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Community matrons’ views of readmission
Community matrons work closely with people with long-term conditions and are well placed to identify the reasons why this group are often readmitted to hospitals
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Community matrons’ views of readmission
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Continence care is every nurse’s business
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How to apply Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
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Intentional rounding: a critique of the evidence
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Linking physical punishment in children to adult mental health
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The effect of intentional rounding on essential care
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Knowledge of TB within the Somali community
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Effect of telehealth on acute and emergency care
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Learning from family and nurse narratives
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Can clinical governance act as a cultural barometer?
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Back to the floor for continence care
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Assessing communication on a mental health unit
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The infection prevention nurse as change agent
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Digital removal of faeces
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Any Qualified Provider: facilitating patient choice
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Practice comment
'Why did no alarms ring when children caught measles?'
If your kitchen smoke detector starts to shriek, do you: (a) cover your ears and assume the din will eventually stop, or (b) act immediately to keep you and your loved ones safe?
Practice blog
Every week needs to be dementia aware for nurses
This is Dementia Awareness week which is a good way to call attention to this common condition
Putting it into practice
Does intentional rounding improve patient outcomes?
Intentional rounding has been heavily promoted by David Cameron and others and is being widely implemented in UK hospital. But what do you think of rounding?
Behind the rituals
Should nurses be on hand to help police in dealing with mental health offenders?
Theresa May has unveiled plans for nurses to accompany police officers when they are dealing with those perceived to have a mental illness, particularly when it is likely the individual is going to be detained under the mental health act.
