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 nursing student’s reflective account of decision-making in a school nursing setting
Reflection is integral to professional revalidation and enhancing nursing practice; it is an...
03 May 2018
Parents’ views on toilet training: a cross-sectional study in Flanders
Aims The goals of this research were to investigate parents’ perceptions of toilet training...
01 May 2018
Sickle cell anaemia and the experiences of young people living with the condition
Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is a life-threatening haemoglobin disorder acknowledged for its...
26 Apr 2018
Acute burns management: placement reflections of a children’s nursing student
Reflection can help nurses make sense of their clinical surroundings and understand risks,...
07 Mar 2018
Adrenal insufficiency, steroid sick day rules and the paediatric endocrine nurse
Clinical governance processes are important for improving patient care. Patients with...
07 Mar 2018
Leadership and management influences on personal and professional development and group...
The ever-evolving nature of nursing requires professionals to keep their knowledge up to...
07 Mar 2018
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Collaboration challenges faced by nurses when premature infants are discharged
Aim To explore the collaboration challenges faced by neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)...
07 Mar 2018
Collaboration challenges faced by nurses when premature infants are discharged
Aim To explore the collaboration challenges faced by neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)...
03 Mar 2018
Leadership and management influences on personal and professional development and group...
The ever-evolving nature of nursing requires professionals to keep their knowledge up to...
20 Feb 2018
Health promotion for young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
Research confirms that children and young people with severe learning disabilities do not...
07 Feb 2018
Avoiding errors when administering injectable phenytoin to a child in status epilepticus
Errors often occur in the prescribing, preparing, administering and monitoring of...
07 Feb 2018
Introducing outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in a children’s hospital
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) offers an alternative to inpatient care...
07 Feb 2018
Introducing outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in a children's hospital...
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) offers an alternative to inpatient care...
21 Jan 2018
Service user involvement in preregistration child nursing programmes
Service user involvement is a fundamental part of preregistration nursing education...
05 Dec 2017
Prevalence of neonate adhesive skin injuries in a Jordanian intensive care unit
Aim To determine the prevalence of adhesive skin injuries in neonates in a Jordanian...
05 Dec 2017
Effect of a children’s at-home nursing team on reducing emergency admissions
This article explores the effect of a children’s at-home nursing team, Hospital at Home (H@H...
05 Dec 2017
Parent-infant co-sleeping and the implications for sudden infant death syndrome
In 2015 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) updated its 2006...
05 Dec 2017
How modifiable factors influence parental decision-making about organ donation
A global shortage of organs from children and adults available for transplantation is...
07 Nov 2017