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...
26 Apr 2000
The rise and fall of cot sides
Some researchers have questioned the use of cot sides, citing evidence that the incorrect...
19 Apr 2000
World-wide health for all
THE WORLD Health Organization (WHO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations...
19 Apr 2000
Preparation for advanced nursing roles
Preparing nurses for working across traditional healthcare boundaries and to a higher level...
19 Apr 2000
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...
19 Apr 2000
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...
12 Apr 2000
Student preparation in managing violence and aggression
Nurses have suffered at the hands of violent patients and visitors for a long time, and...
12 Apr 2000
Leadership: improving the quality of patient care
The satisfaction staff achieve from their work is in part determined by the style of...
12 Apr 2000
Public health nursing: identifying priorities
IN 1995 Making it Happen (SNMAC) made a series of recommendations for nurses,...
12 Apr 2000
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...
05 Apr 2000
The use of soap operas in nurse education
Storylines about health issues are common in non-medical soap operas. It is not clear...
05 Apr 2000
Psychological effects of isolation nursing (1): mood disturbance
Aim This study is part one of a research project aiming to investigate the relationship...
29 Mar 2000
Organ donation: the debate
A resolution due to be debated at the RCN’s annual congress in Bournemouth next week will...
29 Mar 2000
Preceptorship in practice
Following a review of preceptorship practices within the children’s services directorate of...
29 Mar 2000
Research and practice development in the west midlands region
THE RCN WEST Midlands Regional Office has a senior officer heading a team of five...
29 Mar 2000
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...
22 Mar 2000
Insider/outsider partnerships in an ethnographic study of shared governance
The benefits of research being undertaken by more than one researcher cannot be...
22 Mar 2000
Patients with mental illness: general nurses’ attitudes and expectations
Aim To measure the emotional reactions and expectations of 64 nurses in a general hospital...
22 Mar 2000