Anticipatory care: management of long term conditions in primary care

General practice plays a crucial role in the evidenced-based management of long term conditions, with the general practice nurse (GPN) being the linchpin in managing and shaping care delivery
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Contraception: what you need to know

It is 60 years since the oral contraceptive pill first became available, and it continues to provide women with an effective means of choosing if and when they have children, but there are many options and a range of issues to consider when providing contraception advice
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• Provision of basic care to asthma patients plummets
• Overwhelming support for ICN #NursesForPeace campaign
• Satisfaction with GP services reaches new low
• Nurses lead innovative gardening projects
• DUK calls for recovery plan to tackle diabetes care delays – before it’s too late  
• Flash technology improves blood glucose control
• ‘Middle-age health problems’ more frequent in T2D
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• QNI supports ICN campaign for peace in Ukraine
• Call for general practice reform

Rheumatoid arthritis – a clinical update for practice nurses

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease. RA presents as inflammatory arthritis typically affecting the small joints of the hands and the feet, usually both sides equally and symmetrically, although any synovial joint can be affected. As RA progresses, any system of the body may be affected by the underlying inflammatory process.

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• How can we address the rising number of nurses experiencing burnout?
• NICE updates guidance on hypertension: what’s new?
• Contraception: what you need to know
• Central Nervous System: assessment and examination for general practice nurses
• Travel health update
• Anticipatory care: management of long term conditions in primary care

16 Mar 2022

Validating the diagnosis and management of COPD patients Using clinical data systems to make a real difference Travel health update Non-adherence to therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: overcoming the problems Which way now for diabetes care?

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25 Feb 2022

Helping women through the perimenopause Chest infections: diagnosis and management The role of professional nurse advocates in primary care NICE NG28: Major update to type 2 diabetes in adults guideline NICE NG28: Major update to type 2 diabetes in adults guideline Chronic kidney disease: diagnosis and management

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19 Jan 2022

Understanding general practice Spotlight on confidentiality Guideline in a nutshell: New insights into COPD Measles – catching your death A new lipid pathway: its relevance for primary care

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16 Dec 2021

Respiratory assessment and examination Time to consign SABA-only treatment for asthma to history books Checking for head and neck cancers: a guide for GPNs

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