Stories from the front line

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1. My experience as an agency nurse

   • Nurse
   • Private sector
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Nurse
     • Private sector
     • Staff support
     • Communication
     • Risky behaviour
     • Safety behaviour

   By Martin Hogan, 24 February, 2020

   • 6 comments
   • 3,878 views
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   • Comment by PatientSafetyLearning Team
   • 11 March, 2020

2. What can we do to improve safety in the theatre? Reflections from theatre nurse Kathy Nabbie

   • Operating theatre / recovery
   • Emergency medicine
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Operating theatre / recovery
     • Emergency medicine
     • Pandemic
     • Virus

   By Patient Safety Learning, 21 December, 2021

   • 0 comments
   • 2,039 views
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   • Added by Patient Safety Learning
   • 21 December, 2021

3. My role as a lead therapist for eating disorders

   • Eating disorder
   • Patient safety strategy
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Eating disorder
     • Patient safety strategy
     • Care goals
     • Care coordination

   By Dr Joanna Silver, 2 March, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 1,387 views
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   • Added by Dr Joanna Silver
   • 2 March, 2020

4. Training nurses using non-invasive ventilation in ward areas

   • Hospital ward
   • Nurse
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Hospital ward
     • Nurse
     • Treatment
     • Medicine - Acute internal
     • Clinical process
     • protocols and procedures

   By Patient Safety Learning, 27 June, 2019

   • 0 comments
   • 930 views
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   • Added by Patient Safety Learning
   • 27 June, 2019

5. Make or break: incivility in the workplace (September 2019)

   • Nurse
   • Behaviour
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Nurse
     • Behaviour
     • Communication problems
     • Stress
     • Bullying
     • Culture of fear
     • Organisational culture
     • Team culture

   By Claire Cox, 5 November, 2019

   • 0 comments
   • 904 views
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   • Added by Claire Cox
   • 5 November, 2019

6. 'A broken system can only run for so long': Why 2 nurses left the profession — and what would have made them stay (30 April 2021)

   • Interview
   • Nurse
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Interview
     • Nurse
     • Organisational culture
     • Pandemic
     • Staff safety
     • Fatigue / exhaustion
     • HDU / ICU
     • USA

   By Patient Safety Learning, 4 May, 2021

   • 0 comments
   • 901 views
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   • Added by Patient Safety Learning
   • 4 May, 2021

7. How I fear the maternity system is collapsing (Daily Mail, February 2020)

   • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
   • Maternity
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
     • Maternity
     • Baby
     • Staff factors
     • Lack of resources
     • Staff support

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 3 February, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 860 views
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   • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
   • 3 February, 2020

8. Doctors need to be supported, not trained in resilience (15 September 2015)

   • Resilience
   • Doctor
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Resilience
     • Doctor
     • Training

   By Claire Cox, 11 May, 2020

   • 0 comments
   • 789 views
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   • Added by Claire Cox
   • 11 May, 2020

9. We need to talk about Jasmine - open learning from a high-profile death: what do EMS staff think?

   • Accident and Emergency
   • Ambulance
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Accident and Emergency
     • Ambulance
     • Emergency medicine
     • Patient death
     • After action review

   By Claire Cox, 10 December, 2019

   • 0 comments
   • 759 views
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   • Added by Claire Cox
   • 10 December, 2019

10. Day in the life of a neurosurgeon on call (October 2019)

    • Doctor
    • Surgeon
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Doctor
      • Surgeon
      • Surgery - Neurosurgery
      • Fatigue / exhaustion
      • Decision making

    By Claire Cox, 3 December, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 739 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 3 December, 2019

11. Perspectives on dying from COVID-19: The rising tide (part two)

    • Virus
    • Patient death
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Virus
      • Patient death
      • Doctor
      • Personal reflection

    By Claire Cox, 30 April, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 734 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 30 April, 2020

12. Integrity in health care: a nurse's story

    • Accident and Emergency
    • Nurse
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Accident and Emergency
      • Nurse
      • ED admission

    By Claire Cox, 2 August, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 731 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 2 August, 2019

13. Royal College of Anaesthetists ARIES talk: Fatigue and the anaesthetist by Mike Farquhar

    • Anaesthetist
    • Nurse
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Anaesthetist
      • Nurse
      • Patient
      • Fatigue / exhaustion
      • Work / environment factors

    By Claire Cox, 23 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 707 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 23 September, 2019

14. Opinion: If we don't look after our doctors there will be no one to care for our patients

    • Doctor
    • Stress
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Doctor
      • Stress
      • Fatigue / exhaustion
      • Lack of resources
      • Human error

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 695 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 20 January, 2020

15. Who do I treat first: a cancer patient or the woman with a bleed on her brain?

    • Patient
    • HDU / ICU
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Patient
      • HDU / ICU
      • Operating theatre / recovery
      • Lack of resources
      • Additional staff required
      • Increased length of stay

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 682 views
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    • 10 January, 2020

16. Health Education England: A day in the life of a general practice nurse

    • GP practice
    • Nurse
    • (and 3 more)

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      • GP practice
      • Nurse
      • Workforce management
      • Motivation
      • Students

    By Claire Cox, 15 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 679 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 15 September, 2019

17. How NHS staff handle acute pressure in A&Es (June 2018)

    • Accident and Emergency
    • Patient
    • (and 7 more)

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      • Accident and Emergency
      • Patient
      • Service user
      • Doctor
      • Nurse
      • Paramedic
      • ED admission
      • Staff factors
      • Resource allocation

    By Claire Cox, 5 November, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 678 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 5 November, 2019

18. Four ways to decrease your dread of being on-call

    • Staff support
    • Stress
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Staff support
      • Stress
      • Anxiety
      • Personal reflection

    By Patient Safety Learning, 2 September, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 674 views
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    • 2 September, 2020

19. As a junior doctor I can reach breaking point. A patient's note keeps me going

    • Fatigue / exhaustion
    • Stress
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Fatigue / exhaustion
      • Stress
      • Work / environment factors

    By Patient Safety Learning, 5 December, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 655 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 5 December, 2019

20. Perspectives on dying from COVID-19: Waiting for the storm (Part one)

    • Medicine - Palliative
    • Doctor
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Medicine - Palliative
      • Doctor
      • Motivation
      • Virus

    By Claire Cox, 30 April, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 654 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 30 April, 2020

21. NHS at 70: The Story Of Our Lives

    • AHP
    • Doctor
    • (and 6 more)

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      • AHP
      • Doctor
      • Nurse
      • Patient
      • Relative
      • Service user
      • Team culture
      • Organisational development

    By Claire Cox, 13 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 651 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 13 September, 2019

22. Failure of hospitals to act on results is killing patients - blog from Rhidian Bramley

    • Doctor
    • Orders / requests
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Doctor
      • Orders / requests
      • Reports / results
      • Clinical process
      • Software

    By Claire Cox, 14 August, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 651 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 14 August, 2019

23. There's a patient I'll never forget. Their burns and screams still haunt me

    • Mental health
    • Accident and Emergency
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Mental health
      • Accident and Emergency
      • Staff support

    By Patient Safety Learning, 5 October, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 633 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 5 October, 2020

24. Not conveying patients: podcast by East of England Ambulance Service

    • Paramedic
    • Pre-admission
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Paramedic
      • Pre-admission
      • Emergency medicine

    By Claire Cox, 14 May, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 631 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 14 May, 2020

25. Stories from the front line: supporting the mental wellbeing of first responders in New South Wales, Australia

    • Ambulance
    • AHP
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Ambulance
      • AHP
      • Paramedic
      • Pre-admission
      • Emergency medicine
      • Staff support

    By Claire Cox, 2 August, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 623 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 2 August, 2019