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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.
Community intravenous therapy provision
Many healthcare services that were once only available in acute settings are now common in...
08 Mar 2017
Identifying nurses’ needs in relation to suicide awareness and prevention
Aim To gain insight into nurses’ suicide awareness and prevention training, their confidence...
01 Mar 2017
Sputum collection and analysis: what the nurse needs to know
Rationale and key points Sputum is the term used to describe mucus that has been...
01 Mar 2017
The governing body nurse as a clinical commissioning group nurse leader
Aim The aim of this study was to understand governing body nurses’ perspective of their...
22 Feb 2017
An analysis of delegation styles among newly qualified nurses
Aim The aim of this research was to explore how newly qualified nurses learn to organise,...
15 Feb 2017
Managing tissue viability issues in patients with cancer approaching the end of life
This article provides an overview of tissue viability issues related to the care of patients...
15 Feb 2017
Admiral Nursing: case management for families affected by dementia
The number of people with dementia is expected to increase globally. People with dementia...
08 Feb 2017
Recognition and management of foreign body ingestion and aspiration
Foreign body ingestion and foreign body aspiration commonly affect children. The most...
01 Feb 2017
First-episode genital herpes: interventions for men and women
The mission of the Cochrane Nursing Care Field (CNCF) is to improve health outcomes through...
25 Jan 2017
Bowel management systems in critical care: a service evaluation
Aim Many patients who are critically ill develop faecal incontinence associated with...
25 Jan 2017
Understanding spirituality and spiritual care in nursing
Spirituality is a complex concept that has different meanings for different people...
25 Jan 2017
An evaluation of the Florence Nightingale Foundation scholarships
The Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) is a charity that awards scholarships in...
18 Jan 2017
The 4C framework for making reasonable adjustments for people with learning disabilities
Background People with learning disabilities experience significant inequalities in...
18 Jan 2017
Measuring peak expiratory flow rate: what the nurse needs to know
Rationale and key points This article provides information on monitoring a patient’s peak...
11 Jan 2017
Using mentorship activities to assist nurses and midwives with their revalidation...
Before the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) introduced revalidation in 2016, the proposed...
11 Jan 2017
Using drawings as a reflective tool to enhance communication in dementia care
Communication skills training can be a valuable means of supporting professional and family...
04 Jan 2017
Developing person-centred practice in hip fracture care for older people
Aim: To facilitate a multidisciplinary collaborative approach to developing person-centred...
14 Dec 2016
Working in partnership with patients and carers
Health policy and healthcare professional guidelines promote patient and carer involvement,...
07 Dec 2016
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