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• judith.dando

  by Judith, about 2 years ago

  From niche to necessity: genomics in routine care

  Case-study submitted by Phillips Ives Review PMO on behalf of Tracie Miles RGN, PhD, Associate Director of Nursing and Midwifery, NHS South West Genomic Medicine Service Alliance.

  The Genomics Education Program (GEP), in partnership with NHS England and NHS Improvement and the RCNi, have delivered a series of three introductory webinars exploring genomics, its growing use in healthcare and the opportunities it brings for nurses, midwives and health visitors. The webinars (which are being sourced from the GEP and will be shared with PIR team) are aimed at those with little to... Continue reading

• Point of Care Pharmacogenetics in Routine Clinical Practice

  by John_McDermott, about 2 years ago

  Introduction: Medicines are the most common therapeutic intervention in healthcare, yet their effectiveness and safety show considerable inter-personal variation. There are many reasons for this, but there is an increasing awareness that response to medicine is affected by an individual’s genetic variation, a concept known as pharmacogenetics. Access to pharmacogenetic data at the point of prescribing could lead to improved medicines selection, leading to improved outcomes and better use of scarce healthcare resources. This is particularly true in the acute setting, where results would be required in a rapid timeframe to inform management.

  Over the next 3-5 years it is... Continue reading

• Digital Diabetes from a Patient Perspective

  by Beth, about 2 years ago

  My personal experience of wearable technology began when I was 10 years old, as a Type 1diabetic from the age of 10 weeks, I was provided with my first Insulin Pump tomanage my diabetes in 2007.

  In 2019 I then transferred to my first Continuous Glucose Monitor (Freestyle Libre) and I am now on the Medtronic CGM which uses Bluetooth to interact with the compatible insulin pump to adjust my insulin according to my blood glucose levels. The blood glucose results are also mirrored in a smartphone app, enabling the user to view their results on their phone, rather than... Continue reading

• Welsh Nursing Review and discussion

  by Fran Beadle , over 2 years ago

  What is working well –

  
  

  office 365 and Microsoft teams has been a game changer in terms of working on shared documents BUT it is limited by our familiarity with the system and the outdated/ slow systems we are using to access it.. there are multiple servers across multiple sites and they have all moved over to office 365 at different times..

  
  

  For more junior staff, office 365 and teams has been great for accessing training from home and enabling them to attend meetings but they are limited by their access to suitable IT equipment at home and in our... Continue reading

• Using point-of-care scanning to enable real time data capture and improve patient safety

  by GS1 UK, over 2 years ago

  This case study responds to the following points outlined above.

  • Data capture and use in nursing and midwifery practice: how is data used now and how should it be used in the future.
  • Changing the practice of nurses and midwives through use of data and technology and addressing barriers.
  • Enhancing person centred practice through use of data, information and technology.

  The full case study response is outlined below:
  
  Using point-of-care scanning to enable real time data capture and improve patient safety
  
  Background

  Nurses and midwives collect large volumes of data across various different touchpoints throughout a patient’s care journey. However... Continue reading

• vivianjimenezocampo@gmail.com

  by VIVIAN JIMENEZ OCAMPO, over 2 years ago

  Aprendizaje basado en retos: una experiencia de innovación para resolver problemas en Enfermedades Raras

  Vivian Fernanda Jiménez Ocampo/ Enfermera, Máster en Enfermedades Raras, PhD. Profesor, Facultad de Enfermería y Rehabilitación, Universidad de La Sabana. vivianjo@unisabana.edu.co

  
  

  Las enfermedades raras (ER) son condiciones de salud complicadas que son difíciles de manejar en múltiples niveles. Hay más de 6.000 enfermedades y aproximadamente el 80 por ciento de estas son genéticas y el 95 por ciento de ellas ni siquiera tiene un tratamiento aprobado. La escasez de datos disponibles determina principalmente un escenario intrincado incluso para los médicos especialistas, lo que a su vez... Continue reading

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• The role of a neurogenetics clinical nurse specialist in transforming neuroscience nursing by embedding genomics in clinical practice

  by Mark Mencias, over 2 years ago

  Background:

  Neurogenetic conditions, although individually rare, are common in certain subgroups in neurosciences such as, but not limited to the following: neuromuscular disorders, young-onset movement disorder, and mitochondrial disorders. CNS' and APNs in neurosciences are perfectly positioned to offer genomics and therefore embedding it in the nurses' clinical practice is imperative to deliver modern, evidence-based and holistic nursing care. However, neurosciences CNS' and APNs in UK may not necessarily have the appropriate knowledge, skills or competence to facilitate genomics conversation, genomics testing, return of genomic test results, and genomic counselling. Therefore, a neurogenetics clinical nurse specialist was created to embed... Continue reading