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.
Live register of mentors and practice teachers
A working group comprising university academics and practice education facilitators from...
01 Jun 2013
A collaborative model for training clinical research staff
The challenges of meeting the learning needs of clinical research staff are shared by...
01 Jun 2013
Developing a clinical management tool to evaluate quality
Peer review is used increasingly in the NHS as a form of evaluation between professionals,...
01 May 2013
Nurse practitioner roles in Australian healthcare settings
There is evidence of support for nurse practitioner (NP) roles in national and international...
01 May 2013
The value of active followership
Followership is an emerging concept based on human factors science. It describes a set of...
01 May 2013
A ‘roll-on, roll-off’ preceptorship pathway for new registrants
The need to support high numbers of new registrants simultaneously at the Royal United...
01 May 2013
Framework for planning a successful retirement
Ideas about retirement have changed. Just a few decades ago there was a cut-off date when...
01 Apr 2013
What makes a day at work extraordinary
To prevent high rates of nurse burnout and staff turnover, hospitals must create...
01 Apr 2013
Selecting the best theory to implement planned change
Planned change in nursing practice is necessary for a wide range of reasons, but it can be...
01 Apr 2013
How staff surveys have prompted improvements on the wards
An ongoing survey tool, the Person Centred Nursing Index (PCNI), measures factors that...
01 Apr 2013
Nursing model to deliver respiratory research
Southampton Research and Development Department has managed several chronic obstructive...
01 Mar 2013
Role of careers advisers in nurse recruitment
The aim of the national Image of Nursing programme is to attract high calibre recruits to...
01 Mar 2013
Encouraging engagement at work to improve retention
Similar professional standards link nurses together but healthcare professionals practise...
01 Mar 2013
Medication errors: what hospital reports reveal about staff views
Nurses are generally responsible for administering medication to patients and are, therefore...
01 Mar 2013
Role of facilitators in delivering high quality practice education
Investment in the professional development of the nursing workforce is essential to enhance...
28 Jan 2013
Encouraging nurses to take the lead on the information agenda
This is the final in a series of four articles that discuss issues relating to the UK’s...
28 Jan 2013
The nature of health and social care partnerships
Partnership, often wrongly used interchangeably with ‘collaboration’ and ‘inter-agency...
28 Jan 2013