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.
Documentation in the outpatient setting
Record keeping in the outpatient department can be problematic. In this article, the author...
10 May 1999
Risk management in infection control
In this article, Janet McCulloch discusses the assessment of risk in relation to hazardous...
10 May 1999
Inappropriate admissions to hospital: the views of nursing and residential homes
Acute admissions of older people from residential and nursing homes are often seen...
05 May 1999
Can over-75 health checks identify unmet need?
Eight years on from the introduction of annual health checks for older people in primary...
05 May 1999
Research and audit in effective health services
This article explores the role of research and audit in the pursuit of effective health...
05 May 1999
The value of the nurse-patient relationship in the care of cancer patients
The nurse-patient relationship can be seen as central to any form of nursing care. This...
05 May 1999
The key attributes of agerontological nurse specialist
OLDER PEOPLE have frequently received care thatneither meets their individual needs...
05 May 1999
Emergency services for children and young people
The health care needs of a child are very different to those of an adult but when it comes...
28 Apr 1999
Teaching patients in post-operative eye care: the demands of day surgery
In this article, the author examines how advances in day case surgery have changed...
28 Apr 1999
Complementary therapies in long-stay neurologyin-patient settings
THIS PILOT study was conducted to address the shortage of research into...
28 Apr 1999
Meeting the needs of young carers
Up to 40,000 young people in the UK may be caring for a sick or elderly relative but they...
21 Apr 1999
A language for nursing
Nursing has no common language to describe precisely what nurses do, for what sort of...
21 Apr 1999
The nursing research initiative for scotland
THE REMIT of the NRIS is to provide a focus for both research and development (R...
21 Apr 1999
Von Willebrand disorder
Von Willebrand disorder (VWD) is a disorder of blood coagulation. It has similarities with...
14 Apr 1999
Changing attitudes through persuasive communication
Nurses are uniquely placed to provide effective health education with the aim of promoting...
14 Apr 1999
A survey of therapeutic touch practitioners
Therapeutic touch (TT) has only fairly recently been introduced into Britain by...
14 Apr 1999
Occupational stress in the newly qualified staff nurse
THERE IS substantial evidence to indicate that nursing is a stressful occupation...
07 Apr 1999