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.
How informal carers cope with terminal cancer
Although caring is not necessarily a negative experience (Dawson 1991, Grant and...
Nursing and public health: the future
The last two years have seen an increase indebate and discussion about the...
How nurses perceive barriers to research implementation
This article follows up a previous article on community nurses’ perceived barriers...
Adult immunisation
Aim and intended learning outcomesThe aim of this article is to review the role of...
Implications for nursing of the NHS R&D funding policy
In this article, the author reviews the recommendations for NHS research and...
School nurses’ skills in sexual health education
School nurses are often called on to teach sexual health without being given any...
Central venous catheters: a review of the literature
Following an audit on the author’s unit, staff were concerned about catheter...
Lifting injury: a study of the occupational health perspective
This article reports the results of a national questionnaire survey of 66...
Chronic respiratory illness - a challenge for nurses
Respiratory disease is responsible for much acute and chronic ill health with...
Assessing patient dependency and staff skill mix
An assessment tool was developed to measure patient dependency and staff skill mix...
Student nurses’ perceptions of health promotion: a study
This article reports the findings of a comparative descriptive study of Project...
Nurse-led drug monitoring in the rheumatology clinic
Nurses are increasingly incorporating into their skills areas of care traditionally...
Reasons for student attrition on nursing courses: a study
Student attrition (dropping out) wastes time and resources which schools of nursing...
Treating and nursing patients with multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common cause of severe disability in young...
Dialysis (part 2): haemodialysis
Continuing Education articles are run in conjunction with the Royal College of...
Nurses’ and GPs’ views of the nurse prescribers’ formulary
This article presents the findings from the evaluation of nurse prescribing,...