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Understanding cardiac arrhythmias

Despite tremendous advances in the detection and management of cardiac arrhythmias that enable patients to be diagnosed and successfully treated more quickly, arrhythmia still carries a risk of sudden cardiac death and the experience of arrhythmia remains frightening for many patients and their families. Primary care nursing teams play an important role in the detection and long-term monitoring of these patients
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Pharmacological management of migraine

Migraine is the most common severe form of primary headache, affecting one in seven people, and it is a significant cause of disability. It is estimated to cost the UK around £3bn a year in terms of healthcare, lost productivity and disability. This guideline provides recommendations based on current evidence for best practice in the prophylactic management of adults with migraine using pharmacological therapies. It includes management of acute migraine and preventative treatment in patients with episodic or chronic migraine, and medication-overuse headache.
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• Scottish Government blocks aTIV for under-75s
• RCN to launch ‘Best Practice’ guideline for childhood immunisations
• Older patients over-tested for thyroid problems
• Question marks over practice pharmacy scheme
• NMC launches new approach to resolving complaints
• Well-meant campaign may increase anxiety in worried well
• Demand for NHS heat-related health advice soars
• Dementia accountable for 13% of UK deaths
• Boys to get HPV vaccine
• Influx of non-EU nurses ‘not enough’ says charity

Consent in children, Gillick competence and Fraser guidelines: CQC briefing

Children’s consent to medical treatment or contraceptive advice is the focus of this CQC briefing. Dr Devin Gray explains how inspectors assess the way that GP practices seek consent to care and treatment, with regard to Gillick competence and the Fraser guidelines.

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• New guidance aims to boost uptake of seasonal flu vaccination
• The NICE draft guideline on COPD: Turning the tide?
• Prescribing lipid-lowering drugs
• Exploring career opportunities in general practice nursing
• Understanding cardiac arrhythmias
• Travel health update
• Pharmacological management of migraine

17 Aug 2018

The art of the sexual healthcare consultation Seasonal flu campaign grows in complexity Polypharmacy Guidance, Realistic Prescribing Gout: is there a role in management for the general practice nurse? Essential tremor Travel health update Be seen, be heard, be brave: nurse leadership

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11 Jul 2018

When guidelines collide - Part two: Asthma treatment Patients’ requests for antibiotics - how to manage expectations Heavy menstrual bleeding ’Real world’ study confirms lower bleeding risk with DOACS Reviewing patients with epilepsy: a role for the practice nurse? Healing wounds: where can it go wrong? Hearing loss in adults: assessment and management Boosting uptake of cervical screening Travel health update

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13 Jun 2018

Understanding heart failure Managing type 2 diabetes in elderly patients: new recommendations Global strategy for asthma management and prevention (2018 update) You too can be a digital practice nurse champion When guidelines collide – part one: Asthma diagnosis Travel health update

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15 May 2018

The right indemnity or insurance for you More menopause education urgently needed Travel health update Identifying and improving management of bronchiectasis The general practice contract: Implications for practice nurses Diagnostic uncertainties in eczema and psoriasis

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