Nursing Older People
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How to support the inclusion in research of older people who lack capacity to consent
Support for nurses to ensure that older people who lack capacity can participate in research
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COVID-19: patient-facing healthcare workers face greater risk of hospital admission
The people they live with are also more vulnerable to the disease, Scottish study shows
Stroke specialist nurses should not be redeployed, says leading stroke nurse
Safety and outcomes of patients with stroke is optimised by specialist care, professor states
Nurse pay: RCN urges staff to lobby MPs for 12.5% wage rise
College steps up campaign to persuade chancellor to give fully funded pay increase
Hospital meals: nurses and patients to benefit from review
TV’s Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith sets out food safety plan for NHS trusts
Nurse research: ‘let’s make it a normal part of our role’
Nurses’ employers should give them time for research, Nightingale2020 conference told
Nursing groups join free school meals campaign
RCN and others urge government to reverse decision over free meals during holidays
Evidence and Practice
How to support the inclusion in research of older people who lack capacity to consent
Support for nurses to ensure that older people who lack capacity can participate in research
COVID-19: the experiences of a frailty specialist community rapid response team
Changes made to service delivery by a team caring for older people living with frailty
Learning and leadership in advanced dementia care
Evidence about leadership skills and competencies needed in advanced dementia care is scant
A survey of nurses involved in assessing the eligibility of older people for NHS...
Why you should read this article: • To gain insight into the complexity of NHS continuing...
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...
Features
COVID-19: remembering the nursing staff who have lost their lives
Colleagues and families pay tribute to nursing professionals who have died across the UK
CPR at 38,000ft: the nursing student who took control of an in-flight emergency
Isobel Corrie named RCNi Nurse Awards Patient’s Choice winner after saving passenger’s life
A nurse champion of oral care in community services
A palliative care nurse’s successful oral care initiative has been adapted by other teams
Healthcare projects on an overseas placement: how one student’s plan generated a team...
RCNi Nursing Student Award winner’s networking and persistence got a clinic up and running
Preventing hospital admissions and improving end of life care: a team approach
How the RCNi Nurse Awards Team of the Year integrates physical and mental health services
Dementia care: the nurse-led service that gets to the heart of what matters to carers
Admiral Nurse Kerry Lyons’ dementia support service is reducing inpatient stays and...
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