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.

Creating the right environment for return-to-practice candidates

With a recognised national shortage of qualified nurses in England, a trust and university...

The rise and fall of cot sides

Some researchers have questioned the use of cot sides, citing evidence that the incorrect...

World-wide health for all

THE WORLD Health Organization (WHO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations...

Preparation for advanced nursing roles

Preparing nurses for working across traditional healthcare boundaries and to a higher level...

Does reflexology impact on cancer patients’ quality of life?

Aim The objective of this study was to determine whether reflexology has an impact on the...

The nurse’s role in promoting breast awareness

Background Breast cancer affects up to one in 12 women in the UK. Breast awareness, which is...

Student preparation in managing violence and aggression

Nurses have suffered at the hands of violent patients and visitors for a long time, and...

Leadership: improving the quality of patient care

The satisfaction staff achieve from their work is in part determined by the style of...

Public health nursing: identifying priorities

IN 1995 Making it Happen (SNMAC) made a series of recommendations for nurses,...

Psychological effects of source isolation nursing (2): patient satisfaction

Aim This study is part two of a research project ( Davies and Rees 2000 ) aiming to...

The use of soap operas in nurse education

Storylines about health issues are common in non-medical soap operas. It is not clear...

Psychological effects of isolation nursing (1): mood disturbance

Aim This study is part one of a research project aiming to investigate the relationship...

Organ donation: the debate

A resolution due to be debated at the RCN’s annual congress in Bournemouth next week will...

Preceptorship in practice

Following a review of preceptorship practices within the children’s services directorate of...

Research and practice development in the west midlands region

THE RCN WEST Midlands Regional Office has a senior officer heading a team of five...

The implications of drug treatment and testing orders

The Crime and Disorder Act (1998) set out ways to tackle the link between crime and drug use...

Insider/outsider partnerships in an ethnographic study of shared governance

The benefits of research being undertaken by more than one researcher cannot be...

Patients with mental illness: general nurses’ attitudes and expectations

Aim To measure the emotional reactions and expectations of 64 nurses in a general hospital...

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