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There has been much discussion about the need to reduce the gap between nursing research and nursing practice ( Polit and Hungler 1993 ). McKenna ( 1995 ) argued that while strict research activity is the job of only a ...

This article describes the development of a programme to collect qualitative data on components of nursing care behaviour to supplement quantitative methods. Using hand-held computer technology, data were collected in ...

The nursing process was introduced to develop the contribution of nursing and adopt a more systematic approach to care delivery. Few in-depth studies have yet described its true impact and level of implementation. The study ...

Clinical supervision continues to be a topical issue within nursing and current debate centres around how it can be systematically evaluated. Therefore, Butterworth et al's (1997) multi-site study exploring several questions ...

This article describes how a working group examined ways to overcome difficulties with applying research findings to clinical practice. The group developed a ward-based distance learning package to assist in developing ...

In a recent article for Nursing Management Price (1996) examined the contribution that the theory and skills of counselling could make towards the effective management of human resources within the nursing workforce. This ...

This article examines the role of nurses within outpatient child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). The authors highlight employment trends towards generic skills-based appointments such as 'clinic workers', ...

We have previously described the generally positive initial experiences of Supervised Discharge (SD) in a large Mental Health Trust serving a mixed inner city, suburban and rural population. This paper seeks to extend our ...

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