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This website is intended for healthcare professionals
Following the changes to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) education programme standards in 2023, a programme of work commenced to explore further how practice learning can be supported
In our polarised world, divisions seem to deepen as each day passes. There is an urgent need for all of us to revisit and reaffirm the notion of our shared humanity. The concept of the human race as a...
At the start of my career, there were ongoing discussions about the need for learning disability nurses, and these conversations have persisted over the years. Despite these debates, in the evolving...
The first key area to understand is the difference between learning and ‘performing’. At university, you want to ensure that you are learning information. However, you will often find that you are...
One of the significant projects under BHSCA is the establishment of the Buckinghamshire Community Wellbeing Hubs, in partnership with Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) and initially funded by NHS...
An earlier audit (Kidney Transplantation: Pitfalls and Ways to Improve) (Fernandez, and Banerjee, 2016) was presented at UK Kidney Week 2016. This showed that waiting for two referrals – a clinic...
No doubt the final Dash report on the CQC will also find that the NHS health regulatory, governance framework, patient safety system is too complex, overlapping, fragmented and ripe for reform. This...
Students frequently reach out before starting their clinical placements with various concerns. Nurses should be receptive and engaging with these inquiries, responding to alleviate anxieties and...
There are several healthcare regulators in the UK, with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) being one of 10. The NMC regulates over 800000 nurses and midwives. To fulfil its role, the NMC must...
Over the past two decades, sepsis recognition and treatment has radically evolved and it is no longer regarded as a condition only seen in the intensive care unit (Kempker et al, 2018). Instead, it is...
The Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI), established in 1887 during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, was originally named in her honour. Since its inception it has had a royal patron, although not always...
Virtual placements are virtual clinical placements that use simulation technology to provide nursing students with practical experience in a safe and controlled environment. Students interact with...
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