(1) To review the literature on the use of technology to provide emotional and social support to nurses; (2) to identify and evaluate gaps in the research; (3) to assess whether a systematic review would be valuable and (4) to make recommendations for future research.
The new resource is operated by an independent provider and comes less than a year since the professional regulator set up its support service for members of the public who raise concerns when things go wrong with their nursing or midwifery care.
Now, through the NMC’s Careline, emotional and practical support is also available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for nurses and midwives across the UK, and nursing associates in England, who are involved in fitness to practise processes.
The RCN has published a report outlining the evidence behind its calls for specific legal responsibilities for workforce planning and supply across the health and care system.
The report, titled Standing Up for Patient and Public Safety, follows the release of recent NHS figures showing there are now a record 43,617 vacant nursing posts in the NHS in England.
‘Who is a nurse?’ and ‘What is nursing?’ seem to be simple questions yet the answers are strangely elusive. This book explores the variations in structure and organization of the nursing workforce across the different countries of Europe. This diversity, and the reasons for it, are of more than academic interest. The work of nurses has always had a critical impact on patient outcomes. As health systems shift radically in response to rising demand, the role of nurses becomes even more important.
To examine the use of time by advanced practice nurses and time use differences according to type of healthcare organization, work experience and supervisor.. 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.
Supportive observations is the practice of closely monitoring patients who are acutely unwell in order to keep them safe.
There are no formal guidelines for nursing staff on what to observe during observations.. 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.
Nurses in all sectors and specialties are well-placed to support innovation, guide patients and their families to use innovative technologies, provide feedback about how these changes are received in the real world and help remove the barriers that stop successful adoption. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
BPS Blog post by Lucy Maddox. The UK population continues to grow, while nursing numbers have remained static for several decades. Compounding matters, The King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust have reported a 25 per cent increase in nurses and midwives leaving the NHS from 2012 to 2018, from 27,300 to 34,100. In short, in the UK, we now have far fewer nurses relative to the general population than we used to.
What does this mean for patients’ care experience?
Consumer participation is central to mental health policy. Negative attitudes of health professionals are barriers to realising policy goals. Evidence suggests consumers (Experts by Experience) can influence positive attitudes in nursing students. Research in this area to date is limited and primarily from Australia and New Zealand.. 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.
Postpartum psychosis is one of the severest psychiatric disorders to occur in the postpartum period. If it requires a woman's admission, a psychiatric mother baby unit is recommended, where care will focus on the mother's health, the mother‐baby dyad, and their next of kin. To date, few studies have examined nursing interventions for patients with postpartum psychosis.. 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 study examines the impact of personal resilience on the well‐being of care workers and how perceptions of the quality of care provided and the social climate in the organization influences this relationship. We examine quality of patient care as both a mediating and outcome variable to better understand if ‘doing good’ (quality of care) leads to ‘feeling good’ (personal well‐being).. 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.
To explore stakeholder perspectives of compassion in nursing.. 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.
To develop an understanding of how nurses take account of patient preferences in nursing decision‐making in evidence‐based practice to provide individual tailored nursing care.. 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.
To identify, describe, and summarise evidence from quantitative, qualitative, and mixed‐method studies conducted to prepare nurses and nursing students to lead on and/or deliver compassionate care. . 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.
Open access. To establish what leadership competencies are expected of Master level educated nurses like the Advanced Practice Nurses and the Clinical Nurse Leaders as described in the international literature.
Health Education England (HEE) has launched a new campaign to bring more nurses back into the NHS Workforce.
Targeted at nurses considering a return to practice, the 'We are Returning Nurses' campaign follows on from the We are the NHS recruitment drive. It seeks to remind nurses why they fell in love with their profession and support them on their journey back to the NHS with financial help, information on where to find courses, and tips on applications and interviews.
This updated set of expectations for nursing and midwifery care staff will help NHS provider boards make local decisions that support the delivery of high-quality care for patients.
Governments across the UK should be held fully accountable for nursing workforce shortages across health and care settings, the RCN has said.
In a new safe staffing report the College is calling on governments to implement robust, evidence-based workforce planning in all UK publicly-funded care settings.
A new RCN report says nurses are best placed to help close the huge gap in life expectancy between people with serious mental illness and the rest of the population.