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Learning disability care facing a ‘crisis’ following 40% drop in nurses

A drop in specialist nurses may leave learning disability care returning to ‘Victorian’ institutions, warn the Royal College of Nursing

Digital solutions to the challenges of primary care

Crystal Oldman discusses how digital solutions improve the care that primary nurses can offer

Dysphagia: addressing medication difficulties in primary care

Linda Nazarko describes possible complications when managing patients with this condition

Treating encephalitis in primary care settings

Ava Easton details how primary care nurses can help to manage this complex condition

Childhood atopic eczema – how to answer the questions parents ask?

Julie Van Onselen details commonly asked questions surrounding the treatment of this skin condition

Colic in babies: Advice for parents and over-the-counter remedies

With one in five babies affected by colic, Elizabeth Tinsley, discusses how to spot and treat the condition

Expanding the definitions used in nursing diagnoses for 2018-2020

Lee Hough reviews Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and Classification

Latest clinical research

Mark Greener details the latest clinical studies relevant to primary care nurses

The Healthy Man Project

Judith Graham details a new initiative focused on improving physical health for men with psychotic illness

Bowel cancer screening to begin at 50, say Public Health England

Public Health England have recommended that bowel cancer screening should start 10 years earlier – at the age of 50

Looking good and feeling bad

Impossible standards of beauty are putting young people’s mental health at risk, writes Rebecca Gilroy

Nurses carry out 180 wound dressings a year per patient, survey says

One in four patients in need of wound dressings have them changed by nurses at their local GP surgery, according to a new survey

When a statistic becomes a tragedy

Suicide awareness and intervention should be as fundamental to nursing as basic life support. A nurse's intervention could literally save a life.

Major study finds that ADHD is underdiagnosed in children

A new study has found that there may be thousands of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who are undiagnosed

Revalidation has a ‘positive effect’ on nursing attitudes and behaviour

Latest reports suggest that revalidation continues to have a positive impact on the behaviour and attitudes of nurses and midwives, say the Nursing and Midwifery Council

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