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- Health visitor workload: an integrative review of the literatureel abril 4, 2024 a las 12:00 am
Managing health visitor workload is essential to ensure a safe and sustainable service. This article discusses the findings of an integrative review that aimed to summarise the literature on health visitor workload and to ascertain how such literature might inform future workload planning and development. A total of 23 studies
- All you need to know about the surge in measles casesel abril 4, 2024 a las 12:00 am
A surge in measles cases has prompted the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to declare a national incident. Agency chief executive Jenny Harries says the UK is on a ‘trajectory for everything getting much worse’ because of low vaccination uptake. Nurses have described the situation as frustrating because the virus
- Why we need to celebrate successes, such as nurse prescribingel abril 4, 2024 a las 12:00 am
As I gather my thoughts ahead of my final edition as editor of Primary Health Care, I am flooded with memories and reflections of what the journal has featured over the years, what is pressing and urgent now and what the future holds. It is has been a privilege to
- Making sure you delegate healthcare activities safelyel abril 4, 2024 a las 12:00 am
The landscape of social care is changing, with greater complexity and acuity, and in some cases increased healthcare interventions taking place for people being cared for in social care settings. Against this backdrop, the practice of delegating healthcare activities is becoming more widespread in the sector.
- Top tips on what you need to do to be a chief nurseel abril 4, 2024 a las 12:00 am
Although she is now chief nurse at a large London trust, Maria O’Brien says there was never a grand plan to achieve a top job. ‘I’ve had the kind of career where I’ve done things that have interested me, rather than followed a typical straight route,’ says Ms O’Brien. ‘While