Person Centred Care

London to Glasgow (cardiologists and frailty)

First, I wanted to mention Neprilysin (and its inhibitor) as it seems to me to be such a cunning piece of high-tech science it should reach this blog. Then I’ll get to the cardiologists!

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A nurse’s job?!

I will not go into more detail about this but suffice it to say, this is congruent with my values and probably my purpose.

Delirium

G. falls over and possibly bangs his head

He was treated with antibiotics and returned to the care home 48 hours later. During his stay he fell twice on the ward; there was an incident with a member of staff which led to him receiving intramuscular Lorazepam.

Drugs

Influenza

This morning I had a brief discussion with one of our patients; she is on the cusp of her 65th birthday. And, for those involved in the administration of the […]

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Excellence

You see, nowadays, in order to study medicine, you have to be little short of an academic wunderkind.

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The carers took my independence

An army of carers support our old, frail and vulnerable. Many receive minimum wage. Many also work to zero hours contracts. No sick leave, no training, no holiday pay.

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Doctoring, fast and slow.

In life, there are those who work and act quickly; my mum would say, ‘chick-chak’ which I think is a derivation of Hebrew meaning, ‘promptly, without messing about,’ and, those who tend to dilly-dally.

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