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...nurses, teachers, occupational therapists, psychologists) and other organisations to provide a network of services to people in need of support. Social care practitioners/professionals provide services to people across the life course, for example helping new parents to look after their children, assisting people with disabilities to access social activities, providing...

...Nurses and physicians soonest become intrepid or indifferent; but the rest of mankind recoil from the scene with unconquerable loathing. I was sustained, not by confidence of safety, and a belief of exemption from this malady, or by the influence of habit, which inures us to all that is detestable or perilous, but by a belief that this was as eligible an avenue to death...

...nurse or any other healthcare professional the number of patients who get readmitted to hospital soon after discharge is also monitored to indicate whether people are being discharged safely from hospital patient complaints about their healthcare service could indicate whether the system is performing well. Examples of professional development (learning): This aspect...

...nurse lecturer at The Open University based in Northern Ireland. I have developed a passion and specialist interest in food allergy research, born out of necessity. Like many parents I speak to, I knew very little about food allergies before my daughter was born with a long list of them, including cow’s milk protein allergy and eggs! At that time, I knew how dangerous...

...nursing homes worldwide – in Europe alone the number of new coma cases is estimated to be around 230,000 annually, of which some 30,000 will languish in a persistent vegetative state. They are some of the most tragic and expensive artefacts of modern intensive care. Owen knows this only too well. In 1997, a close friend set off on her usual cycle to work. Anne [not her...