Recent reforms of nursing education have led to calls for assessment of clinical performance
to contribute to academic qualifications that incorporate professional awards. Questions …

Background There is strong evidence to show that lower nurse staffing levels in hospitals are
associated with worse patient outcomes. One hypothesised mechanism is the omission of …

Background Increasing evidence indicates that individuals who develop severe mental
illness (SMI) are also vulnerable to developing post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), due to …

… Jo Armes, Maggie Crowe, Lynne Colbourne, Helen Morgan, Trevor Murrells, Catherine
Oakley, Nigel Palmer, Emma Ream, Annie Young, and Alison Richardson … Colbourne, Helen …

Background New hospital design includes more single room accommodation but there is
scant and ambiguous evidence relating to the impact on patient safety and staff and patient …

BACKGROUND: Interprofessional education (IPE) introduced at the beginning of pre-registration
training for healthcare professionals attempts to prevent the formation of negative …

This paper reports findings from a study funded by the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery
and Health Visiting for Scotland to test selected nursing and midwifery clinical competence …

Background The specific challenges experienced by the nursing and midwifery workforce in
previous pandemics have exacerbated pre-existing professional and personal challenges, …

Aims To determine factors associated with variation in ‘care left undone’ (also referred to as ‘missed
care’) by Registered Nurses (RNs) in acute hospital wards in Sweden. Background ‘…

Background Job satisfaction is an important component of nurses' lives that can impact on
patient safety, productivity and performance, quality of care, retention and turnover, …