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Professionals should stop using the word ‘basic’ to describe and denigrate nursing skills, suggests Honor Nicholl

01 December 1993

Nursing Standard

Viewpoint

This article is a personal plea. The views expressed in it are not necessarily those of the management. However, don’t let that put you off.

Involving mothers in research studies: practical considerations

01 February 2007

Paediatric Nursing

A&S Science

The experiences of a researcher undertaking a qualitative study exploring mothers’ experiences of caring for children with complex needs are used to illustrate the...

Diaries as a method of data collection in research

01 September 2010

Paediatric Nursing

General

Diary records in healthcare research are becoming more common. This article describes the use of a diary as a method in which mothers’ experiences of caring for...

Delegation: a key function of nursing

01 July 2004

Nursing Management

Leadership

DELEGATION IS not a new function of professional nursing (Haas 1999) but it is becoming increasingly important as the profession experiences rapid change.

Mentoring and networking

01 March 2006

Nursing Management

Leadership

MENTORSHIP AND use of expert guidance to develop the required attitudes and capabilities for leadership and management in new practitioners has long been valued in...

Networking for nurses

01 February 2007

Nursing Management

Leadership

MENTORSHIP AND NETWORKING, alongside clinical supervision and preceptorship, are major components of nurses’ professional development (An Bord Altranais 2000). They...

Fundamentals of estimating sample size

18 May 2016

Nurse Researcher

Quantitative research

Background Estimating sample size is an integral requirement in the planning stages of quantitative studies. However, although abundant literature is available that...