Abstract Background Nurses practising in older people’s care homes are often the only trained nurse on shift, undertaking leadership roles while also supporting residents with complex clinical needs. The study aimed to explore Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)-registered nurses’ experiences of working during COVID-19 pandemic. Method Recruitment used direct contact homes, social media links p...

112 words) Recent changes in policy and culture require health workers to incorporate „knowledge work‟ as a routine component of professional practice. Innovative computer-mediated communication technologies provide the opportunity to evaluate the nature of knowledge work within nursing and midwifery. This study embedded an online discussion system into an acute NHS Trust to support interaction...

Recent changes in policy and culture require health workers to incorporate "knowledge work" as a routine component of professional practice. Innovative computer-mediated communication technologies provide the opportunity to evaluate the nature of "knowledge work" within nursing and midwifery. This study embedded an online discussion system into an acute NHS Trust to support interaction within c...

In a rapidly changing Australian health care environment, providers of undergraduate nursing programs are continually upgrading their assessment methods to ensure that graduates are competent and safe to practice. Competence assessment is based on the existing Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) Competency Standards for Registered Nurses. It is acknowledged that there are issues sur...

In a rapidly changing Australian health care environment, providers of undergraduate nursing programs are continually upgrading their assessment methods to ensure that graduates are competent and safe to practice. Competence assessment is based on the existing Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council (ANMC) Competency Standards for Registered Nurses. It is acknowledged that there are issues surro...

The ability to accurately document undergraduate student nurses' development while in the clinical area is a requirement of the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Owing to a number of strategic and pragmatic drivers, the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton has developed and implemented an e-Assessment of Professional Practice (eAoPP). This platform enables the student, mento...

Nurses and other healthcare professionals who fail to give dying patients oral hydration and nutrition ‘when still possible and desired’ should face misconduct charges, according to new guidance on end of life care. The Department of Health (DH) last week published a new approach to care for the dying, Priorities for Care, which replaces the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP). It was dr...