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Nursing roles in health and justice services
Find out more about the specialist nursing staff working in each of the forensic and justice services, including prisons, police custody, immigration centre nurses and other secure justice settings.
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Key indicators for domestic abuse
Explore the indicators of possible domestic violence or abuse and learn more about the questions you should be asking potential victims. Here you can also access advice and information on looking out for any red flags and understanding how to respond to them.
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Domestic violence and abuse
Information for nursing professionals about how domestic abuse and violence impacts lives and how to recognise and support victims. This resource will help you with how to speak to someone who you may be concerned is suffering in silence.
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Domestic abuse resources and support
Here you can access a selection of useful links to websites and organisations aimed at supporting women, men, and children affected by domestic abuse and violence. Unless specified, these resources are applicable across the UK.
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Domestic abuse assessment tools and guidance
Find a selection of useful links to assessment tools and guidance to help health professionals identify and support victims of domestic violence. This includes incidents of domestic abuse in the health profession, schools and local constituencies.
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Being safe online
Find out how victims of domestic abuse can access guidance, information and support safely on digital devices and mobile phones. This resource offers information on how to support patients and clients browse the internet safely and protect their privacy.
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Mental health support for young people: promoting choice, improving access
This RCN Mental Health Forum resource was undertaken in collaboration with MIND. The purpose of this resource is to help nurses understand and promote choice in how children and young people can access mental health services.
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Skin health
Read this resource to build your knowledge and understanding of the importance of hand hygiene and hand care when it comes to reducing the spread of infection and maintaining healthy skin.
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Medicine supply and administration
Access this resource to find out more about good medicines management (also described as ‘medicines optimization’), including the administration of medicines and prescribing and supporting people to take their medicines correctly.
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Prescribing in pregnancy
As nursing practice advances to encompass prescribing, this resource offers signposting to further information about the principles of good practice when caring for and prescribing medication to pregnant and postnatal women.
