Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Research suggests that the development of mindfulness and self-compassion may help to improve the well-being and resilience of profes
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Chronic heart failure is a common and complex clinical syndrome that results from impaired cardiac relaxation or contraction.
Chronic heart failure is a common and complex clinical syndrome that results from impaired cardiac relaxation or contraction.
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Chronic heart failure is a common and complex clinical syndrome that results from impaired cardiac relaxation or contraction.
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The author presented a model in the 1990s to explain altered body image, which has been used to characterise the difficulties encountered by patients who ex
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This article considers the issue of poor care and how nurses should respond when they encounter it.
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The Mental Capacity Act 2005 was enacted with the aim of improving the protection provided by the law to the most vulnerable people in society.
Chronic pancreatitis is a complex inflammatory condition characterised by irreversible damage to the pancreas.
With an increasing focus on evidence-based practice in health care, it is important that nurses understand the principles underlying systematic reviews.
Tinnitus is a common condition characterised by a subjective, and less commonly objective, noise sensation that is often described as ringing heard in one o
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Accurate assessment of pain in children and young people is an essential nursing skill that forms the basis of any pain management intervention.
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Overactive bladder in women is a common chronic condition of urinary storage, affecting a significant proportion of the population.
Patients with minor traumatic wounds are a common and universal presentation to emergency departments, and their assessment and management requires the use of cognitive and motor skills.
Identifying your preferred learning style can be a useful way to optimise learning opportunities, and can help learners to recognise their strengths and areas for development in the way that learning takes place.
As the population ages and the incidence of chronic diseases and lifestyle-related conditions rises, nurses are increasingly required to provide care for people with a range of chronic (long-term) conditions.
Patients with fibromyalgia experience chronic widespread pain, with associated symptoms of fatigue, sleep disturbance and memory problems.
Nursing students, nurses and other healthcare professionals involved in prescribing, dispensing, administration and monitoring of medicines should be able to navigate and use the British National Formulary (BNF) effectively.
Changes in healthcare organisations are common, and their implementation is often complex and challenging. Change is often implemented suboptimally, and can have several negative effects on staff turnover, patient care and budget targets.
