Personal professional profiles
This article reports the results of a study into the use of personal professional...
10 Jun 1998
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.
Interstitial cystitis
Interstitial cystitis is a chronic and painful inflammation of the bladder wall....
10 Jun 1998
A comparison of two depot injection techniques
In the study reported in this article, the researchers attempted to raise awareness...
03 Jun 1998
Psychological management of stoma-related concerns
In this article, the author discusses how nurses can identify, prevent and treat...
27 May 1998
Telephone triage–how good are the decisions? (Part 2)
This is the second part of a review of the literature about telephone triage and...
20 May 1998
Patient-held oncology records
The Professorial Medical Oncology Unit at St James’s Hospital in Leeds was...
20 May 1998
Travel health: non-vaccine preventable risks
Aim and intended learning outcomes
The aim of this article is...
20 May 1998
Promoting continence: the child with special needs
Aim and intended learning outcomes
The aim of this article is...
13 May 1998
Telephone triage–identifying the demand (Part 1)
This paper is the first of a two-part literature review which explores the role of...
13 May 1998
Enrolled nursing: cr-3 evaluating the role
Aims and intended learning outcomesThe aim of this article is to examine the...
06 May 1998
Using a database to integrate technology into the curriculum
A database is often thought of as a tool with which to store information in a...
06 May 1998
Practice development units: a study of teamwork
In this report of a study using the Team Climate Inventory (TCI) tool, the...
06 May 1998
Managing the patient with a chest drain: a review
This article describes a preliminary review of the literature on the nursing...
29 Apr 1998
Treatment of patients with haemochromatosis
Haemochromatosis is an iron storage disorder that leads to an increase in iron...
22 Apr 1998
Developing evidence-based care in mental health nursing
For evidence-based practice to become a reality, its effects must be demonstrated...
22 Apr 1998
Care pathways development and implementation
Care pathways are increasingly being used in the UK as a tool for managing clinical...
15 Apr 1998
Observing nurse-patient interaction
This article describes an observational study of nurses’ interactions with mentally...
08 Apr 1998
Patients’ information needs in intensive care and surgical wards
Fulfilling patients’ information needs has long been acknowledged as an important...
01 Apr 1998