{"title":"A guide to the fundamental aspects of prostate cancer and the nurse's role.","authors":"Barry Hill, Mary Williams","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2024.0285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.0285","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prostate cancer remains a significant health concern, particularly among older men. This article provides an in-depth examination of prostate cancer, focusing on the critical role of nurses in managing this condition. It covers the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment options for prostate cancer, emphasising the importance of patient education, psychosocial support and holistic care. Through a detailed exploration of evidence-based practices, this article aims to enhance nurses' understanding of the subject and their ability to deliver comprehensive care to patients with prostate cancer, ultimately improving patient outcomes and quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 9","pages":"S10-S16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144060390","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":"International Nurses Day 2025.","authors":"Ian Peate","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2025.0181","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 9","pages":"445"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144048408","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 patients with the psychosocial impacts of prostate cancer.","authors":"Leann McLaughlin","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2025.0200","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 9","pages":"S6-S8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144040570","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}
Patricia Katowa-Mukwato, Lonia Mwape, Joy Notter, Chris Carter
{"title":"Moving forward: the introduction of specialist cardiovascular nurses in Zambia.","authors":"Patricia Katowa-Mukwato, Lonia Mwape, Joy Notter, Chris Carter","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2025.0190","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 9","pages":"448-449"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144017138","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 complex process of developing an NHS patient safety culture.","authors":"John Tingle","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2025.0204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>John Tingle</b>, Associate Professor, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses several reports on NHS patient safety culture development.</p>","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 9","pages":"488-490"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144039823","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":"Nurse and midwife migration: mobility and exploitation.","authors":"Ruth Oshikanlu, Elizabeth Madigan","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2025.0192","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 9","pages":"450-453"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144057548","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}
Prashanth Gunanyagam, Darius Aw Kang Lie, Vanessa Irvine, Dana West, Hugh Dickson, Jim Iliopoulos, Mehtab Ahmad
{"title":"Hospital in the Home service: an innovative model for managing patients outside of acute care beds.","authors":"Prashanth Gunanyagam, Darius Aw Kang Lie, Vanessa Irvine, Dana West, Hugh Dickson, Jim Iliopoulos, Mehtab Ahmad","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2023.0294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2023.0294","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The growing pressures on global healthcare systems, driven by an ageing population and increasing care complexity, necessitate innovative alternatives to traditional inpatient care. The 'Hospital in the Home' (HITH) model, offering acute-level care in patients' homes, is an emerging solution that has gained traction in both the UK and Australia. This article outlines the establishment and development of a HITH service within one of Australia's busiest tertiary referral hospitals, located in a socioeconomically deprived region in South Western Sydney. It examines how the service has evolved over time, significantly reducing hospital bed occupancy, managing diverse clinical conditions, and adapting to the specific needs of the local population. The analysis also offers insights into the challenges and future directions of the HITH model.</p>","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 9","pages":"474-477"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144052642","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}
Marcia Cristina Nobukuni, Camila Fernandes Pollo, Cesar de Oliveira, Aniele Fernanda Deplacido de Leo, Silmara Meneguin
{"title":"Association between needs and anxiety/depression in family of intensive care patients.","authors":"Marcia Cristina Nobukuni, Camila Fernandes Pollo, Cesar de Oliveira, Aniele Fernanda Deplacido de Leo, Silmara Meneguin","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2024.0294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.0294","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>When a loved one is hospitalised in the intensive care unit (ICU), the family members' attention is on the patient's condition. This can interfere with family members' own needs and affect psychological wellbeing.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To investigate the needs and stressors of family members of patients in ICU and their associations with symptoms of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted with 340 family members of patients admitted to the ICU of a public hospital in São Paulo state, Brazil, between January 2020 and August 2022. Data on sociodemographic characteristics were collected. The Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were administered.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Family members of patients in the ICU placed a very high level of importance on their needs (median=172). Although the family members were satisfied, not all their needs were met (median=116). In the multivariate analysis, the variables that influenced the CCFNI Importance/Satisfaction score were age (<i>P</i><0.001), marital status (<i>P</i><0.001), education level (<i>P</i><0.001), Catholic religion (<i>P</i><0.001), previous hospitalisation experience (<i>P</i><0.001), and HADS depression (<i>P</i>=0.026/<i>P</i>=0.002). The variables that influenced the HADS score included female sex (<i>P</i><0.001), age (<i>P</i><0.001), direct relation to the patient (<i>P</i><0.001), Catholic religion (<i>P</i><0.001), living with the patient (<i>P</i><0.001), and CCFNI Importance/Satisfaction (<i>P</i><0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Family members of patients in the ICU have essential, but not completely satisfied, needs. HADS was positively associated with the importance of needs and inversely related to the satisfaction of needs. Age and the Catholic religion were the only common variables affecting the variations in needs constructs.</p>","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 9","pages":"466-473"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144054588","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":"Education is key in urology.","authors":"Emma Chappel","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2025.0203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2025.0203","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 9","pages":"S3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144049256","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":"A simplified guide to best practice in transanal irrigation: rationale, development and implementation.","authors":"Weston, Crook, Marunda","doi":"10.12968/bjon.2025.34.Sup9.S3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2025.34.Sup9.S3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bowel dysfunction is widespread, and disorders including constipation and faecal incontinence can have profound impacts on physical health and psychosocial wellbeing, with a consequent financial burden on the wider healthcare system. Transanal irrigation (TAI) is a safe and effective treatment for chronic bowel dysfunction, but access to appropriate care is often delayed due to stigma, unclear treatment pathways or knowledge gaps among healthcare professionals (HCPs). An expert working group developed new guidance to empower HCPs with increased clinical confidence in appropriately implementing TAI, as well as simplify the journey to TAI with a clear, structured and easy-to-navigate approach to support consistent clinical decision-making. The TAI Guide is a visually impactful two-page resource that can used as a standalone tool or embedded into existing pathways, as well as used as a benchmark to support professional education.</p>","PeriodicalId":520014,"journal":{"name":"British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)","volume":"34 Sup9","pages":"S3-S10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144034424","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}