Testing the temperature of patient safety in the NHS

All nurses and doctors must demonstrate a reasonable personal patient safety updating regimen within their own clinical practice areas. The codes of professional conduct require reflective, safe,...

Keeping patients safe from hospital-acquired infection

One of the specific domains examined by CQC inspectors is safety. The safety domain encompasses many components and key lines of enquiry, but several of them pertain to cleanliness, infection control...

The importance of encouraging diversity in leadership roles

Combating discrimination and inequality

A social approach to health

‘A means of enabling GPs, nurses and other primary care professionals to refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services. Recognising that people's health is determined primarily by a range of...

People deserve better

Bat rabies: a lurking danger

Enteral feeding tubes: an overview of nursing care

An enteral feeding tube is one that allows feed to be administered via a tube directly into the stomach or the small bowel (Druml et al, 2016). It is used in individuals who have functioning guts but...

Recording a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG)

The ECG machine is a complex device that records the characteristic spread of electricity through the heart during each cardiac cycle (Davey, 2008). The 12-lead ECG machine has 10 cables, which attach...

Communicating effectively using the TALKS mnemonic

Addressing issues as soon as they are recognised as problematic is the first step in managing them effectively. In a team that functions optimally, any issues will be addressed first by a peer so when...

Living with Parkinson's—past, present and future: a qualitative study of the subjective perspective

To improve the quality of the study and facilitate understanding, the authors adhered to the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) checklist (Tong et al, 2007)..

Addressing sexuality and intimacy in people living with Parkinson's during palliative care and at the end of life

‘Prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual.’.