With one in six hospital beds occupied by someone with diabetes, it’s vital that nurses in all specialties know how to care for this growing patient group. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Claire Ford, Lecturer, Adult Nursing (claire.ford@northumbria.ac.uk), and Laura J Park, Graduate Tutor, of Northumbria University, describe how to maintain good skin health to reduce the risk of infection. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
You have a duty of candour if you make a professional error. Here’s how to handle the situation. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Implications for practice and research:
>Double-checking is used in many hospitals and seems to be effective, but more evaluations are needed.
>Simulation studies allow the testing of interventions prior to implementation in practice.
>Administration error rates remain high, and new studies, with higher statistical power, are needed.
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