Grounded theory: issues for research in nursing
The grounded theory approach to research appears to be well suited to providing...
16 Sep 1998
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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.
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The true nature of psychiatric nursing and what it ought to be is hotly debated. To...
09 Sep 1998
A National Email System for the NHS - implications for nurses
In January 1998 a circular (1) was sent to chief executives of NHS trusts and...
09 Sep 1998
Implementing a no lift policy
On January 1 1997, 178 nurses at the Centre for the Health of Older People in...
02 Sep 1998
Nursing management of minor burn injuries
Aims and intended learning outcomes
The aim of this article is...
26 Aug 1998
Evidence-based practice: is patient satisfaction evidence?
Patient satisfaction is a popular way of evaluating nursing practice, but there are...
26 Aug 1998
Central line exit sites: which dressing?
Recent developments in dressings for intravenous access sites include a transparent...
19 Aug 1998
Anaphylaxis
Continuing Education articles are run in conjunction with the Royal College of...
12 Aug 1998
Access to evaluated research for nurses: This week, we report on a South and West...
Since its inception in 1991, the NHS Executive Research and Development Strategy...
12 Aug 1998
Primary care: nurse-led telephone triage and advice out-of-hours
In this article the authors report on the evaluation of an out-of-hours telephone...
12 Aug 1998
Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: gastroscopy
The aim of this article is to develop or update the nurses’ knowledge in upper...
29 Jul 1998
The role of the laparoscopic nurse practitioner
In May 1995 the author was appointed as the first laparoscopic nurse practitioner (...
22 Jul 1998
A qualitative analysis of computer networks in the British National Health Service
The most senior nurses and midwives in 355 National Health Service (NHS) Trusts in...
15 Jul 1998
The use of nurses’ holding power in a large psychiatric hospital
The use of nurses’ holding power is a poorly explored aspect of psychiatric...
15 Jul 1998
Focus group interviews: defining clinical supervision
In the companion article to a literature review published recently in Nursing...
08 Jul 1998
Capacity building in the new South Africa: contribution of nursing research
In this article, the author identifies the contribution of nursing research to...
24 Jun 1998
Care of skeletal pins: a literature review
Using the literature reviewed in this article, the author explores the issues...
17 Jun 1998
The effects of ecstasy
If a person becomes ill after taking Ecstasy, their friends are often reluctant to...
17 Jun 1998