy, the Mental Health Implementation Plan was set up in 2019, with objectives for reaching numerous outcomes by 2024 (NHS England, 2019). It is important to be aware of what the future...

Family carers' administration of injectable medications at the end of life: a service evaluation of a novel intervention

The service evaluation utilised quality improvement methods to understand the implementation and outcomes of the procedure, identify opportunities for strengthening and monitoring patient safety...

Night-time compression: a valuable addition to the lymphoedema management toolkit

The recommended treatment of lymphoedema is based on a decongestive lymphoedema therapy (DLT), which is composed of two phases: an intensive phase, combining manual lymphatic drainage, multilayer...

Venous eczema: more than just a rash

Venous eczema is a rash that affects the skin of the lower legs (Gawkrodger, 2006). It is not caused by any infection (non-infective) and does not cause the affected area to swell (non-inflammatory);...

How pancreatic cancer impacts carers in the UK: why do we know so little?

The term ‘carer’ can be used to describe any individual who provides unpaid care to another person in day-to-day life (NHS England, 2022). Carers' support can be practical, emotional, financial, and...

Mental health in the community: part one

Mind (2023) states that one in four people will experience some sort of mental health problem every year in England, with one in six people experiencing common mental health concerns such as anxiety...

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