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.
Cultural and psychological factors inhibiting self-care in African-American men with...
Why you should read this article: • To understand why hypertension disproportionately affects certain male populations • To gain insight into the parallel process model and people’s reactions to messages perceived as threatening • To explore the cultural and psychological factors that can inhibit self-care behaviours in men Hypertension disproportionately affects African-American men compared with their white counterparts and with African-American women. Self-care is key in the effective management of chronic conditions such as hypertension. This article explores the cultural and psychological factors that make African-American men less likely to engage in self-care behaviours. These factors include the way in which gender socialisation can perpetuate traditional views of masculinity, which can translate in an unwillingness to seek support from healthcare professionals. A crucial psychological factor is whether people’s reactions to health promotion messages tend to be driven by fear control or by danger control. Gaining insight into what influences the health beliefs and behaviours of African-American men can enhance nurses’ education and health promotion interventions, subsequently leading to better outcomes for these patients.
Nurses’ experiences caring for people who inject drugs with a physical health condition
Literature review identified lack of knowledge, emotional challenge, stigmatisation, fear and safety
Vaccinating preterm infants: a timeliness study
Parents must be supported in vaccination decision-making in the early weeks of a child’s infancy
Reducing health inequalities in cervical screening: a general practice project
Inequalities related to uptake of screening are addressed via interventions including staff training
Introducing a named nurse model of care into a community nursing service
How a named nurse model improved person-centred care and staff morale
Managing diabetes mellitus and dementia: a nursing overview
Integrated care across settings and single records for people with dementia and diabetes are recommended
Self-management care plans for patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary...
How a quality improvement project helped to standardise COPD care among healthcare professionals
Recovery Colleges: supporting recovery and living well in local communities
Instead of treating illness as it arises, services must move towards prevention, recovery and living well
Exploring the implementation of the nursing associate role in general practice
The role is not fulfilling its purpose and needs to be better supported, accepted and implemented
Exploring fathers’ experiences of seeking support for postnatal depression
Nurses should ask fathers about their well-being and encourage them to discuss mental health issues
A toolkit to enhance nursing students’ health promotion practice
Understand the barriers to nursing students’ health promotion practice
Implementing civic engagement placements for nursing students in community organisations
A pilot project examined benefits and challenges of the Clinical Placement Expansion Programme