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Strategies to promote cervical screening for an aging demographic: a global insight

Cervical cancer epidemiology informs nursing practice through identifying at-risk groups and key risk factors. The use of this information, along with demographic data, is vital in identifying the...

Understanding HIV – A guide for primary care nurses

Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a retrovirus (infection with either HIV-1 or HIV-2) it destroys CD4+ lymphocytes and impairs cell-mediated immunity, increasing risk of certain infections and cancers....

Dysphagia: causes, diagnosis and treatment – an update for practice nurses

An individual requires intact motor and nervous systems to swallow normally. When there are problems the person can develop dysphagia, difficulty eating, drinking or swallowing (Royal College of...

The symptoms, diagnosis, and management of allergic rhinitis

The classification of allergic rhinitis from ARIA guideline (Klimek et al, 2019) is based on the level of severity (mild or moderate-severe) and frequency of symptom occurrence (intermittent or...

The symptoms, diagnosis, and management of allergic rhinitis

The classification of allergic rhinitis from ARIA guideline (Klimek et al, 2019) is based on the level of severity (mild or moderate-severe) and frequency of symptom occurrence (intermittent or...

Diabetes Mellitus: Preconception management in primary care

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides guidelines for managing preconception and diabetes mellitus. Under these guidelines, NICE advises providing women with diabetes...

Secondary lymphoedema – causes, diagnosis and treatment

The condition is generally classified as either:.

Influenza, vaccines and new developments

Influenza A is an enveloped, segmented, negative-strand RNA virus, belonging to the Orthomyxoviridae family. Influenza A viruses are divided into subtypes based on the proteins on the surface of the...

A service improvement project to improve follow up screening rates of women with gestational diabetes

Pregnancy often serves as a catalyst for women to make positive health choices, highlighting the significance of targeting this actively engaged demographic (Thayer et al, 2020). Post-natal screening...

Vaginal symptoms in the menopause: cause, impact and treatment combination options

A combination of vaginal, vulval and / or urinary symptoms comes under the umbrella term – GSM (genitourinary syndrome of the menopause) but is historically termed vaginal atrophy (VA), and more...

The impact of social media interventions on adult influenza vaccination: A systematic review

This systematic review followed PRISMA guidelines (Prisma, 2020). Our inclusion criteria comprised of peer reviewed systematic reviews, intervention studies (randomised controlled trials,...

Influenza vaccination – still a priority

Influenzae is caused by a member of the RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae family of which there are four types of seasonal influenza viruses: types A, B, C and D (Gov. UK, 2023). They are...

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