'Lansley must listen to nurses on the front line' End of Life Care Nursing
News and practice for end of life and palliative care nursing specialists
Practice
Personal care at the end of life and after death
New guidance gives nurses clear advice on care surrounding death
How to use action learning sets to support nurses
Allocating time for one-to-one meetings for clinical supervision may be difficult to maintain. Action learning sets enable peer-group learning, development and support.
Using COPD action plans to manage exacerbations
People at risk of COPD exacerbations should be given self-management plans to encourage them to respond to increased symptoms - but do patients use them?
Communication diary to aid care at the end of life
When people are at the end of life most have lost capacity or strength to express their opinions. A diary tool enabled relatives to act as advocates for patients.
How to care for people with Parkinson’s disease
Patients with this complex and debilitating condition need individualised nursing care tailored to their needs to give optimal symptom control and improve quality of life
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Testing care pathways for prostate cancer survivors
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Best practice in colorectal cancer care
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Therapeutic use of cannabis
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Pressure ulcer risk assessment
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Communication skills training in end-of-life care
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Diagnosis and management of colorectal cancer
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Developing an end-of-life benchmark in acute care
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Palliative care of a colocutaneous fistula
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Reflections by clinical nurse specialists on changing ward practice
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Urinary catheter use in end of life care
News
NICE calls for better communication on opioid treatment
Nurses should discuss concerns about addiction with patients who are being treated with strong opioids for pain relief when nearing the end of life, according to latest guidance.
Healthcare staff 'fail to support dying patients'
Some 59% of Britons fear that dying people are not treated with enough dignity and respect by health and care professionals, with many worried that medical staff are failing to meet the last wishes of their patients.
Nurses should be recruited on 'caring' values
Nurses of the future need to recognise they are more likely to “care” rather than “cure”, a senior NHS figure has told Nursing Times ahead of a major speech to the Royal College of Nursing.
Most people prefer to die where they live but 50% die in hospital
A range of studies that look into the patterns of death in England have been pulled together into one report.
Nurse appointed to develop new end of life care centre
A nurse has been appointed professor in palliative care at De Montfort University in Leicester.
Hospitals 'failing to deliver' appropriate end-of-life care to dementia patients
Many patients with dementia who die in hospital still fail to receive sufficiently structured end of life care, a study in the North West has suggested.
Specialist discharge sister for end-of-life patients 'a success'
A scheme piloting the introduction of an end-of-life discharge sister has proved successful for “many patients”, according to UK researchers.
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Labour proposes free social care for terminally ill
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NICE approves catheter drainage system for cancer
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MPs back assisted suicide guidance
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Dying at home could save NHS £34m - Marie Curie
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Guidance to 'transform' hospital end of life care
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COPD treatment guidance update released by NHS
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New end of life care post for Lincolnshire
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Nurses can expect key role in new hospital end of life care initiative
End-of-life care clinical homepage
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Practice blog
'Hiving off important responsibilities devalues nurses' skills'
News that a West Midlands trust is to extend a scheme whereby unemployed people deliver patient care makes me deeply uncomfortable.
Online CPD
Nursingtimes.net Archive
Thousands of articles to help you keep your nursing practice up to date
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The Effect of Fetal and Early Postnatal Iron Deficiency on Iron Metabolism in Adult Rats.
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Reversal of the British trends in place of death: time series analysis 2004-2010.
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Recognition by family members that relatives with neurodegenerative disease are likely to die within a year: a meta-ethnography.
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Evaluation of an interprofessional practice placement in a UK in-patient palliative care unit.
Opinion
'What makes me proudest of all is supporting people who wish to die at home'
Candice Pellett has held national roles but is most proud of supporting people who wish to die at home.
Favourites from the archive
Palliative care 1: principles of palliative care nursing and end-of-life care
This article describes the definitions, goals and principles of palliative care nursing, and the diversity and challenges of providing this care
Behind the Headlines
NHS 'OK' for prostate cancer drug Zytiga
“NHS ban on pill to treat prostate cancer is lifted,” the Daily Express has said, while the Daily Mail has warned that a “prostate cancer wonder drug” was set for approval “south of border but turned down by Scotland”.
