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Evolution of a youth work service in hospital

03 July 2012

Nursing Children and Young People

A&S Science

Youth workers are based predominantly in the community and use a range of informal educational activities to help young people between the ages of 11 and 25...

Clinical decisions: defining meaning through focus groups

04 February 1998

Nursing Standard

Research

Clinical decision making is a nursing skill central to the daily activities of patient care. It is, however, a concept that is poorly defined. In the process of...

How to achieve a work-life balance

01 November 2010

Nursing Management

Feature

Understanding who you are in terms of your values, skills, passions and motivations will help you to make the most of your abilities and improve your work-life...

Life story work and nursing home residents with dementia

21 May 2009

Nursing Older People

Feature

Research has indicated that one means of seeing clients with dementia as individual people, and gaining insight into their lives, is through listening to the stories...

Focus on the ‘can do’

02 December 2008

Nursing Standard

Clinical digest

New benefit arrangements for people with disabilities are designed to reduce the number of people deemed ‘unfit for work’ and increase opportunities to get back into...

Feelgood factors

19 June 2007

Nursing Standard

General article

As part of our Insight series we asked readers to tell us about their working lives. Many of those who responded are still motivated by a love for the job, but...

Work-based learning with staff in an acute care environment: a project review and evaluation

01 July 2009

Mental Health Practice

Feature

A team of nurses working in an acute setting took part in a project to enhance their clinical skills. They were able to reflect more deeply on their work and adopt...

Family work in adult acute psychiatric settings

01 April 2013

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

Meeting a service user with his or her family in acute care settings to discuss their thoughts, hopes and concerns provides important therapeutic benefits. It can...

Creativity and mental health care

01 June 2013

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

With greater awareness of the concept of creativity, mental health practitioners can learn to combine novelty, effectiveness and ethicality with discipline and...

Work-based learning and the role of managers

02 September 2010

Nursing Management

Feature

Healthcare policy makers have advocated the introduction of work-based learning (WBL) methods to help improve care. Some healthcare professionals and academics do...