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Help older patients by tackling overprescribing
Polypharmacy puts many older people at risk of serious side effects
E. coli infection: how every nurse can help prevent it
The Gram-negative bacteria is a growing threat in community and acute settings
Sepsis: what you need to know
Around 44,000 people a year die from the 'silent killer'. What can nurses do?
General practice nursing’s new voice at the RCN
New GPN professional lead Marie Therese Massey aims to raise the specialism’s profile
A career ladder that general practice nurses can climb
New leadership and training opportunities are opening up for primary care nurses
Practice nurse transforms pathway for leg ulcer care
A nurse studied her practice’s leg ulcer care and devised a new pathway that improved healing
How to identify trauma in children and what you can do about it
Tips for practice nurses, school nurses and health visitors on trauma in young people
Team offers intensive support to enable service-users to live independently
Rehabilitation by award-winning team enables people with mental illness to live at home
How a shed became a sanctuary for a community of men who felt ‘left behind’
Our 2019 Patient’s Choice Award winner created a haven for men facing social isolation
Simple visual tool helps safeguard mothers after caesarean section
Five Guide, developed by a Queen's Nurse, uses the hand as a guide to enhance recovery
Smoking cessation should be every nurse's business
Community practitioners in ideal position to actively encourage patients to stop smoking
How a nurse-led GP liaison service helped streamline the patient journey
Sally Shaw explains how she helped develop a service to improve communication with local GPs