Essentials of Nursing Adults
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Chapter 1: The Changing World of Healthcare
For the latest information on what is happening in each of the four countries of the UK see:
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England: www.england.nhs.uk
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Northern Ireland: www.health-ni.gov.uk
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Scotland: www.scot.nhs.uk
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Wales: www.wales.nhs.uk
Chapter 2: Person-centred Care
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The Health Foundation (2017). Person-centred care resource centre. London: The Health Foundation. Retrieved from http://personcentredcare.health.org.uk/.The Health Foundation has produced a significant online resource centre about PCC.
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Sieff, A. (2013). A portal for resources and learning on person-centred care. London: The Health Foundation. Retrieved from http://www.health.org.uk/newsletter/portal-resources-and-learning-person-centred-care. This article, about the various PCC resources available online, is aimed at care providers and clinicians.
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Skills for Health. (2017). Person-centred approaches: Empowering people in their lives and communities to enable an upgrade in prevention, wellbeing, health, care and support. Bristol: Skills for Health. Retrieved from http://www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/images/pdf/Person-Centred-Approaches-Framework.pdf. This framework helps develop the skills, knowledge and attitudes of the health and social care workforce to put PCC into practice.
Chapter 3: Professional Values
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https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/guidance/raising-concerns-guidance-for-nurses-and-midwives/ – an excellent website for students providing guidance, resources for workshops and case studies.
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The Collaborating Centre for Values-Based Practice: https://valuesbasedpractice.org/ – an excellent website with lots of information and resources to help you understand VBP.
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The Arts in Nursing: The Art of Caring (http://www.artofcaring.org.uk/) and Caring Words (http://www.caringwords.mmu.ac.uk/). Both these websites offer different ways of using the arts in nursing and so offer an alternative way to think about what nursing is and the values you hold.
Chapter 4: Safeguarding Adults at Risk of Harm
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Whilst adult nurses are primarily concerned with safeguarding a good knowledge of safeguarding children is also required. This link takes you to the NSPCC website and a range of resources including information regarding the legal position in different part of the UK: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/
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This link takes you to the safeguarding section of the Social Care Institute of Excellence website: http://www.scie.org.uk/adults/safeguarding/
Chapter 5: Patient Safety
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https://improvement.nhs.uk/ – a website with useful resources to improve the quality of care in Trusts.
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Ihub: http://ihub.scot/ – this is Scotland’s Healthcare Improvement Hub, supporting health and social care organisations to redesign and continuously improve services – with lots of resources.
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Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch: https://www.hsib.org.uk/ – a new website which provides information on investigations into incidents in healthcare.
Chapter 6: Research and Evidence-based Practice in Nursing
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www.nmc.org.uk/standards/code/ – this takes you to the NMC page where you can read the Code in full, including the section which relates specifically to EBP, as well as access a range of other resources.
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www.cochrane.org – information about the work of the Cochrane Collaboration, who provide high-quality resources for those working in healthcare; includes access to the Cochrane Library (database of systematic reviews).
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www.evidence.nhs.uk – this provides access to NICE guidance and standards as well as a range of other high-quality evidence in health, social care and public health.
Chapter 7: Health Promotion
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Health behaviour change: Competency framework: http://www.healthscotland.com/documents/4877.aspx – competencies to deliver interventions to change lifestyle behaviours that affect health (2010).
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NICE – Public Health Guidance (PH6) (2007): https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph6
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Public Health Guideline (PH49) (2014): https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph49
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Approaches to health behaviour change: https://elearning.healthscotland.com/pluginfile.php/41000/mod_resource/content/17/course/course83616.html
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Motivating behaviour change: https://www.eufic.org/en/healthy-living/article/motivating-behaviour-change
Chapter 8: The Fundamentals of Care in Nursing Adults
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www.careinspectorate.com – the Care Inspectorate (Scotland) website offers a wealth of information on service regulation and provides access to inspection reports.
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www.cssiw.org.uk – the Care and Social Services Inspectorate (Wales) website offers a wealth of information on service regulation and provides access to inspection reports.
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www.cqc.org.uk – the Care Quality Commission (England) website offers a wealth of information on service regulation and provides access to inspection reports.
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https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance – the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) website provides access to quality standards in health, social care and public health.
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www.rqia.org.uk – the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (Northern Ireland) website offers a wealth of information on service regulation and provides access to inspection reports.
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www.sign.ac.uk – the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network website provides access to national clinical guidelines containing recommendations for effective practice based on current evidence.
Chapter 9: Assessment of the Adult with Acute Needs
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https://tfinews.ocbmedia.com/ – online training resource to learn about the use of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS).
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www.resus.org.uk – the Resuscitation Council (UK) website which includes resuscitation guidelines and resources such using the ABCDE approach.
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http://www.gp-training.net/training/communication_skills/calgary/calgary.pdf – an in-depth version of the Calgary-Cambridge Guide to the Medical Interview.
Chapter 10: Preparing Adults for Surgery, Peri- and Post-operative Surgical Care
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Association of Anaesthetist Great Britain and Ireland: www.aagbi.org – a useful website with publications and guidelines relating to anaesthesia and post-anaesthetic care.
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British Association of Day Surgery: https://daysurgeryuk.net/en/home/ – a useful website about day and short-stay surgery for patients, relatives, carers and health care professionals.
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Hypothermia: Prevention and management in adults having surgery: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg65 – guideline on preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia.
Chapter 11: Pain Assessment and Management
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Pain concern: http://painconcern.org.uk/
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Sickle cell disease: Managing acute painful episodes in hospital: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg143
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Neuropathic pain in adults: Pharmacological interventions in non-specialist settings: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg173
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Palliative care for adults: Strong opioids for pain relief: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg140
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Management of chronic pain: https://www.sign.ac.uk/assets/sign136.pdf
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The British Pain Society: https://www.britishpainsociety.org/ – an excellent resource covering pain management across the lifespan and fields of nursing.
Chapter 12: Clinical Investigations
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www.labtestsonline.org.uk/understanding/ – an interactive tool to assist with your understanding of common laboratory investigations.
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www.radiologymasterclass.co.uk/ – an interactive tool to assist with your understanding of common radiological procedures.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmsNjUOvbSs – this video will bring to life the procedure of the upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, which is commonly seen on medical and surgical acute clinical placements.
Chapter 13: Medication Management and Administration
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Genomics Education Programme: https://www.genomicseducation.hee.nhs.uk/ – provides a huge number of resources around genomics.
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Medicines optimisation: https://www.rcn.org.uk/clinical-topics/medicines-optimisation – explains what medicines optimisation is and provides a number of useful resources.
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Royal Pharmaceutical Society: https://www.rpharms.com/ – an essential resource for all healthcare professionals whether you prescribe or not.
Chapter 14: Infection Prevention and Control
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http://www.who.int/infection-prevention/en/ – provides a global perspective on the topic of infection prevention and control
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http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/haiic/index.aspx – the Health Protection Scotland website offers information on a range of topical infection prevention and control issues, and contains a dedicated HAI and infection control section, as well as hosting the Scotland’s national infection control manual
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https://www.gov.uk/topic/health-protection/infectious-diseases – this Public Health England website offers up-to-date information and guidance on a wide range of infectious diseases. It lists infectious diseases/ conditions alphabetically, making information of specific conditions easy to find.
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https://www.ips.uk.net/ – this site is the home of the Infection Prevention Society. Its aim is to inform promote and sustain expert infection prevention policy and practice, and contains a wide range of information on the topic – including how to get involved directly.
Chapter 15: Care of the Childbearing Woman
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Resources for parents and professionals to help support breastfeeding are available on the Best Beginnings website: https://www.bestbeginnings.org.uk/from-bump-to-breastfeeding
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The Pandas foundation is a charity that supports families experiencing antenatal or postnatal illness. The website provides information and resources and support: http://www.pandasfoundation.org.uk/
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This is the website for bumps, a service that provides specific information about the use of medicines and other chemical in pregnancy: http://www.medicinesinpregnancy.org/
Chapter 16: Care of the Highly Dependent and Critically ill Adult
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ICUsteps is a useful example of a charity support established by former intensive care patients, families and healthcare professionals to promote better support and rehabilitation following a critical illness: www.icusteps.org
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Resuscitation Council (UK). (2015). Guidelines and guidance: A systematic approach to the acutely Ill patient (ABCDE Approach). Retrieved from: www.resus.org.uk/resuscitation-guidelines/a-systematic-approach-to-the-acutely-ill-patient-abcde – an important website to refresh the latest resuscitation guidelines and review the ABCDE systematic approach.
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Scottish Intensive Care Society. (2015). Audit of critical care in Scotland 2015, reporting on 2014. Retrieved from www.scottishintensivecaresociety.org.uk – an interesting link to find out more about the Scottish Intensive Care Society.
Chapter 17: Care of the Frail Older Adult
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The Royal College of Nursing website provides advice and resources to identify frailty in older patients and guidance on choosing helpful interventions: https://www.rcn.org.uk/clinical-topics/older-people/frailty
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British Geriatric Society guidelines on the recognition and management of frailty in older people: https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/resource-series/fit-for-frailty
Chapter 18: Care of the Adult with Long-term Conditions
Chapter 19: Care of the Adult with Mental Health Issues
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http://www.brief-encounters.org/introduction/ –an excellent resource, with practical advice aimed at assisting nurses to develop relationships with individuals who are emotionally vulnerable.
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https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/ – a good resource that provides a wealth of resources including mental health promotion for you and to signpost others to, research and policy information and contemporary mental health issues.
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https://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/ – contains blogs which help to keep up-to-date with important and reliable mental health research and guidance.
Chapter 21: Care of the Adult with a Learning Disability
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Atkinson, D., Boulter, P., Hebron, C., & Moulster G. (2013). The health equalities framework (HEF): An outcomes framework. Retrieved March 2, 2018 from http://www.ndti.org.uk/uploads/files/
The_Health_Equality_Framework_final_word.pdf – the Health Equalities Framework (HEF) works by monitoring the degree and impact of exposure of people with learning disabilities to acknowledged, evidence based determinants of health inequalities.
CIPOLD was tasked with investigating the avoidable or premature deaths of people with learning disabilities through a series of retrospective reviews of deaths. The aim was to review the patterns of care that people received in the period leading up to their deaths, to identify errors or omissions contributing to these deaths, to illustrate evidence of good practice, and to provide improved evidence on avoiding premature death.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyV1v-nib38 – in this short film, volunteers from the project ‘Getting It Right – From the Start’ talk about communication. They share some of the things you should keep in mind when communicating with people with a learning disability.
Chapter 22: Care of the Adult with Cancer
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https://www.cancer.org – the American Cancer Society website is very easy to negotiate; very detailed accounts of all cancers.
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http://www.macmillan.org.uk/information-and-support – MacMillan provides an excellent resource for all types and treatments for cancer.
Chapter 23: Care of the Aadult at the End of Life
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https://www.rcn.org.uk/clinical-topics/end-of-life-care – a great online toolkit full of end of life care resources for all nurses.
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https://www.dyingmatters.org/ – a public-facing website which aims to help people talk more openly about dying, death and bereavement, and to make plans for the end of life.
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https://www.resus.org.uk/dnacpr/decisions-relating-to-cpr/ – Resuscitation Council, British Medical Association and Royal College of Nursing guidance for decisions relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Chapter 24: Care of the Adult with a Respiratory Condition
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https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/ – the website of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) who develops standards to improve care for people who have respiratory diseases: Better Lung Health for All.
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http://goldcopd.org/ – the website of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) which works with health care professionals to improve prevention and treatment of COPD internationally.
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https://www.blf.org.uk/ – a public-facing website of the British Lung Foundation which is the only UK charity dedicated to lung health.
Chapter 25: Care of the Adult with a Cardiac Condition
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https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/cardiovascular-conditions – NICE guidance accessed via this web link is an important evidence-based source of information regarding the promotion of cardiac health.
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Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN): www.sign.ac.uk – an important evidence-based source of information regarding the promotion of cardiac health.
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www.who.int: WHO guidance accessed via this link is an important evidence-based source of information regarding global recommendations on physical activity for health and the impact of interventions on diet and physical activity.
Chapter 26: Care of the Adult with a Vascular Condition
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Department of Health. (2010). Risk assessment for venous thromboembolism. Retrieved from http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107105354/http:/www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/@ps/documents/digitalasset/dh_113355.pdf.
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The Royal College of Nursing. (2013). The nursing management of patients with venous leg ulcers. Retrieved from https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pub-001269.
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NICE. (2013). Deep vein thrombosis – NICE CKS. Retrieved from https://cks.nice.org.uk/deep-vein-thrombosis#!topicsummary.
Chapter 27: Care of the Adult with a Neurological Condition
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https://www.mssociety.org.uk/ – the website of the Multiple Sclerosis Society – a patient-facing organisation.
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https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/ – the website of Parkinson’s UK which is a charity that campaigns for better care, treatments and quality of life.
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https://www.stroke.org.uk/ – the website of the Stroke Association which delivers stroke services across the UK, undertakes research and campaigns for better stroke care.
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http://www.who.int/features/qa/55/en/ – some international resources from the World Health Organization.
Chapter 28: Care of the Adult with a Urinary/Renal Condition
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http://www.britishrenal.org/ – the website of the British Renal Society, a registered charity which aims to coordinate the promotion and delivery of effective, patient-centred care for patients with renal disease.
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www.renal.org – the website of Renal Association which is the professional body for United Kingdom nephrologists (renal physicians, or kidney doctors) and renal scientists in the UK.
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https://www.thinkkidneys.nhs.uk/ – a link to the NHS Think Kidneys campaign to raise awareness of kidney failure.
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https://www.shareddialysis-care.org.uk/ – a link to Yorkshire & the Humber “Sharing Haemodialysis Care” project.
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http://www.uhb.nhs.uk/Downloads/pdf/PiKidneyBiopsy.pdf – a sample patient information leaflet on renal biopsies.
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http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/URINE/URINE.html – this website provides a clear overview of urinalysis including dip testing and microscopic examination of urine.
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http://www.renal.org/information-resources/information – a useful resource for both staff and patients for information about fluid and dietary management on dialysis.
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http://www.innerbody.com/image/urinov.html – an interactive website which will help you to consolidate your knowledge of normal anatomy and physiology of the renal system.
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http://www.handwrittentutorials.com/videos.php?id=72 – a handwritten tutorial on the gross anatomy of the kidney.
Chapter 29: Care of the Adult with an Endocrine Condition
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Royal College of Nursing. (2018). Diabetes: Education, prevention and the role of the nursing team. Retrieved from https://www.rcn.org.uk/clinical-topics/diabetes/education-prevention-and... – a useful summary of self-management approaches and the prevention of type 2 diabetes with focus on the role nurses play.
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Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. (2010). Management of diabetes (SIGN 116). Retrieved from http://www.sign.ac.uk/assets/sign116.pdf – a fantastic resource for healthcare practitioners aiming to enhance their practice.
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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. (2018). Diabetes. Retrieved from https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/diabetes-and-ot... – an extensive range of resources and guidelines related to the topic of diabetes.
Chapter 30: Care of the Adult with an Immunological Condition
- Immunology nursing in the UK: The Immunology and Allergy Nurse Group (IANG): www.iang.org.uk
- Patient organisations:
Chapter 31: Care of the Adult with a Musculoskeletal Condition
- RCN. (2014). Peripheral neurovascular observations for acute limb compartment syndrome: RCN consensus guidance. London: Royal College of Nursing. Retrieved from https://uat.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pub-004685
Chapter 32: Care of the Adult with a Haematological Condition
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http://www.hematology.org/Patients/Blood-Disorders.aspx – the American Society of Haematology (ASH) offers a valuable recourse for anyone wanting to know about a blood disorder, with clear information on treatments. The explanations are clear and easy to understand.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb92wr93JrE – this computer-generated video presents a very engaging animation of the coagulation process and explains haemophilia. It is only 12 minutes long.
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http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/type/ – the Cancer Research UK site is a great resource which offers simple explanations of the blood cancers. The front page has links to all cancers and is very easy site to find information on what you want.
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https://www.lls.org/lymphoma/hodgkin-lymphoma – the website of the Leukaemia and Lymphoma society offers great detail on these blood cancers.
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http://www.cancer.org/cancer/leukemia/ – an excellent resource from the American Cancer Society for information on detailed information on all the types of leukaemia, even the very rare ones.
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http://www.cancer.org/cancer/myelodysplasticsyndrome/index – the American Cancer Society website provides detailed information on myelodysplastic syndromes. It is difficult to find information on this blood condition so this website is a great resource.
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www.myeloma.org.uk – the Myeloma UK website provides detailed information and support on Multiple Myeloma patients and is a great resource for carers and nurses also.
Chapter 33: Care of the Adult with a Dermatological Condition
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British Association of Dermatologists: http://www.bad.org.uk/ – this is a charity dedicated to promoting good practice in dermatology care.
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National Institute for Health and care excellence (NICE): https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/skin-conditions – this site offers up-to-date evidence-based information regarding guidance and care pathways for best practice.
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Primary Care Dermatology Society: http://www.pcds.org.uk/ – this site has a community-based focus.
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The Psoriasis Association: https://www.psoriasis-association.org.uk/ – this site is a good example of the many patient-focused websites that are condition specific and contain much useful information from people living with the disease.
Chapter 34: Care of the Adult with a Gastrointestinal Condition
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http://www.colostomyuk.org/; http://www.iasupport.org/ – excellent websites with written information and video messages from patients who are living with IBD or a stoma.
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http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/Publications/surgery-for-ulcerative-colitis.pdf; http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/Publications/surgery-for-crohns-disease.pdf – these links will help you to discover more about why your patient may require surgery and the surgical procedures.
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http://www.dansac.co.uk/~/media/files/dansac/dansac-observation-index.pdf?la=en-gb; http://www.dansac.co.uk/~/media/files/dansac/dansac-practical-guide.pdf?la=en-gb – these websites give more information on the complications of stomas.
Chapter 35: Care of the Adult with a Nutritional Condition
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Re-feeding syndrome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1572jPnBuZY
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Obesity: http://guidance.nice.org.uk/cg43 – the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children.
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www.NHS.uk/livewell – NHS choices app to manage your health, including comparing supermarket ingredients.
Chapter 36: Leadership and Management in Nursing Adults
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The NHS Leadership Academy website offers an overview of the programmes that are available for leadership across different levels: http://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/programmes/
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This is an excellent resource that looks at the need for organisations to work at developing leadership at all levels: http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/files/kf/field/field_publication_file/developing-collective-leadership-kingsfund-may14.pdf.
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The Five Year Forward View puts the requirement for leadership into a policy context. If you live elsewhere in the UK or the world, you could look at the relevant policy for healthcare: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/5yfv-web.pdf
Chapter 37: Decision-making
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A wide range of videos of people sharing their own experiences of being involved in the decision making process covering 50 different health conditions: http://www.healthtalk.org/peoples-experiences/improving-health-care/shared-decision-making/topics
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NICE: www.Nice.org.uk
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Shared decision making: https://www.england.nhs.uk/rightcare/ – an excellent resource for the latest information and resources to imbed shared decision making and best practice with patients/clients in your care.
Chapter 38: Lifelong Learning and Continuing Professional Development
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Revalidation and CPD: http://revalidation.nmc.org.uk/welcome-to-revalidation/index.html
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Additional post-registration standards: https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/standards-for-post-registration/.
Chapter 39: The Role of the Nurse as Teacher and Educator
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Audit Scotland. (2011). A review of Telehealth in Scotland, prepared for the auditor General for Scotland. Retrieved March 2, 2018 from http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/docs/health/2011/nr_111013_telehealth.pdf
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Scottish Government. (2013). See hear: A strategic framework for meeting the needs of people with a sensory impairment in Scotland. Retrieved August 28, 2015 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/04/2067.
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RCN Mentorship Project 2015: https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pub-005472 – an RCN publication on mentorship models outside the UK.
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The Collaborative Learning in Practice (CLIP): https://healthacademy.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/collaborative-learning-in-practice-toolkit – a project in the East of England on an alternative approach to supporting students in practice which has attracted a lot of attention.