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‘The Major Conditions Strategy is to be welcomed on several counts’
Karen Harrison Dening on the potential impact of the Major Conditions Strategy.
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‘Be aware the Mental Capacity Act is not always applied correctly’
Marek Vojcikis on applying the Mental Capacity Act.
‘We don’t treat our student nurses as well as we did when I joined the profession’
Linda Nazarko on how nurse training has changed over the years.
‘Targeted lung health checks will improve lung cancer survival’
Rachel Halliday on improving early diagnosis of lung cancer.
‘Nurses need to ensure timely IV-to-oral switch of antibiotics’
Sue Bowler and Diane Ashiru-Oredope on switching patients from intravenous to oral antibiotics.
‘Where is the support for relatives immediately after a patient has died?’
Linda Sheldrake on the need for support for relatives.
‘Nurses need to think critically about international humanitarian work’
Katie Beck on how nurses should educate themselves on opportunities in global health.
From the editor
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‘Despite the challenges, 2023 brought us much to celebrate’
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‘The health and care sector needs to recognise more Filipino nurse leaders’
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‘Our chief aim is to support nursing and midwifery in every way that we can’
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’More must be done to recognise the work of social care nurses’
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‘Saturday is a chance to reflect on nursing’s vital contribution in wartime’
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‘Nurses’ collaboration, like that of bees, leads to a hive of success’
Ingrid Fuchs: Series
In this series of blogs, clinical nurse specialist Ingrid Fuchs wrote about her own cancer journey, sharing her experience of being diagnosed and treated for triple-negative breast cancer, a less common form of breast cancer that is harder to treat. She hoped that talking about her experience would offer new insights, both for herself as a patient and practitioner, and for other clinical nurse specialists.
Clinical nurse specialist Ingrid Fuchs shared her own cancer journey following a triple-negative breast cancer diagnosis.
Dementia Care: Series
In this series of blogs, three Admiral Nurses share their experiences of providing specialist support for families and carers affected by dementia. Amy Pepper, Vickie Davies and Rachel Murray take turns to reflect on the help they provide, whether on a telephone helpline or out in the community, working across health and social care services.
Latest blog: Admiral Nurses on providing specialist support for families and carers affected by dementia.
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