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23 Mar 2023
World Tuberculosis Day 2023
24 March marks World Tuberculosis Day 2023. This blog is about TB and role of the TB Specialist Nurse.
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18 Jun 2020
Importance of Self Care
Reminding health professionals of the importance of self-care in this current pandemic.
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30 Apr 2020
Managing TB during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world significantly in a short space of time, and all of our lives have been affected. The lock down has forced us to live differently and to adapt to different ways of working. It has also had a huge impact on how health care services are delivered such as management and control of Tuberculosis (TB).
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25 Feb 2020
Nurses supporting the relaunched We Are Undefeatable Campaign
The importance of nurses involvement with this campaign can't be over emphasised as talking to patients about their physical activity levels should be embedded into their everyday conversations. Those patients with long term health conditions can be the hardest to engage with so this campaign highlights in particular some of the ways in which healthcare professionals such as nurses and midwives can help support them.
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11 Feb 2020
Travel health hits the headlines
The third joint event between the RCN Public Health Forum (PHF) and the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) took place on Saturday 8th February. Given the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) originating in China and declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by WHO the event was timely.
