With one in six hospital beds occupied by someone with diabetes, it’s vital that nurses in all specialties know how to care for this growing patient group. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Claire Ford, Lecturer, Adult Nursing (claire.ford@northumbria.ac.uk), and Laura J Park, Graduate Tutor, of Northumbria University, describe how to maintain good skin health to reduce the risk of infection. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
You have a duty of candour if you make a professional error. Here’s how to handle the situation. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Implications for practice and research:
>Double-checking is used in many hospitals and seems to be effective, but more evaluations are needed.
>Simulation studies allow the testing of interventions prior to implementation in practice.
>Administration error rates remain high, and new studies, with higher statistical power, are needed.
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React to Moisture’, a new interactive training resource that supports care home staff in preventing and managing moisture lesions (incontinence-related dermatitis), has been launched by the Trust.
Tissue Viability Specialist Nurses developed the resource, containing a training DVD, competencies, a patient leaflet and poster, with advice from the Specialist Continence Service. It aims to provide the knowledge and skills required for care home staff to feel confident in identifying, preventing and managing moisture lesions. Although primarily aimed at care homes, it is transferrable to any health care setting. [Includes contact details for health professionals interested in the pack]
Unfortunately SSOTP do not plan to take library services from the SSSFT library services during 2017/18. Sadly this means that we will be discontinuing this weekly bulletin. If you are an SSSFT member of staff subscribed to this bulletin, please reply to this email letting us know what areas of the update you are interested in and we can discuss the best way of keeping you updated in this area.
Unfortunately SSOTP do not plan to take library services from the SSSFT library services during 2017/18. Sadly this means that we will be discontinuing this weekly bulletin. If you are an SSSFT member of staff subscribed to this bulletin, please reply to this email letting us know what areas of the update you are interested in and we can discuss the best way of keeping you updated in this area.
We’ve just heard that SSOTP will not be renewing their agreement with SSSFT LKS for library services for this financial year. Because of this we will be reviewing our Be Aware bulletins. Sadly we won’t be accepting any new sign-ups from SSOTP staff and will be withdrawing some of the physical healthcare bulletins that we…
This guideline covers the general principles for managing intravenous (IV) fluid therapy in hospital inpatients aged 16 and over with a range of conditions. It aims to help prescribers understand the optimal amount and composition of IV fluids to be administered and the best rate at which to give them, to improve fluid prescribing and outcomes among people in hospital. It does not cover pregnant women, and those with severe liver or renal disease, diabetes or burns.
Rationale and key points:
This article discusses optimal methods for assisting patients with sit-stand transfers where moving-and-handling equipment is not required. The article explains the importance of effective mobility care in optimising patients’ rehabilitation and enhancing their independence.
» The term ‘assistance’ is used in this article to refer to the support nurses can provide to patients during sit-stand transfers, but excludes manual assistance. Nurses should attempt various ‘hands-off’ mobility-enhancing strategies to assist the patient, such as the use of verbal, visual or light manual cues.
» There are three main considerations when assisting patients with sit-stand transfers: maintaining the safety of the patient and healthcare staff; optimising the patient’s mobility; and the use of a person-centred approach to care.
» It is important to ensure the correct biomechanics of sit-stand transfers are followed during these procedures.
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Enteral tube feeding is the delivery of nutritionally complete feed via a tube into the gut. It is used for patients who are unable to meet their nutritional needs orally. Enteral feeding can be given through a variety of different tubes that access the gastrointestinal tract either via the stomach or the small bowel. The contamination of enteral feed can often be overlooked as a source of bacterial infection. Enteral feeds can become contaminated in a variety of different ways. Most often infections result in extended lengths of stay in hospital and patients also need additional therapies and treatments in order to resolve these infections. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Resource lists for each topic include a list of books and E-books that the library currently stocks and a list of suggested titles.
Surveys are available for each topic, so you can vote for titles that you think the library should purchase and also suggest additional titles.