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This website is intended for healthcare professionals
The recent publication of the Primary Care Network (PCN) service specifications make no reference to general practice nursing (NHS, 2019), but it is likely that much of the work of the new services,...
There are some key fundamentals for any HCW in practice who needs to administer insulin to another individual. Regarding insulin pens, a dual ended safety pen needle should be used. This is a device...
My school days were great, but I was never a high achiever. I had to work hard to gain my CSEs, but I achieved what I needed in the end. I loved being a pupil nurse and had so many wonderful...
Within West Kent there was a recognition that there was little to no nurse representation within the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and this needed to change with the development of PCNs. West...
‘We have to envisage our role beyond nursing and see ourselves as health broadcasters and social media communicators, transforming health and social care with others and carrying forward...
Protection of workers against accidents at work has been evident in UK law since the early days of the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century. It was not until relatively recently that...
To indemnify someone against something is to mitigate the adverse financial consequences of a legal liability claim brought successfully against a practice nurse. It will most often be a claim by an...
This rise in measles cases, coupled with Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock's refusal to rule out mandatory vaccination, has initiated the debate around the use of such punitive measures as...
As a programme manager at the QNI, one aspect of my role has been to develop and write transition resources, such as Transition to District Nursing and more recently Care Home Nursing, which I had...
Self management of diabetes can be challenging and psychologically demanding. It requires informed choices, knowledge, personal application and health literacy. There is a need for ongoing education...
After a visit to my own practice nurse, I realised that this was the career for me. I was mid-way through my degree and I had not given practice nursing a second thought until then. I was aware of the...
Context is crucial when discussing the role of nicotine and its place in starting, and potentially ending, smoking. In England, smoking in adults has declined to 14.7% in 2019, but smoking still...
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