The January edition of British Journal of Community Nursing has been published. This edition includes articles on falls in nursing homes, district nursing caring for individuals with complex needs, and the future of Specialist Practice Qualifications in district nursing for band 6 leadership roles.
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Category: Nursing
Care staffing in the NHS: the good, the bad and the promising
BPP University School of Nursing, December 2018
Report from BPP University School of Nursing looking at nurse recruitment. It finds while it is clear that NHS trusts are having to deal with budgetary pressures and a skills shortage which may be exacerbated by Brexit, they are also facing significant changes to their traditional training models. This includes factors such as cuts to bursaries and the declining numbers of those applying for nursing degrees.
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British Journal of Community Nursing – November 2018
The November issue of British Journal of Community Nursing has been published. This issue includes articles on winter and key infection prevention practices, caseload profiling in district nursing, and improving personalization in a district nursing team.
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Men’s Health: Nurse-led Projects in the Community
Queen’s Nursing Institute, October 2018
This report aims to provide information and guidance to community nurses who want to work more effectively on men’s health. At its core is information about a range of men’s health and wellbeing projects that the QNI supported in 2017 with funding from the Burdett Trust for Nursing. The report also includes wider information about men’s health including details of additional information and support.
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Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff
Royal College of Nursing, August 2018
One of the most important principles of safeguarding is that it is everyone’s responsibility. Health care staff frequently work with people in their moments of greatest need and can witness health and social inequalities which have a direct impact on the lives of people they care for. This intercollegiate document has been designed to guide professionals and the teams they work with to identify the competencies they need in order to support individuals to receive personalised and culturally sensitive safeguarding. It sets out minimum training requirements along with education and training principles.
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