As part of an initiative to develop evidence-based practice at the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, a three-part project was undertaken. The aims were to identify barriers to using research in nursing, establish a baseline of nurses' knowledge and its influence on their practice in one essential area of nursing care--pressure damage prevention--and develop a strategy for change which took ...

Despite the well established policy of ‘shifting’ care from hospitals to the community[1], the overall proportion of nursing staff employed to provide general nursing care to people in their own homes has changed little. Specifically, the number of District Nurses is reported to have decreased by 40% in the last decade[2]. In this Policy+, we review data on the district nursing workforce, look ...

This text provides a comprehensive framework for providing culturally competent nursing care to individuals, families, groups, communities and institutions. We begin with a synthesis of transcultural theories, models, and research studies. It is our intent to provide transcultural knowledge that can be useful in nursing care. The text actually began in 1989 as a collegial effort by novice trans...

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We have joined forces to promote the sharing of knowledge and experience with the aim of enhancing paediatric nursing care across Europe. The scientific programme will include distinguished keynote speakers from countries across Europe, as well as oral and poster presentations from paediatric and neonatal nurses who will share with us their research findings, service improvements, empirical kno...