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Staying on top of news is essential for primary care nurses, whose roles develop as new techniques and advice are put into practice. Below you will find professional articles written specifically on the topic of .

Advocating for patients

Nicola Davies looks at how nurses can use their position to speak up for patients

Remote patient monitoring

How the COVID-19 pandemic has sped up a technological revolution in health

Appearing at a coroner's inquest

Scott Lister and Jane Scullion discuss being called and giving evidence at the coroner’s court

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Equipping people to change

A holistic intervention that improves the health and diets of children and families is discussed by Kim Roberts

Communication skills for nursing practice

An introduction to communication skills which are vital in nursing practice, with a focus on practical application in healthcare settings.

A force for health

Community and primary care nurses can form a movement to enhance public health.

Bringing domestic violence out of the shadows

Domestic violence is an invisible issue. PHE's Justin Varney and Colleen Dockerty explain how nurses can help

Resources

6Cs Live! is hosting a number of free online webinars between 20 and 24 October as part of a Week of Action on delivering high quality care and measuring the impact of compassion in practice. Topics covered by the webinars include reducing stillbirth and neonatal death, open and honest care for mental health patients, and success stories from the 'Investing in Behaviours' cultural change programme.

Social media: Unlocking the potential

Teresa Chinn looks at how nurses can use social media for professional purposes

Gone but not forgotten

How can nurses ensure they are kept up to date when they are on maternity leave?

Teamwork and change: what could we do differently?

Conflict resolution can be aided by clarifying perceptions of the conflict and conflicting parties, building shared positive power, and developing 'do-ables', writes Caroline Forrest

The road ahead for nursing in 2013

As 2012 draws to a close, UK nurses must reflect on a turbulent year which marked the passing of the Health and Social Care Act, unrest over ongoing pay freezes, pension changes and workforce cuts, plus renewed media criticism of care standards across hea

Boosting the NHS Constitution

Ministers aim to strengthen the NHS Constitution and raise awareness about its purpose, writes Joe Lepper

Promoting use of reminiscence therapy in community settings

A health team in Bradford is training volunteers to facilitate reminiscence therapy for older people.

Taking the initiative: Dave Dawes provides practical advice for nurse leaders and entrepreneurs

I would appreciate advice on presenting an idea to commissioners in order to secure funding. What would you say were the key 'dos and don'ts'?

Boosting access to healthcare

Improving clients' language skills can lead to more appropriate use of local services, writes Matthew Bradby

Patients and commissioning

Patients and the public have a vital part to play in influencing the clinical commissioning agenda, writes Rachel Armstrong

Keeping risk in perspective

Working in healthcare, it is easy to feel overloaded by the vast amount of information received every day and to rely, instead, on snippets of information to aid understanding.

Quantitative research: conducting surveys

Surveys are flexible and can be constructed and modified to answer a wide variety of research questions.

Nursing with kindness and compassion

Nurses must reassert the importance of kindness and compassion in their practice, to enable delivery of high-quality patient care, writes Caroline Forrest

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