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COVID-19: what can we learn from our care and treatment of older people during the...
The pandemic has underlined the importance of identifying older people living with frailty,...
06 Aug 2020
Social prescribing for well-being: how nurses can combat loneliness and isolation
Connecting people to support and services is more important in the wake of COVID-19 than ever
03 Aug 2020
How are your bowel motions? The question nurses need to ask
Patients may be embarrassed to talk about bowel problems, but help is available
27 Jul 2020
Lyme disease: how nurses can identify it and advise patients
How to detect the tick-borne infectious disease and promote awareness among the public
06 Jul 2020
Shame, stigma and sexual dysfunction: the overlooked diabetes complications
Some physical and mental health issues common in people with diabetes are not discussed
29 Jun 2020
Nurse-patient conversations: compassionate communication while social distancing
Finding new ways to meet patients’ needs when face-to-face care is not an option
15 Jun 2020
More than a headache: how migraine treatment often falls short
Even though migraine is common, there’s a lack of understanding of it, even among nurses
03 Jun 2020
‘Forgotten’ and struggling financially: can health charities survive COVID-19?
With staff redeployed and fundraisers cancelled, charities must find new ways to stay afloat
26 May 2020
Self-isolating but still at work: the nurses behind the front line
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many nurses to forge new ways of working from home
22 May 2020
How to use your COVID-19 experience for reflective practice
Amid the upheaval of the pandemic, nurses can use reflection to process their experiences
12 May 2020
Life in lockdown: how social distancing complicates existing mental health conditions
Mental health nurses discuss how the pandemic affects clients and disrupts services
08 May 2020
Has the COVID-19 crisis changed community nursing practice in the UK forever?
Nurses have had to make rapid adjustments in an ever-changing environment during the pandemic
07 May 2020
A community nurse reflects on changes wrought by the pandemic
Entries from Clare Mechen’s diary show how the effects of COVID-19 began to unfold
05 May 2020
COVID-19: how different generations can collaborate to make the nurse workforce stronger
Returners and students joining the emergency register bring unique skills and experience
20 Apr 2020
How one social enterprise has transformed respiratory care
Melissa Canavan took the risky step of leaving her job to set up a new business
16 Apr 2020
COVID-19: how nurses can facilitate advance care planning
Conversations about end of life care are important for the patient and those close to them
13 Apr 2020
NHS trust’s chemotherapy in the workplace service proves popular with nurse and patient
Nurses help patients to resume a normal routine by treating them at their workplace
02 Mar 2020
General practice nursing plan to avert workforce crisis is fabulous, says lead nurse
Doncaster plan to attract and keep practice nurses is part of trend across the country
24 Feb 2020