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Dengue fever
Dengue fever is a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes. It is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions of the world but is beginning to emerge in other regions, including Europe. Many dengue-endemic countries are popular tourist destinations, so nurses should be prepared to discuss the risks...
Updated: 19 January 2023 -
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Effective management of adult patients with asthma
Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition that can affect people of all ages. Globally, asthma is one of the most common non-communicable diseases and is associated with significant personal, financial and societal costs. In some cases, asthma can be fatal, although many fatalities would have been p...
Updated: 1 November 2023 -
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Improving nursing students’ experience of clinical placements
Clinical placements can present a significant challenge for nursing students, since the learning environment differs from that of the classroom, involving potential risks and complicated interpersonal and interprofessional relationships. The array of decisions required on clinical placements can be ...
Updated: 19 January 2023 -
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Prevention and management of hyperglycaemic crisis
Hyperglycaemia is a defining feature of diabetes mellitus. It involves an elevated level of glucose in the blood, which develops as a result of the body’s inability to produce insulin or process insulin effectively. If left unchecked and untreated, patients with diabetes are at risk of short-term, p...
Updated: 1 November 2023 -
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Using a structured clinical assessment to identify the cause of chest pain
Chest pain is a common reason for patient presentation to emergency departments and visits to primary care settings. While most causes of chest pain are not life-threatening, a small proportion require urgent intervention, particularly cardiac conditions such as acute coronary syndrome. Therefore, i...
Updated: 1 November 2023 -
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Effective approaches to health promotion in nursing practice
This article defines the concept of health promotion and explains why it is essential for nurses to embed health promotion aims and values in their practice. It discusses how health promotion contributes to the improvement and maintenance of population health and contemporary public health agendas i...
Updated: 1 November 2023 -
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Enhancing the quality of clinical supervision in nursing practice
Clinical supervision has been an aspect of nursing practice in various forms for several years; however, it remains challenging to ensure its widespread implementation across healthcare organisations. There is an increasingly evident need for formalised support in nurses’ busy practice settings, so ...
Updated: 1 November 2023 -
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Care of the critically ill patient with a tracheostomy
Tracheostomy insertion and management is increasingly common in critical care units and general wards. Therefore, it is important that nurses are equipped with the appropriate knowledge and skills to meet the individual needs of patients with a tracheostomy safely and competently. This article aims ...
Updated: 1 November 2023 -
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Managing challenging conversations by telephone with people living with cancer
Nurses working in cancer care can often find themselves engaged in challenging conversations with patients and their family members or carers. These conversations can cover a range of emotive subjects due to the negative effects of cancer on people and those close to them. Such conversations have be...
Updated: 22 November 2023 -
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Delivering personalised cancer care to enhance patients’ quality of life
Many people with cancer experience long-term physical and emotional challenges resulting from the disease and its treatment. Personalised care enables people to exercise choice and control over how their care is planned and delivered. The principles of personalised care are based on healthcare profe...
Updated: 22 November 2023
