Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Donor Recruitment

This blog provides an overview of the recruitment of egg and sperm donors, highlighting the role of the nurse donor coordinator. There is clear guidance from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) for donor recruitment, however there will be variations in practice across the UK.

RCN President talks to nursing home staff about their work

Bejoy Sebastian, President of the Royal College of Nursing, has visited the Eastern region to see the work being carried out by staff in nursing homes.

MND Resource

Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a rare but devastating neurological condition which leads to progressive paralysis and ultimately death. Use this resource to increase your understanding of MND and learn more about diagnosis and available treatments.

Dosage for solid medicines

Learn more about how to calculate the required dosage of tablets to give to a patient, using the ‘PEACE’ problem-solving method. This resource looks at the different ways you might use mental arithmetic to work out and check your answer.

Dosage for liquid medicines

Find out more about how to calculate the right amount of liquid medicine to give a patient. Use practice examples to help you with your approach and explore the two main ways of calculating dosage, using mental arithmetic or a formula.

Flow rate and IV drugs

Increase your knowledge when it comes to calculations relating to giving fluid medicines over a period of time (continuous infusions), for example, drugs provided intravenously through an IV line.

South Lincolnshire

The need for ethical thinking when working with risk of suicide

This blog explores the complex nature of working with people who may be recurrently suicidal and present to mental health services in crisis. These situations create ethical tensions between safety and autonomy, and the ‘action/consequences model’ offers some food for thought.

Safety in numbers

Understand how to improve your confidence and competence when using maths as part of your nursing role. Use this resource to learn more about the importance of having sound maths skills for the provision of safe nursing care.