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.
Defining the role of assessors, mentors and supervisors: part 1
This study, carried out over a period of four years, aimed to establish what...
Information Technology in the Accident & Emergency Department
This commentary considers the potential for the use of information technology (IT)...
Community-led services for mental health care: a study
This paper reports findings from a study into the effects of relocating untrained...
Care of patients undergoing immunoglobulin therapy
The immune system is an intricate network of cells and proteins, which interact to...
Promoting action research in healthcare settings
To coincide with the first annual Action Research conference taking place in London...
Back pain in nursing and associated factors: a study
This article reports on an assessment of back pain and associated factors...
Polish and British nurses’ responses to patient need
This research study explored the differences between the responses of a cohort of...
The wonder drug
THE SIMPLE ASPIRIN has won through yet again as the best emergency treatment for...
Alleviating pre-operative anxiety in patients: a study
This study aimed to provide an objective view of the relationship between the...
The ward sister/charge nurse as ‘on site’ manager
The traditional role of ward sister/charge nurse has been redefined as ward manager...
Prompt treatment for chemical eye injuries
A chemical injury to the eye is an ophthalmic emergency (Perry and Tullo 1995) and...
Developing nursing roles
Developing nursing roles is the fourth of six Continuing Education articles related...
Health visitor support for patients with breast cancer – 2
In the second of two articles, the author’s report on research indicates that...
Pain scoring as a formal pain assessment tool
The working party report by the Royal College of Surgeons and The College of...
Auditing a clinical supervision training programme
Nurses and service managers in a community trust were asked to evaluate a training...
Health visitor support for patients with breast cancer - 1
In the first of two articles, the author reports on research exploring the...
Enteral feeding for the critically ill patient
In critical care, the most important role of the nurse is establishing feeding -...