How to find undetected cases of dementia in care homes: A new approach to dementia diagnosis using a diagnostic tool with five criteria to check and specialist nurses going into care homes and assessing residents could improve detection rates

The pandemic took its toll on memory clinics with many forced to close or scale back their services. This led to lengthening waits for dementia assessment and left many without a diagnosis.

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Leadership Role in Nursing Homes: Leading Efforts Toward High Quality and Safe Care.

This article highlights the critical role of advanced practice registered nurses in the care of older adults living in nursing homes. This population is one of the frailest, marginalized, and often neglected in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic impact on nursing homes resulted in a stunning number of infections and subsequent resident deaths. This is a shameful reminder of the many challenges and gaps in the nursing home industry including inadequate staffing, high staff turnover, improper isolation technique, and lack of fundamental knowledge of how to adequately implement infection prevention and control processes. Strong advanced practice registered nurse leadership may have mitigated some of these factors.

Virtual Simulation for Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Students: Adapting to Shortage of Clinicals

Beginning Spring 2020, a global pandemic dictated the rapid integration of advanced practice registered nurse graduate simulation education as clinical practicums were unexpectedly limited. Using an established computer-based platform, family nurse practitioner, adult gerontology clinical nurse specialist, and adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner students participated in simulation experiences with complex patients and interprofessional health care teams. This experience was purposefully designed to align with the International Nursing Association of Clinical Simulation Learning Standards of Best Practice. After each simulation, students completed a worksheet and participated in an intraprofessional debriefing session. A survey was administered to solicit student feedback about the experience.

Review of a paediatric inflammatory bowel disease service during the pandemic and the impact of the CNS role.

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic relapsing and remitting condition. The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted provision of medical care across the world. IBD clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) played a pivotal role in the care of children with IBD during the pandemic national lockdown and in the recovery phase. This article aims to look at the impact of COVID-19 on the paediatric IBD service in one children's hospital and the effect on the IBD CNSs' workload. METHOD: A retrospective review of clinical notes and the service's IBD database from January 2019 to September 2020. RESULTS: There was a significant increase in the number of email and telephone contacts to the IBD CNS team during lockdown. There was an increase in virtual clinics, and an increase in new IBD patients coming to the service, but a reduction in the number of face-to-face consultant clinics. CONCLUSION: COVID-19 has disrupted medical services to children with IBD and led to a reduction in face-to-face activities but has also led to a significant increase in virtual activities. CNSs have taken up a wider role to cover patient care during a time of both medical and nursing redeployment.