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Using nursing initiatives to encourage the use of research

31 January 1996

Nursing Standard

Research

The International Council of Nurses has chosen as its theme for Nurses’ Day 1996 ‘Better Health Through Nursing Research’. It is not surprising that there is an...

The challenges of change for learning disabilities nurses

29 July 1998

Nursing Standard

Learning disabilities

Services for people with learning disabilities have developed apace since the Jay Committee report (DHSS 1979), the Griffiths proposals (DoH 1988) for the closure of...

The use of nurses’ holding power in a large psychiatric hospital

15 July 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The use of nurses’ holding power is a poorly explored aspect of psychiatric inpatient care. This study examined the use of Section 5(4) at the Maudsley Hospital,...

Community care for the severely mentally ill: a review

06 November 1996

Nursing Standard

Mental health nursing

In the UK. large and often isolated mental hospitals have been the setting for the care and treatment of the mentally disordered for over 150 years. However, in the...

Using ‘A Vision for the Future’ targets to change practice

10 July 1996

Nursing Standard

Gynaecology

Since A Vision for the Future (DoH/NHSME 1992) was published in April 1993, little has been written concerning the progress nurses have made towards making the...

Capacity building in the new South Africa: contribution of nursing research

24 June 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

In this article, the author identifies the contribution of nursing research to building the capacity of healthcare services to care for the people of the Republic of...

Hospitalising children: a review of the effects

24 September 1997

Nursing Standard

Clinical

Nurses are aware of the benefits for children’s wellbeing and health status of their parents staying in hospital with them. However, they consistently fail to make...

A comprehensive business planning approach applied to healthcare

05 August 1998

Nursing Standard

Management

Since the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act, health and social care organisations have been required to conform to a central strategic framework, with the planning of...

Supporting R&D: the role of a professional organisation, Part 2

10 December 1997

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This second of two articles describes how a professional organisation responded to external developments and tried to co-ordinate its nursing professions’ response...

Supporting R&D: the role of a professional organisation, Part 1

03 December 1997

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The first of two articles describes how a professional organisation responded to external developments and tried to co-ordinate its research and development (R&D)...