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
A team from the Trust presented a poster display of their caseload review tool at the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) Annual Conference and were awarded first prize and praised for its innovative approach.
Launched in February, the District Nurse Caseload Review Tool was developed by the Trust in order to create a standardised approach to reviewing what were ‘unwieldy’ district nurse caseloads to ensure they are all managed and run efficiently, effectively, safely and where possibly innovatively, to support high quality care for all.
The impact of this early support cannot be underestimated. It builds resilience, encourages healthy lifestyles and aids social and emotional development.
Health visitors lead on the delivery of the government’s healthy child programme for children aged 0 to five, working alongside other health and social care colleagues, including family nurse partnership teams, nursery nurses and other specialist health professionals.
Quarterly and annual datasets and commentary for local authority health visits to pregnant women, children and their families during pregnancy and early childhood.
Quarterly and annual datasets and commentary for local authority health visits to pregnant women, children and their families during pregnancy and early childhood.
Quarterly and annual datasets and commentary for local authority health visits to pregnant women, children and their families during pregnancy and early childhood.
To provide a synthesis of the evidence of health-promoting leadership related to nursing by exploring definitions, core attributes and critical conditions.. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details. 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 identify factors associated with longitudinal changes in health-related quality of life in community-dwelling individuals with venous or mixed-venous leg ulcers. 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.
[Swedish research] Video consultation is a satisfactory tool for healthcare personnel, and the technology is a new, useful method, especially for the district nurses. Further, video consultation is an opportunity for healthcare personnel to learn. However, for it to work as an accepted method, the technology must function well and be user friendly. It must also be clear that it is beneficial for the patients and the healthcare personnel. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
To provide a synthesis of the evidence of health‐promoting leadership related to nursing by exploring definitions, core attributes and critical conditions.. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details. 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 estimate the prevalence and co‐occurrence of health‐related behaviours among nurses in Scotland relative to other healthcare workers and those in non‐healthcare occupations.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
This project co-ordinates and supports patients with an approach which considers in-patient care and community support, using an extended multi-disciplinary approach including general practitioners, nursing, therapy and social care input, supplemented by specialist/secondary care involvement where appropriate.
The aim is to manage many of these patients in the community without the requirement for frequent unplanned hospital admissions.
(1) To examine whether working in a self-directed team is related to home-care nursing staff's job satisfaction; (2) To assess the mediating effect of self-perceived autonomy over patient care; (3) To investigate the moderating effect of educational level on the association between autonomy over patient care and job satisfaction. 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.
Open access. Existing evidence indicates that reducing nurse staffing and/or skill mix adversely affects care quality. Nursing shortages may lead managers to dilute nursing team skill mix, substituting assistant personnel for registered nurses (RNs). However, no previous studies have described the relationship between nurse staffing and staff–patient interactions.
To explore and understand the views of clients and formal and informal caregivers about the experienced quality of home care for older people.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Not all nurses managers have experience so education in, and exposure to, compassionate leadership can be vital
What is the difference between a manager and a leader? All organisations need a manager, but they benefit from leaders. But when nurses become managers, are they managing, leading or both? To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Advanced Clinical Practitioners have been developed to address current and future gaps in the medical workforce. Insight into problems associated with Advanced Clinical Practitioner transition may help present and future trainees adapt to their changing and demanding health environment. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details.
To increase understanding of strategies graduate nurses use on a day‐to‐day basis to integrate themselves into pre‐existing social frameworks.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Psychological first aid (PFA) is an intervention strategy to support people in severe distress following crisis events. These traumatic events might include natural disasters, accidents, violent crimes or trauma experienced in nursing work, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Leadership in nursing is about inspiring colleagues to deliver the best care and improve patient outcomes, whether you are a student, newly qualified or a team leader
It is an outdated notion that leaders are only those who manage a team, or call all the shots. There is increasing recognition in nursing that everyone – at every level – can demonstrate leadership and develop as a leader.
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To understand how small group teaching sessions can assist participants to learn new knowledge and skills
To learn how to plan a small group teaching session by setting aims and learning outcomes
To appreciate the importance of assessing participants’ learning and addressing gaps in their understanding throughout the delivery of small group teaching sessions
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When the Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust recognised a gap in its nursing workforce, it set about finding a solution by upskilling its workforce. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Knowing how to build a strong business case is a valuable skill for nurses in any band or setting as it means you can demonstrate the value of your work or proposed projects. With NHS funding severely stretched, organisational leaders are continually making difficult decisions about where to invest and where to cut back. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Empathetic and inclusive leaders enable teams to achieve better outcomes for patients, but can be difficult to find in the hierarchical organisations of the NHS
Compassionate leadership is good for staff and good for patients, with a growing evidence base showing that it results in staff being more motivated and delivering high-quality care.
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This is the seventh in a series of eight articles providing information about the Nursing and Midwifery Council revalidation process. This article focuses on obtaining confirmation for revalidation. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
While clinical reflection has been an essential aspect of nursing practice for many years, some nurses may still find it challenging to constructively engage with this process and may not recognise the benefits and learning that can result from it. This article provides practical guidance for nurses on how to undertake reflection, to support them to reflect regularly as part of their practice. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
• Reflection is a process of engaging with and learning from one’s thoughts, emotions and actions in a supportive and critical manner.
• Reflection can assist nurses to learn from practice, support team working and promote self-care.
• Nurses can reflect alone or with others, and there are various structured models of reflection that they can use to support them.
This is the fifth in a series of eight articles providing information about the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) revalidation process. This article focuses on preparing five written reflective accounts for revalidation. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
School nurses’ role in safeguarding and child protection is critical, yet the workforce is in dire need of reinvestment to help us support those children most in need. As postgraduate specialist community public health nurses, we are experts who provide valuable, confidential services to children, young people and families. To read the full article, choose “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Conclusion Effective communication, respect, competitive financial compensation, benefits and proper recognition are among the main strategies that senior can use to retain nurses. Shared governance is also important in empowering nurses and subsequently improving retention. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Whether this reported decline in uptake is real, and fewer children are being immunised or whether this is a reflection of data quality issues is unclear. Either way, it serves as a reminder that we can never take high immunisation rates for granted.
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Transformational leadership had no direct relationship to intent to stay and job satisfaction and had a small direct positive effect on organizational commitment. Transformational leadership has potential to slow attrition and retain nurses by creating a positive work environment that supports nurses. Any improvement in job satisfaction and organizational commitment would positively increase the change in probability for intent to stay. 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 identify the conditions needed to implement nurse practitioners in long‐term care in Québec, Canada.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
In this article the author updates district nurses on the amendments to police powers under the Mental Health Act 1983 introduced by the Policing and Crime Act 2017, part 4 chapter 4 designed to better manage those people experiencing a mental health crisis.
Suffolk County Council CYP South and West Ipswich Locality has 3,000 children under five years of age living in the population. Many of these children live in the 20% poorest households in the country. In February 2013 head teachers from local primary schools requested help from the Integrated Services Manager (Health) for assistance in preparing children for school learning. It was agreed that the most pressing need was toilet training as there were a high number of children in their reception years who were still in nappies or ‘pull-ups’ and this was diverting attention away from their learning.
Pennine Care’s adult community nursing teams in Bury, Oldham and Trafford are developing a robust wound care self-management pathway, which aims to optimise high quality patient outcomes.
The project will include any patient with a low risk wound and it will involve four stages:
Incivility can be overtly bullying or aggressive behaviour. It can also be covert, for example the rolling of eyes, ignoring someone or speaking over them. These behaviours dent staff morale and individuals’ confidence in their abilities, and create a feeling of apathy towards colleagues and patients.
Indwelling urinary catheterisation is a common procedure that is governed by best practice guidelines such as those provided by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and the Royal College of Nursing. This article will look how these guidelines influence practice and also look at new innovations in catheter care. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Middle-aged and older adults requiring skilled home healthcare (‘home health’) services following hospital discharge are at high risk of experiencing suboptimal outcomes. Information management (IM) needed to organise and communicate care plans is critical to ensure safety. Little is known about IM during this transition.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
An innovative tool developed by Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust (SSOTP) to improve the quality and efficiency of its district nurses’ caseloads and bring benefits to patient care has been shortlisted in the prestigious Health Service Journal Value Awards 2018.