'Nurses should be aware of the high prevalence of type D personality and the effects on symptom control and quality of life in asthma patients,' a Korean paper has concluded.
With up to 85% of prescribing of antibiotics in England taking place in primary care and community settings, nurses working in these settings are in a unique position to drive the preservation of one...
Endometriosis is a condition in which hormonally responsive endometrial tissue is found outside the uterus, resulting in chronic inflammation.1 Endometriosis is generally confined to women of...
Children's body shape constantly changes as they grow and transition from baby through to adolescent.
Pancreatic cancer remains a disease where more than 80 per cent of patients are diagnosed at a point when there is no option for curative treatment. Indeed, Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in...
Port wine naevus: A capillary malformation in the skin that affects 0.1 to two per cent of the population. It follows a genetic mutation.
European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD), which aims to raise awareness about antibiotic resistance, will take place on 18 November.
Three different reports published in the last two weeks have highlighted the need to rethink primary care and the role of primary care nurses in order to make the NHS sustainable.
It's funny how these things seem to happen over night. One minute general practice nursing is a forgotten backwater of the profession to all but those working in it, the next, all eyes are on primary...
Hypertension had the highest number of registered patients (7.7 million) according to the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) annual report.
Over a quarter of a million people across England and Wales stopped smoking last month during 'Stoptober'.
Last week, I had the privilege of attending the chief nursing officer's BME conference. It was a lively event where I was able to reconnect with old friends and meet many of our Queen's Nurses.
The Nursing Specialist Group, part of the British Computer Society (BCS), is an organisation for nurses interested in the management and use of information and communications technology to improve the...
An award-winning app has been created to assist stroke rehabilitation. Claire Smith, a language and speech therapist at Manchester Royal Infirmary developed ReaDySpeech in conjunction with Central...
Clinical Pocket Reference has released a portable guide to the practical management of medications, written specifically for practicing nurses. The guide contains information on core subjects such as...
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