The role of the genetic nurse has evolved historically with the emergence of clinical genetics in the field of health care. During 1994, a Practice Working Party was convened by the Genetic Nurses and Social Workers Association in response to discussion about the role of the nurse within and between regional genetics centres. The Working Party conducted a study of the current nursing practice a...

AIM This paper is a report of a study to examine how nurse practitioners combine information when estimating patient risk of coronary heart disease. BACKGROUND In the United States of America and other countries, nurse practitioners are increasingly working alongside physicians in primary healthcare settings. Given this role, nurse practitioners represent an important resource in early detect...

The nursing process consists of five interrelated steps: assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation. In the nursing process, the nurse collects a great deal of data and information. The amount of data and information may exceed the amount the nurse can process efficiently and correctly. Thus, the nurse needs assistance to become proficient in the planning of nursing care, due...

BACKGROUND A&E departments are key points of contact for many people with mental health problems. Various models of care have been developed in A&E departments for delivering mental health services, but few have been assessed for effectiveness. The present study aimed to assess the impact of a dedicated A&E psychiatric nurse service on several outcomes relevant to patients and clinicians. MET...

Clinicians have knowledge, skill, and experience of the wound debridement methods and products available to them. To enable them to make informed decisions on which wound debridement processor product is the most appropriate, it is essential that clinicians have access to clinical and cost-effectiveness data. However, the lack of robust evidence to support wound care products is well documented...

BACKGROUND Although there is a sizeable body of evidence regarding the nature of hostile behaviours among clinicians in the nursing workplace, what is less clear is the nature of the relationship between these behaviours and patient care. To inform the development of appropriate intervention strategies we examine the level of evidence detailing the relationships between hostile clinician behavi...

AIM This paper is a report of a study to identify how nurse clinicians learn with and from each other in the workplace. BACKGROUND Clinicians' everyday practices and interactions with each other have recently been targeted as areas of research, because it is there that quality of care and patient safety are achieved. Orientation of new nurses and doctors into a specialty unit often results in...

BACKGROUND The electronic health record (EHR) used in the examination room, is becoming the primary method of medical data storage in primary care practice in the USA. One of the challenges in using EHRs is maintaining effective patient-provider communication. Many studies have focused on communication in the examination room. PURPOSE Scant research exists on the best methods in educating nu...

The article identifies the explosion of clinical data that are available and how difficult it is for clinicians to find answers to clinical questions. Electronic healthcare records (EHRs) are increasingly used to assist clinicians in this process; however, resistance to the implementation of technology-assisted care is not uncommon. The article reviews the diffusion of innovation research and p...

This paper aims to discuss the roles of Educators and Clinicians in effective precepting Nursing Midwifery Students Clinical Setting. It aids both experienced new preceptors become more teachers delivery their students, interns newly employed nurses while maintaining standard & clinical area. The discussed vast literature surrounding phenomena preceptorship nursing. enlightens concept estab...