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.
Professional, legal and ethical dimensions of prescribing. Part 1: professional
This first article of two identifies the main professional dimensions of prescribing practice
Using the ‘8Rs’ checklist to support safe vaccination practice
Enhance your understanding of the principles of safe vaccination practice
Integrating new non-medical practitioners in general practices
Barriers and facilitators to integrating new non-medical practitioners in general practices
COVID-19 and diabetes: onset and challenges in management
There is a clear correlation and bidirectional relationship between diabetes and COVID-19
Pre-registrant nurses’ perceptions of general practice as a first-post destination
Understand nursing students’ perceptions of entering general practice as a first post
Development of the nursing associate role in community and primary care settings
The role has been part of the health and social care workforce in England since 2017
Restarting spirometry testing: considering and minimising the risks posed by COVID-19
Recommendations for minimising the risks of infection when restarting spirometry testing
Using co-production in the implementation of community integrated care: a scoping review
Boost your awareness of the benefits and challenges of co-production in integrated care
Optimising treatment in older people with type 2 diabetes and frailty
Acknowledging the need for district nurses to keep up to date with advances in diabetes care
Caring for people who are homeless: the work of a nurse to educate and train others
A practice-based account addressing the challenges faced by this vulnerable patient group
Clostridioides difficile infection: update on identification, management and prevention
The pathophysiology, transmission and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection
Reflections on a patient presenting with atypical cholecystitis in primary care
Recognise the challenges of diagnosing patients with atypical presentations in primary care