A STUDY of unaccompanied children who have come to the UK as refugees or asylum seekers has found many have significant physical and psychological health needs.
Stretched to breaking point [0.03%]
绷到了极限
A review of 17 regional neonatal transport services has shown that they are 'understaffed, under-resourced and part time', but that these problems are not related to the dedication of the nurses and doctors who work in them.
Samantha Gardiner,Laura Lowe
Samantha Gardiner
Pervasive refusal syndrome (PRS)/pervasive arousal withdrawal syndrome (PAWS) and conversion disorder (CD) are two rare mental health disorders that commonly affect children and young people. In the most extreme cases of PRS/PAWS, young peo...
Stefan Nilsson
Stefan Nilsson
This article describes a small-scale study of children's experiences of using a tablet computer with pre-installed apps designed to support individuals with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. A total of 15 children (seven boys and eight girls...
Sian Thomas,Carolyn Middleton,Denise Llewellyn et al.
Sian Thomas et al.
All UK nurses and midwives will need to follow the revalidation process to renew their registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and demonstrate that they practise safely and effectively. The system is designed to help nurse...
Emma Cowen
Emma Cowen
IN DECEMBER the government announced plans to develop a new healthcare role, the nursing associate. Consultation continues on what this role will entail, but the training route has been announced as an apprenticeship, and it has been descri...
Jackie Bentley
Jackie Bentley
Prescribing antibiotics for otitis media and other upper respiratory tract infections became 'standard' practice in an era when complications from such infections were relatively common and potentially serious ( National Institute for Healt...
Research essentials [0.03%]
研究必备技能
Christine English,Theresa Pengelly
Christine English
A RESEARCHER needs to select a methodology and methods that fit the purpose of the study and will be able to answer the questions it poses. Clarifying viewpoints about epistemology (the philosophical theory of knowledge) and ontology (the n...
Erin Dean
Erin Dean
AT THE beginning of this month, the first nurses to use the new revalidation system will have completed their applications to maintain their registration. By April 2019, every nurse and midwife in the UK will have gone through the process.
Stephanie Jones-Berry,Jennifer Sprinks
Stephanie Jones-Berry
HUNDREDS OF nurses are using their annual leave to meet essential training requirements, an RCNi investigation has revealed.