Research is every nurse’s business
A RECENT OVERVIEW of pupil howlers, collected by a headmaster and reported in a...
05 Jan 2000
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.
Factors affecting the decision to place a relative with dementia into residential care
Aim To find out the reasons why carers might decide that they could not continue caring for...
05 Jan 2000
Evidence-based practice: demolishing some myths
Most nurses base their practice on evidence produced by research. This article examines...
05 Jan 2000
Please help! I’m newly qualified
Newly qualified nurses often think they have been thrown in at the deep end. This article...
05 Jan 2000
Transplant opt out debate goes on
Organ transplantation has now been a reality for three decades, and the number of...
15 Dec 1999
Dignity: a study of pre-operative patients
When being prepared for surgery, pre-operative patients undergo a series of...
15 Dec 1999
Informal carers of people with dementia: the new national carers framework
Carers of people with dementia themselves have to endure heavy physical and...
15 Dec 1999
Devolution: the effects on health policy
Health policy modernisation and political devolution in the UK creates a challenge...
15 Dec 1999
Pressure ulcers - prevention and treatment guidelines
0PRESSURE ULCERS, also known as pressure or bed sores (decubitus ulcers), are a...
08 Dec 1999
The implementation of clinical practice guidelines for venous leg ulcers
IN 1997 THE NHS Executive announced funding for a series of sentinel audit projects...
08 Dec 1999
Patients’ perceptions of bedside handover
Gone are the days when a nurse would discuss a patient’s progress in a matter of fact way...
08 Dec 1999
A language for nursing: furthering the debate
Continuing the debate on language for nursing, Paul Crawford and Brian Brown argue that...
08 Dec 1999
Guidelines for administering blood and blood components
The Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) scheme has revealed that many patients...
08 Dec 1999
Professional facilitation
THE RCN has developed the role of the professional facilitator to bring continuing...
08 Dec 1999
The management of leg ulcers in a patient with B cell cutaneous lymphoma
NON-HODGKINS LYMPHOMA (NHL) is a malignancy of B and T lymphocytes. In the UK, its...
08 Dec 1999
The school bullying problem
Research into school bullying has, to date, predominantly focused on prevalence and...
01 Dec 1999
Developing patient satisfaction questionnaires
Karen Collins provides a practical guide to undertaking a patient satisfaction survey. She...
01 Dec 1999
Advocacy in nursing
The role of nurse as advocate is fraught with potential dangers, for both the patient and...
01 Dec 1999