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NICE recommends tablet option for treating uterine fibroid symptoms

As many as 30,000 adult patients could benefit from a new treatment option for moderate to severe symptoms of uterine fibroids, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. The post NICE recommends tablet option for treating uterine fibroid symptoms appeared first on Nursing Times.  

Essential Tips for Nursing School Success: What You Need to Know

Summer is almost over, and with the end of one season comes the start of another—nursing school. For first-year nursing students, the first semester can seem daunting and overwhelming. New classes mean new changes, workloads, and a new beginning for an exciting career. What should first-year nursing students expect? Since nursing students are starting their […]

Clinical supervision for the nursing and midwifery workforce in Scotland: Getting ready for a ‘once for Scotland’ approach

  In this week’s blog, Christine Strange discusses NHS Scotland’s approach to ensuring all nurses and midwives can access high-quality clinical supervision. Participating in clinical supervision is fundamental to supporting me to develop within my role. In Scotland it is a national ambition that every nurse and midwife should have access to clinical supervision whatever […]

Nursing Tip of the Day! – Fundamentals

Category: Fundamentals  Class IA anti-arrhythmics such as quinidine, procainamide, disopyramide, and ajmaline inhibit the fast sodium channel with depression of phase 0 of the action potential, which is to say that they associate/dissociate from the sodium channels. 

Maternity concerns as ombudsman investigations almost double

A rise in the number of maternity care investigations has prompted fears from a health oversight body that babies and their mothers are being endangered. The post Maternity concerns as ombudsman investigations almost double appeared first on Nursing Times.  

Nurse Jackie Revival: A Nurse’s Insightful Perspective – Part 3: The System

You can’t make a TV show about a nurse without tackling the healthcare system. The system is nurses, and nurses are the system. They are one. Like tragically conjoined twins fused at a most unfortunate spot, it is impossible to separate the two without catastrophic consequences.  Talking about healthcare systems issues, though, can be…a bummer, […]