Exploring nurses' experiences of caring for patients participating in cancer clinical trials

In 2020, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) held an education and networking event in Birmingham as part of its ongoing Excellence in Research Programme aimed at supporting and further developing the CRN role...

Exploring the psychological impacts of a gestational cancer diagnosis on women: a literature review

The ‘Population, Exposure, Outcome’ framework (Polit and Beck, 2014) was used to develop the research question. The ‘population’ was pregnant women, the ‘exposure’ was gestational cancer diagnosis and...

Reporting meaningful personalised care data

The need to protect cancer nurses from exposure to hazardous drugs

Hazardous drugs deserve deep respect in their handling, due to their toxicity, but some concerns could be allayed by implementing a comprehensive set of exposure controls, according to Dr Melissa...

The voice of ostomates: an exploration of stoma care in England

The survey was developed by the authors and focused on ostomates with a colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy. The purpose was to capture the lived experiences and views of ostomates about the stoma...

The crisis in dental care

As our NHS came into being in 1948 this meant, for the first time ever, that dental care was free at the point of use. This led to a dramatic change in the way in which people were able to gain access...

Personalised meaningful music for people with dementia

Music plays such an important role in our lives. It is a powerful medium that lights up the brain like a firework display as soon as it hits the ear, stimulating many parts of the brain at once. We...

Evaluating the effectiveness of octenidine-containing wash mitts in reducing infections in intensive care

HCAIs are infections occurring in a healthcare setting that were not present before the patient was admitted, and they remain one of the most common types of adverse events affecting patients (Haque...

Co-producing nurse education with academics, students, service users and carers: lessons from the pandemic

This article reflects on the authors' collective experience of nursing education over the past 3 years in a university in the north west of England. The authors would encourage future participatory...

Using restorative practice in health care

‘A just culture considers wider systemic issues where things go wrong, enabling professionals and those operating the system to learn without fear of retribution … Generally in a just culture,...

Children's mental health needs