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.
Nurse-led ranibizumab intravitreal injections in wet age-related macular degeneration:...
Aim The aim of this literature review was to explore the development of the role of...
12 Apr 2017
Prisoner peer caregiving: a literature review
Aim To explore the role of prisoner caregivers in providing peer social care to older...
05 Apr 2017
Pulse oximetry: what the nurse needs to know
Rationale and key points Measurement of peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO 2 ) is used to...
29 Mar 2017
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome: recognition and treatment
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a potentially debilitating and fatal condition that is caused...
29 Mar 2017
Sucrose for analgesia in newborn infants undergoing painful procedures
Summary statement The mission of the Cochrane Nursing Care Field (CNCF) is to improve health...
22 Mar 2017
Infant bed-sharing: supporting parents to make an informed decision
The practice of infant bed-sharing remains controversial in countries such as the UK and the...
22 Mar 2017
Effective pain management in patients in hospital
Chronic pain is experienced by between one third and one half of the UK population. Nurses...
15 Mar 2017
Assessing the spiritual needs of patients
Assessing spirituality and the spiritual needs of patients is fundamental to providing...
15 Mar 2017
Enhancing compassionate care: recommendations for practice
Several public inquiries have identified systemic issues in some healthcare settings in the...
15 Mar 2017
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