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17 Jul 2023
Choose health, choose life
Lifespan has increased since the NHS was founded 75 years ago. Then, the average lifespan for a man was 65 years. Now, it’s 78. A woman’s average lifespan was 70 years. Now it’s 83.
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14 Jul 2023
Mouth care at end of life and how ‘taste for pleasure’ can enhance this
Mouth care at end of life and how ‘taste for pleasure’ can enhance this.
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11 Jul 2023
RCN Eastern members - helping achieve our goals
Eastern region Council Member, Theresa Porrett, considers her experiences of the last six months and future goals.
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10 Jul 2023
A vital tool on our student nurse journey
Emma Bird, the Eastern region's RCN Student Committee member, takes a look at the Practice Assessment Document (PAD) from a nursing student's perspective.
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7 Jul 2023
CGM - whose job is it anyway?
Appropriate use of continuous blood glucose monitoring can transform the lives of people with diabetes and is now recommended by NICE, but how do we address the knowledge gaps to increase access to technology outside of specialist practice?
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7 Jul 2023
Supporting student nurses on the ED placement
Supporting student nurses on the Emergency Department placement.
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5 Jul 2023
Celebrating 75 years of the NHS
In the years leading up to the creation of the NHS, Scotland was at the forefront of testing and establishing new approaches to organised healthcare.
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21 Jun 2023
A dream come true
I used to see pictures of people attending events such as RCN Congress on social media as a young nurse newly arrived from Africa and wish that could be me one day.
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18 May 2023
PANS PANDAS: A mysterious and debilitating paediatric disorder
Raising awareness of PANS PANDAS and the RCN's co-signing of the recent position statement.
