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matthew0sb0rne.bsky.social
Registered Nurse: Interests and experience include ED and urgent care, trauma, plastics, spinal surgery, advanced practise, nursing science, digital technologies, and education.
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Legislators for Hire. 236 UK MPs declared some outside earnings. Is £93,904+exp not enough? Some spend a day a week on second jobs. Nigel Farage the worst culprit. MPs hired to serve their paymasters - access to policymakers, govt contracts. End political corruption. No second jobs for MPs.

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🩺 What does it take to become a great nurse? Is it something you can be taught — or is it something that's just inside you? I was asked this recently, and it stopped me in my tracks.

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Educational and entertaining.

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Whatever your speciality, it's vital to consider time-critical medications within your practice for conditions such as: Think: 🧠 Epilepsy 🧬 Parkinson’s 🦠 Sepsis Your skill and timing can make a significant difference to patient outcomes. Read more.

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At our 2025 Congress, you can: ✅ Influence nursing and health care policy ✅ Hear from inspiring speakers ✅ Help shape the RCN agenda Plus, you can join networking opportunities and development programmes. #RCN25 Find out more and book your free space ➡️

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Just finished my slides for our 2nd year Policy in Nursing module and thought I’d add some real life examples of nurses who impacted policy past and present. Because you know Nurses are ace and we change the world !! 🩵 #Nurse #Education #NHS @alisonleary1.bsky.social @dameanionwu.bsky.social

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@mrjamesob.bsky.social An interesting read here.

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Today is one of those days where you get to see the product of hard work and detenination from your students.

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People experiencing homelessness have high mortality and morbidity from preventable or treatable conditions. This article explores the health impacts of homelessness and practical considerations for clinicians providing care. Includes an infographic www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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For those who work in mmol/dl (BM) a glucose of 180mg/dl is the equivalent of 10.

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NMC approves new advanced practice principles The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has given the green light to a set of principles for advanced practice, which includes a new definition of advanced practice for professionals and the public. #nursing #nurses www.nursingtimes.net/professional...

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Our provisional data reveals a 13% increase in reported #tuberculosis cases in 2024 (5,480) compared to 2023 (4,850)—surpassing pre-COVID-19 levels. 🔗 Read our blog post, for more on the trends and patterns behind this surge: bit.ly/4iFwfko #TB #PublicHealth

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This also explains why workforce policy doesn't meet service needs. So much workforce policy is consensus based by those with little subject matter expertise and virtually no knowledge of the evidence.

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New rehab nursing framework launched in North West A new competency framework for nursing staff working in complex rehabilitation services has been launched in Cheshire and Merseyside. #nursing #rehab #nurses #rehabilitation #cheshire #merseyside #healthcare www.nursingtimes.net/education-an...

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💷 Student loan forgiveness = 14,249 more nurses kept in the NHS. Our latest report with London Economics reveals that forgiving student loans could retain nurses for up to 10 extra years, filling over half of England's current vacancies. 🧵 (1/4)

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Do you know a nurse/midwife who goes above and beyond? Why not nominate them for the NT 2025 awards?

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Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages. Crucial drugs not available. Bureaucracy a barrier to exports too. Domestic production of medicines not increased. Must revive the 2019 Labour manifesto pledge for the state led production of generic drugs. Rejoin the EU.

submitted 34 days ago • 23 comments

The advantage of working from home is i get distracted by this little lady. The disadvantage of working from home is that I get distracted by this little lady...

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