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Really pleased to see this going to press. Available very soon at a bookshop near you 😊
#nursing #criticalcare
@IanPeate @ElsevierConnect
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BREAKING: Ukraine has carried out the world’s first medical evacuation of a human via a drone from the battlefield the 30th mechanised brigade of Ukraine managed to save their injured comrade from a minefield.
Just absolutely insane.
The nursing process is not an optional extra. It’s fundamental to nursing. From day 1 we learn to assess, diagnose, plan, implement & evaluate. With every placement, experience and reflection, we build on that. It’s clinical reasoning in action.
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Rather than rushing to judge individuals on the basis of a report in a newspaper because it reinforces your bias against advanced practice, it might be worth digging in further to find out about the systems and the specialities involved before apportioning blame.
History, examination, anatomical localisation and differential diagnosis are fundamental. But clinical errors aren’t exclusive to one profession, nor are good clinical decisions exclusive to doctors.
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As a Dr when teaching med students I warn them that EVERY single near miss or avoidable death I’ve seen in >30y has been where
1)failed to take a Hx
2)failed to examine patient
3)failed to localise anatomically
4)failed to come up with differential diagnosis.
This👇is 1)-4)🤬
Dylan Cope died after an A&E nurse practitioner mistook his abdominal pain for flu, having ignored his GP’s referral for suspected appendicitis. His family thought she was a doctor.
A coroner found he would have survived had a senior doctor examined him.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
Dylan’s death is heartbreaking. His family deserve compassion, answers & meaningful action. The failings must be examined, inc individual decisions & wider org systems. But one tragic case, does not prove an entire prof group is unsafe. We need to learn from the failures.
Dylan Cope died after an A&E nurse practitioner mistook his abdominal pain for flu, having ignored his GP’s referral for suspected appendicitis. His family thought she was a doctor.
A coroner found he would have survived had a senior doctor examined him.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
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Blue plaque for female medic who pioneered midwifery training nursingtimes.net/history-of-…
Why do we turn on innocent people? A convincing story, a suspicious glance and suddenly everyone’s an armchair detective. But what happens when the crowd gets it completely wrong?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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A reminder that the government call for evidence using the professional title ‘nurse’ ends on October 8th. Please take part.
Here is the @nmcnews response
nmc.org.uk/globalassets/site…
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Physiotherapist-led care for musculoskeletal conditions in the emergency department (RESHAP-ED): a randomised controlled trial with economic evaluation spkl.io/60127pLAk
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Right then fuckers… the paper is now fully published! Let me know what you think… especially all you pearl clutching hypocritical physio dinosaurs out there! 😂 frontiersin.org/journals/reh…
Happy to debate with anyone who can manage a sensible, evidence-based discussion but the pile-ons, digs & deliberate attempts to stir up trouble are beneath contempt. #ReportAndBlock
How’s your afternoon going?
Lots of nastiness over the weekend.
One was actually severe enough to report to the Police.
#ReportandBlock #advancedpractice
This comprehensive thread by Neena still does not prove that another healthcare professional cannot learn this very specific thing, including red flags and differentials etc.
1, Lecturers in #AdvancedPractice Do you teach that AP is not about replacing Drs but about developing AP within their core profession? & in your experience do students generally understand and embrace that distinction…
2, or do some enter advanced practice with the perception that the goal is essentially to become a replacement for another profession?
Genuinely interested in how this is approached across programmes.
@thehaighs @alisonleary1 @AmandaHensman @caspertown24