Lucy Gillespie

A healthcare professional and older patient run through a blood monitoring process with the aid of a tablet computer at the patient’s home

Delegating healthcare activities: what is it and how can nurses do it safely?

Skills for Care’s guiding principles can help towards safe and effective delegation

15 Feb 2024

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Lucy Gillespie: The good preceptorship guide

A good preceptorship programme can help you survive your first year as a newly-qualified nurse, says Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust preceptorship nurse lead Lucy Gillespie.

22 Feb 2017

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How to avoid medication errors in care homes

Practical advice for nurses on prescribing and administering drugs to older people

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From NHS nurse to lecturer: making the transition to education

What I’ve learned moving from an NHS role to academia, and the skills you need

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Martha’s rule: what the rollout means for you

Nurses have a key role in ensuring the rule has a lasting impact

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