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.
Evaluating health and well-being interventions for patients with secondary breast cancer
Patients with secondary breast cancer (SBC) may live for many years, but they require...
10 Oct 2017
Dame Cicely Saunders – an inspirational nursing theorist
Dame Cicely Saunders is not well known as a nursing theorist, but is undoubtedly worthy of...
12 Sep 2017
End of treatment interviews for patients following primary breast cancer treatment
Since the mid-1980s, female breast cancer deaths have fallen by 40% in the UK, largely due...
12 Sep 2017
Experiences and outcomes of lung cancer patients using electronic assessments
The NHS Lanarkshire Lung Cancer Project is part of the Transforming Care after Treatment...
12 Sep 2017
Individual patient treatment requests: process and evaluation of the use of third-line...
Aim Single agent cetuximab can be used as palliative treatment for chemo-refractory...
11 Jul 2017
Establishing a community of practice for clinical nurse specialists
This article describes the development of a community of practice for more than 55 clinical...
11 Jul 2017
Developing a support service for teenage and young adult cancer survivors with...
Osteonecrosis is a recently established side effect of teenage and young adult (TYA) cancer...
11 Jul 2017
How education on managing parental cancer can improve family communication
Aims When parents of young children are diagnosed with cancer there is an immediate effect...
13 Jun 2017
Recurrent head and neck cancer: body image and concerns about sexuality
Aim The focus on recurrent head and neck cancer (HNC) care is typically geared toward...
13 Jun 2017
Adherence to low molecular weight heparin treatment by patients with cancer who develop...
Patients with cancer who are diagnosed with venous thromboembolism (VTE) are managed with...
10 May 2017
Existential support needs following cancer treatment with curative intent
Aims Research in recent years reveals that people can experience a range of existential...
10 May 2017
Managing change: developing a specialist nursing service for patients with secondary...
Since July 2015 Macmillan breast care nurses (BCNs) at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust,...
10 May 2017
Approaches to patient education in managing adverse events of ipilimumab
Malignant melanoma is an aggressive form of skin cancer. Patients with advanced disease have...
11 Apr 2017
Management of patients with HPV-positive and negative oropharyngeal squamous cell...
A review of the impact of human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive squamous cell carcinoma of the...
11 Apr 2017
Peripheral cannulae in oncology: nurses’ confidence and patients’ experiences
The insertion and care of peripheral intravenous cannulae (PIVCs) is a role performed by...
11 Apr 2017
Nurse-led service development for suspected bowel cancer
Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK. Early diagnosis has a significant...
08 Mar 2017
Screening and management of long-term consequences of myeloma and its treatment
Life expectancy rates for patients who have myeloma, which affects areas of the body where...
21 Feb 2017
Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older people with cancer
Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is used to assess older patients’ comorbidities,...
08 Feb 2017