Clinical update
Sepsis Six update: the important changes every nurse needs to know about
UK Sepsis Trust reviews first step in its screening and management tool
Asthma management: how nurses can help prevent attacks
Update from the British Thoracic Society and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
Iron deficiency anaemia in adults: what to look for and the questions to ask
RCN guidance sets out the information nurses need to identify and manage patients with IDA
Preventing and treating surgical site infections: what nurses need to know
Updated NICE guidance deals with antiseptic skin preparation, antibiotics and wound closure
Updated National Osteoporosis Society guideline on vitamin D
A guideline on which patients to test and who to treat for vitamin D deficiency
Updated NICE guideline on diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure
People with chronic heart failure should be given a detailed care plan, updated NICE guideline says
Updated NICE guidance on dementia care
First update in a decade says staff working with people who have dementia need extra training
Pain assessment in older people
Updated guidelines emphasise the subjective nature of pain and offer ways to encourage accurate self-reporting by older people
New guidelines to diagnose and treat age-related macular degeneration
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has produced new guidelines on age-related macular degeneration in a bid to prevent sight loss and improve diagnosis
NICE guidance on intermediate care and reablement
NICE has issued new guidelines on intermediate care, including reablement, and how to support people to be independent after a hospital stay or when life at home becomes difficult
Visual acuity should not restrict access to cataract surgery
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published guidance to improve care before, during and after cataract surgery
Parkinson’s disease
Updated guidance from NICE on the diagnosis and management of Parkinson’s disease includes treatment, important areas of nursing such as palliative care and managing impulse control disorders that can develop due to dopamine therapy.