{"title":"The code and the community nurse: preserving safety.","authors":"Michelle McBride","doi":"10.12968/bjcn.2025.0107","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 'preserving safety' section of the Nursing and Midwifery Council's code is integral to the delivery of safe and effective care. Nurses working in community settings are often exposed to unique challenges linked to their environment and the nature of their caseloads. The author addresses some of the ways in which community nurses can optimise their own safety while safeguarding the public. This article also explores best practice when things go wrong from a duty of candour perspective.</p>","PeriodicalId":35731,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Community Nursing","volume":"30 7","pages":"318-320"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"British Journal of Community Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2025.0107","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Nursing","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The 'preserving safety' section of the Nursing and Midwifery Council's code is integral to the delivery of safe and effective care. Nurses working in community settings are often exposed to unique challenges linked to their environment and the nature of their caseloads. The author addresses some of the ways in which community nurses can optimise their own safety while safeguarding the public. This article also explores best practice when things go wrong from a duty of candour perspective.
期刊介绍:
British Journal of Community Nursing (BJCN) is the UK"s leading peer-reviewed journal for district nurses, containing the most up-to-date clinical coverage and research on primary care nursing. The journal promotes excellence in clinical practice with an emphasis on the sharing of expertise and innovation in district nursing. Articles are written by nurses from across the community nursing spectrum, and peer-reviewed by leading authorities in primary care to make sure that the journal addresses all aspects of the profession in a way that is relevant, intelligent and accessible, and so useful in daily practice.