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Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing Patients in the intensive care unit setting receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) or vasopressors are especially at risk for acalculous cholecystitis. Confirmation can be made by hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid (HIDA) scan.
‘Nursing must recognise potential where it has historically been overlooked’
Emma Davies argues in favour of widening access to nursing for people who have grown up in marginalised and care-experienced contexts, to both boost workforce numbers and cultural skillmix. The post ‘Nursing must recognise potential where it has historically been overlooked’ appeared first on Nursing Times.
The Relentless School Nurse: What Happens to Children When Evidence Offends Power
Children are growing up inside systems that adults actively reshape—or dismantle—in full public view. Those choices are loud, visible, and deeply consequential, even when they are buried in grant notices and “technical” changes to vaccine schedules. Every shift in research funding and immunization policy eventually lands in the most intimate places: a baby’s crib, a…
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing In the critically ill population, most cases of out of proportion abdominal pain are acute mesenteric ischemia, likely caused by embolic disease. In such instances, laboratory studies may reveal leukocytosis and elevated lactic acid levels.
The Relentless School Nurse: When Your Own Country Tips the Scales Against Children
Lately, it feels like the ground is shifting under our feet. As a school nurse and public health advocate, there are days when it is hard to recognize the country children are growing up in—and harder still to explain how adults with power could choose this path for them. Just this week alone, decisions have…
RCN members protest after closure of independent provider facility
Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) demonstrated today outside the headquarters of a major private health provider in response to its decision to close one of its facilities in London. The post RCN members protest after closure of independent provider facility appeared first on Nursing Times.
‘Perils of being a wheelchair user and appreciation of being able-bodied’
Kerry Haycox explores the lived experience of becoming a temporary wheelchair user, highlighting daily struggles with accessibility, the weight of societal indifference, financial and bureaucratic barriers, the importance of kindness and advocacy, and why systemic change is needed to make accessibility more than just a promise. The post ‘Perils of being a wheelchair user and […]
How lullabies can potentially help babies and parents in intensive care
Playing soothing live music in intensive care units can help parents bond with their baby, according to those behind a music-based charity initiative. The post How lullabies can potentially help babies and parents in intensive care appeared first on Nursing Times.
MHRA approves preventative for sexually transmitted HIV-1 infection
UK drug regulators have approved a drug and vaccination combination for the prevention of sexually transmitted HIV-1 infection in adults and adolescents. The post MHRA approves preventative for sexually transmitted HIV-1 infection appeared first on Nursing Times.