There is growing recognition of the influence of the workplace environment on the eating habits of the workforce, which in turn may contribute to increased overweight and obesity. Overweight and obesity exact enormous costs in terms of reduced well-being, worker productivity and increased risk of non-communicable diseases. The workplace is an ideal place to intervene and support healthy behaviours. This review aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to nurses’ healthy eating in the workplace. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
To explore the expectation that nurses should be role models for healthy behaviours. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
The Queen’s Nursing Institute has published a discussion document on safe caseloads in the District Nursing service.
The document summarises the challenges in managing safe caseloads in the District Nursing service, and points to specific actions the QNI believes are necessary to improve and safeguard the future quality of services. It is considered that significant work is required to establish recognised principles of safe caseloads, prediction of patient demand, and the desired clinical outcomes.
In 2015, an RCN survey of more than 1,300 nurses working in community-based roles found that 48% had been subjected to some form of abuse in the previous 2 years. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
To investigate the moderating effects of work overload and supervisor support on the emotional exhaustion–depressive state relationship. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
The Practice Nurse Clinical A-Z is one of the most popular areas on our website -- and now it is available as an app so you can access it whenever and wherever you want.
Based on the A to Z Handbook for Nurses in General Practice, the A-Z has been completely revised and updated. It offers definitions, illustrations, 'red flags' and links to relevant Practice Nurse articles, the latest guidance from NICE and SIGN, and to other external resources.
Covering everything from acne to Zika virus, the A-Z is your handy go-to, quick reference for any condition you encounter in general practice nursing. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Having the right number of appropriately skilled staff is a huge organisational challenge and a critical determinant of the quality and efficiency of health care.
There is a growing gap between patient needs and the skills and knowledge of the workforce that cares for them, especially regarding the non medical workforce. The Nuffield Trust report, Reshaping the workforce to deliver the care patients need, commissioned by NHS Employers, gives guidance for reshaping workforce; identifies key enablers and obstacles to change; and provides recommendations for national and local bodies about key actions to support change.
The publication includes advice on: encouraging a healthy pregnancy; the importance of newborn screening and vaccination; encouraging secure attachment; promoting breastfeeding; improving maternal mental health; healthy child programme; health and development reviews
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is preparing for its busiest period of the year, as 51,000 nurses and midwives get ready to revalidate in September. Read on to find out what you can do to help your staff plan ahead.
In the UK and many other Western jurisdictions, it is now mandatory for health professionals to report any finding of female genital mutilation (FGM) in girls under 18 to the authorities. This is considered by some to be too indiscriminate, and potentially provocative to some immigrant communities. A discussion in the Journal of Medical Ethics takes this a stage further (Arora K, Jacobs A. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2014-102375). The American authors suggest that differing degrees of … To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
News article: The continuing lack of school nurses will deepen the existing crisis in child mental health. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
NICE guidance can reduce delays in hospital discharge raised by critical report
Professor Gillian Leng, deputy chief executive and director of health and social care at NICE, said high quality guidance is available to tackle the problem but needs to be implemented across the country.
It comes after the Public Accounts Committee said that new strategies to reduce the number of patients stuck in hospital, but who are medically fit to leave, are needed.
An evaluation has been undertaken of the pilot project to provide a Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist post for two years funded by Parkinson’s UK. - See more at: http://www.sompar.nhs.uk/latest-news/parkinson-s-community-nurse-project-evaluation/#sthash.Ou572RsQ.dpuf
Specialist mental health practitioners from our child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) will work alongside school therapy teams to help children with problems such as low level anxiety and depression.
Led by Springwell Academy, the service will see three dedicated mental health practitioners support nine secondary schools across Barnsley. These specialists will train teachers and school therapy staff on how to support children with mental health problems as well as working directly with children themselves.
Interim guidance on pay for nurse apprentices has been issued for employers that are running courses from September 2017.
The NHS Staff Council is currently in discussions regarding what the appropriate pay rates may be for individuals undertaking a nurse apprenticeship (and other higher and degree related apprenticeships). However, these discussions are unlikely to be completed in time for the small number of nurse apprenticeship training courses running from September 2017.
Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust have a closed Facebook group dedicated to the nursing and midwifery staff.
This was set up by the Lead Nurse for Nurse and Midwifery Retention after realising that we are all working in small pockets in the organisation and we don’t always have a platform to share ideas and support our wider team.
It has effortlessly reached over 300 members of the team by word of mouth and has had loads of engagement from all departments.
It is an incredibly positive and supportive area where all members are able to network with each other and learn about what is going on in the Trust.
Skills for Health, Health Education England and Skills for Care have announced a new Framework to support person-centred approaches for the health and social care workforce.
This article, part two, explores the wider involvement of individuals, organisations and nurse education in preventing care erosion, with a particular focus on reflection; mastery of nursing skills and care; supporting nursing values; and addressing denial and trivialisation of, and justifications for, substandard care. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Editorial. Alongside concern about avoidable mortality, one of the key findings of the public enquiry into failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust,1 which ran Stafford Hospital in England, was the lack of compassion in care delivery. Sir Robert Francis, who led the enquiry, laid the blame for the compassion deficit at the door nursing and support staff. He recommended, among other things, that people should work as care assistants prior to nurse training and that values-based recruitment should be used to ensure that the ‘right’ people are recruited to be nurses. However, there has been little evidence to support these propositions. For example Snowden et al2 found that nursing students who had previous care jobs scored no higher for emotional intelligence than those without prior experience. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
It is estimated that in many settings nurses provide 80 per cent of patient care and they are often the clinicians leading the way in utilising new technology, and creating innovative ways of improving care using new digital tools.
NHS Digital exists to improve health and social care in England by making better use of technology, data and information.
Open access. This study aims to capture first-hand information from nursing home staff's own understanding regarding what they think and have experienced about prevention of physical abuse of nursing home residents and what measures they consider useful to implement in their daily work.
This review aims to determine the effect of adult Early Warning Systems education on nurses’ knowledge, confidence and clinical performance. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
The registered nurse apprenticeship standard is now available for delivery following the approval of the End Point Assessment plan (EPA).
Setting out the common core skills and knowledge required for all nursing students, the nurse apprenticeship standard incorporates the options to study specialisms in adult nursing, children’s nursing, mental health and learning disabilities.
Launched on International Nurses Day, Enabling professionalism in nursing and midwifery practice is a guide aimed at all nurses and midwives and sets out what ‘professionalism’ can look like in everyday practice.
A new guide sets out what professionalism in nursing and midwifery practice should look like and identifies key principles for employers to consider when providing supportive practice environments.
To gain insight into the quantity and quality of spiritual care provided by nurses in curative cancer care, from the perspectives of both patients and nurses. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
The article discusses the reasons why the author claims that it is important to promote intermittent self-catheterisation (ISC) as of 2017, and it mentions the history of ISC, the costs associated with intermittent catheters, and concerns about the ability of patients to manage ISC. According to the article, ISC is the process by which a patient passes a lubricated tube down his or her urethra in order to empty urine out of the bladder.
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The aim of this study was to find out if student nurses feel comfortable in caring by providing support for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Questioning adolescents and what factors influence their level of comfort. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
It is unclear whether training for nursing assistants was equivalent in all countries studied. In England, the Department of Health plans to introduce "nursing associates", who would have 18 months' training and work alongside professional nurses and existing, less well-trained health care assistants.
Additionally, the study does not prove that more qualified nurses are the reason for the differences in death rates and quality of care. The research is based on one "snapshot" of what was happening in hospitals at one point in time (2009 to 2010). Other factors, such as local doctor staffing levels, may also have an effect on outcomes.
As part of Haelo’s new film series Voices from the Front Line, our first film Nurses on Death and Dying, which premiered at the Dying Inspirationally session of Haelo Hosts ’16, documents front line nurses discussing the realities of palliative care.
The team – based centrally in one location at Leechmere, Grangetown – aims to support adults who live in Sunderland, who are registered with a Sunderland GP and need short term health and or social care support, that can help to keep them living at home, with care wrapped around them while they’re at their most vulnerable.
Support is tailored to a person’s needs and can be any combination of a short term care package, from nursing to therapy to get them back on their feet without having to be hospitalised or needing long term care. GP support is also available within the service.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has today formally agreed to a request from the Department of Health to be the regulator for the new nursing associate role.
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Surveys are available for each topic, so you can vote for titles that you think the library should purchase and also suggest additional titles.
Here at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals we have joined forces with the University of Bolton to develop and deliver the first nursing degree course that is not commissioned by Health Education England, to help tackle the national shortage of nurses.
We’re providing 50 places a year on a three year full time nursing degree programme, and our first student intake has just started their studies. These students are either self-funding, or funding their studies through the student loan system.
Bury School Nursing Service, run by Pennine Care, is providing the sessions for 16 to 19 year olds to come along without an appointment for support.
Trained nurses will be available to give confidential advice on long term health conditions, emotional health, sleep support, healthy eating, exercise and weight management, sexual health, drugs and alcohol, stopping smoking and more.
They will also be able to make a referral or signpost to other support services as appropriate.
To explore the effectiveness and effective components of training interventions to enhance nurses’ competencies in self-management support in chronic care. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Based on a model of care from the Netherlands (known as the Buurtzorg model), they are about to establish their first ‘self-managed’ teams of nurses who will deliver dedicated personal, social and health care to patients in a small area of Tower Hamlets.
The team will work collaboratively with formal and informal networks to ensure provision of holistic patient-centred care that promotes self-management, patient engagement and improves overall patient and staff satisfaction.
A new Paediatric Nurse Practitioner, Donna Pearce, has joined the Children’s Acute and going Needs Service (CAONS), which launched in September 2016. Donna’s role, as part of the children’s community nursing team (CCNT) will help to reduce pressure on acute and GP services by providing an alternative referral route for children with minor illnesses
Take a look at our infographic exploring the different routes into nursing for employers.
Until recently, the routes to developing registered nurses within the workforce have been limited, with the university degree being the main way to train this group of staff.
a model was developed to provide an innovative approach in working together as a “virtual placement” which meets the above requirements but also affords a wealth of additional opportunities to build that early partnership with the workforce of the future and afford them early exposure to critical learning.