Denise Eaton

London

Senior Clinical Editor at Nursing Times

Senior Clinical Editor @NursingTimes, former nurse, ex-editor of Kent Messenger and wannabe professional champagne taster!

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Articles

Nurses play key role in Yellow Card reporting system

Feb 6, 2025 | nursingtimes.net | Denise Eaton

Nursing Times’ new, open access, learning unit will teach nurses when and how to report suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) through the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA’s) Yellow Card reporting scheme. Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are described by the World Health Organization as an inherent risk of taking any medication.
Nurses can be leaders 'without leaving the bedside'

Nov 14, 2024 | nursingtimes.net | Denise Eaton

Despite still being early in her career, nurse and student midwife Sana Gul Baloch has established herself as a force for change. Speaking at the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) in Doha, Qatar this week, Ms Baloch told of how her experience as a newly qualified nurse motivated her drive to empower colleagues and help build resilience in the workforce.
Global health community gathers for innovation summit

Nov 13, 2024 | nursingtimes.net | Denise Eaton

More than 2,000 healthcare practitioners, policymakers, innovators and influencers from across the globe have convened for the 7th World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) in Doha, Qatar.
Continence care ‘needs stronger emphasis’ in nurse training

May 22, 2024 | nursingtimes.net | Denise Eaton

“No healthcare professional is without power.” That was the key message from Sir Robert Francis KC in his address to attendees at the Association for Continence Professionals’ (ACP) conference held in Liverpool this week. More than 250 delegates assembled for the annual conference, which this year marked the first under the organisation’s rebrand, having formerly been known as the Association for Continence Advice.
‘The government must act to ease the pressure placed on nurses’

Apr 26, 2024 | nursingtimes.net | Denise Eaton

Three damning reports have emerged in the last week alone, all with the all-too-familiar theme of nurses either feeling stressed or with poor mental health at their core. One, from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), detailed a workforce report indicating that pressures within the NHS are so extreme that every one of the health service’s 350,000 nurses in England took the equivalent of a week off work last year because of stress-related illness.
Safeguarding CPD unit for nurses: identifying and acting on possible abuse

Apr 19, 2024 | nursingtimes.net | Denise Eaton

This new learning unit will support nurses to fulfil their legal safeguarding responsibilities for both children and vulnerable adults. Everyone has the right to live free from abuse, harm and neglect which can take on many forms including physical, psychological, discriminatory, financial, and sexual.
A patient-centric approach to bed bathing

Feb 19, 2024 | nursingtimes.net | Denise Eaton

This article looks at one of the fundamental aspects of nursing care, assisting patients with personal hygiene, and considers the benefits of disposable wipes when bathing patients confined to bed. The ability to use best practice approaches for care and personal hygiene purposes extends to one of the fundamental aspects of nursing – bed washing a patient. However routine it might seem, a patient-centric approach should always be adopted for what is an intimate and intrusive procedure.
CPD learning unit on clinical record-keeping updated by Nursing Times

Oct 16, 2023 | nursingtimes.net | Denise Eaton

Nurses have a legal obligation to maintain accurate clinical records, and electronic documentation does not detract from the core principles involved. The recent move towards electronic care documentation systems might create some logistical challenges for nurses, but it doesn't detract from the core principles of clinical record-keeping. It is a legal obligation to ensure there are clear clinical records detailing patient care.
CPD learning unit on clinical record-keeping updated by Nursing Times

Oct 15, 2023 | nursingtimes.net | Denise Eaton

Nurses have a legal obligation to maintain accurate clinical records, and electronic documentation does not detract from the core principles involved. The recent move towards electronic care documentation systems might create some logistical challenges for nurses, but it doesn't detract from the core principles of clinical record-keeping. It is a legal obligation to ensure there are clear clinical records detailing patient care.
Drug calculation skills for nurses

Sep 3, 2023 | nursingtimes.net | Denise Eaton

It is estimated that 237 million medication errors occur in the NHS in England every year across acute, community, general practice, learning difficulties and mental health settings. Drug calculation skills are applicable to all nurses, being one of the standards of proficiency expected of NMC registered nurses from the start of, and throughout, their careers. Examples of common medication errors relate to the wrong:Patient;Medication;Dose;Calculation;Route;Time.