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Background: Sharing decision-making is globally recognised as an important concept in healthcare research, policy, education and practice which enhances person-centred care. However, it is becoming increasingly evident shared decision-making has not been successfully translated into everyday healthcare practice. Sharing decision-making has strong links with person-centred practice. Core to person-centredness and shared decision making, is the need to recognise that as we age, greater reliance is...

JEANE Freeman, who served as Scotland’s health secretary during the Covid-19 pandemic, has been appointed an honorary professor at Musselburgh’s…

Aims: To explore whether clinical supervision has an influence on person-centred practice. Background: The ability to deliver person-centred care and the ability to engage in reflective practice are two key skills expected of nurses. Person-centred care shifts nurses thinking from the patient's disease state to their personhood. Clinical supervision has been proposed as a place to explore person-centred care. Person-centred practice extends person-centredness to enhance healthful relationsh...

FORMER health secretary Jeane Freeman has been named an honorary professor by Queen Margaret University.

Innovation 10 May, 2021 Consistent record keeping is an essential part of nursing practice. This article describes a project to improve and provide guidance for record keeping among Admiral Nurses Abstract Admiral Nurses are specialist nurses who support families affected by dementia. It was recognised that the nurses needed further support with the structure and consistency of their record keeping to ensure high standards were met and the complexity of their work was reflected. This article...