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.
The care programme approach and the politics of ‘personality disorder’
A postgraduate mental health nursing student refers to an incident in practice to reflect on...
12 Jul 2017
Nurses’ views on reflective practice sessions in a medium secure unit
Aim Reflective practice is essential in the development of autonomous, critical and advanced...
12 Jul 2017
Therapeutic pluralism in mental health nursing practice
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a much-debated subject in terms of its efficacy and...
12 Jul 2017
Nursing students’ attitudes towards patients with borderline personality disorder
Background Negative attitudes and stigma towards patients with borderline personality...
14 Jun 2017
An audit of service users’ perception of choice in a 24-hour mental health setting
Background Choice enables patient autonomy and independence, and equalises power dynamics...
14 Jun 2017
Out of the shadows: de-medicalising mental health nursing
This article examines the idea of mental health nursing as separate from psychiatry, but...
14 Jun 2017
The concept of recovery and its practical application
Recovery is a contested concept and definitions of it are scattered across various contexts...
14 Jun 2017
The spiritual needs of inpatient mental health service users: theoretical and practical...
This article introduces the concept of spirituality in mental healthcare and its relevance...
11 May 2017
Language use and recovery-oriented practice: a preliminary outline
Despite stronger regulation, there is persistent public concern about the practice values of...
11 May 2017
Singing to promote mental health and well-being
This article reports on a qualitative research project that explored the benefits of...
11 May 2017
Evaluation of Safewards in forensic mental health: a response
Safewards is a multimodal intervention aimed at reducing conflict and containment events in...
11 May 2017
The benefits of therapeutic writing in acute psychiatric units
This article outlines the flexible approach developed by a writing practitioner when leading...
12 Apr 2017
Use and efficacy of a borderline personality disorder tool
The self-identification and evaluation of borderline personality disorder (BPD) tool, also...
12 Apr 2017
Enhancing research awareness with a research and development ‘spoke’ placement
Two nurses – one working in an education and training department, the other in a research...
12 Apr 2017
The case for positive risk-taking to promote recovery
The research available on the use of positive risk-taking in clinical practice is...
12 Apr 2017
Assessing organisational core values in a medium secure forensic unit
This article discusses a survey aimed at identifying staff views on the core values in place...
09 Mar 2017
How a service-user educator can provide insight into the recovery experience
This article describes a collaboratively designed and delivered teaching and learning...
09 Mar 2017
A look at inpatients’ experience of mental health rehabilitation wards
Research into patients’ experience in mental health hospitals has focused on acute settings...
09 Mar 2017