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Influenza: disease, epidemiology and the importance of vaccination uptake by healthcare workers

26 August 2014

Primary Health Care

CPD

Influenza viruses present challenges to healthcare systems and vaccination co-ordinators around the world. Global surveillance of this potentially devastating...

Influenza pandemic planning and mitigation update

14 September 2008

Primary Health Care

CPD

An influenza pandemic can have many negative effects on a society, and nurses are at the frontline of treatment. This article explains how to prepare for a pandemic...

Using effective hand hygiene practice to prevent and control infection

27 April 2020

Nursing Standard

Infection prevention and control

Decontamination using hand hygiene remains one of the most important and effective methods for reducing healthcare-associated infections and cross-infection between...

What the COVID-19 pandemic tells us about the need to develop resilience in the nursing workforce

13 May 2020

Nursing Management

COVID-19

Most research on resilience in healthcare systems such as the NHS is based on organisational crises, such as nurse shortages, an ageing workforce and financial...

Managing childhood vaccination clinics during COVID-19: risks and solutions

30 September 2020

Primary Health Care

Immunisation

The COVID-19 pandemic and the systems and processes put in place to minimise the spread of infection have left many services, including vaccination clinics,...

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with mesothelioma and their carers

31 March 2021

Cancer Nursing Practice

Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a rare, life-limiting and aggressive cancer with a high symptom burden. This article explores the effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...

Supporting the well-being of nurses working during COVID-19

04 May 2021

Nursing Management

Workforce

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was a pandemic. As the COVID-19 pandemic has developed there...