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Health risks for students on overseas placements
Student nurses on overseas electives often choose destinations with high health and personal safety risks. Thorough risk assessment and minimisation are therefore vital
How to ...
ECGs 1: how to carry out monitoring
The first in a three-part series on electrocardiograms explores continual monitoring
Latest respiratory
'Nurses must get involved in national debates to be heard'
I qualified as a nurse more than 17 years ago and, as a result of that, I have seen three governments run the NHS, continuous changes and a whole host of health-service scandals that have ended in increased scrutiny and criticism by the media and by society.
Non-attendance at a difficult-asthma clinic
Patients may miss difficult-asthma clinic appointments for several reasons; a study examined whether telephoning those who did not turn up improved future attendance
'I should not have had to be the one to decide if I needed to stay in hospital'
Denise Beach has asthma. She outlines her problems in accessing appropriate treatment in accident and emergency
Buteyko technique use to control asthma symptoms
The Buteyko breathing technique has been shown to help people control asthma symptoms and could be incorporated into asthma reviews by practice nurses
Latest diabetes
Effect of telehealth on acute and emergency care
Telehealth can exploit modern technology to allow patients to manage their conditions at home, reducing the need for primary care and hospital visits
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How to apply Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards aim to protect patients and staff when patients lack capacity to make decisions for themselves
Linking physical punishment in children to adult mental health
A study undertaken in the US has shown a link between harsh physical punishment and anxiety disorders, substance abuse and personality disorders in a general population
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'Nurses must get involved in national debates to be heard'
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'I should not have had to be the one to decide if I needed to stay in hospital'
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