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 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
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
The Accessible Information Standard and the Deaf community
Deaf people often struggle to access healthcare services, which can have a detrimental...
09 Mar 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
A new approach to team clinical supervision on an acute admissions unit
Clinical supervision is an essential element of caregiving, but it has not yet been...
09 Feb 2017
CLINGO – a teaching and learning resource to improve care planning
Clinical language has evolved as a result of clinical expertise, professional grouping and...
09 Feb 2017
Attitudes towards going smoke-free at an inpatient recovery unit
Background Current national policy in the UK is to make all psychiatric inpatient areas non-...
09 Feb 2017
The effectiveness of self-soothing techniques for people with PTSD in secure units
Trauma at any age is a cause of long-lasting and significant emotional damage. People who go...
09 Feb 2017
Developing e-learning materials in mental health: the eMenthe Project
This article describes a European collaborative project that developed master’s degree level...
09 Feb 2017