Nursing Older People
Editor's choice
Wanted: social care nurses with a flair for multitasking
A new document sets out the impressive range of responsibilities and contribution of nurses...
Newsroom
District nurses: new survey aims to understand the challenges they face
Queen’s Nursing Institute also asks about career development and use of technology
UK nurse to lead global campaign to find future nursing leaders and policy influencers
Health Education England’s chief nurse will take charge of the Nightingale Challenge
HCA treated for serious burns after performing fire-eating act for charity
Fellow healthcare professionals rushed to her aid at the NHS’ Got Talent show in Winchester
Nurse who taped agitated patient’s mouth shut gets a caution from the NMC
Regulator rules nurse still fit to practise, but caution stays on her record for four years
Nursing associates: more than 1,000 now registered with NMC
Health Education England hails the ‘significant milestone’ that ‘strengthens patient care’
RCNi Nurse Awards 2019: vote for who you think should be Patient’s Choice winner
Five inspiring finalists were nominated by grateful patients and families
Evidence and Practice
Effective communication with older people
Nurses can overcome communication barriers through thoughtful interventions
The role of the community matron: a structured approach to case management
A critical analysis of the community matron service
Using the Relating to Older People Evaluation tool to measure ageism in higher education
The aim of this study was to explore the use of ROPE to examine ageist attitudes
A professional development programme for care home nurses in east London
How career progression programmes for care home nurses could be promoted
How do I recognise and treat pain appropriately in a person with dementia?
A tool to help staff manage pain in dementia care uses four simple steps
Development of a capability-based training programme for an advanced nurse practitioner
A capability-based training programme has the potential to support practitioners to develop
Features
Three decades of older people's nursing reflected in our pages
A dip into our archives, and the recollections of two former editors
Looking back at 30 years of older people’s nursing
Older people’s nurses remember three decades of challenges and developments in the specialty
Nursing older people with cancer
The final article in our series on how cancer affects different patient demographics
Intermediate care: a stepping stone from hospital to community
How a multidisciplinary service is tackling the costly problem of delayed discharge
How nursing associates aim to add value to older people's care
The nursing associate role presents a new career pathway for Claire Stott and Laura Simmons
Advance care planning system helps ensure people’s end of life wishes are met
Recorded end of life care preferences help healthcare staff access and share information
Opinion
How to exercise safely with osteoporosis
The Royal Osteoporosis Society has issued guidance on the advice nurses should give
How an enhanced care initiative has improved dementia services
Introduction of an enhanced nursing care team has reduced use of costly support staff
Audio players project helps stimulate people with dementia
People with dementia are using simple music players to access audiobooks and radio/TV
Students
Importance of preventing pressure ulcers was highlighted by training
A student on placement gained confidence after training to manage pressure ulcers in older...
It is an honour to give someone the ‘right’ death
Caring for a dying patient and providing last offices helped nursing student Tristan Crombie...
Lessons learned in a hospice
A placement at a hospice will inform this student's practice for the rest of his career...
Careers
‘Don’t be too focused on the task at hand’
Admiral Nurse Sarah Oakwood on her ‘musts’ for working with older people
Care home support nurse
Primary care nurses must adapt ways of working due to an increase in frail older patients
'Getting services right for people with frailty is a must'
Frailty and dementia matron Beverley Marriott wants an integrated health and social care...