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.
A specialist welfare advice and advocacy service for people with early onset dementia
Background UK prevalence of early onset dementia is increasing. Previous research has...
07 Jul 2015
Research-active nurses: the myths, fears and potential
For nursing to progress, it needs to be continuously examined by practising staff through...
07 Jul 2015
Assessment of pain and alleviation of distress for people living with a dementia
Many people living with a dementia are either not recognised as having pain or do not...
07 Jul 2015
Developing training in intramuscular injections
There is a wealth of international publications regarding evidence-based practice in...
09 Jun 2015
Seasonal affective disorder: an overview
The definition of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a history of major depressive...
09 Jun 2015
An interprofessional simulation course to address the physical health agenda in mental...
The management of physical comorbidities in people with severe mental illnesses can be...
09 Jun 2015
Autism spectrum disorders: physical health care in a low secure forensic setting
Aims To identify the prevalence of psychiatric and physical health comorbidity in an adult...
09 Jun 2015
Promoting service-user satisfaction in close observations
Close observations are only used as a last resort to manage risk in inpatient mental health...
12 May 2015
The ‘nearest relative’ role under the Mental Health Act
The nearest relative role is a statutory safeguard for people who may be subject to the...
12 May 2015
Recovery in a high secure hospital in England
This article focuses on one of the three high secure hospitals in England. All the patients...
12 May 2015
Use of seclusion in psychiatric intensive care units
This literature review aims to discover the factors that influence staff working on...
09 Apr 2015
How to minimise the effects of dysphagia in people with mental health problems
Dysphagia, or difficulty with swallowing, can be intrinsic to a mental health problem or...
09 Apr 2015
Mental health nurses’ perspectives on psychiatric advance directives
Background Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are written statements that allow people...
09 Apr 2015
Service users and their animals: considerations for mental health professionals
Animals feature in many service users’ lives and can be significant factors in their...
09 Apr 2015
Nurse-led older adult mental health clinics in rural GP practices
Dedicated memory services have been recommended as a single point of referral for people...
10 Mar 2015
The effects of inreach on the most dangerous offenders in the UK
The close supervision centre (CSC) at Her Majesty’s Prison Wakefield is home to eight of the...
10 Mar 2015
Evaluation of a mental health service based on the principles of recovery
The authors report on a service evaluation of blueSCI, a social inclusion and cultural...
10 Mar 2015
Improving care for people with borderline personality disorder
Caring for service users who have a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD) can...
10 Mar 2015