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Service to celebrate life of ‘fantastic’ community nurse
A service of gratitude is to be held next month to celebrate the life of an inspirational senior community nurse, David Pugh, following his recent death.
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Nurse leaders have welcomed calls for the government to have greater focus and funding on primary and community care but have warned that it will require investment in nursing “that we are not currently witnessing”.
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Judith Douglas has been made permanent director of nursing at Nottingham CityCare, having served in the role on an interim basis since November 2023.
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A community nurse is urging healthcare leaders to make adjustments in the workplace so that more disabled people like herself can feel empowered to pursue a career in nursing.
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The chief nurse of a children's hospice is seeking to challenge perceptions of the specialty and encourage more nurses into it.
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Nursing associates are being used to replace registered nurses in some community settings, including prisons, the Queen’s Nursing Institute has claimed.
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The Queen’s Nursing Institute has developed new standards for health and justice nursing, community learning disability nursing and palliative and end-of-life care nursing.
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A children's community nursing team collaborated with an adult palliative care urgent-response service to provide 24-hour care. This initiative won the Children's Services category in the 2023 Nursing Times Awards.
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This article demonstrates how reflective practice can be used to introduce a new model of care to improve patient safety during home visits.
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Understanding and addressing the palliative and end-of-life care needs of people with dementia is vital. This article is part of a series on dementia.
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How a tool comparing the impact of clinical products on our planet can influence greener decisions in healthcare to meet the net zero aims of the NHS
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To be able to alleviate distress experienced by people living with dementia, accurate identification of potential causes of distressed behaviour is essential
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How to care for people with frailty during a period of acute crisis associated with acute illness, including the use of digital healthcare tools
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This video was first broadcast at Nursing Times Patient Flow Forum 2021. Due to the challenges of Covid-19, it was evident that district nursing services had to adapt to continue to provide safe services to vulnerable patients in their own homes.
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This video was first broadcast at Nursing Times Patient Flow Forum 2021. This case study explores a team that was established with the goal of achieving a two-hour turnaround from identifying patients that can be sent home with support, to them arriving at home.