Clinical

Our clinical nursing articles aim to inform and educate nurse practitioners and students. This is achieved through the publication of peer-reviewed, evidence-based, relevant and topical articles.

Postal follow-up of care for childhood cancer survivors

Improved treatment for childhood cancer means that more children and young adults...

Is it always ethical for health professionals to tell the truth about cancer?

One of the most difficult dilemmas facing healthcare professionals working in...

Play in the community — quality care for the child with cancer

Play, the universal language of children, is an important child-centred...

Is global symptom assessment in childhood cancer possible?

Cancer patients must self report their symptoms. However, self reporting in...

The diet dilemma for women with breast cancer

A Breast Cancer Care online survey shows that over 50 per cent of women with breast...

Monitoring quality of life in patients with haematological malignancies

Intensive treatment for haematological malignancies can have an enormous effect on...

Improving the care of patients requiring oesophageal stent insertion

A team approach to service redesign can improve the care of patients diagnosed with...

Users’ experience contacting a voluntary sector nurse delivered telephone service

CancerBACUP provides information and support for people affected by cancer, and...

Anterior resection syndrome — the long-term effects of surgery for rectal cancer

Cancer treatments can cause symptoms that persist for months after completion of...

GIST: overview and recent advances in treatment with imatinib mesylate

The treatment of advanced and metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST)...

Generalnurses’ perceptions of the role of the clinical nurse specialist in Ireland

Clinical nurse specialists have advanced knowledge of a specific practice area and...

Anterior resection syndrome — the long-term effects of surgery for rectal cancer

Cancer treatments can cause symptoms that persist for months after completion of therapy....

Causes and treatment of early lymphoedema

Lymphoedema – the swelling of an arm, leg or other part of the body – due to an...

Developing a self-assessment quality of life tool

The specialist nurse is in a prime position to provide holistic care and this care...

Palliative care education for community based nurses

A fundamental aim of the NHS Cancer Plan (2000) is to improve the experience of...

Mouth care and ritualistic practice

Oral complications, such as mucositis inflammation of the mucous membrane which can...

Tumour of the appendix: pseudomyxoma peritonei

This paper describes the experiences of a patient with pseudomyxoma peritonei, a...

Developing palliative care services in partnership

Last month’s publication of the NICE guidance document, Improving Supportive and...

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