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Sepsis: the latest guidance on identification and management There were recent changes to national guidance regarding sepsis, including which assessment tools to use to identify the condition. Author: Faizah Ahmed is critical care outreach and sepsis nurse, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. #nurse #nurses #nursing #health #healthcare #sepsis #criticalcare #hospital #infectionprevention #infectioncontrol #infectionpreventionandcontrol https://lnkd.in/e8QRAx-2

Burnout doesn’t discriminate, and for nurses on the frontlines of pediatric infectious disease wards, it’s hitting like a freight train. Recent research published in the Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare reveals that 91.6% of nurses in these wards feel completely drained after a single shift. Their days are packed with high workloads, unrelenting pace, and the emotional tightrope of managing anxious families, often with little recognition or support. Add to that the ever-present fear of carrying infections home to their loved ones, and you’ve got a recipe for burnout on a massive scale. But it’s not all doom and gloom—there’s a roadmap for change. Here’s what needs to happen: • Fix the system, not the nurses: Streamline workflows, boost staffing, and give these heroes the support they deserve. • Rebuild trust: Harmonize nurse-patient relationships with public education and proactive conflict resolution. • Prioritize well-being: Mental health resources, equitable career opportunities, and realistic workloads aren’t optional—they’re necessary. • Upgrade PPE: Comfortable, effective equipment can ease both physical and emotional strain. These aren’t just nice-to-haves. They’re non-negotiables for sustaining a healthcare system that supports its backbone—our nurses. The question isn’t whether we can afford to make these changes; it’s whether we can afford not to. To everyone in healthcare and beyond: let’s start rethinking how we treat the people who care for us. If we’re not protecting their well-being, how can we expect them to protect ours?

Scottish Government’s Winter Preparedness Plan Must Address ‘Corridor Care’ The Royal College of Nursing is calling for the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to directly address the patient safety and dignity concerns associated with corridor care through the Winter Preparedness Plan being presented to Parliament this afternoon (24 September). The call comes as RCN Scotland Director Colin Poolman gives evidence to the Parliament’s health, social care and sport committee on the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill, highlighting that the focus on the National Care Service will do nothing to address the current crisis in capacity or tackle workforce shortages and recruitment and retention challenges within community health and social care services. Throughout the summer Scotland’s acute hospitals have continued to experience overcrowding, with the number of people waiting in excess of four hours in A&E during July at record levels and almost 2,000 people ready to leave hospital but waiting on packages of care and support in the community. Many of NHS Scotland’s health boards have implemented continuous flow models in an attempt to reduce the length of time patients have to wait within emergency departments. RCN Scotland has raised concerns about the risks associated with these models. In particular, the lack of recording and reporting of instances when patients are cared for in inappropriate areas such as corridors and treatment rooms or when additional beds are added to wards without the necessary staffing or equipment to ensure patient safety and dignity. The unacceptable pressures on hospital services are a direct result of the lack of capacity within community health and social care services. The Winter Preparedness Plan 2024-25 must acknowledge and address this. Over the summer, RCN Scotland asked members to share their experiences of care in appropriate places via the Sensemaker tool. Following is a sample of some of the comments made by members. Staff nurse: “Caring for an end of life patient (who subsequently passed away) in a six bedded busy medical ward. We just couldn't facilitate a side room due to infection control issues. Meanwhile management are still calling the ward to try and arrange transfers of additional patients to the ward - seventh patient in six bedded room. No curtains, no oxygen points, no sockets, no space. Two examples of no privacy nor dignity in care.” Senior charge nurse: “Caring for patients in corridors. Assessing people in relatives’ room and makeshift corners with screens in place. Knowing we can’t check patients’ skin or care for continence needs because we don’t have anywhere to do it - the endless daily cycle of this. Our reality every single day - no exception. The indignity and humiliation that our frail elderly population are subjected to every single day. We don’t meet patients’ basic needs.” Ahead of today’s statement, Colin Poolman, Director RCN Scotland said: “Our members have …

"NURSES ARE RUDE!" Well, I thought so too until I started my journey into the profession. The media hasn't been fair on nurses/ the image of nursing either. But are Nurses really rude? Who is a rude Nurse to the average Nigerian health seeker? Let's try to answer. A rude Nurse is: 👉 the Nurse who asks patients' relatives to leave when visiting hours are over. 👉 that Nurse who insists on having only 2 visitors to a patient at a time. 👉 that Nurse who tells the patients' relatives to sit on the chair instead of their patient's bed. 👉 that Nurse who didn't attend to you when you or your sick relative was screaming for help. Let's understand this. In a care setting, the patient is most important. All the health workers are important but the patient is 'IMPORTANTER". The entire team serves the patient. This is especially true for Nurses who are the first to have contact with the patient. If a Nurse tells you to not sit on her patient's bed, it's because she is considering her patient's comfort. A Nurse knows when her patient needs to rest. When a Nurse tells you visiting time is over, please understand her intention. It is for her patient's benefit. Imagine a scenario where all the patients in a ward have more than 3 visitors at a time and they be making noise, disturbing the hospital. Will the Nurse be unfair to send them out? For heaven's sake, it's a hospital NOT a market square. Additionally, people do not understand the concept of infection control. There's something called "Hospital Acquired Infection". When Nurses say do not enter, it's actually for your own good. As for that Nurse who didn't attend to you when you were screaming for help, she could be following a basic principle – TRIAGING. Imagine a Nurse is attending to two patients, patient A and patient B. Patient A has mild fever while patient B has a respiratory problem. Patient A has been screening for the Nurse's attention. An intelligent Nurse would give more priority to patient B because patient B's condition is more severe even though he/she is not screaming for help. In many cases, one Nurse attends to over 50 patients a day. This can be overwhelming. Nurses have emotions. They have weaknesses too. They can get tired. It is not an easy task. Since it's not all Nurses that are rude (obviously you have not had an encounter with all of them), when you want to talk about a sad experience you had with one or a few of them, you say "Nurse XYZ was rude to me" or "Nurse XYZ is a rude Nurse." DO NOT say "All Nurses are rude" or "Nurses are rude" simply because of that one experience. If you still believe otherwise, let's settle in the comment. Nurses, the first impression you give to your client matter. Make a good first impression. _______________________ I am Halimatu Abdullahi and I care about improving health outcomes. Kindly connect with me! #limahcares #nursesWeek #repost2020 📸 Becoming a Registered Public Health Nurse

#hiring *Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care, Cardiac Telemetry, FT, Day*, Greenville, *United States*, fulltime #jobs #jobseekers #careers #Greenvillejobs #SouthCarolinajobs #HealthcareMedical *Apply*: https://lnkd.in/gYEQGqcg Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference. Job Summary Provides clinical direction for all aspects of patient care in an acute inpatient setting, fostering patient/family centered care. Demonstrates clinical competency utilizing evidence-based practices/research in all areas of the nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and outcomes. Incorporates knowledge of safety protocols, cost containment and quality improvement throughout the nursing process. Identifies patient, unit and organizational priorities and incorporates into the nursing process. Adheres to all compliance and policy/procedures of the organization including, but not limited to: licensure renewal, assigned training, employee health screenings, time and attendance policy, dress code policy, patient confidentiality, infection control, medication administration. Demonstrates knowledge of regulatory agency requirements (TJC, DHEC, CMS). Provides care within the scope of the South Carolina Nurse Practice Act. The acute inpatient setting usually requires staff to be scheduled for a significant amount of shift, weekend, holiday, and on-call work. Accountabilities Collects data and completes nursing assessment utilizing appropriate area and/or age specific standards/policies and tools. Completes appropriate forms. Assesses and recognizes subtle or actual changes in patients' status and patient response to intervention. Identifies nursing priorities for patient plan of care based on nursing assessment (and other data as appropriate). Validates these priorities with healthcare team members and documents appropriately. Planning/Outcomes: Develops an individual plan of care based on the age and assessed needs of the patient. Develops the plan in collaboration with the patient and/or family, the physician, and other members of the interdisciplinary health care team. Updates the plan based on changes in the patient's condition and communicates changes in the plan to other members of the team. Identifies realistic and measurable goals and outcomes to be attained prior to discharge. Validates these with the patient and/or family. Demonstrates respect for the patient's/family cultural, spiritual, and belief system in planning for care. Includes planning for discharge to assure continuity of care and a smooth transition post discharge from one level of care to another (to include appropriate referrals). Implementation: Provides direct care to assigned patients consistent with the established nursing plan. Performs specific tasks based on organizational, departmental and/or unit policies and procedures within the RN scope of practice. Dele

#hiring *Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care, Cardiac Telemetry, FT, Day*, Greenville, *United States*, fulltime #jobs #jobseekers #careers #Greenvillejobs #SouthCarolinajobs #HealthcareMedical *Apply*: https://lnkd.in/gYEQGqcg Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference. Job Summary Provides clinical direction for all aspects of patient care in an acute inpatient setting, fostering patient/family centered care. Demonstrates clinical competency utilizing evidence-based practices/research in all areas of the nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and outcomes. Incorporates knowledge of safety protocols, cost containment and quality improvement throughout the nursing process. Identifies patient, unit and organizational priorities and incorporates into the nursing process. Adheres to all compliance and policy/procedures of the organization including, but not limited to: licensure renewal, assigned training, employee health screenings, time and attendance policy, dress code policy, patient confidentiality, infection control, medication administration. Demonstrates knowledge of regulatory agency requirements (TJC, DHEC, CMS). Provides care within the scope of the South Carolina Nurse Practice Act. The acute inpatient setting usually requires staff to be scheduled for a significant amount of shift, weekend, holiday, and on-call work. Accountabilities Collects data and completes nursing assessment utilizing appropriate area and/or age specific standards/policies and tools. Completes appropriate forms. Assesses and recognizes subtle or actual changes in patients' status and patient response to intervention. Identifies nursing priorities for patient plan of care based on nursing assessment (and other data as appropriate). Validates these priorities with healthcare team members and documents appropriately. Planning/Outcomes: Develops an individual plan of care based on the age and assessed needs of the patient. Develops the plan in collaboration with the patient and/or family, the physician, and other members of the interdisciplinary health care team. Updates the plan based on changes in the patient's condition and communicates changes in the plan to other members of the team. Identifies realistic and measurable goals and outcomes to be attained prior to discharge. Validates these with the patient and/or family. Demonstrates respect for the patient's/family cultural, spiritual, and belief system in planning for care. Includes planning for discharge to assure continuity of care and a smooth transition post discharge from one level of care to another (to include appropriate referrals). Implementation: Provides direct care to assigned patients consistent with the established nursing plan. Performs specific tasks based on organizational, departmental and/or unit policies and procedures within the RN scope of practice. Dele

#hiring *Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care, Cardiac Telemetry, FT, Day*, Greenville, *United States*, fulltime #jobs #jobseekers #careers #Greenvillejobs #SouthCarolinajobs #HealthcareMedical *Apply*: https://lnkd.in/gYEQGqcg Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference. Job Summary Provides clinical direction for all aspects of patient care in an acute inpatient setting, fostering patient/family centered care. Demonstrates clinical competency utilizing evidence-based practices/research in all areas of the nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and outcomes. Incorporates knowledge of safety protocols, cost containment and quality improvement throughout the nursing process. Identifies patient, unit and organizational priorities and incorporates into the nursing process. Adheres to all compliance and policy/procedures of the organization including, but not limited to: licensure renewal, assigned training, employee health screenings, time and attendance policy, dress code policy, patient confidentiality, infection control, medication administration. Demonstrates knowledge of regulatory agency requirements (TJC, DHEC, CMS). Provides care within the scope of the South Carolina Nurse Practice Act. The acute inpatient setting usually requires staff to be scheduled for a significant amount of shift, weekend, holiday, and on-call work. Accountabilities Collects data and completes nursing assessment utilizing appropriate area and/or age specific standards/policies and tools. Completes appropriate forms. Assesses and recognizes subtle or actual changes in patients' status and patient response to intervention. Identifies nursing priorities for patient plan of care based on nursing assessment (and other data as appropriate). Validates these priorities with healthcare team members and documents appropriately. Planning/Outcomes: Develops an individual plan of care based on the age and assessed needs of the patient. Develops the plan in collaboration with the patient and/or family, the physician, and other members of the interdisciplinary health care team. Updates the plan based on changes in the patient's condition and communicates changes in the plan to other members of the team. Identifies realistic and measurable goals and outcomes to be attained prior to discharge. Validates these with the patient and/or family. Demonstrates respect for the patient's/family cultural, spiritual, and belief system in planning for care. Includes planning for discharge to assure continuity of care and a smooth transition post discharge from one level of care to another (to include appropriate referrals). Implementation: Provides direct care to assigned patients consistent with the established nursing plan. Performs specific tasks based on organizational, departmental and/or unit policies and procedures within the RN scope of practice. Dele

Nurses failed patients during infected blood scandal, inquiry finds Nurses were among clinicians complicit in the NHS infected blood scandal, by not giving proper information about the risks involved in blood transfusions, not seeking patient consent on an informed basis and failing to offer patients alternative treatments, a damning report has found. #nurse #nurses #nursing #health #healthcare #nhs #infectedblood #infectedbloodscandal #bloodtransfusion #patientsafety https://lnkd.in/egfW3T9K

Nurses support world-first standards for uncommon lung disease A world-first set of standards for the care of non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease has been published. #nurse #nurses #nursing #health #healthcare #ntm #lungdisease #respiratory #clinicalpractice https://lnkd.in/eTtw3GT4

It is disheartening that the public often views nurses merely as drug administrators or vital signs checkers, with little understanding of the vast scope of our profession. But what’s even more painful is seeing a nurse or nursing student with no deeper knowledge than this public perception. One can’t help but wonder how such individuals found their way into the profession. Why have we, as a profession, allowed this image to persist? Every nurse should recognize the power and potential within our field. This ignorance among some practitioners is contributing to the rise in nursing quackery. If those who claim to be professionals lack knowledge and fail to explore the possibilities of their role, how are they any different from someone who never stepped into a classroom? I recall a moment during clinical practice when our preceptors corrected us on how nurses write reports. They emphasized why we should say “according to the doctor’s prescription” rather than “according to the doctor’s order.” Such language diminishes the profession and perpetuates the misconception that nurses are merely assistants or subordinates. It’s also concerning that many nurses are unaware of certifications beyond RN, RM, RPHN, and Post Basic Nursing. Nursing is a dynamic field with countless opportunities for specialization and professional growth—certifications in infection control, oncology, critical care, health informatics, public health, and leadership, to name a few. Exploring these areas enhances our competence and reinforces the profession’s relevance in modern healthcare. The reality is that patient care is a collaborative effort. Nurses are not assistants to doctors; we are partners in the healthcare team, each bringing unique expertise to improve patient outcomes. It’s time for nurses to explore and embrace the full breadth of what nursing entails—going beyond vital signs and medication administration to embodying leadership, advocacy, and specialized knowledge in patient care. Some may be comfortable with the status quo, but it’s a disservice to the profession. What other steps do you think we need to take to improve nursing? Share your thoughts in the comments below.