Primary care nurses must extend their current knowledge of sexually transmitted infections in male patients and improve their skills in assessing risk, writes Professor Ian Peate
Up to one-in-12 older people in the UK may suffer from sarcopenia (age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and function).Researchers applied definitions developed by the European Working Group on...
Bronchiectasis - permanent, progressive airways dilation following 'a vicious circle' of inflammation, infection and repair of the bronchial mucosa - is associated with longer and more severe COPD...
In 1998, UK legislation restricted paracetamol pack sizes available OTC to reduce overdoses. Researchers calculated deaths from paracetamol poisoning and liver unit activity between October 1998 and...
Dysfunctional inflammatory and immune responses may contribute to endometriosis. As dairy products and other nutrients modulate these responses, US researchers analysed food frequency questionnaires...
Job title: Nurse lead, infection
prevention and control
Location: Bridgewater Community NHS Trust Base, St Helens Merseyside
Qualifications: MSc BA Hons RGN RM (now lapsed)
Job title - Cervical screening outreach nurse
Location- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Qualifications- Registered Nurse Diploma in Higher Education 1999
Bachelor of Honors in Midwifery 2008
NHS Trust HR director Graham White offers advice on employment issues affecting nurses
Share your valuable knowledge and insights with commissioners and ensure you influence service design and ongoing development, writes Julie Hall
On 6 February, Robert Francis QC published his Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry.
There is a 'real need' for health visitors to receive better education and training to enable them to develop practice, according to the National Nursing Research Unit at King's College London.
A 'systematic failure in the NHS' to assess children with acute illness that could be better managed by general practice, out of hours services and NHS Direct, has led to yearly increases in emergency...
Lee Yarwood-Ross explains why moist wound healing is better than dry healing and
discusses the optimal level of moisture
Psoriasis is a common condition that affects approximately 2% of the population and may range from mild rashes to psoriatic emergencies which require urgent hospital care, writes Dr Jean Watkins
Dr Harry Brown provides insight into the basics of vitamin B12 metabolism to help explain
pernicious anaemia, its diagnosis, and treatment
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