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Nursing Practice, Clinical Research
Health promotion in psychosis services
A mental health service found health promotion reduced hospital admissions
Tackling infection in care homes
An audit involving an awards scheme, MRSA screening and staff education reduced healthcare-associated infections among care home residents
Leading change: 3 - implementation
How to pilot, implement and review a change and make sure it is sustainable
Electronic record system preparation
Nurse leaders may need to prepare for new electronic record systems. This article advises them on the questions they will need to ask to ensure sustainable benefits for patients
Skin reactions in radiotherapy
How a toolkit helped staff to assess and manage radiotherapy-induced skin reactions
Toilet privacy in hospital
An audit that collected the views of patients and nursing staff highlighted key points to improve patients’ privacy and dignity when they were using the toilet in hospital
Engaging staff with intentional rounding
Using intentional rounding on a medical assessment unit produced a drop in call bell frequency and improved patient experience. Staff buy-in was essential to the process
“Technology can transform the quality of clinical practice”
Nurses must embrace technology as part of ensuring high-quality care
Managing obesity in primary care
A nurse-led initiative used a holistic approach to encourage patients to improve health
A tool to identify falling care quality
A safety trigger tool was developed so individual wards could anticipate where standards may start to deteriorate and therefore act to prevent care failures occurring
Communication skills training in end-of-life care
A two-day training course in communication skills for end-of-life care gave healthcare assistants more confidence in discussing death and dying with patients and families
Improving training in motivational interviewing
Practitioners from different clinical backgrounds can use motivational interviewing. A university set up a module on the technique for health and social care professionals
Using IT to improve out-of-hours care
A trust used information technology to make its Hospital at Night service safer and more efficient while improving staff satisfaction
Smoking cessation buddies in COPD
A buddy-led smoking cessation clinic can help patients with COPD to quit
Designing wards to release time to care
Innovative ward layout can reduce wasted nursing time. A hospital designed three new wards to allow nurses to spend more of their shift providing direct patient care
Innovation Expo
The Healthcare Innovation EXPO
EXPO is the biggest healthcare innovation event in the UK. It brings together innovations that can deliver improved care and productivity from the private, public, third sector, scientific and academic communities.
Innovation News
NHS seeks care home stories from nurses and patients to inform practice
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement have announced that it is looking for experiences and stories from nursing staff and the public about changes, improvements and innovative new ways of working within care homes which will inform a new programme of work it is undertaking.
'Holographic nurse' used to promote hand hygiene
A “virtual nurse” who greets visitors and reminds them about the need for good hand hygiene is being trialled at University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust.
New 'productive' tool launched to help practice nurses streamline care
Practice nurses are being urged to take control of improving efficiency in their work environment, under the latest programme in the “productive” series.
Enuresis award for Surrey school nurse innovation
Social Enterprise scheme Central Surrey Health has won a national award for best employee idea for service innovation.
Government to push out large-scale telehealth programme
The government has announced plans to bring telehealth technology to three million people within five years, a move with potentially significant impact on community nurses.
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Continence care award open for applications
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School nurse invents new asthma spacer
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Junior doctors ordered off wards during mealtimes
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Nursing school appoints two chairs from NNRU
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Productive ward goes global
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Student nurses need training in 'entrepreneurship'
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Scotland enhances heart failure treatment
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Nurse-led programme slashes dementia patient hospital stays
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Trust appoints nurses to support hospital patients with learning disabilities
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Nurse-led service reduces waiting times for painful hand condition
