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Expanding the nursing profession

22 April 1998

Nursing Standard

ICN paper

The demands on the nursing profession have escalated during the last 20 years. In these introductory paragraphs the authors assess how nursing has accommodated these...

Who do you think you are?

01 April 2009

Learning Disability Practice

Feature

This article examines the findings from a survey of readers of RCN Publishing’s specialist nursing journals, which cover a broad range of fields, including mental...

Getting the measure of learning disability practice

01 April 2008

Learning Disability Practice

10th anniversary

Since the latter part of the 19th century, society has recognised a need for the ‘care’ of people who have learning disabilities. Prior to that, care...

Generalnurses’ perceptions of the role of the clinical nurse specialist in Ireland

01 July 2004

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Clinical nurse specialists have advanced knowledge of a specific practice area and should be easily accessible to patients. Such posts have long been established...

Who do you think you are?

01 April 2009

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

This article examines the findings of a survey of readers of RCN Publishing specialist nursing journals, which cover fields such as cancer, gerontology and emergency...

Who do you think you are?

01 April 2009

Nursing Older People

Feature

This article examines the findings of a survey of readers of the RCN Publishing Company specialist journals, which cover settings such as gerontology, mental health...

Graduate-only pre-registration mental health nursing programmes

02 June 2010

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article examines the perceived benefits of graduate-only pre-registration programmes in mental health nursing, and the potential social aspiration and attrition...

An evaluation of the Florence Nightingale Foundation leadership, research and travel scholarships

Nursing Standard

evidence & practice

The Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) is a charity that awards scholarships in leadership, travel and research to nurses, midwives and other healthcare...

Captive care: changes in prison nursing

22 February 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical secure environments

Nursing in prisons is a new growth area. This article highlights how the major developments in mental health provision and changing health patterns in inmate...

Scaling the peaks

22 March 2011

Nursing Standard

Feature

As the new chief of service for older people, rehabilitation and stroke in Portsmouth, nurse Jane Williams has a role usually performed by a consultant physician.