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.
Ten years of transfusion practitioners and better blood transfusion in Scotland
After the Department of Health’s Better Blood Transfusion recommendations ( DH 2002 ) ten...
27 Feb 2014
Self-management in chronic conditions: partners in health scale instrument validation
Aims This article describes a study that aimed to validate the Self-care in Chronic...
27 Feb 2014
Care and comfort rounds: improving standards
Person-centred, safe and effective care is at the heart of the fundamentals of caring....
30 Jan 2014
Horizontal hostility and verbal violence between nurses in the perinatal arena of...
The goal of this US study was to determine the frequency of horizontal violence in a...
30 Jan 2014
Embedding NHS values: a framework and learning tool to support practice
Multiple healthcare failings point to an NHS culture where care and compassion are no longer...
30 Jan 2014
Planning among nurse managers in district hospitals in Ghana
This article reports the results of a study that explored the planning practices of nurse...
01 Dec 2013
Processes to engage and motivate staff
Nursing has a history of poor workplace contexts in which the focus has been on performing...
01 Dec 2013
An international comparison of the clinical trials nurse role
The collaborative role of clinical trials nurses (CTNs) is crucial to the management of...
01 Dec 2013
Newly qualified staff’s perceptions of senior charge nurse roles
Nursing roles have been recognised as pivotal to the delivery of good quality, patient-...
01 Nov 2013
Collaborative services show positive outcomes for end of life care
The authors outline the benefits of participating in the Transforming End of Life Care in...
01 Nov 2013
Preparing to introduce personal health budgets
A large-scale study ( Forder et al 2012 ) piloting personal health budgets for people with...
01 Oct 2013
Evaluation of organisational culture and nurse burnout
A survey of nurses working with older adults across three NHS trusts was conducted to...
01 Oct 2013
Using the 7 Habits programme to develop effective leadership
This article discusses a short leadership programme for nurse and allied health professional...
01 Oct 2013
Are nurses expected to have information technology skills?
This article discusses the knowledge management skills required by nurses in the context of...
01 Sep 2013
Commissioning health care for offenders
This article sets out the background to offender health care in the UK and explains how the...
01 Sep 2013
‘Caring around the clock’: a new approach to intentional rounding
Intentional rounding is a widely debated topic and, in this article, Nottingham University...
01 Sep 2013
How Schwartz rounds can be used to combat compassion fatigue
Hospice nurses were the first to have some of their experiences described as ‘compassion...
01 Jul 2013
Visible leadership: going back to the front line
The report into care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust called for strong leadership...
01 Jul 2013