Welcome to JCN’s learning zone. By reading the article in each issue, you can learn all about the key principles of subjects that are vital to your role as a community nurse. Once you have read the article, visit www.jcn.co.uk/learning-zone/ to evaluate your knowledge on this topic by answering the 10 questions in the e-learning unit; all answers can be found in the article. If you answer the questions correctly, you can download your certificate, which can be used in your continuing professional development (CPD) portfolio as evidence of your continued learning.
Celina Eves is chief nursing officer at King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Welcome to JCN’s learning zone. By reading the article in each issue, you can learn all about the key principles of subjects that are vital to your role as a community nurse. Once you have read the article, visit www.jcn.co.uk/learning-zone/ to evaluate your knowledge on this topic by answering the 10 questions in the e-learning unit; all answers can be found in the article. If you answer the questions correctly, you can download your certificate, which can be used in your continuing professional development (CPD) portfolio as evidence of your continued learning.
For the person with a stoma such as a colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy, the invasive nature of the procedure means that there can be complications such as poor stomal output, sore skin around the stoma or malodorous urine. An assessment is necessary to establish the cause of the problem, as this will provide information needed to choose the appropriate treatment. This article will discuss a variety of complications that can occur for the person with a stoma, as well as discussing the presentation, assessment, treatment options and how community nurses can ensure that any treatment continues to be effective into the future.
In each issue of the Journal of Community Nursing we investigate a hot topic currently affecting our readers. Here, Jason Beckford-Ball looks at the impact of popular research on lifestyle choices and asks the questions…
Alex Munro is a registered nurse with a background in unscheduled care as a nurse practitioner. He is the co-founder and clinical director of Hallam Medical, the primary care recruitment specialist.
It’s been a great summer for many reasons — lovely weather and fun holidays along with sporting triumphs in the worlds of athletics, cricket and tennis. And England and Wales are the proud hosts of the Rugby World Cup with expectations high for the home nations (let’s not mention England!). However, for me personally this summer took a rather dark turn when I became ill and needed hospital treatment.
Katy Beckford, committee member for the Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists (ARNS) and a British Lung Foundation (BLF) professional.
To help provide nurses and our patients with the extra support they need, the Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists (ARNS) and the British Lung Foundation (BLF) have teamed up to develop a new, comprehensive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) selfmanagement pack. The pack includes a self-management plan and exercise handbook.
Jane Durston, operations manager, British Lymphology Society.
In November, 1985 the British Lymphology Interest Group (BLIG) was formed in Oxford by professionals in the field who identified that this area of medicine was being neglected.
Liz Felton, chief executive, Together for Mental Wellbeing.
Together for Mental Wellbeing is a national mental health charity. It was formed in 1879 and we now run over 70 services across England, supporting more than 4,000 people a month on their journey towards leading independent fulfilling lives. We provide accommodation based support, including some services with clinical input, criminal justice services, advocacy services, and support in the community.
Michelle Falconer, screening and immunisation coordinator, Commissioning Directorate, NHS England.
Vaccines save lives — but the cost procured by the Government is over £300 million a year. Last calendar year, vaccines wasted through incidents in primary care had a value at list price of £3.7 million. This figure represents vaccines that were disposed as a result of both avoidable and nonavoidable incidents, including failureto store them properly. This does not include any flu vaccine wastage (other than vaccines from the children’s programme), or any other centrally procured vaccine which Public Health England (PHE) supply and do not collect data on (e.g. rabies vaccine) (personal communication with Chris Lucas, vaccine supply team, PHE).
