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.
Measuring compassionate care: views of healthcare staff
Aim To explore healthcare professionals’ views of measuring compassionate care. Method As...
01 Dec 2016
International perspectives on social media guidance for nurses: a content analysis
Aim This article reports the results of an analysis of the content of national and...
01 Dec 2016
How the nursing profession can contribute to sustainable development goals
As of 1 January 2016, the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) became the focus of global...
01 Nov 2016
Perceptions of leadership among final-year undergraduate nursing students
Aim The promotion of a distributed leadership model in health care means there is an...
01 Nov 2016
Improving environmental cleaning in clinical areas: staff education based on adenosine...
Aim To describe the effect of education on environmental cleaning in patient care areas...
01 Nov 2016
Implementation of a structured programme of preceptorship for newly qualified midwives...
This article discusses the application of a structured approach to the development and...
30 Sep 2016
Leadership in practice: an analysis of collaborative leadership in the conception of a...
The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is evolving to meet the needs of society, but...
30 Sep 2016
Open access
A real-time Excel-based scheduling solution for nursing staff reallocation
Aim This article describes the development and testing of an Excel-based scheduling solution...
30 Sep 2016
The extent to which core nursing textbooks inform holistic spiritual care
National and international professional health and nursing guidelines recommend that...
01 Sep 2016
From healthcare support worker to registered nurse
Workforce planning, education and training are essential for achieving an appropriate mix of...
01 Sep 2016
Developing and piloting a new role to enhance the clinical learning environment
Environments that support pre- and post-registration students’ and staff learning are vital...
01 Sep 2016
Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of same-day discharge following outpatient...
In the US, safe and effective same-day discharge of patients, following uncomplicated,...
01 Jul 2016
Open access
Improving the quality of the NHS workforce through values and competency-based selection
Robust selection processes are essential to ensure the best and most appropriate candidates...
01 Jul 2016
Reducing waste in the NHS: an overview of the literature and challenges for the nursing...
Waste in the NHS is estimated to account for 20% of health expenditure. This article...
01 Jul 2016
Supporting practice learning time for non-medical prescribing students: managers’ views
Managers in healthcare services have ever-increasing demands to consider in relation to...
01 Jun 2016
Performing dual roles in education and practice
Aim To examine the benefits and challenges of dual posts, defined here as lecturers who work...
01 Jun 2016
Anxiety about communication
Social network analysis examines the way individuals are connected within groups or networks...
03 May 2016
Enhancing nursing students’ education by coaching mentors
To address some of the recommendations of the Willis Commission ( Royal College of Nursing...
01 Apr 2016