Clinical

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Prison

Aim To explore the role of prisoner caregivers in providing peer social care to older prisoners and to identify methodological information and

05 Apr 2017

The mission of the Cochrane Nursing Care Field (CNCF) is to improve health outcomes by increasing the use of the Cochrane Library and

04 Apr 2017
Aim

The aim of this literature review was to explore the development of the role of specialist ophthalmic nurses

04 Apr 2017
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Pulse oximeter

Rationale and key points

29 Mar 2017
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Wernicke-Korsakoff

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a potentially debilitating and fatal condition that is caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency in the brain.

29 Mar 2017
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To explore the role of prisoner caregivers in providing peer social care to older prisoners and to identify

25 Mar 2017

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a potentially debilitating and fatal condition that is caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency in t

23 Mar 2017
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Bed-sharing

The practice of infant bed-sharing remains controversial in countries such as the UK and the US, despite its prevalence, and healthcare professionals are of

22 Mar 2017
Rationale and key points

Measurement of peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) is used to identify early

18 Mar 2017

The mission of the Cochrane Nursing Care Field (CNCF) is to improve health outcomes through increasing the use of the Cochrane Librar

18 Mar 2017
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Syringe driver
Familiarise yourself with pain assessment tools and potential issues of polypharmacy
15 Mar 2017

Assessing spirituality and the spiritual needs of patients is fundamental to providing effective spiritual care. This article, the second in a series of three, discusses the assessment of patients’ spirituality and spiritual needs in healthcare settings.

15 Mar 2017

Several public inquiries have identified systemic issues in some healthcare settings in the UK. Such findings indicate that it is necessary for multidisciplinary efforts to develop and maintain compassionate inpatient care.

15 Mar 2017

The practice of infant bed-sharing remains controversial in countries such as the UK and the US, despite its prevalence, and healthcare professionals are often faced with the task of advising parents on bed-sharing without the support of consistent or u

13 Mar 2017

Assessing spirituality and the spiritual needs of patients is fundamental to providing effective spiritual care.

09 Mar 2017

Many healthcare services that were once only available in acute settings are now common in the community. Intravenous (IV) therapy is increasingly available as a community service.

08 Mar 2017

Chronic pain is experienced by between one third and one half of the UK population.

04 Mar 2017

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