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STOP Pressure Ulcer Day: The Need to Focus Darker Skin Tones
By Neesha Oozageer Gunowa, PhD Candidate Oxford Brookes University @ne55hao STOP Pressure Ulcer Day is a global annual event occurring every 3rd
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Resilience in nurses working in respiratory clinical areas during the COVID pandemic
In this week’s blog, Dr Nicola Roberts (@DrNRoberts) discusses some of the research that she and colleagues have been undertaking focussing on the
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COVID19 Infodemic – A Tsunami of Health Literacy Issues
In this week’s blog, Dr Evelyn McElhinney (@evmcelhinney), Senior Lecturer in Advanced Practice at Glasgow Caldedonian University and the Chair
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Catching your breath… how do we help the “missing millions” who don’t know they have a respiratory condition?
Dr Nicola Roberts is a Senior Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University in the UK and her research focuses on improving how we deliver care to those
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Out of Hours Triage: how do we use it effectively and appropriately?
The world in which we live is changing constantly at an alarming rate. Prior to working at NHS 24, I worked within the hospital setting within acute
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The Question(s) of Frailty….
Dr Fiona McGowan is a Senior Lecturer at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, which is home to a rich environment for
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Food for thought in acute stroke
In our third blog of the week for Action on Stroke Month, Trish Elder-Gracie, a Stroke Nurse Specialist in NHS Lothian shares her perspectives on
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Should women at high risk of breast cancer be screened in their 30s?
Jan Hunter, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull A major research study has demonstrated that breast screening in women