Nursing Older People
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Dignity, well-being and identity: a qualitative study of older people’s interpretations...
Why you should read this article: • To understand how the way nurses speak to older people...
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NHS figures reveal April peak in nurse sickness absence due to COVID-19
Anxiety, stress and depression also accounted for one quarter of absences in May
Nurse numbers in England up by more than 14,000, according to NHS data
University admissions figures also show record numbers accepting a place to study nursing
SSKIN pressure ulcer song: award for team’s ‘uplifting’ awareness campaign
Community nurse’s rewrite of Pet Shop Boys hit has had thousands of views of YouTube
Impact of the pandemic on end of life care: take part in our survey
Tell us how COVID-19 has affected the care of dying patients
Nurses urged to join the 10k challenge and help healthcare colleagues
10k for Nurses and Midwives campaign is run by the Cavell Nurses’ Trust
Report calls for urgent review of impact of 12-hour shifts on nurses
The King’s Fund makes recommendations to improve well-being of staff
Evidence and Practice
Dignity, well-being and identity: a qualitative study of older people’s interpretations...
Why you should read this article: • To understand how the way nurses speak to older people...
Meaningful activity in advanced dementia
Why you should read this article: • To acknowledge that the research base for meaningful...
Developing a dementia care leaders’ toolkit for older patients with cognitive impairment
Why you should read this article: • To understand the acute hospital experiences of older...
How do I encourage older people to become physically active?
Types of physical activity that can benefit older adults and some suggested resources
How can identifying and grading frailty help in acute and community settings?
Designing bespoke services for individuals with frailty in the community and hospital
Improving the provision of nutritional care for people living with dementia in care...
How care home staff can improve nutritional care for people living with dementia
Features
Nurse educators' initiative improves oral health of care home residents...
Response was prompted by CQC report on lack of oral health training in many care homes
The nursing home team that helped me fight for a ‘second life’
Patient’s Choice nominee Rekha Govindan changed the prognosis for a man given weeks to live
Support when families need it most: ‘health visitors may not know the impact they have’
Patient’s Choice nominee Noreen Ferguson helped a family deal with their son’s diagnosis
Safeguarding against the odds: ‘this highlights what learning disability nurses do’
Patient’s Choice award nominee Marie Perry ‘went all out’ to ensure a young man’s safety
Cardiac arrest on a long-haul flight: ‘this brave young nurse saved my life’
As a nursing student, Patient’s Choice nominee Isobel Corrie gave CPR to a fellow passenger
A champion for people with personality disorders: ‘our nurse always puts us first’
How Patient’s Choice nominee Rebecca Betts-Richards supports mental health service users
Opinion
How to spot frailty in older people and what emergency nurses can do to improve care
Older people living with frailty tend to present late and often in crisis at the ED
Successful nursing handovers: tips for every shift
Clear communication is critical. Here’s how to make the most of handovers
Keeping older patients active: undoing the adverse effects of lockdown
The challenge of addressing deconditioning, that unwelcome by-product of social distancing
Students
From care assistant to registered nurse: taking the foundation course route
Two students’ experiences of juggling a nursing course and placements with a care home role
Easing loneliness in lockdown: the nursing student initiative that’s just a call away
Making phone calls to isolated older people also help students develop communication skills
Dementia at the end of life: why every nursing student needs to learn about it
An Admiral Nurse explains how she uses hospice placements to deepen nursing students’ understanding
Careers
Nursing patients with frailty: how to create a complex needs team
Combining the skills of a frailty nurse and a GP to provide holistic care in the community
Dementia awareness and diagnosis: looking beyond the learning disability
How an Admiral nurse aims to empower individuals and help nurses identify early age dementia
COVID-19: supporting people with dementia during the pandemic
How an Admiral nurse has adapted her role to help families cope during the crisis