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Practice
Learning from family and nurse narratives
Narratives from the Francis reports can guide the implementation of ethical leadership and improve the organisational culture of the NHS
End-of-life care in nursing and care homes
Most people living in care homes will die there. This article reveals the factors influencing good-quality end-of-life care from the perspectives of residents, relatives and staff
End-of-life care for people with urological cancer
As the majority of patients with urological cancers die in hospital, urology and continence nurses have an important role to play in the end-of-life care team
Improving services for long-term conditions
Providing services to meet need rather than by specialty could mean patients receive better services and would be a more efficient use of NHS resources
Opioids in palliative care: the NICE guidance
Effective pain management with opioids requires a dynamic approach with a focus on good communication skills as well as ongoing assessment of the patient.
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Spiritual support using a chaplaincy service: update
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Specialist nurses improve outcomes in heart failure
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A reappraisal of herbal medicinal products
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Ethical issues around continuous deep sedation without hydration
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Overcoming barriers to influenza vaccination
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Dementia care: focusing on daily experiences
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Quality indicators to measure end-of-life care
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Communication in cross-cultural cancer care
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Opioid prescribing in palliative care
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A practical guide to improving end-of-life care
News
Many older patients see death as 'too far off' to plan care
People are increasingly leaving it “too late” to face their own mortality, experts said, after figures suggest that many older people think death is “too far off”.
More education ‘key’ to use of Liverpool Care Pathway
Members of the Royal College of Nursing have called for more training and education in end of life care for health professionals in light of the ongoing controversy surrounding the Liverpool Care Pathway.
Nurses to get communication skills training in Welsh palliative care plan
NHS Wales nurses delivering palliative care are to receive improved training plus better people support and end of life communication skills.
DH hands hospices £60m funding boost
Hospices across England providing end of life care for children and adults have been given a share of £60m government funding to improve care environments and settings.
Bolton chief nurse joins cancer charity
The chief nurse at a trust in the north west of England has returned to her nursing roots by swapping her NHS role for a post with Marie Curie Cancer Care.
End-of-life care concerns raised
Concerns have been raised that some bodies introduced under the NHS reforms have not considered the needs of dying people.
Support booklet launched for bereaved grandparents
Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, has launched a free support booklet for bereaved grandparents.
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Ovarian cancer life expectancy increased by abdomen injections
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Public invited to give views on Liverpool Care Pathway
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Hospitals welcome mortality probe
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13,000 cancer deaths a year 'preventable'
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Men 35% more likely to die from cancer than women
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Hospital failures lead to baby's death
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Nursing groups back chair of Liverpool Care Pathway review
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Palliative care unit named in honour of Scottish nurse
End-of-life care clinical homepage
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Practice blog
Are nurses too quick to use rapid tranquillisation?
Rapid tranquillisation on mental health wards is much-debated.
Nursingtimes.net Archive
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Opinion
'To me Emily was a small child but in medical eyes she was an adult'
A month after I had driven my excited, healthy and independent 18 year old daughter Emily to start her first year at University I received a text from her saying she felt unwell.
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
High UK child death rates unfairly blamed on GPs
“Almost 2,000 British children a year die from ‘avoidable’ causes because family doctors lack training in paediatric care,” The Independent alarmingly claims.
