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‘Choosing Tuesday’: establishing and sustaining regular clinical supervision in advanced nursing practice

Over the past few years, much has been written on the role of clinical supervision in the education and clinical guidance of ANPs (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), 2017; Health Education...

Experiences and evaluation of the new standards for student supervision and assessment

Three major themes were identified from the data: training related to the SSSA, organisational support, and expectations from students, practice assessors, and practice supervisors.

The use of the MK5 Mobility Classes to improve safe patient handling: a reliability study

This research focused on a reliability study of the MK5. To establish inter- and intra-rater reliability as sensitively as possible authentic video material was collected, enabling assessments of...

Developing structured clinical review templates in an integrated respiratory team during COVID-19: a qualitative review

Following analysis of the semi-structured interviews in the NVivo software, 13 themes from the interviews were transcribed and thematically analysed. The themes that emerged and the interviewee...

Understanding the independent samples t test in nursing research

When using the independent samples t test, the aim is to investigate if there is a difference between the means of two samples that are independent (Heavey, 2022). With the application of this t test,...

Patterns of opioid use for lower limb trauma patients during the first 6 months after discharge

This study forms part of a programme of work to understand how opioid-naïve patients use opioids within the first few months of prescription. Opioid-naïve patients are people who have not received...

Essential principles to apply when approaching a new job

Adaptability is crucial when entering a new work environment, particularly in fast-paced sectors such as health care. Those with a growth mindset approach challenges with curiosity rather than...

The reality of nursing time: how nurses spend their shifts

Time-motion studies have been used in health care since 1914. They are a blended methodology of two approaches: one focusing on time and the other on motion. The aim of time-motion studies is to...

The impact of in-house education on staff confidence in delivering palliative and end-of-life care: a service evaluation

The purpose of this study was to evaluate staff confidence levels in delivering palliative and EoLC to patients following attendance at trust education. The secondary purpose was to explore whether...

Nurses and midwives perception of the leadership skills and attributes required of future leaders

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed healthcare teams to new challenges, requiring rapid changes to their leadership and operational practices (Pandit, 2021). There has been an increased reliance on digital...

Group virtual reality simulation in the adult nursing curriculum: student and lecturer experiences

‘An educational method which uses a variety of modalities to support students in developing their knowledge, behaviours and skills, with the opportunity for repetition, feedback, evaluation and...

The negative impacts of secondary traumatic stress and mutual suffering: considerations in the hospital setting

Those working with the acutely unwell are at increased risk of suffering emotional disturbance resulting from prolonged patient contact and their empathetic relationships with them in an acute or end...

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