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.
Caring for children with complex needs
This article describes the role of the community neonatal nurse in the discharge of infants...
26 Aug 2015
Dragons’ Den: promoting healthcare research and innovation
The changing health and social care landscape, and, in particular, the financial challenges...
01 Jul 2015
Lessons from school: what nurse leaders can learn from education
The drive to improve quality in the education sector is similar to that in health care, and...
01 Jul 2015
Illness prevention in the NHS five year forward view
Illness prevention is a priority for the NHS Mandate and the Five Year Forward View, and...
27 May 2015
Nutritional habits and cognitive performance of older adults
Healthy nutritional habits, including drinking plenty of water and maintaining hydration,...
27 May 2015
Evidence-based development in nurse-led interprofessional teams
Team-based care is often described as the best way to provide health care. However the...
27 May 2015
How nurses contribute to medicines reconciliation
The process of obtaining an up-to-date and accurate patient medication list, medicines...
29 Apr 2015
Staff perceptions of patient visibility systems in acute care settings
Patient care visibility technology systems provide real-time information about patient...
29 Apr 2015
Factors that influence nurses’ job satisfaction: a literature review
Job satisfaction has become a critical issue for healthcare organisations in recent years,...
29 Apr 2015
Early warning scores: a sign of deterioration in patients and systems
The early warning score system is a decision-making tool that has a simple design, yet its...
25 Mar 2015
Specific standards of care for adults with intellectual disabilities
Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID) represent a small but...
25 Mar 2015
A framework to support the revalidation process
In January 2016, all registered nurses and midwives will be required to revalidate their...
02 Mar 2015
Effects of advanced practitioners’ learning in one hospital
A master of science degree course in advanced practice (health and social care) was launched...
02 Mar 2015
Hospital nurses’ working conditions in relation to motivation and patient safety
There is a lack of empirical knowledge about nurses’ perceptions of their workplace...
02 Mar 2015
Double-checking high-risk medications in acute settings: a safer process
There is a need to reduce medication errors, and one way of achieving this for high-risk...
28 Jan 2015
Educating nursing students in clinical leadership
One of the goals of nursing education is to develop caring and responsible nurses with...
28 Jan 2015
Organisational commitment in nurses: is it dependent on age or education?
In hospitals in the United States, the ratio of nurses to patients is declining, resulting...
28 Jan 2015
Quality assurance tool: taking a whole-system approach
The London Cancer Alliance (LCA) has developed the Quality Clinical Board Exception Report (...
27 Nov 2014