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.
A changing identity: a focus group study of the experiences of women diagnosed with...
Aim This aim of the study was to explore the information and support needs of women with...
31 Jan 2019
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Supportive care needs of people with pancreatic cancer: a literature review
Quality of life is crucial to people with pancreatic cancer due to poor survival rates and...
10 Jan 2019
Needs of bereaved parents following the death of a child or young person from cancer
Parental grief is unlike any other grief and is physically and emotionally overwhelming....
11 Dec 2018
Can community pharmacy practitioners support patients who take oral anticancer...
As more oral anticancer agents are available community pharmacy practitioners (CPPs) may...
06 Dec 2018
Providing information early in the clinical pathway for people with prostate cancer
The National Cancer Survivorship Initiative recommends offering health and well-being...
25 Oct 2018
Enhancing well-being and resilience in people living with cancer. Part 1
Receiving a new diagnosis of cancer or recurrent disease is distressing. Increasing numbers...
09 Oct 2018
The experience of mastectomy patients on the 23-hour pathway
Aim To explore the experiences of women with breast cancer undergoing a mastectomy and...
02 Oct 2018
The effect of yoga on the recovery of patients who have undergone a lung resection for...
There is increasing evidence of the benefits of exercise after cancer treatment to help...
25 Sep 2018
Making sense of pain and loss: searching for meaning while living with cancer
This article presents some of the main findings from a study using an interpretative...
28 Aug 2018
Developing and evaluating an e-learning resource for nurses in haemato-oncology
Haemato-oncology nursing is a complex area of clinical practice. An online educational...
21 Aug 2018
Is patient information on palliative care good enough? A literature review and audit
Aim Early access to palliative care can improve patients’ signs and symptoms and reduce...
14 Aug 2018
Should men on long-term androgen-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer be screened...
Androgen-deprivation therapy is the main long-term treatment for men with advanced prostate...
08 Aug 2018
Nursing support during treatment of multiple myeloma with proteasome inhibitors
In the past two years proteasome inhibitors have risen in prominence reflecting the recent...
05 Jul 2018
Implementing the Recovery Package: a survey of cancer workforce readiness
Implementation of the Recovery Package is a priority in the recent NHS England cancer...
20 Jun 2018
Exploring the benefits of a home pembrolizumab infusion service for patients with...
An increasing incidence of melanoma and recent scientific developments in systemic anti-...
07 Jun 2018
Exploring perceptions and experiences of oral chemotherapy in people with cancer
The increasing use of oral chemotherapy treatment for cancer offers benefits...
01 Jun 2018
A screening tool to identify frailty in older people with lymphoma and help assess...
By 2020, two million people aged 65 and over will be living with a cancer diagnosis, and...
30 May 2018
The value of anterior resection survivorship programmes
Up to 80% of people with rectal cancer undergo sphincter-preserving surgery and, of these,...
04 May 2018