Nurses 'more through' in GI examinations

Article Abstract:

A research report presented to the British Society of Gastroenterology shows that nurse endoscopists are more thorough than doctors at carrying out upper gastrointestinal investigations. Nurses can perform endoscopy as well as doctors in terms of clinical outcome and a report has also suggested that nurses spotted more significant lessons while watching videos than the doctors did.

Patient outcomes, Diagnosis, Gastrointestinal diseases, Endoscopy

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Deaths spark alert on NG tube checks

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Nurses are warned that some tests commonly used to check that nasogastric (NG) feeding tubes are correctly placed are inaccurate and could lead to patients deaths. However, the only method that should be used to check NG tube placement is to tests aspirated fluid with pH indicator paper and nurses should avoid testing aspirate with blue litmus paper.

Mortality, Risk factors, Enteral feeding, Enteral nutrition, Tube feeding

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NICE calls for 50 more specialist nurses to take a central role in brain-tumor care

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National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence requires more than 50 brain tumor specialist nurses to deliver gold-standard treatment. The new national draft guidance wants specialist epilepsy and palliative care and neuropsychiatry nurses.

Practice guidelines (Medicine), Brain tumors, Brain tumours

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