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Reducing checks for stable patients ‘would free up nurses’
Hospital nurses can monitor the vital signs of patients who are not seriously ill less often without putting them at…
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New bitesize learning videos on bed handling and immobile patients
Nursing Times has launched a new set of bitesize learning videos that form part of an educational package on supporting…
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Nurses support scheme to improve housing for asthma patients
Respiratory nurses’ specialist knowledge of asthma is being used by a housing association in a new partnership aimed at reducing…
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Nurses ‘increasingly stressed’ by having to treat patients on trolleys
Leaving patients on trolleys in hospital corridors is both “unsafe and undignified” and is also having a negative impact on…
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Action needed to reduce risk of surgical swabs being left in patients
Improved standards are needed to help reduce the risk of surgical swabs being left inside patients after an invasive procedure,…
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Telemedicine can cut readmission and boost outcomes for heart patients
A “simple strategy” involving the remote monitoring and assessment of patients after a heart attack can reduce hospital readmissions and…
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Cancer patients given access to trials via innovative advocacy service
A first-of-its-kind nurse-led service that helps secondary breast cancer patients access clinical trials is celebrating having helped 500 patients. The…
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Fake Nurse Accused of Sexually Assaulting Patients, Arrested
Medical assistant Ramon Garcia is accused of performing inappropriate sexual exams and hitting on patients while posing as a nurse…
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Effectively Managing Aggressive Behavior in Patients
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Nurses given bodycams after surge in abuse from patients
A London NHS trust is giving its nurses body-worn cameras and asking the public to be kinder to its healthcare…
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