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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...
Being able to differentiate bacterial species is important for diagnosing and treating bacterial infections. Bacteria can be classified on the basis of gram-staining findings, which are in turn based...
The aim of this research was to answer the following questions: i) What are the experiences of those who use the buddying service? ii) Does the service seem to facilitate improved access to primary...
The British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (2018) described enteral tube feeding as nutrition delivered directly into a person's digestive tract through an artificial feeding tube....
Urinary catheters used appropriately can enable people with urinary incontinence to remain dry when other methods have failed. They can enable people who are dying to remain at home. They can help...
Some 711 patients were included by about 200 nurses during the data collection period. Most (82%) of the patients were recruited by homecare nurses working at a home healthcare agency, and only some...
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