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Respecting patient autonomy: legal and professional considerations
Br J Community Nurs. 2024 Mar 2;29(3):110-111. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2024.29.3.110.ABSTRACTIn this month's Policy column, Iwan Dowie explores patient autonomy - a concept largely embedded within the community nursing setting. Through legal cases, a history of laws relating to patient autonomy are presented and its implications for community nurses discussed.PMID:38421894 | DOI:10.12968/bjcn.2024.29.3.110 (Source: British Journal of Community Nursing)
Source: British Journal of Community Nursing - February 29, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Iwan Dowie Source Type: research

Compassion fatigue in community nursing: what is it, who is susceptible, and what can be done?
This article explores the various ways in which compassion fatigue affects work and personal life, highlights three factors that make someone susceptible to it and provides recommendations on how to protect oneself from compassion fatigue. The authors also refer to their own research on super-helper syndrome to elucidate the understanding of what contributes to compassion fatigue.PMID:38421895 | DOI:10.12968/bjcn.2024.29.3.132 (Source: British Journal of Community Nursing)
Source: British Journal of Community Nursing - February 29, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Jess Baker Rod Vincent Source Type: research

Hope and dementia
This article will discuss the concept of hope as it relates to dementia. It goes on to give an overview of Snyder's model of hope, which presents hope as a cognitive state, and therefore presents the opportunity for professionals to increase feelings of hope. An overview of the research evidence around hope-based interventions is then given, with the ideas applied to community nursing practice using a case study. This article aims to add some hope-based interventions to the toolkit of community nurses as they work with people and families affected by dementia.PMID:38421896 | DOI:10.12968/bjcn.2024.29.3.112 (Source: British...
Source: British Journal of Community Nursing - February 29, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Amy Pepper Source Type: research

Better preparing people with learning disabilities to navigate healthcare
Br J Community Nurs. 2024 Mar 2;29(3):101-102. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2024.29.3.101.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38421897 | DOI:10.12968/bjcn.2024.29.3.101 (Source: British Journal of Community Nursing)
Source: British Journal of Community Nursing - February 29, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Jane Griffiths Source Type: research

Type 2 diabetes post pandemic: enabling your patients to regain control
This article provides guidance on how nurses can work with people at risk of diabetes to prevent diabetes, to induce remission and how to use medication to treat diabetes.PMID:38421888 | DOI:10.12968/bjcn.2024.29.3.124 (Source: British Journal of Community Nursing)
Source: British Journal of Community Nursing - February 29, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Linda Nazarko Source Type: research