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Key points from the evidence | Chronic wounds: advanced wound dressings and antimicrobial dressings | Advice | NICE

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This guideline covers care and management for adults (aged 18 and over) with type 2 diabetes. It focuses on patient education, dietary advice, managing cardiovascular risk, managing blood glucose levels, and identifying and managing long-term complications.

For information on related topics see our diabetes summary page.

In June 2022, we reviewed the evidence and made new recommendations on periodontitis.

Recommendations

This guideline includes recommendations on:

For recommendations on hypertension in people with type 2 diabetes, see the NICE guideline on hypertension in adults.

Who is it for?

Healthcare professionals

Commissioners and providers

Adults with type 2 diabetes, and their families and carers

Is this guideline up to date?

Updates in progress: Drug therapy (excluding insulin-based treatments): see the December 2024 guideline update page.

Portfolio review in May 2023: We have reviewed our guidelines portfolio to identify topics that we think will add the most value to the health and care system and have agreed the update on insulin therapy recommended in this surveillance report will not proceed as planned.

Guideline development process
How we develop NICE guidelines
This guideline updates and replaces:

NICE guidelines CG66 (published May 2008) and CG87 (published May 2009)

NICE technology appraisal guidance 203 and 248

NICE evidence summaries ESNM20, ESNM26 and ESNM59.

Your responsibility

The recommendations in this guideline represent the view of NICE, arrived at after careful consideration of the evidence available. When exercising their judgement, professionals and practitioners are expected to take this guideline fully into account, alongside the individual needs, preferences and values of their patients or the people using their service. It is not mandatory to apply the recommendations, and the guideline does not override the responsibility to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual, in consultation with them and their families and carers or guardian.

All problems (adverse events) related to a medicine or medical device used for treatment or in a procedure should be reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency using the Yellow Card Scheme.

Local commissioners and providers of healthcare have a responsibility to enable the guideline to be applied when individual professionals and people using services wish to use it. They should do so in the context of local and national priorities for funding and developing services, and in light of their duties to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, to advance equality of opportunity and to reduce health inequalities. Nothing in this guideline should be interpreted in a way that would be inconsistent with complying with those duties.

Commissioners and providers have a responsibility to promote an environmentally sustainable health and care system and should assess and reduce the environmental impact of implementing NICE recommendations wherever possible.

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This guideline covers care and management for adults (aged 18 and over) with type 2 diabetes. It focuses on patient education, dietary advice, managing cardiovascular risk, managing blood glucose levels, and identifying and managing long-term complications

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This guideline covers risk assessment, prevention and treatment in children, young people and adults at risk of, or who have, a pressure ulcer (also known as a bedsore or pressure sore). It aims to reduce the number of pressure ulcers in people admitted to secondary or tertiary care or receiving NHS care in other settings, such as primary and community care and emergency departments.

Recommendations

This guideline includes recommendations on:

Who is it for?

Healthcare professionals

People who are at elevated risk of developing pressure ulcers, such as those who have significantly limited mobility

Is this guideline up to date?

We checked this guideline in November 2018. We found no new evidence that affects the recommendations in this guideline.

Guideline development process
How we develop NICE guidelines
This guideline updates and replaces NICE guideline CG29 (September 2005) and NICE guideline CG7 (October 2003).

Your responsibility

The recommendations in this guideline represent the view of NICE, arrived at after careful consideration of the evidence available. When exercising their judgement, professionals and practitioners are expected to take this guideline fully into account, alongside the individual needs, preferences and values of their patients or the people using their service. It is not mandatory to apply the recommendations, and the guideline does not override the responsibility to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual, in consultation with them and their families and carers or guardian.

All problems (adverse events) related to a medicine or medical device used for treatment or in a procedure should be reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency using the Yellow Card Scheme.

Local commissioners and providers of healthcare have a responsibility to enable the guideline to be applied when individual professionals and people using services wish to use it. They should do so in the context of local and national priorities for funding and developing services, and in light of their duties to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, to advance equality of opportunity and to reduce health inequalities. Nothing in this guideline should be interpreted in a way that would be inconsistent with complying with those duties.

Commissioners and providers have a responsibility to promote an environmentally sustainable health and care system and should assess and reduce the environmental impact of implementing NICE recommendations wherever possible.

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Pressure ulcers: prevention and management

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1.9.1 Provide access to the expertise of highly skilled health and social care practitioners, when needed, for adults approaching the end of their life, their carers and other people important to them. They should have the skills to:

1.9.2 Health and social care practitioners should have the skills to provide care for adults approaching the end of their life who need support in the following areas:

disease-specific, including symptom management, hydration and nutrition, and access to medication

psychological

social, including support and advice (for example, signposting advice on benefits, finance and third-sector, local or national support services)

support with activities of daily living, including access to equipment and rehabilitation services

pastoral, religious and spiritual

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1.9.1 Provide access to the expertise of highly skilled health and social care practitioners, when needed, for adults approaching the end of their life, their carers and other people important to them.

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This guideline covers care and treatment for adults (aged 18 and over) with type 1 diabetes. It includes advice on diagnosis, education and support, blood glucose management, cardiovascular risk, and identifying and managing long-term complications.

In July 2021, we reviewed the evidence and updated the recommendations on long-acting insulin therapy.

Recommendations

This guideline includes recommendations on:

Who is it for?

Healthcare professionals who care for adults with type 1 diabetes

Commissioners and providers of diabetes services

Adults with type 1 diabetes, and their families and carers

Guideline development process
How we develop NICE guidelines
This guideline updates and replaces evidence summaries ESNM5 and ESNM16.

Your responsibility

The recommendations in this guideline represent the view of NICE, arrived at after careful consideration of the evidence available. When exercising their judgement, professionals and practitioners are expected to take this guideline fully into account, alongside the individual needs, preferences and values of their patients or the people using their service. It is not mandatory to apply the recommendations, and the guideline does not override the responsibility to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual, in consultation with them and their families and carers or guardian.

All problems (adverse events) related to a medicine or medical device used for treatment or in a procedure should be reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency using the Yellow Card Scheme.

Local commissioners and providers of healthcare have a responsibility to enable the guideline to be applied when individual professionals and people using services wish to use it. They should do so in the context of local and national priorities for funding and developing services, and in light of their duties to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, to advance equality of opportunity and to reduce health inequalities. Nothing in this guideline should be interpreted in a way that would be inconsistent with complying with those duties.

Commissioners and providers have a responsibility to promote an environmentally sustainable health and care system and should assess and reduce the environmental impact of implementing NICE recommendations wherever possible.

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Type 1 diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management

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This guideline covers care and treatment for adults (aged 18 and over) with type 1 diabetes. It includes advice on diagnosis, education and support, blood glucose management, cardiovascular risk, and identifying and managing long-term complications. In July 2021, we reviewed the evidence and updated the recommendations on long-acting insulin therapy.

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Pressure ulcer categorisation + ASSKING bundle

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What Is Diabetes? | 2 Minute Guide | Diabetes UK

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This guideline covers preventing and treating surgical site infections in adults, young people and children who are having a surgical procedure involving a cut through the skin. It focuses on methods used before, during and after surgery to minimise the risk of infection.

In August 2020, we added links to the NICE guideline on perioperative care in adults for additional recommendations on intravenous fluids, cardiac monitoring and blood glucose control in adults.

Recommendations

This guideline includes new and updated recommendations on:

It also includes recommendations on:

Who is it for?

Healthcare professionals

Commissioners and providers

People having surgery, their families and carers

Is this guideline up to date?

We are updating the recommendations on reducing infection risk in colorectal surgery (for more information, see the surveillance decision). See the guideline in development page for progress on the update.

Guideline development process

Your responsibility

The recommendations in this guideline represent the view of NICE, arrived at after careful consideration of the evidence available. When exercising their judgement, professionals and practitioners are expected to take this guideline fully into account, alongside the individual needs, preferences and values of their patients or the people using their service. It is not mandatory to apply the recommendations, and the guideline does not override the responsibility to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual, in consultation with them and their families and carers or guardian.

All problems (adverse events) related to a medicine or medical device used for treatment or in a procedure should be reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency using the Yellow Card Scheme.

Local commissioners and providers of healthcare have a responsibility to enable the guideline to be applied when individual professionals and people using services wish to use it. They should do so in the context of local and national priorities for funding and developing services, and in light of their duties to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, to advance equality of opportunity and to reduce health inequalities. Nothing in this guideline should be interpreted in a way that would be inconsistent with complying with those duties.

Commissioners and providers have a responsibility to promote an environmentally sustainable health and care system and should assess and reduce the environmental impact of implementing NICE recommendations wherever possible.

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Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment

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This guideline covers preventing and treating surgical site infections in adults, young people and children who are having a surgical procedure involving a cut through the skin. It focuses on methods used before, during and after surgery to minimise the risk of infection.

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Improving pressure ulcer prevention knowledge to reduce avoidable harm - British Journal of Nursing

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Read trusted information, knowledge and support to help you deliver the best possible care for anyone with an illness they're likely to die from.

Find information on spotting the signs of abuse, reporting abuse, and supporting your patients and those around them.

Safeguarding in palliative care

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is a treatment to help someone's breathing. Find out which patients might need it, how it works and what to do if something goes wrong.

Non-invasive ventilation in palliative care

Providing a safe, accepting and inclusive environment is essential in ensuring LGBTQ+ people receive high quality, person-centred care.

Caring for LGBTQ+ people at the end of life

The final report of the UK Commission on Bereavement, Bereavement is Everyone's Business, sets out proposals to better support bereaved people.

Published 6 October 2022

We must support bereaved people

Marie Curie is looking for professional and voluntary carers to contribute to a new survey.

Published 1 September 2022

New research on the experience of carers

After Lucy's father passed away, she struggled to manage her grief at work. She shares how she set up a grief and bereavement network.

Published 27 April 2022

How to support grief in the workplace

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What happens as we die? | Kathryn Mannix | TEDxNewcastle

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (mechanism of disease)

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If you are outside the UK, you can access BNF content by subscribing to Medicines Complete.

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Insulin is a hormone that your pancreas makes to allow cells to use glucose. When your body isn't making or using insulin the way it should, you can take manufactured insulin to help control your blood sugar.

Many forms of insulin treat diabetes. They're grouped by how fast they start to work and how long their effects last.

The types of insulin include:

Rapid-acting, which starts to work within a few minutes and lasts a couple of hours

Regular- or short-acting, which takes about 30 minutes to work fully and lasts 3 to 6 hours

Intermediate-acting, which takes 2 to 4 hours to work fully. Its effects can last up to 18 hours.

Long-acting, which can work for an entire day

Pre-mixed

Afrezza, a rapid-acting inhaled insulin, is FDA-approved for use before meals for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The drug peaks in your blood in about 15-20 minutes and it clears your body in 2-3 hours. It must be used along with long-acting insulin in people with type 1 diabetes.

How Are Doses Scheduled?

Follow your doctor's guidelines on when to take your insulin. The time span between your shot and meals may vary depending on the type you use.

In general, though, you should coordinate your injection with a meal. You want to time your shot so that the glucose from your food gets into your system at about the same time that the insulin starts to work. This will help your body use the glucose and avoid low blood sugar reactions. From the chart on page 1, the "onset" column shows when the insulin will begin to work in your body. You want that to happen at the same time you're absorbing food. Good timing will help you avoid low blood sugar levels.

Rapid acting insulins: About 15 minutes before mealtime

Short-acting insulins: 30 to 60 minutes before a meal

Intermediate-acting insulins: Up to 1 hour prior to a meal

Pre-mixed insulins: Depending on the product, between 10 minutes or 30 to 45 minutes before mealtime

Storing Injectable Insulin

Always have two bottles of each type you use on hand. You don't need to refrigerate vials of insulin that you're using. A good rule of thumb is that if the temperature is comfortable for you, the insulin is safe. You can store the bottle that you're using at room temperature (not higher than 80 F) for 30 days. You don't want it to get too hot or too cold, and keep it out of direct sunlight.

Keep your extra backup bottles in the refrigerator. The night before you're going to start using a new bottle, take it out and let it warm up. Don't let your insulin freeze.

Always look at your insulin inside the bottle before you draw it into the syringe. Rapid-acting, short-acting, and certain long-acting types should be clear. Other forms may look cloudy, but they shouldn't have clumps.

If you carry a bottle with you, be careful not to shake it. That makes air bubbles, which can change the amount of insulin you get when you withdraw it for an injection.

For insulin pens, check the package insert for storage instructions

Storing Inhaled Insulin

Check the directions on the package. You should keep a sealed package in the refrigerator until you're ready to start using it. If you don't, you must use it within 10 days.

You can refrigerate packages you've opened, but let a cartridge warm up to room temperature for 10 minutes before you use it.

Exceptions to Insulin Dosing and Timing

Long-acting insulins aren't tied to mealtimes. You'll take detemir (Levemir) once or twice a day no matter when you eat. And you'll take glargine (Basaglar, Lantus, Toujeo) once a day, always at the same time. Deglutec is taken once a day, and the time of day can be flexible. But some people do have to pair a long-acting insulin with a shorter-acting type or another medication that does have to be taken at meal time.

Rapid-acting products can also be taken right after you eat, rather than 15 minutes before mealtime. You can take some of them at bedtime.

For more information about when to take insulin, read the "dosing and administration" section of the insulin product package insert that came with your insulin product, or talk with your doctor.

Insulin Side Effects

The major ones include:

Low blood sugar

Weight gain when you first start using it

Lumps or scars where you've had too many injections

Rash at the site of injection or, rarely, over your entire body

With inhaled insulin, there's a chance that your lungs could tighten suddenly if you have asthma or the lung disease COPD.

The chart below lists the types of injectable insulin with details about onset (the length of time before insulin reaches the bloodstream and begins to lower blood sugar), peak (the time period when it best lowers blood sugar) and duration (how long insulin continues to work). These three things may vary. The final column offers some insight into the "coverage" provided by the different insulin types in relation to mealtime.

15-30 min.

30-90 min

3-5 hours

Rapid-acting insulin covers insulin needs for meals eaten at the same time as the injection. This type of insulin is often used with longer-acting insulin.

Regular (R) or novolin

30 min. -1 hour

2-5 hours

5-8 hours

Short-acting insulin covers insulin needs for meals eaten within 30-60 minutes.

NPH (N)

1-2 hours

4-12 hours

18-24 hours

Intermediate-acting insulin covers insulin needs for about half the day or overnight. This type of insulin is often combined with a rapid- or short-acting type.

1-1 1/2 hours

No peak time. Insulin is delivered at a steady level.

20-24 hours

Long-acting insulin covers insulin needs for about one full day. This type is often combined, when needed, with rapid- or short-acting insulin.

Humulin 70/30
30 min.

2-4 hours

14-24 hours

These products are generally taken two or three times a day before mealtime.

Humalog mix 75/25

15 min.

30 min.-2 1/2 hours

16-20 hours

*Premixed insulins combine specific amounts of intermediate-acting and short-acting insulin in one bottle or insulin pen. (The numbers following the brand name indicate the percentage of each type of insulin.)

How Do I Take It?

Many people get insulin into their blood using a needle and syringe, a cartridge system, or pre-filled pen systems.

The place on the body where you give yourself the shot may matter. You'll absorb insulin the most evenly when you inject it into your belly. The next best places to inject it are your arms, thighs, and buttocks. Make it a habit to inject insulin at the same general area of your body, but change up the exact injection spot. This helps lessen scarring under the skin.

Inhaled insulin, insulin pumps, and a quick-acting insulin device are also available.

What Type of Insulin Is Best for My Diabetes?

Your doctor will work with you to prescribe the type of insulin that's best for you and your diabetes. Making that choice will depend on many things, including:

How you respond to insulin. (How long it takes the body to absorb it and how long it remains active varies from person to person.)

Lifestyle choices. The type of food you eat, how much alcohol you drink, or how much exercise you get will all affect how your body uses insulin.

Your willingness to give yourself multiple injections per day

How often you check your blood sugar

Your age

Your goals for managing your blood sugar

Your doctor may prescribe more than one type. You might need to take insulin more than once daily, to space your doses throughout the day, or to add other medicines.

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Insulin is a hormone that your pancreas makes to allow cells to use glucose. When your body isn't making or using insulin the way it should, you can take manufactured insulin to help control your blood sugar. Many forms of insulin treat diabetes.

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Skin Inspection Guidance Prevention of Pressure Ulcers

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Pressure Injury Classification - Dark Skin Tones

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“The Six Steps to Insulin Safety”, a free e-learning module from the PCDS - DiabetesontheNet  (sign up required)

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“The Six Steps to Insulin Safety”, a free e-learning module from the PCDS - DiabetesontheNet

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All Wales Guidance: Symptom Control Guidance

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The following measures can be used to assess the quality of care or service provision specified in the statement. They are examples of how the statement can be measured, and can be adapted and used flexibly.

Structure

Evidence of a written protocol to ensure that people who need a urinary catheter have their risk of infection minimised by the completion of specified procedures necessary for the safe insertion and maintenance of the catheter and its removal as soon as it is no longer needed.

Data source: No routinely collected national data for this measure has been identified. Data can be collected from information recorded locally by provider organisations, for example, from local protocols.

Process

a) Proportion of people with a short-term urinary catheter who had their risk of infection minimised by the completion of specified procedures necessary for the safe insertion and maintenance of the catheter and its removal as soon as it is no longer needed.

Numerator - the number of people in the denominator for whom all of the specified procedures were completed for the safe insertion and maintenance of the catheter and its removal as soon as it is no longer needed.

Denominator - the number of people who have had a short-term urinary catheter.

Data source: No routinely collected national data for this measure has been identified. Data can be collected from information recorded locally by healthcare professionals and provider organisations, for example, from patient records.

b) Proportion of people with a long-term urinary catheter who had their risk of infection minimised by the completion of specified procedures necessary for the safe insertion and maintenance of the catheter and its removal as soon as it is no longer needed.

Numerator - the number of people in the denominator for whom all of the specified procedures were completed for the safe insertion and maintenance of the catheter and its removal as soon as it is no longer needed were completed.

Denominator - the number of people who have had a long-term urinary catheter.

Data source: No routinely collected national data for this measure has been identified. Data can be collected from information recorded locally by healthcare professionals and provider organisations, for example, from patient records.

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UHB 269 Sharps Management Policy and EHIA 2022

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Advice guide for student nurses including re-sits, appeals, complaints, placements, working as an HCA, raising concerns and accountability.

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Library

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If you feel suicidal or feel like harming yourself or other people:

Call 999

Go to your nearest Accident and Emergency department (A&E).

Call your GP's out of hours service or set up emergency appointment:

England: During out-of-hours periods you can also call NHS 111.

Scotland: Call NHS 24 on 111.

Wales: Call NHS 111 Wales on 111. For urgent mental health support press Option 2

Northern Ireland: Call Lifeline 0808 808 8000

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Finding information
NHS Knowledge and Library Hub
Connecting you seamlessly to a range of high-quality knowledge and evidence resources all in one place, the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub is a single gateway to 1000s of journals, ebooks, clinical decision support and databases like CINAHL and Medline.

For quick access to high-quality clinical evidence, guidelines and systematic reviews, try Trip.

For more advanced searching, use CINAHL, British Nursing Index, AMED and Emcare. Go to our Resources for advanced searching page for more information and links to training.

If you're new to literature searching, or need a refresher, why not try this e-learning course: How to search the literature effectively.

Clinical decision support and evidence summaries

BMJ Best Practice is an award-winning online decision-support tool for use at the point of care. BMJ Best Practice draws on the latest evidence-based research to offer step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention. It gives you a second opinion in an instant and supports your continuing professional development.

Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has been the definitive guide to clinical nursing skills for over three decades. Written by nurses, for nurses, it sets the gold standard for effective, patient-focussed nursing care and includes over 350 evidence-based clinical procedures related to every aspect of care, from handwashing to cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Clinical Knowledge Summaries is geared towards primary care practitioners and provides accessible summaries of the current evidence base and practical guidance on over 370 topics.

Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines is the essential evidence-based prescribing guidelines on the safe and effective prescribing of psychotropic agents.

e-books and journals

You have access to thousands of journals in nursing and midwifery. It's easy to access articles through the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub and databases for advanced searching. You can also install LibKey Nomad on your device for easy access to journal literature when you search the web and platforms like Google Scholar.
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All staff and students on placement in the NHS have access to a collection of Oxford Medicine e-books including over 20 titles for nurses and midwives such as:

Emergencies in Adult Nursing

Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing

Oxford Handbook of Midwifery

Kortext is an e-book platform that gives you access to hundreds of books for NHS staff and learners including collections on sustainability, wellbeing and resilience and equality and diversity. There are lots of books on the Kortext platform for nurses and midwives including:

Nurses' clinical decision making

The nurse mentor's handbook

Communication in Nursing and Healthcare

Critical resilience for nurses

How to survive your nursing or midwifery course

Leadership, management and team working in nursing

Midwifery skills at a glance

Watch this short video to learn more.

Health literacy and patient information

Did you know that 43% of adults aged 16-65 struggle with text-based health information and that increases to 61% if the information also includes numbers?

If you want to know more, take this 30 minute e-learning course which includes simple tools that can help increase understanding.

We have also co-produced two easy read guides to download and share designed to help people to navigate healthcare. 'Get ready to talk about your health' prepares people for what to do before they go for a consultation with any health or care provider. ' 3 questions for better health' suggests important questions to ask during an appointment.

To help you, your patients and their families and carers with general health and wellbeing we have collected books and online links - take a look at our Uplifting Resources and Your Health Collection.

Learning from 'know how'

Some knowledge is not published but is individual or organisational 'know how'. The NHS Knowledge Mobilisation Framework is designed to help you develop and use skills to mobilise knowledge effectively to help sharing and learning.

What else can I expect from my library?

Your local NHS knowledge and library service can help you to make the most of these resources. They will often offer additional services including carrying out evidence searches and helping you to keep up-to-date. Visit your library for space to study, work and connect with your peers and the evidence.

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Library resources for nursing and midwifery -

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If you're looking for knowledge and evidence to support your work, development, study and research, through your nursing and midwifery [...]

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Blood Pressure Measurement | Manual Blood Pressure | OSCE Guide | UKMLA | CPSA | PLAB 2

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Vital Signs Measurement | OSCE Guide | Observations | NEWS2 Chart | UKMLA | CPSA | PLAB 2

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The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing

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Resources - The Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing

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– The charity for community nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Our free access to JCN care resources - Community nursing

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Template for nursing notes