Transforming dementia care in acute hospitals.
This article provides an overview of current developments to support improvements in dementia care in acute general hospital settings. It considers the urgent need for improvement along with the effectiveness of current approaches in achieving change and delivering person-centred care. The process and outcomes of a development programme carried out by the Royal College of Nursing and evaluated by the University of Worcester are described. This programme supported clinical nurse leaders in developing dementia care in nine acute general hospitals by use of an action learning approach. Recommendations are made for a more syst...
Source: Nursing Standard - September 16, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Thompson R Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
Understanding the needs of people with dementia and family carers.
This article illustrates how three NHS trusts have addressed these issues. To help staff get to know patients with dementia, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a patient passport. Similarly, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has implemented a carer passport that overcomes the restrictions imposed by hospital visiting hours. Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust also focused on carers, holding a workshop to elicit feedback on what was important to them. This was a useful means of engaging with carers and helped staff to realise that even simple changes can have a significant effect.
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Source: Nursing Older People - August 27, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Bray J, Evans S, Thompson R, Bruce M, Carter C, Brooker D, Milosevic S, Coleman H, McSherry W Tags: Nurs Older People Source Type: research
Nurses' attitudes to assisted suicide: sociodemographic factors.
Abstract
This literature review seeks to explore the factors that influence nurses' attitudes towards assisted suicide. A poll conducted by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) showed that 49% of nurses supported assisted suicide while 40% were opposed to it. A literature review resulted in 16 articles being identified for data synthesis using a recognised critiquing framework. The articles revealed four key themes: nursing specialty, level of education, geographical location and religion. It was concluded that these four themes are key to understanding a nurse's attitude towards assisted suicide. Nursing st...
Source: British Journal of Nursing - June 25, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Evans L Tags: Br J Nurs Source Type: research
Is essential learning being compromised by austerity?
Abstract
Emeritus professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton discusses the recently published Royal College of Nursing survey report that campaigns to raise awareness of the threats to post-qualifying education for nurses.
PMID: 26067799 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: British Journal of Nursing)
Source: British Journal of Nursing - June 11, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Glasper A Tags: Br J Nurs Source Type: research
Transplant tourism and organ trafficking: Ethical implications for the nursing profession.
This article will examine the ethical implications for the nursing profession in regard to the procurement of organs from an impoverished seller's market, also known as 'Transplant Tourism'. This ethical dilemma concerns itself with resource allocation, informed consent and the concepts of egalitarianism and libertarianism. Transplant Tourism is an unacceptable trespass against human dignity and rights from both a nursing and collective viewpoint. Currently, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council, the Royal college of Nursing Australia, The Royal College of Nursing (UK) and the American Nurses Association do not have...
Source: Nursing Ethics - May 22, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Corfee FA Tags: Nurs Ethics Source Type: research
Election 2015: making sure your voice is heard
As I write there are less than 3 months until the UK general election. Never before has the outcome been so hard to predict. This means every vote counts; and it is important that nurses’ voices are heard. Given this, I was surprised to be told recently that many nurses do not vote. After all, if you do not vote you can hardly criticise if the Government is one that does not value the contribution made by nurses to healthcare. So, if you have not already registered, I urge to do so at: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and other healthcare unions have identified key issues t...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - March 19, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Twycross, A. Tags: Health policy, General practice / family medicine, End of life decisions (geriatric medicine), Obesity (nutrition), Child abuse, Child health, End of life decisions (palliative care), Hospice, End of life decisions (ethics), Health service research, Abuse Source Type: research
Incorporating the Principles of Nursing Practice and the 6Cs.
This article will demonstrate how the Royal College of Nursing's (RCN's) Principles of Nursing Practice (2010) and the 6Cs ( Cummings and Bennett, 2012a ; 2012b ) can be applied to stoma care nursing. The multidimensional role of the stoma care nurse means that he or she is well placed to improve quality and standards in stoma nursing care. Stoma care nurses provide direct patient care and can play a vital part in helping patients with a stoma, a long-term condition, ensuring that their patients get the best possible care ( RCN, 2010 ). The poster contained within this article was displayed at the Association of Stoma Care...
Source: British Journal of Nursing - March 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Foulds L, Timms K, Barwell J, Gunning A Tags: Br J Nurs Source Type: research
WITHDRAWN: Rehabilitation interventions for foot drop in neuromuscular disease.
CONCLUSIONS: Only one study, involving people with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, demonstrated a statistically significant positive effect of strength training. No effect of strength training was found in people with either myotonic dystrophy or facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Surgery had no significant effect in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and night splinting of the ankle had no significant effect in people with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. More evidence generated by methodologically sound trials is required.
PMID: 25687881 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews)
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - February 17, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Sackley CM, Disler PB, Turner-Stokes L, Wade DT, Brittle N, Hoppitt T Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research
Ebola—The best and the worst within nursing … and maybe us all
“Epidemics bring out the worst and the best elements of humanity.” This was a remark made by a Royal College of Nursing colleague of mine in 1988. He was, of course, referring to HIV/AIDS because at the time we were in the midst of HIV's emergence within Europe. At that time, the panic and anxiety were palpable, the media was full of hysteria and misinformation, and this was also having an effect on the nursing and medical profession. Refusals to care for people with AIDS were common, and the stigmatization of people with HIV was widespread. (Source: Nursing Outlook)
Source: Nursing Outlook - December 5, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Mark Hayter Tags: Article Source Type: research
Ebola – the best and the worst within nursing…and maybe us all
‘Epidemics bring out the worst and the best elements of humanity’ – a remark made by a Royal College of Nursing colleague of mine in 1988. He was, of course, referring to HIV/AIDS as we were then in the midst of HIV’s emergence within Europe. At that time the panic and anxiety was palpable, the media was full of hysteria and misinformation and this was also having an effect on the nursing and medical profession. Refusals to care for people with AIDS were common and the stigmatisation of people with HIV was widespread. (Source: Nursing Outlook)
Source: Nursing Outlook - December 5, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Mark Hayter Source Type: research
Royal College of Nursing Defence Nursing Forum 'Contingency Operations: Are we ready?' workshop
(Source: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps)
Source: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps - November 17, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Carter, C., Rothwell, S., Corkish, N. Tags: Nursing, Medical humanities Meetings and abstracts Source Type: research
ECG or X-ray as the 'gold standard' for establishing PICC-tip location?
Abstract
Recently there has been an increase in evidence that the tip position of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) needs to be accurately placed in the lower third of the superior vena cava at the junction with the right atrium in order to minimise potential complications ( Royal College of Nursing, 2010 ; Infusion Nurses Society, 2011 ). The current 'gold standard' practice of performing a chest X-ray post-insertion of PICC can be fraught with complications with regard to accurately placing the PICC in this position. The purpose of this evaluation is to discuss how using an electrocardiogra...
Source: British Journal of Nursing - October 22, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Oliver G, Jones M Tags: Br J Nurs Source Type: research
Assessment of pain in children with brain injury: moving to best practice.
This article will resonate with any organisation trying to embed systematic pain assessment into routine practice.
PMID: 25251174 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: British Journal of Nursing)
Source: British Journal of Nursing - September 25, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Nissen S, Dunford C Tags: Br J Nurs Source Type: research
A coming of age for nursing research.
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Abstract
In addition to his position as head of the Division of Nursing, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Professor McCormack is a professor at Buskerud University College (Norway), an extraordinary professor in the Department of Nursing at the University of Pretoria (South Africa), an adjunct professor of nursing at the University of Technology, Sydney and a visiting professor in the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Aberdeen. He is also a fellow of the Royal College of Nursing and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Older People Nursing.
PMID: 2525182...
Source: Nurse Researcher - September 24, 2014 Category: Nursing Tags: Nurse Res Source Type: research
Nurses' involvement in developing NICE guidelines.
This article discusses the development of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, the contribution made by nurses to the guidelines and the importance of continuing to take an active role in this work. The challenges nurses face and the support provided to nurses involved in this work by the Royal College of Nursing are outlined. It is intended the article will stimulate interest and encourage nurses to contribute to guideline development.
PMID: 25159976 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Nursing Standard)
Source: Nursing Standard - August 27, 2014 Category: Nursing Authors: Rapu C, Matthews VL Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research
