A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
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This article is based on the findings of a literature review commissi
In 2005, legislation was enacted allowing nurse practitioners (NPs) t
This article describes the role of the community neonatal nurse in th
The changing health and social care landscape, and, in particular, th
The drive to improve quality in the education sector is similar to th
Illness prevention is a priority for the NHS Mandate and the Five Yea
Healthy nutritional habits, including drinking plenty of water and ma
Team-based care is often described as the best way to provide health
The process of obtaining an up-to-date and accurate patient medicatio
Patient care visibility technology systems provide real-time informat
Job satisfaction has become a critical issue for healthcare organisat
The early warning score system is a decision-making tool that has a s
Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID) represent a small but important group of patients who have high levels of hospitalisation, and who are likelier to have more complications and spend more days in intensive care than those without ID admitted to
In January 2016, all registered nurses and midwives will be required to revalidate their practice every three years. This will have implications for individual registrants and line managers.
A master of science degree course in advanced practice (health and social care) was launched at the University of Salford in 2005 to prepare students for advanced practice roles as part of a workforce modernisation strategy for the north west of England.
There is a lack of empirical knowledge about nurses’ perceptions of their workplace characteristics and conditions, such as level of autonomy and decision authority, work climate, teamwork, skill exploitation and learning opportunities, and their work motivation in relation t
There is a need to reduce medication errors, and one way of achieving this for high-risk medications is by double-checking. This article reports the results of a literature review, undertaken as part of an MSc, which examined safe processes for double-checking.
One of the goals of nursing education is to develop caring and responsible nurses with clinical reasoning skills who are capable of improving outcomes in complex healthcare systems.
