{"title":"Socio-demographic and clinical predictors for initiation of rectal irrigation in patients with evacuation disorders.","authors":"Tanzeela Gala, Abigail Fernandes, Mehak Saini, Carlotta Sarzo, Noman Shahzad, Carlene Igbedioh, Sarah Ferdinand, Alexis Schizas, Linda Ferrari, Alison J Hainsworth","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0040","DOIUrl":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Rectal irrigation is recommended in patients with evacuation disorders (EDs) that are resistant to preliminary conservative treatments.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to determine the incidence and predictors of rectal irrigation.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This study included patients treated for EDs from a prospectively maintained database.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 1618 patients with ED, irrigation was started in 594, of whom 399 (67%) were started on low-volume rectal irrigation (LVRI) and the remaining 195 (33%) on high-volume rectal irrigation (HVRI). LVRI was associated with patients aged >50 years and anal incontinence, while HVRI was associated with constipation and patients aged <50 years (<i>P</i><0.001). The study also found that patients in the LVRI group were more likely to complete treatment than those in the HVRI group. No variability was found between gender, socio-economic status, ethnicity and the study findings when a comparison was made between patients who continued preliminary conservative treatments and those who started on irrigation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study provides predictors of rectal irrigation. Future research is needed to explore the outcome and barriers to irrigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 12","pages":"626-634"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heather Jarman, Rosalie McDonald, Louise Young, Phil Moss
{"title":"The role of the embedded research nurse in enhancing study delivery in the emergency department.","authors":"Heather Jarman, Rosalie McDonald, Louise Young, Phil Moss","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0119","DOIUrl":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0119","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Research delivery in emergency departments (EDs) is difficult owing to time and workload pressures. Research nurses are crucial to delivering research studies, but their integration into clinical teams varies.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study evaluates the impact of embedding research nurses in an ED over a 10-year period, focusing on confidence in research practices and role sustainability.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional survey was conducted among nurses completing a 1-year ED research secondment. Confidence in research skills, role perception and career progression were analysed using descriptive statistics and paired t tests.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 55 eligible nurses, 29 responded (52.7%). Confidence in research activities was significantly higher following the secondment (<i>P</i><0.001). Most felt integrated into the ED, and nearly 70% remained in ED for longer because of the secondment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The embedded model enhances research capacity, increases nurse confidence and supports workforce retention, offering a replicable framework for integrating research teams into clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 12","pages":"620-625"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recognition in the City of London: a momentous step in nursing history.","authors":"Brenda Griffiths","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0276","DOIUrl":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0276","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 12","pages":"661"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The moral maze: navigating the ethical landscape of healthcare.","authors":"Alison Ruth Buckley","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2024.0256","DOIUrl":"10.12968/bjon.2024.0256","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ethical decision-making pervades many aspects of health and social care practice. All practitioners, regardless of professional affiliation, must reflect on their role as moral agents. There are challenges in developing an ethical awareness of, and response to, the increasingly complex healthcare landscape. A case study of a clinical episode of care is used to illustrate how, while the adoption of an evidence-based, systematic approach can better inform ethical deliberation, conflicting moral obligations frequently add complexity and contradiction to the decision-making process.</p>","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 12","pages":"650-656"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emran A Abu Aqoulah, Rosliza Abaul Manaf, Suriani Ismail, Salam Bani Hani, Aya Al-Ali
{"title":"Effect of an educational intervention on pressure ulcer documentation among tertiary hospital nurses in Jordan.","authors":"Emran A Abu Aqoulah, Rosliza Abaul Manaf, Suriani Ismail, Salam Bani Hani, Aya Al-Ali","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2024.0380","DOIUrl":"10.12968/bjon.2024.0380","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Pressure ulcers are a significant health issue in the Middle East, with evidence of poor-quality nursing documentation among Jordanian nurses.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to assess the effect of an educational intervention on nurses' knowledge, skills and motivation, as well as on the quality of nursing documentation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A quasi-experimental design was used to select participants using stratification and simple random sampling techniques into intervention and control groups.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>A response rate of more than 80% was attained in both groups. The data showed that there were no statistically significant differences between participant characteristics or research outcomes between the intervention and control groups at baseline (<i>P</i>>0.05). Following the intervention, after adjusting for variables, a notable difference was recorded between and within the intervention and control groups (<i>P</i><0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>According to the intervention group data, the newly developed educational intervention was effective in considerably raising the standard of nursing documentation for pressure ulcers.</p>","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 12","pages":"S30-S42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Addressing ethical issues in nursing education.","authors":"Luis Teixeira","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2024.0389","DOIUrl":"10.12968/bjon.2024.0389","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 12","pages":"657-658"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Niuosha Sanaeifar, Tamara Buch, Moritz Debler, Rüdiger Kesselmeier, Sara Canales, Michael Meer
{"title":"Evaluation of key performance features of the new MoliCare premium lady Pad for light to moderate urinary incontinence.","authors":"Niuosha Sanaeifar, Tamara Buch, Moritz Debler, Rüdiger Kesselmeier, Sara Canales, Michael Meer","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0228","DOIUrl":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0228","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Urinary incontinence is a significant healthcare concern and personal issue in females. It is a stigmatising condition that profoundly affects social and psychological wellbeing. Absorbent products help prevent distress caused by urinary leakage and its related odour, enabling females to live their daily lives with confidence.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate the key characteristics of the newly redesigned MoliCare premium lady Pad.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In Germany, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 107 females with light-to-moderate urinary incontinence to rate various performance aspects of the newly redesigned pad.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>96% of the interviewees trying the new pad were 'highly satisfied'/'satisfied' with the design.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The evaluation findings indicated that the newly redesigned MoliCare premium lady Pad fulfilled the primary needs of the users. The new MoliCare SkinGuard absorbent core technology and a combination of deep embossing and elasticated cuffs provided discretion, comfort and a dry feeling for users.</p>","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 12","pages":"608-612"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"To the summer and beyond….","authors":"Jackie Stephen-Haynes","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0271","DOIUrl":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0271","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 12","pages":"S3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supporting safe urinary catheter insertion by promoting ANTT<sup>®</sup> principles.","authors":"Stephen Rowley, Simon Clare, Sarah Gallagher","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0148","DOIUrl":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0148","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The most recent national point prevalence survey on healthcare-associated infections in the NHS in England recorded catheter-associated urinary tract infection as 17.5% of all healthcare-associated infections. Much of this infection risk is associated with the catheter insertion process. This article explains how a procedure pack that has been specifically designed with Aseptic Non Touch Technique (ANTT®) principles in mind can not only help to ensure practitioners have all the right equipment at hand, but can also sequence a best practice approach to safe urinary catheter insertion by design.</p>","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 12","pages":"614-618"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrew Dainty, Liam Somers, Holly Anthony, Tracey Whitmore
{"title":"Supporting nursing associate and assistant practitioner apprenticeships in health and social care.","authors":"Andrew Dainty, Liam Somers, Holly Anthony, Tracey Whitmore","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0075","DOIUrl":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Apprenticeships are becoming widespread in healthcare and provide opportunities for development and social mobility that otherwise may not have been possible. This article provides an overview of apprenticeship programmes that may be of interest to those considering embarking upon an apprenticeship, and to help health professionals new to supporting one of these roles understand the support requirements within the workplace and university. Both roles were developed to provide opportunities for progression and the development of knowledge, skills and behaviours, while building capacity and capability within the healthcare workforce. Apprenticeships necessitate a close working partnership between employer and higher-education institution, which is shown within the proposed conceptual model 'Forceps'. The authors discuss the end point assessment, which is triggered when apprentices reach the requirements of their occupational standard, and share their experience of preparing apprentices to the point of readiness for the workplace.</p>","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 12","pages":"639-644"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}