Careers
From HCA to chief executive: what I’ve learned about leadership
What does the role of diabetes specialist nurse involve?
What is a digital nurse specialist – and could it be your next role?
Career advice
From HCA to chief executive: what I’ve learned about leadership
How Jane Padmore has developed her own style, built around driving improvements for patients
Band 7 here I come: how to prepare yourself to achieve promotion
Advice on making the jump from band 6, and questions you’re likely to face at interview
Do you have a fantasy about handing in your notice or even leaving nursing for good?
Find out about the issues it would help you to consider before you take the plunge
Professional nurse advocates are popping up across the NHS – so how do you become one?
Nurses need clinical and well-being support like never before, which is where PNAs come in
What is coaching and how can it help me take my career to the next level?
Find out what to expect from career coaching and how it can offer you fresh perspective
How enhancing your clinical leadership skills will help your career
A good nurse is a good leader, and there’s training available to help achieve your potential
My job
What is a digital nurse specialist – and could it be your next role?
Implementing new technologies is about change management and prioritising patient safety
Critical care at high altitude – could flight nursing be the job for you?
The role allows you to take your nursing skills to greater heights – find out what’s involved
Eating disorders nursing: what it involves and could it offer opportunities for you?
Role of nurses in supporting patients and families, and how you could join the specialty
Pain management nursing: is it the career move you’ve been looking for?
Nurse specialist’s tips on what to do if you want to explore this fulfilling role
Meet the UK’s first national lead nurse in neonatal palliative care
Alex Mancini now works with three neonatal networks and the aim is to roll work out across UK
What does a scrub nurse do – and could you be one?
Perioperative practitioners, or theatre nurses, work in anaesthetics, surgery or recovery
Research in practice
Patient involvement in research: ensuring their true voice is heard
Involving children and young people in healthcare research presents challenges for nurses
What hope means for families of children with rare diseases in clinical trials
Does ‘hope’ help as a coping mechanism in clinical trials or give rise to misconceptions and possibly false hope?
Experiences of pregnant women with fetal diagnosis of congenital heart disease
Parent support groups have an important role for women with fetal abnormalities
Involving bereaved parents in research design can be a mutually beneficial experience
Tara Kerr-Elliott’s interviews influenced a proposed study on post-death care
How patient involvement enhances research into feeding children during BMT
By sharing their views patients, families and researchers can ensure research is relevant
Is high-flow nasal cannula therapy feasible for managing bronchiolitis in ED?
A literature review examines potential benefits of using high-flow nasal cannula therapy
Research and commentary
Type 1 diabetes in children: how effective is using a smartphone app?
Study examined the efficacy of Euglyca app aimed at children and young people
How ready are young people with cardiac conditions to move to adult services?
And what about the parents?
Sensitive diagnosis lessens parents’ upset over cystic fibrosis
How parents are told their child may have cystic fibrosis can affect their distress
What should parents tell children admitted to hospital about their diagnosis?
Lucy Bray looks at the implications for practice of a study examining how parents share medical information with their children
When a child dies, grandparents have unique support needs
The emotional pain felt by grandparents is often overlooked
Waiting on a newborn’s result from a heel prick test is an anxious time for parents
Healthcare professionals’ and parents’ experiences of the confirmatory testing period
Research essentials
How to write for professional and academic journals
Once you have made the decision to publish your work the next step is to consider your intended audience. Knowing your audience will also assist you to consider which journal is the most appropriate for your article.
Responding to, and learning from, peer review feedback
Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people of similar competence, or who have expertise in the same area of practice.
How to use social media to disseminate research findings
Traditionally, research and theoretical studies have been disseminated through articles published in journals or via conferences as oral or poster presentations. However, the rise of the internet and social media in particular has broadened opportunities. Work can now be published in novel ways, and social media can be used to draw attention to work that has been published in traditional media. This article will guide you through some of these.
How to prepare conference abstracts and poster presentations
Hints and tips on preparing an engaging and targeted abstract for a conference presentation, as well as creating a high-impact poster.
How to apply for research ethics committee approval
This article explores when and where ethical approval is required and how this should be undertaken.
Considerations when costing research grants
Conducting research to a high standard requires funding and grant applications to funding bodies need a detailed breakdown of justified costs to show value for money. All expenditure must be accounted for, even down to the cost of tea and coffee.