Coaching is a term that is used across a multitude of disciplines including health care and is not a new concept (Lobo et al, 2014; Clutterbuck et al, 2016). In the UK nursing arena, supervisory...
Intestinal failure is described as a reduction in gut function, to the extent that adequate absorption of nutrients and/or water and electrolytes is impeded, leading to the need for intravenous (IV)...
This project was undertaken as a locally registered quality improvement project, and further ethical approval was not required.
‘The need for children's community nurses and the provision of professional networks to underpin these must be central to the development of the health organisation Community Nursing Strategies.’.
The study provides empirical support for the importance of the level of emotional intelligence and its role in nursing. The results on the emotional intelligence level were higher than the results of...
This article reports on specific findings from a wider, previously published, research study which explored the factors that enabled some mentors to fail underperforming students in practical...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the insertion, use, duration and complications of epicardial pacing wires following cardiac surgery in a cohort of patients in Ireland. The overall aim of the...
The introduction of the care improvement initiative ensured that oral care was provided to all patients, with those identified as being at high risk (category C) receiving care using the Stryker care...
Nurses carrying out procedures that require high levels of experience, competence and skill is not a new concept to the profession, however. In 2003, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde reported that nurses...