This article focuses on prevention in the Five Year Forward View (NHS England, 2014a) and the role of primary care, particularly the role of the general practice nurse (GPN). It will:
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 general practice nurse.
The use of compression hosiery is commonplace in primary care. Traditionally, compression hosiery has been used to prevent leg ulceration, including prevention of the recurrence of leg ulcers and skin breakdown after ulcers have healed (Nelson and Bell-Syer, 2012).
By reading the article in each issue you can learn all about key principles of subjects that are vital to your role as a general practice nurse.
Pilonidal is an abscess, usually found in the natal cleft, most frequently caused when a ruptured hair follicle beneath the skin becomes infected forming an abscess (pilonidal cyst) filled with hair, keratin and debris which can develop into a sinus tract (sacrococcygeal fistula) (Pilonidal Support Alliance [PSA], 2011; Harris et al, 2012) (Figure 1).
In each issue of the journal we speak to a general practice nurse and hear what they have to say about their role in primary care...
Education for Health has been educating healthcare professionals since 1987, growing from a small respiratory charity into a specialist health education provider ranging across respiratory, cardiovascular, diabetes and many other long term conditions.
In each issue of the Journal of General Practice Nursing we investigate a hot topic currently affecting our readers. Here, Binkie Mais looks at nursing revalidation and asks the question...
Peter Lane gives his views on what he sees as an unparalleled workforce crisis for general practice nurses
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