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Bedside Handovers: An efficient, reliable, and inclusive Nursing handover process

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

By Mandeep Lally. Registered Nurse Adults, Patient Safety Support Nurse, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Florence Nightingale Travel Scholar; Twitter: @Mandeep_Lally @FNightingaleF Nursing shift handovers may seem like such a basic and simple task which is embedded in the skills of every nurse. Yet the importance of the implications a nursing handover has, can be overlooked, as it is not an embedded nursing communication skill that all nurses possess.

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I think therefore I am? – Life Force

Palliverse

Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash Some people stay alive because of sheer willpower alone. Despite having no reserves left they keep on going. They draw energy from a place that is beyond scientific explanation. A failing body is somehow maintained by the force of determination. Mind over matter can maintain organ function. Their physicality has become frail but their mentality keeps on pushing them along.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Nurse Nacole

Category: Fundamentals For patients who take aspirin daily, ibuprofen must be taken 30 minutes to 2 hours after or 8 hours before the aspirin for the aspirin to be cardioprotective. If taken concurrently with lithium, NSAIDs may increase the drug concentrations of lithium.

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This is it! Don’t get scared now. – All students must read!

The Nurse Break

Republished article of The Nurse Path. Find more of The Nurse Path here. Check out our other articles and guest bloggers here. Want to write an article? Go Here The following is a guest post by Vanessa Katsoolis which featured on The Nurse Path. Some broken links have been removed. If I ever come across a nursing student in their final year of their Degree that is willing to be honest about how they feel the first thing they will say is that they feel they don’t know enough, that they are scared

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