nutrition
Use of subcutaneous fluids in palliative care with children: a case study
A discussion of subcutaneous fluid therapy in the children’s palliative care setting
15 Jun 2020
Promoting and supporting healthy eating among nurses
How workplaces can be adapted to support nurses to eat healthily
05 Jun 2020
Urinary tract infection prevention: evaluating Scotland’s national hydration campaign
Understand the challenges posed by urinary tract infections in older people
28 May 2020
COVID-19 nutritional advice
Nutritional advice to help patients during and after COVID-19 has been published
15 May 2020
Providing optimal nursing care for patients undergoing enteral feeding
Refresh your knowledge of the various routes for enteral feeding and medicines administration
27 Feb 2020
How a new nursing role is tackling hospital-associated harm
UK’s first consultant nurse in harms-free care champions holistic approach to patient safety
13 Feb 2020
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Nursing Standard podcast: is your workplace making you unhealthy?
Professor of health promotion at London South Bank University discusses her research
12 Feb 2020
On the hospital menu: memories of comfort food to whet inpatients’ appetites
How a trust wants to make mealtimes more palatable by offering patients their childhood food
10 Feb 2020
Understanding the principles and aims of intravenous fluid therapy
Ensuring safe and effective IV fluid therapy and patient assessment
27 Jan 2020
Brisk breakfast: machine makes scrambled eggs for patients in 15 seconds
Trial of device at Nottingham hospital whips up a positive response
20 Jan 2020
Person-centred approaches to improve access to cardiac rehabilitation
Enhance equity of access to programmes and tailor them to patients’ needs and preferences
20 Jan 2020
Nurse-led project aims to reduce dehydration in older people
University of West London I-Hydrate project offers advice on hydration in nursing homes
07 Jan 2020
Osteoporosis and fragility fractures: risk assessment, management and prevention
Nurses need to be aware of the risk factors and identify at-risk patients
19 Dec 2019
Why unexpected weight loss in older people should not be ignored
Nurses need to debunk the myths about weight and appetite in older age
10 Dec 2019
Strategies to prevent dehydration in older people with dementia: a literature review
There is a significant evidence base supporting a range of strategies to improve hydration
26 Nov 2019
Stop blaming nurses for malnutrition in older people
Focus instead on the widespread myths in the community about healthy eating
13 Nov 2019
Dietary intake of people with dementia on acute hospital wards
This evaluation acknowledges the whole process of nutritional care for people with dementia
30 Oct 2019
Nutritional support nurses will address ‘a basic need’ in North Lincolnshire and Goole
Charlie Ellis and Hannah Crichton say good nutrition helps patients to recover faster
26 Aug 2019