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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that the government will approve a 5.5% pay rise for nurses in England. In a speech in Parliament the chancellor said she had accepted the recommendations of the...
This article, published in the International Journal for Advancing Practice, reviewed the factors influencing UK paramedic advanced practice. The article defines advanced clinical practitioners as...
‘In April 2019, following a public consultation, as well as advice from the Advisory Council of the Misuse of Drugs, gabapentinoids were reclassified as Class C controlled substances and scheduled...
What will the loading dose, in mg, be for this patient?
The third aspect of pharmacokinetics (after absorption and distribution) is metabolism. Most drugs are metabolised in the liver, but can also occur in the gastrointestinal tract, the blood, the...
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of patients with dementia or mild cognitive impairment demonstrated better cognitive scores after 6 to 12 months of exercise compared to sedentary controls. A RCT...
Prescribing, and in particular appropriate prescribing, is advocated as a mixture of science and art (Buetow et al, 1997)..
According to the National Institute for Mental Health (2024), self-care means ‘taking the time to do things that help you live well and improve both your physical health and mental health’. Self-care,...
The approach broadly aligned with the methodological framework for conducting a scoping study outlined by Arksey and O'Malley (2005)..
What will the loading dose, in mg, be for this patient? Load dose = 400 micrograms/kg = 0.4mg/kg x 2.7kg = 1.08 mg, to be given over 3 hours .
It is known that addressing non-adherence is vital within the NHS, and as a review found in 2023, clinician recognition of the problem is low.
Day 1: Convinced that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) had a bacterial cause, Professor Nanna Svartz tested sulfapyridine on her patients. After minimal success, a drug company helped her to combine this...
Junior doctors have embarked on their latest round of strikes in England after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak failed to avert further action by committing to restoring their pay, the BMA have said..
A new study led by scientists in Japan analysed the microbiota of people living with Parkinson's, as well as those without, and noted that those with the disease have notably fewer bacterial genes...
This article, published in Advances in Kidney Disease and Health, outlines an umbrella review, which looked at levels of adherence to medications in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)..
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