Bertie’s book group
2020 is the international year of the nurse and midwife. To mark this, the book group will be discussing Emma Donoghue’s novel, The Wonder.
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Health Services Journal
Open data – the challenges and opportunities for the NHS
Making healthcare data open can offer various advantages, but several issues will need to be addressed if the benefits are to be realised.
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Nephrology Nursing Journal
ProQuest: Nurses need to publish scholarly articles: overcoming reticence to sharing valuable experience
This article is part of the “Exploring the Evidence: Focusing on the Fundamentals” series. It provides nephrology nurses with basic principles related to writing for publication, information regarding different types of professional articles that may be used for the dissemination of nursing knowledge, as well as steps to follow and issues to consider in the planning and preparation of a manuscript.
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Mental Health
Mental health advice for older people during the COVID-19 outbreak
Advice for older people from the Mental Health Foundation on keeping safe and looking after their mental health at this time.
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Library Bulletin
The Gosall Library, May 2020
Read this week’s library bulletin on Dementia here
Coronavirus
Three ways people are reacting to coronavirus: ‘accepting’, ‘suffering’ and ‘resisting’
There remains near-universal backing for the coronavirus lockdown among the UK public. This study shows three main clusters within the population, the “accepting”, the “suffering” and the “resisting”.
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Journal Article: Age and Ageing
‘Not safe for discharge’? Words, values, and person-centred care
The phrase ‘not safe for discharge home’ is often heard in relation to an older person in hospital, commonly due to functional limitations or risk of falls. But it remains unclear how such a standard of safety should be set in this context, or who should set it. In addition, labelling someone ‘unsafe’ to return to their own home has significant practical and ethical implications. After briefly exploring these issues, this commentary suggests that a holistic approach and shared decision-making is required in this setting.
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Library Bulletin
The Gosall Library, May 2020
Read this week’s library bulletin on Learning Disabilities here
Lockdown Singing
The science of why music helps us connect in isolation
One of the most encouraging phenomena we have begun to see in response to social distancing laws are the innovative ways that people are starting to bond with each other, particularly musically.
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Improving junior doctor medicine prescribing and patient safety: an intervention using personalised, structured, video-enhanced feedback and deliberate practice
This research investigates the effectiveness of an intervention for improving the prescribing and patient safety behaviour of Foundation Year doctors.
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