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This includes people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy, as well some older
level of practice characterised by working to a high degree of autonomy and complex decision-making within a variety of health care professions such as
precisely, and with three CT Scanners now funded thanks to donations, we are helping the NHS to do even more for local patients with innovative projects such as
Blood Transfusion Purpose The crossmatch is defined as a procedure to exclude incompatibility between donor red cells and the patient’s plasma For babies
The installation of a new Entonox Processing Unit in maternity services, which captures and neutralises nitrous oxide (commonly known as gas and air).
Poster Download Problem The National Cataract Audit (NOA) annually reports results for contributing centres as part of the national programs of clinical
clerking proforma to include questions relating specifically to alcohol history and a prompt reminding people what to do if the patient was identified as
These are temporary and usually become less of a problem over time: Headaches - these can be helped by taking pain relief such as paracetamol.
“If people are attending our hospitals as either an outpatient or a visitor, it’s really important that they continue to observe our guidance about coming
On our Trauma and Orthopaedics Ward, patients may require an ECG as part of the preparation for surgery and previously they would need to be sent to a
Tool for patients with end stage liver disease by Deborah Durrant & Gabby Prideaux At the conclusion of the programme participants have also graduated as
We work as a group to get young voices heard and make a difference in the Trust and our local community.
As a team we found that oxygen was not being prescribed, impacting the amount of oxygen patients were receiving, which led to over oxygenation for certain
In times of adverse conditions such as we are experiencing the hospitals has well-rehearsed contingency plans to ensure that patients continue to receive
Implications The project threw up barriers and other causative factors as to why compliance isn’t reached.
Many junior doctors will never rotate through Urology during their training; however, urological emergencies such as urinary retention can happen to any
Aim Improve the clinic experience for patients, families and staff, based on their input, thereby encouraging greater engagement and patient attendance as
transfusion episode, characterised by signs and symptoms of dyspnoea, cyanosis, hypoxaemia and pulmonary oedema, and in the absence of other causes such as
I was just doing my job, raising concerns as an RCN Steward on an issue that has affected so many of my nursing colleagues.
Also consider testing for other respiratory pathogens as appropriate.