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Volume 15, issue 12, 2006

Guest editorial: Maximizing value from clinical research pp. 1479-1479

Amanda Henderson

Atrophy and anarchy: third national survey of nursing skill‐mix and advanced nursing practice in ophthalmology pp. 1480-1488

Wladyslawa J. Czuber‐Dochan, Christine G. Waterman and Heather A. Waterman

Clinical judgement in the interpretation of evidence: a Bayesian approach pp. 1489-1497

Jean Harbison

Patient participation in clinical decision‐making in nursing: a comparative study of nurses’ and patients’ perceptions pp. 1498-1508

Jan Florin, Anna Ehrenberg and Margareta Ehnfors

Student nurses’ knowledge, skills and attitudes towards the use of portfolios in a school of nursing pp. 1509-1520

Stuart Nairn, Elisabeth O'Brien, Victoria Traynor, Glenn Williams, Mary Chapple and Stacy Johnson

Workforce issues in nursing in Queensland: 2001 and 2004 pp. 1521-1530

Desley Hegney, Robert Eley, Ashley Plank, Elizabeth Buikstra and Victoria Parker

From expert to tasks, expert nursing practice redefined? pp. 1531-1539

Martin Christensen and Jaqui Hewitt‐Taylor

Clinical nurse specialists as entrepreneurs: constrained or liberated pp. 1540-1549

Lynn Austin, Karen Luker and Martin Ronald

In search of details of patient teaching in nursing documentation – an analysis of patient records in a medical ward in Sweden pp. 1550-1558

Febe Friberg, Anne‐Louise Bergh and Margret Lepp

The motivation of health professionals to explore research evidence in their practice: an intervention study pp. 1559-1564

Amanda Henderson, Sarah Winch, Kerri Holzhauser and Sue De Vries

Caring for patients of Islamic denomination: critical care nurses’ experiences in Saudi Arabia pp. 1565-1573

Phil Halligan

Validation of the Chinese version of the Satisfaction with the Nursing Home Instrument pp. 1574-1582

Linda YK Lee, Diana TF Lee, Jean Woo and Eric MC Wong

Lifestyle change after elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: an Australian perspective pp. 1583-1584

Felicity Astin and Kenneth Jones

Commentary on He H‐G, Pölkki T, Pietilä A‐M and Vehviläinen‐Julkunen K (2005) A survey of Chinese nurses’ guidance to parents in children's postoperative pain relief. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 1075–1082 pp. 1585-1586

Li Ho Cheung William

RESPONSE pp. 1587-1589

Hong‐Gu He, Katri Vehviläinen‐Julkunen, Tarja Pölkki and Anna‐Maija Pietilä

Commentary on The health promotion model as assessed by ageing workers. Journal of Clinical Nursing 15, 219–266 pp. 1590-1591

Dean Whitehead

RESPONSE pp. 1592-1592

Paula Naumanen

Commentary on Purssell E (2005) Symptoms in the host: infection and treatment model. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 555–561 pp. 1593-1594

Maurice Madeo

RESPONSE pp. 1595-1595

Edward Purssell

Health Promoting Practice: The Contribution of Nurses and Allied Health Professionals pp. 1596-1596

Grace Spencer

Dementia: Mind, meaning, and the person pp. 1597-1597

William J. Puentes

Volume 15, issue 11, 2006

Editorial: The evidence for evidence‐based practice pp. 1353-1353

Roger Watson

Handling of peripheral intravenous cannulae: effects of evidence‐based clinical guidelines pp. 1354-1361

Margary Ahlqvist, Agneta Bogren, Sari Hagman, Isabel Nazar, Katarina Nilsson, Karin Nordin, Berit Sunde Valfridsson, Mona Söderlund and Gun Nordström

A new research agenda: improving health care in general hospitals pp. 1362-1370

Michael Brown and Juliet MacArthur

Knowledge and attitudes of medical, nursing, dentistry and health technician students towards organ donation: a pilot study pp. 1371-1375

Fugen Goz, Mustafa Goz and Medıne Erkan

Nurses’ perceptions of their documentation experiences in a computerized nursing care planning system pp. 1376-1382

Ting‐Ting Lee

Brief interventions for high‐risk drinkers pp. 1383-1396

Zena Hyman

The meaning of living with dementia and disturbing behaviour as narrated by three persons admitted to a residential home pp. 1397-1403

Ulla H Graneheim and Lilian Jansson

Avoidance of solid food in weight losing older patients with Parkinson's disease pp. 1404-1412

Birgitta Lorefält, Ann‐Katherine Granérus and Mitra Unosson

People with severe dementia exhibit episodes of lucidity. A population‐based study pp. 1413-1417

Hans K Normann, Kenneth Asplund, Stig Karlsson, Per‐Olof Sandman and Astrid Norberg

Multidisciplinary perceptions of the role of nurses and healthcare assistants in rehabilitation of older adults in acute health care pp. 1418-1425

Anita Atwal, Kirsty Tattersall, Kay Caldwell and Christine Craik

Nursing home care: whodunit? pp. 1426-1439

Aggie TG Paulus, Arno JA Van Raak and Femke B Keijzer

Reality orientation: its use and effectiveness within older person mental health care pp. 1440-1449

Declan Patton

The experience of caring for someone over 75 years of age: results from a Scottish General Practice population pp. 1450-1459

Alison Jarvis, Allison Worth and Mike Porter

Sense of coherence and diabetes‐specific stress perceptions of diabetic patients in central Mainland China pp. 1460-1462

Cai‐Yun He and Ann Tak‐Ying Shiu

Care plans as the main focus of nursing handover: information exchange model pp. 1463-1465

Ruth Clemow

Commentary on Fok MSM & Tsang WYW (2005) Development of an instrument measuring Chinese adolescent beliefs and attitudes towards substance abuse. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 986–994 pp. 1466-1467

Dean Whitehead

RESPONSE pp. 1468-1468

May SM Fok and Warren YW Tsang

Commentary on Jocham HR, Dassen T, Widdershoven G & Halfens R (2006) Quality of life in palliative care cancer patients: a literature review. Journal of Clinical Nursing 15, 1188–1195 pp. 1469-1470

Sheila Payne

Commentary on Haddad M, Plummer S, Taverner A, Gray R, Lee S, Payne F & Knight D (2005) District nurses’ involvement and attitudes to mental health problems: a three‐area cross‐sectional study. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 976–985 pp. 1471-1473

Alison Jarvis

Commentary on Working in long‐term care settings for older people with dementia: nurses’ aides. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 587–593 pp. 1473-1474

Claudia KY Lai

Commentary on SARS: caring for patients in Hong Kong. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 510–517 pp. 1475-1476

Diana TF Lee and David R Thompson

Commentary on Admiral nursing competency project: practice development and action research. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 695–703 pp. 1476-1477

Tom O'Connor

The Royal Marsden Hospital Handbook of Cancer Chemotherapy pp. 1478-1478

Emma Cohen

Volume 15, issue 10, 2006

Editorial: The use of clinical vignettes to study nursing pp. 1211-1211

Roger Watson

Editorial: Mealtimes in hospital: when will we ever learn? pp. 1212-1212

Roger Watson

Experiences of African nurses in the UK National Health Service: a literature review pp. 1213-1220

Gloria Likupe

Mealtimes in hospital – who does what? pp. 1221-1227

Chenfan Xia and Helen McCutcheon

The health beliefs of hospital staff and the reporting of needlestick injury pp. 1228-1239

Nili Tabak, Amal Musaa Shiaabana and Shaul ShaSha

Satisfied patients are also vulnerable patients – narratives from an acute care ward pp. 1240-1246

Venke Sørlie, Kirsti Torjuul, Anita Ross and Mona Kihlgren

Student nurses’ experiences of caring for infectious patients in source isolation. A hermeneutic phenomenological study pp. 1247-1256

Irene Cassidy

The culture of a trauma team in relation to human factors pp. 1257-1266

Elaine Cole and Nicola Crichton

Effectiveness of sleep management strategies for residents of aged care facilities: findings of a systematic review pp. 1267-1275

Susan Koch, Emily Haesler, Adriana Tiziani and Jacinda Wilson

Do nurses promote urinary continence in hospitalized older people?: an exploratory study pp. 1276-1286

Lindsay Dingwall and Ella Mclafferty

Determining factors that have an impact upon effective evidence‐based pain management with older people, following colorectal surgery: an ethnographic study pp. 1287-1298

Donna Brown and Brendan McCormack

The patient's vulnerability, dependence and exposed situation in the discharge process: experiences of district nurses, geriatric nurses and social workers pp. 1299-1307

IngBritt Rydeman and Lena Törnkvist

Negotiation of parental roles within family‐centred care: a review of the research pp. 1308-1316

Jo Corlett and Alison Twycross

Family centred care: a review of qualitative studies pp. 1317-1323

Linda Shields, Jan Pratt and Judith Hunter

How do children's nurses make clinical decisions? Two preliminary studies pp. 1324-1335

Alison Twycross and Lucy Powls

Living with a diabetic foot ulcer: a phenomenological study pp. 1336-1337

Sonia Watson‐Miller

Nurses and head nurses views of nursing diagnoses at a geriatric clinic pp. 1338-1339

Pernilla Turunen Olsson and Ann Gardulf

Commentary on Dunnion ME & Kelly B (2005) From the emergency department to home. Journal of Clinical Nursing14, 776–785 pp. 1340-1341

Dean Whitehead

Commentary on Hsieh P‐L, Cholowski K & FitzGerald M (2005) Obesity: translation and testing of a survey instrument for use in Taiwan. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 830–844 pp. 1341-1343

Donia Baldacchino

Commentary on Khorshid L, Eşer İ, Zaybak A and Yapucu Ü (2005) Comparing mercury‐in‐glass, tympanic and disposable thermometers in measuring body temperature in healthy young people. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 496–500 pp. 1343-1345

Joanna Smith and John Truscott

Letter to the Editor: Healthcare research without ethical permission should not be published in JCN pp. 1346-1347

Wai‐Tong Chien

Living with a Long‐Term Illness: The Facts pp. 1348-1348

Janice Brown

Palliative Care in Ireland pp. 1349-1349

Kevin Connaire

Health Matters: A Pocket Guide for Working with Diverse Cultures and Underserved Populations pp. 1350-1350

Sylvia S Barton

Volume 15, issue 9, 2006

Editorial: Nurse education: time to get it right pp. 1069-1070

Jan Draper

The impact of role discrepancy on nurses’ intention to quit their jobs pp. 1071-1080

Miyuki Takase, Phillip Maude and Elizabeth Manias

Haemodynamic instability after cardiac surgery: nurses’ perceptions of clinical decision‐making pp. 1081-1090

Judy Currey, Jan Browne and Mari Botti

Change on the horizon: issues and concerns of neophyte advanced healthcare practitioners pp. 1091-1098

Graham R Williamson, Christine Webb, Nadine Abelson‐Mitchell and Simon Cooper

Who do they think they are? Undergraduate perceptions of the definition of supernumerary status and how it works in practice pp. 1099-1105

Brian McGowan

Evaluation of a nurse consultant's clinical activities and the search for patient outcomes in critical care pp. 1106-1114

Debra Fairley and S. Jose Closs

The lived experience of a tracheostomy tube change: a phenomenological study pp. 1115-1122

Frank Donnelly and Rick Wiechula

The experience of fatigue for adults living with HIV pp. 1123-1131

Peter Jenkin, Tina Koch and Debbie Kralik

Community dwelling adults’ perception of interpersonal trust vs. trust in health care providers pp. 1132-1139

Judith E. Hupcey and Jamie Miller

Balancing uncertainty and acceptance: understanding Chinese women's responses to an abnormal cervical smear result pp. 1140-1148

Sheila Twinn

Being asked not to tell: nurses’ experiences of caring for cancer patients not told their diagnosis pp. 1149-1157

Sharon Kendall

Relatives in end‐of‐life care – part 1: a systematic review of the literature the five last years, January 1999–February 2004 pp. 1158-1169

Birgitta Andershed

Nursing the clinic vs. nursing the patient: nurses’ experience of a day hospital chemotherapy service pp. 1170-1178

Sonja Mcilfatrick, Kate Sullivan and Hugh McKenna

Turkish nurses’ information about, and administration of, chemotherapeutic drugs pp. 1179-1187

Nedime Kosgeroglu, Unal Ayranci, Nebahat Ozerdogan and Canan Demirustu

Quality of life in palliative care cancer patients: a literature review pp. 1188-1195

Hubert R. Jocham, Theo Dassen, Guy Widdershoven and Ruud Halfens

Psychological approaches for the nursing management of chronic pain: part 2 pp. 1196-1202

Clifford Richardson, Nicola Adams and Helen Poole

Reporting of painful conditions in nursing homes pp. 1203-1205

S. José Closs, Briget Barr and Michelle Briggs

Commentary on Nystedt A, Högberg U & Lundman B (2005) The negative birth experience of prolonged labour: a case‐referent study. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 579–586 pp. 1206-1207

Rosemary Mander

RESPONSE pp. 1207-1207

Astrid Nystedt, Berit Lundman and Ulf Högberg

Commentary on Armitage G (2005) Drug errors, qualitative research and some reflections on ethics. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 869–875 pp. 1208-1209

Teresa Díaz‐Navarlaz and María Seguí‐Gómez

RESPONSE pp. 1209-1209

Gerry Armitage

Essential Epidemiology: An Introduction for Students and Health Professionals pp. 1210-1210

Lisette Schoonhoven

Volume 15, issue 8, 2006

Editorial: Self‐medication: whatever next? pp. 935-935

Roger Watson

Swedish Registered Nurses’ incentives to use nursing diagnoses in clinical practice pp. 936-945

Lena Axelsson, Catrin Björvell, Anne‐Cathrine Mattiasson and Ingrid Randers

Family and paid caregivers of hospitalized patients in Korea pp. 946-953

Sung‐Hyun Cho and Hye‐Ryun Kim

It's like being in another world – patients’ lived experience of magnetic resonance imaging pp. 954-961

Erna Törnqvist, Åsa Månsson, Elna‐Marie Larsson and Inger Hallström

Patient self‐medication – a change in hospital practice pp. 962-970

Glennice Grantham, Virginia McMillan, Sandra V Dunn, Lee‐Anne Gassner and Peta Woodcock

Healthy participants in phase I clinical trials: the quality of their decision to take part pp. 971-979

Cheryl Rabin and Nili Tabak

Practice development ‘without walls’ and the quandary of corporate practice pp. 980-988

Iain Graham, Carol Fielding, Debbie Rooke and Steven Keen

Neuropharmacology and mental health nurse prescribers pp. 989-997

David Skingsley, Eleanor J Bradley and Peter Nolan

Cultural attribution of mental health suffering in Chinese societies: the views of Chinese patients with mental illness and their caregivers pp. 998-1006

Fei‐Hsiu Hsiao, Steven Klimidis, Harry Minas and Eng‐Seong Tan

Clinical supervision and burnout: the influence of clinical supervision for community mental health nurses pp. 1007-1015

Deborah Edwards, Philip Burnard, Ben Hannigan, Linda Cooper, John Adams, Tara Juggessur, Anne Fothergil and Dave Coyle

Impact of eating disorders on family life: individual parents’ stories pp. 1016-1022

Sharon Hillege, Barbara Beale and Rose McMaster

Modelling emergency decisions: recognition‐primed decision making. The literature in relation to an ophthalmic critical incident pp. 1023-1032

Susan Bond and Simon Cooper

Nurse discharge planning in the emergency department: a Toowoomba, Australia, study pp. 1033-1044

Desley Hegney, Elizabeth Buikstra, Chris Chamberlain, Judy March, Michelle McKay, Gail Cope and Tony Fallon

Patients’ perceptions of quality of care at an emergency department and identification of areas for quality improvement pp. 1045-1056

Åsa Muntlin, Lena Gunningberg and Marianne Carlsson

The multi‐dimensionality of the working nurse in a university hospital pp. 1057-1059

Maria do Carmo Querido Avelar, Arlete Silva, Ivone Regina Fernandes, Elisa Setsuko Imai and Hermelinda P Araújo Guerra

To DeZarn’s commentary on Darbyshire P (2004) ‘Rage against the machine?’: nurses’ and midwives’ experiences of using computerized patient information systems for clinical information pp. 1060-1061

Philip Darbyshire

Commentary on Fok MSM & Tsang WYW (2005) Development of an instrument measuring Chinese adolescent beliefs and attitudes towards substance use. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 986–994 pp. 1061-1062

Philip Guy

RESPONSE pp. 1062-1063

May SM Fok and Warren YW Tsang

Commentary on Reed J (2005) Using action research in nursing practice with older people: democratizing knowledge. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 594–600 pp. 1064-1065

Tracey Williamson

RESPONSE pp. 1066-1066

Jan Reed

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: The Field of Knowledge pp. 1067-1067

Declan Patton

Volume 15, issue 7, 2006

Editorial: Critical reflections on the current state of spirituality‐in‐nursing pp. 801-802

Professor John Swinton and Dr Wilfred McSherry

Spirituality at the beginning of life pp. 804-810

Jennifer Hall

Putting a puzzle together: making spirituality meaningful for nursing using an evolving theoretical framework pp. 811-821

Denise Miner‐Williams

East meets West: applying Eastern spirituality in clinical practice pp. 822-832

Cecilia LW Chan, Ng Sm, Rainbow TH Ho and Amy YM Chow

Death the great leveller? Towards a transcultural spirituality of dying and bereavement pp. 833-839

Margaret Holloway

The impact of empirical studies of spirituality and culture on nurse education pp. 840-851

Aru Narayanasamy

Spiritual care in nursing: an overview of the research to date pp. 852-862

Linda Ross

Attitudes to spiritual care among nursing staff in a Swedish oncology clinic pp. 863-874

Mikael Lundmark

Spiritual care: implications for nurses’ professional responsibility pp. 875-884

René Van Leeuwen, Lucas J Tiesinga, Doeke Post and Henk Jochemsen

Nursing competencies for spiritual care pp. 885-896

Donia R Baldacchino

Every person matters: enabling spirituality education for nurses pp. 897-904

Julian Stern and Sarah James

The principal components model: a model for advancing spirituality and spiritual care within nursing and health care practice pp. 905-917

McSherry Wilfred

Identity and resistance: why spiritual care needs ‘enemies’ pp. 918-928

John Swinton

Commentary on Lundmark M (2006) Attitudes to spiritual care among nursing staff in a Swedish oncology clinic, Journal of Clinical Nursing (15, 863–874) pp. 929-930

Ross Linda

RESPONSE pp. 931-932

Mikael Lundmark

Volume 15, issue 6, 2006

Editorial: Stem cells: regeneration in the clinic pp. 659-660

S H Cedar

An evaluation of nursing practice models in the context of the severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic in Hong Kong: a preliminary study pp. 661-670

Engle Angela Chan, Joanne WY Chung, Thomas KS Wong and Joseph CS Yang

Nurse‐related factors in the delivery of preoperative patient education pp. 671-677

Elizabeth Fitzpatrick and Abbey Hyde

Effect of nurse‐led gut‐directed hypnotherapy upon health‐related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome pp. 678-684

Graeme D Smith

Patients’ experiences of living with oesophageal cancer pp. 685-695

Sissel Andreassen, Ingrid Randers, Erik Näslund, Dag Stockeld and Anne‐Cathrine Mattiasson

Evidence for early oral feeding of patients after elective open colorectal surgery: a literature review pp. 696-709

Wai Quin Ng and Jane Neill

The qualitative experience of Chinese parents with children diagnosed of cancer pp. 710-717

Maggie Y‐F Wong and Sally W‐C Chan

Revalidation of the postpartum stress scale pp. 718-725

Chich‐Hsiu Hung

Nurses as providers of support for mothers of premature infants pp. 726-734

Esther Mok and Sui Foon Leung

A comparison of HIV positive and negative pregnant women at a public sector hospital in South Africa pp. 735-741

Candice Bodkin, Hester Klopper and Gayle Langley

A comparison of written materials vs. materials and counselling for women with sexual dysfunction and multiple sclerosis pp. 742-750

Jeannine Marguerite Christopherson, Katherine Moore, Frederick W Foley and Kenneth G Warren

Children's and young people's experiences of chronic renal disease: a review of the literature, methodological commentary and an alternative proposal pp. 751-760

Philip Darbyshire, Candice Oster and Paul Henning

Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: transition between diabetes services pp. 761-769

Kate Visentin, Tina Koch and Debbie Kralik

The effectiveness of a diabetes nurse clinic in treating older patients with type 2 diabetes for their glycaemic control pp. 770-781

Moon Fai Chan, Amy Shun Wah Yee, Elaine Lai Yee Leung and Mary Christine Day

A pilot study of the effects of a specialist nurse‐led cognitive‐behavioural therapy service on coping, respiratory function and quality of life for patients with bronchiectasis pp. 782-784

Claire Louise Parkin, Carl Margereson, Brendan McLoughlin, Ros Hawking and Sharan Fleming

Commentary on Woodward VA, Webb C & Prowse M (2005) Nurse consultants: their characteristics and achievements. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 845–854 pp. 785-787

Sally Redfern

RESPONSE pp. 787-789

Val Woodward, Christine Webb and Morag Prowse

Commentary on Dunnion ME & Kelly HW (2005) From the emergency department to home: discharge planning and communication of information between an emergency department and primary care sector following discharge of older people from an emergency department of a rural general hospital. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 776–785 pp. 789-790

Alison J Tierney

Commentary on Coyne I (2006) Consultation with children in hospital: children, parents’ and nurses’ perspectives. Journal of Clinical Nurisng 15, 61–71 pp. 791-793

Jeremy Jolley

RESPONSE pp. 791-791

Mary Dunnion and Billy Kelly

Commentary on Wright D, Fenwick J, Stephenson P & Monterosso L (2005) Speculum ‘self insertion’: a pilot study. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 1098–1111 pp. 794-797

Anne McQueen

RESPONSE pp. 794-794

Coyne Imelda

Commentary on Lauder W, Mummery K & Sharkey S (2006) Social capital, age and religiosity in people who are lonely. Journal of Clinical Nursing15, 334–340 pp. 797-799

Gerard M Fealy

RESPONSE TO EDITORIAL pp. 799-799

Leana Uys

Edited by Kate Wilson pp. 800-800

Kate Wilson

Volume 15, issue 5, 2006

Editorial: The placebo effect pp. 519-519

Roger Watson

The use of placebo in clinical nursing research pp. 521-524

Carmen WH Chan and David R Thompson

Nursing documentation audit – the effect of a VIPS implementation programme in Denmark pp. 525-534

Mette Rosendal Darmer, Lena Ankersen, Bettina Geissler Nielsen, Gitte Landberger, Elisabeth Lippert and Ingrid Egerod

An exploration of factors which constrain nurses from research participation pp. 535-545

Michelle Roxburgh

Governing time in operating rooms pp. 546-553

Robin Riley and Elizabeth Manias

Model testing on the crisis interventions and actions to prevent medical disputes: a Taiwanese nursing perspective pp. 554-564

Huey‐Ming Tzeng

A legacy for the children – attitudes of older adults in the United Kingdom to genetic testing pp. 565-573

Heather Skirton, Lorraine Q Frazier, Amy O Calvin and Marlene Z Cohen

Knowledge levels of Korean intensive care nurses towards brain death and organ transplantation pp. 574-580

Jung Ran Kim, Murray Fisher and Doug Elliott

Does access to bed‐chair pressure sensors reduce physical restraint use in the rehabilitative care setting? pp. 581-587

Timothy Kwok, Francis Mok, Wai Tong Chien and Eric Tam

Evaluation of a model of nursing care for older patients using participatory action research in an acute medical ward pp. 588-598

Janet Glasson, Esther Chang, Lynn Chenoweth, Karen Hancock, Tracy Hall, Frances Hill‐Murray and Lesley Collier

Readmissions: a primary care examination of reasons for readmission of older people and possible readmission risk factors pp. 599-606

Linda Dobrzanska and Robert Newell

Life satisfaction among older people (65+) with reduced self‐care capacity: the relationship to social, health and financial aspects pp. 607-618

Christel Borg, Ingalill R Hallberg and Kerstin Blomqvist

An analysis of clinical teacher behaviour in a nursing practicum in Taiwan pp. 619-628

Li‐Ling Hsu

Translating person‐centred care: a case study of preceptor nurses and their teaching practices in acute care areas pp. 629-638

Bridie McCarthy

Nurse education – the role of the nurse teacher pp. 639-644

Mark Gillespie and Brian McFetridge

Commentary on West E, Barron DN and Reeves R (2005) Overcoming the barriers to patient‐centred care: time, tools and training. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 435–443 pp. 645-646

Sean P Clarke

Commentary on Lambert V and Glacken M (2005) Clinical education facilitators: a literature review. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 664–673 pp. 647-648

Carol Purcell

Commentary on Irvine F (2005) Exploring district nursing competencies in health promotion: the use of the Delphi technique. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 965–975 pp. 649-650

Dean Whitehead

Commentary on Irvine (2005) Exploring district nursing competencies in health promotion: the use of the Delphi technique. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 1–11 pp. 652-653

Mary Kemple

To pp. 653-654

Margaret Lau‐Walker

To Commentary on pp. 654-656

Insook Lee, Eun‐Ok Lee, Hesook Suzie Kim, Young Sook Park, Misoon Song and Youn Hwan Park

Edited by Kate Wilson pp. 657-657

Francis C Biley

Volume 15, issue 4, 2006

Editorial: UK research assessment exercise pp. 377-377

Roger Watson

Analysis of opium use by students of medical sciences pp. 379-386

Jamshid Ahmadi, Hossein Fallahzadeh, Alireza Salimi, Mohsen Rahimian, Vahid Salehi, Maryam Khaghani and Mohammadali Babaeebeigi

Psychiatric wards with locked doors – advantages and disadvantages according to nurses and mental health nurse assistants pp. 387-394

K Haglund, L Von Knorring and L Von Essen

The research assessment exercise in nursing: learning from the past, looking to the future pp. 395-402

Rosanne Cecil, Kathryn Thompson and Kader Parahoo

Why don't trained community nurse prescribers prescribe? pp. 403-412

Jason Hall, Judith Cantrill and Peter Noyce

The incidence of pressure ulcers in surgical patients: a sample hospital in Turkey pp. 413-421

Mevlüde Karadag and Necla Gümüskaya

Wound measurement comparing the use of acetate tracings and VisitrakTM digital planimetry pp. 422-427

Georgina Gethin and Seamus Cowman

Massage to prevent pressure ulcers: knowledge, beliefs and practice. A cross‐sectional study among nurses in the Netherlands in 1991 and 2003 pp. 428-435

Inge GP Duimel‐Peeters, Mirjam A Hulsenboom, Martijn PF Berger, Luc HEH Snoeckx and Ruud JG Halfens

Hip protectors: a pilot study of older people in Taiwan pp. 436-443

Hui‐Chi Huang, Chian‐Her Lee and Shang‐Liang Wu

Establishing nurses’ preferences in wound assessment: a concept evaluation pp. 444-450

Miles E Maylor

Patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty: a perioperative pain experience pp. 451-458

Margareta Warrén Stomberg and Ulla‐Britt Öman

A study of nurses’ inferences of patients’ physical pain pp. 459-468

Benita Wilson and Wilfred McSherry

The gap between saying and doing in postoperative pain management pp. 469-479

Alfhild Dihle, Gunnar Bjølseth and Sølvi Helseth

The acquisition and exercise of nephrology nursing expertise: a grounded theory study pp. 480-489

Ann Bonner and Jennifer Greenwood

The experiences of loneliness, depression, and social support of Turkish patients with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and their caregivers pp. 490-497

Turkinaz Asti, Magfiret Kara, Gulay Ipek and Behice Erci

Health‐related quality of life among haemodialysis patients – relationship with clinical indicators, morbidity and mortality pp. 498-504

Cássia Maria Morsch, Luiz Felipe Gonçalves and Elvino Barros

Relationship between self‐esteem and the occurrence of depression following a stroke pp. 505-506

Lawrence Chi Leung Fung, May How‐Lin Lui and Janita Pak‐Chun Chau

To Commentary on Hekkink et al. (2005) pp. 507-507

Hekkink Cf and Bindels Pje

Commentary on Cook F, Deeny P & Thompson K (2004) Management of fluid and hydration in patients with acute subarachnoid haemorrhage – an action research project. Journal of Clinical Nursing 13, 835–849 pp. 508-509

Leslie Gelling and Carol Munn‐Giddings

RESPONSE pp. 510-511

Neal F Cook, Pat Deeny and Kate Thompson

Commentary on McKain S, Henderson A, Kuys S, Drake S, Kerridge L & Ahern K (2005) Exploration of patients’ needs for information on arrival at a geriatric and rehabilitation unit. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 704–710 pp. 512-513

Kate Irving

RESPONSE pp. 514-515

Amanda Henderson and Silvana McKain

Commentary on Kihlgren A, Nilsson M & Sörlie V (2005) Caring for older patients at an emergency department – emergency nurses’ reasoning. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 601–608 pp. 516-517

Elizabeth P Howard

Edited by Kate Wilson pp. 518-518

Aidan MacDermott

Volume 15, issue 3, 2006

Editorial: Should studies without ethical permission be published in JCN? pp. 251-251

Roger Watson

The Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: challenging existing boundaries of emergency nurses in the United Kingdom pp. 253-263

Tracey Norris and Vidar Melby

The health‐promoting school: what role for nursing? pp. 264-271

Dean Whitehead

Nurse consultants: organizational influences on role achievement pp. 272-280

Valerie A Woodward, Christine Webb and Morag Prowse

Registered Nurses working together with family members of older people pp. 281-289

Karin Weman and Ingegerd Fagerberg

Psychological approaches to chronic pain management: part 1 pp. 290-300

Nicola Adams, Helen Poole and Clifford Richardson

Comparison between direct humidification and nebulization of the respiratory tract at mechanical ventilation: distribution of saline solution studied by gamma camera pp. 301-307

Maria Klockare, Ann Dufva, Anne‐Marie Danielsson, Robert Hatherly, Stig Larsson, Hans Jacobsson and Margareta Mure

Documenting the cognitive status of hip fracture patients using the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire pp. 308-314

Anita Söderqvist, Lars Strömberg, Sari Ponzer and Jan Tidermark

The power of hope: patients’ experiences of hope a year after acute spinal cord injury pp. 315-323

Vibeke Lohne and Elisabeth Severinsson

‘The intruder’: spouses’ narratives about life with a chronically ill partner pp. 324-333

Monica Eriksson and Marianne Svedlund

Social capital, age and religiosity in people who are lonely pp. 334-340

William Lauder, Kerry Mummery and Siobhan Sharkey

Patterns and frequency of anxiety in women undergoing gynaecological surgery pp. 341-352

Eloise Carr, Katrina Brockbank, Sandra Allen and Paul Strike

Osteoporosis in older Chinese men: knowledge and health beliefs pp. 353-355

Linda Yin‐King Lee and Edmond King‐Fai Lai

Translation and validation of the Chinese version of the Charing Cross Venous Ulcer Questionnaire pp. 356-357

Irene KY Wong, Diana TF Lee and David R Thompson

Evaluation of an education programme for Chinese women receiving internal radiation for uterine cervical cancer pp. 358-360

Winnie KW So and Jacqualine KT Yuen

A comparison of preceptor and preceptee's perceptions of how the preceptor's role is operationalized pp. 361-364

Robyn Fox, Amanda Henderson and Kristina Malko‐Nyhan

Commentary on Çelik S, ?ztekin D, Akyolcu N and İşsever H (2005) Sleep disturbance: the patient care activities applied at the night shift in the intensive care unit. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 102–106 pp. 365-367

S José Closs and Innes Reid

Commentary on Li H (2005) Hospitalized elders and family caregivers. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 3–8 pp. 368-369

J Reed

Commentary on Hekkink CF, Wigersma L, Yzermans CJ and Bindels PJ (2005) HIV nursing consultants: patients’ preferences and experiences about the quality of care. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 327–333 pp. 370-371

Ian Atkinson

Commentary on McKain S, Henderson A, Kuys S, Drake S, Kerridge L and Ahern K (2005) Exploration of patients’ needs for information on arrival at a geriatric and rehabilitation unit. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 704–710 pp. 372-373

John Adams

Commentary on Pascoe SW and Neal RD (2004) Primary care: questionnaire survey of alternative forms of patient and nurse face‐to‐face consultations. Journal of Clinical Nursing 13, 406–407 pp. 374-375

Elizabeth Patterson

Volume 15, issue 2, 2006

Editorial: Methodological variety of papers published in JCN pp. 127-127

Roger Watson

Burn injuries in small children, a population‐based study in Sweden pp. 129-134

Anna Carlsson, Giggi Udén, Anders Håkansson and Elisabeth Dejin Karlsson

An evaluation of the role of the clinical education facilitator pp. 135-144

Brendan McCormack and Paul Slater

Chest drain removal pain and its management: a literature review pp. 145-154

Elizabeth A Bruce, Richard F Howard and Linda S Franck

Using clinical skills laboratories to promote theory–practice integration during first practice placement: an Irish perspective pp. 155-161

Raph Morgan

A 4‐cm thermoactive viscoelastic foam pad on the operating room table to prevent pressure ulcer during cardiac surgery pp. 162-167

Johanna Feuchtinger, Rob de Bie, Theo Dassen and Ruud Halfens

Nutrition of the critically ill patient and effects of implementing a nutritional support algorithm in ICU pp. 168-177

Hilde Wøien and Ida Torunn Bjørk

Use of technological equipment in critical care units: nurses’ perceptions in Greece pp. 178-187

Panagiotis Kiekkas, Maria Karga, Maria Poulopoulou, Irini Karpouhtsi, Vasileios Papadoulas and Constantinos Koutsojannis

Caring in nursing: investigating the meaning of caring from the perspective of cancer patients in Beijing, China pp. 188-196

Jun‐E Liu, Esther Mok and Thomas Wong

Exploring community nurses' perceptions of life review in palliative care pp. 197-207

Ian Trueman and Jonathan Parker

Structured reminiscence: an intervention to decrease depression and increase self‐transcendence in older women pp. 208-218

Cynthia Kellam Stinson and Edythe Kirk

The health promotion model as assessed by ageing workers pp. 219-226

Paula Naumanen

Knowledge, health beliefs, and behaviours in first‐degree relatives of women suffering from osteoporosis pp. 227-229

Shu‐Fang Chang

Commentary on Whitehead D (2004) Health‐promoting hospitals: the role and function of nursing. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 20–27 pp. 230-232

Morgan Smith and Lynette Cusack

To Smith and Cusack's commentary on Whitehead D (2004) Health promoting hospitals: the role and function of nursing pp. 233-233

Dean Whitehead

Commentary on Whittemore R, Melkus GD & Grey M (2005) Metabolic control, self‐management and psychosocial adjustment in women with type 2 diabetes. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 195–203 pp. 234-236

Vivien Coates and Gordon Rae

Darbyshire P (2004) ‘Rage against the machine?’: nurses’ and midwives’ experiences of using computerized patient information systems for clinical information. Journal of Clinical Nursing 13, 17–25 pp. 237-237

Tonya L DeZarn

Commentary on Schultz PN, Klein MJ, Beck ML, Stava C & Sellin RV (2005) Breast cancer: relationship between menopausal symptoms, physiologic health effects of cancer treatment and physical constraints on quality of life in long‐term survivors. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 204–211 pp. 238-239

Tracey McCready

Commentary on Defloor T & Grypdonck MFH (2005) Pressure ulcers: validation of two assessment scales. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 373–382 pp. 240-241

Pam Jackson

Commentary on Glacken M & Chaney D (2004) Perceived barriers to implementing research findings in the Irish practice setting. Journal of Clinical Nursing 13, 731–740 pp. 242-243

Seamus Cowman

Commentary on Smith L and Callery P (2005) Children's accounts of their preoperative information needs. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 230–238 pp. 244-245

Barbara Sheer

Commentary on McKenna HP, Keeney S and Hasson F (2005) Views on the ground: teaching and clinical assessors’ views on vocational training for healthcare assistants in Ireland. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 426–434 pp. 246-247

Julie MacDonald

Commentary on Watson B, Clarke C, Swallow V and Forster S (2005) Exploratory factor analysis of the research and development culture index among qualified nurses. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 1042–1047 pp. 248-248

Roger Watson

Edited by Kate Wilson pp. 249-249

Julie MacDonald

Volume 15, issue 1, 2006

Editorial: How clinical is JCN? pp. 1-2

Roger Watson

Boundaries around the ‘well‐informed’ patient: the contribution of Schutz to inform nurses’ interactions pp. 4-10

Amanda Henderson

Information handling in the nursing discharge note pp. 11-21

Ragnhild Hellesø

Attitudes towards, and information needs in relation to, supplementary nurse prescribing in the UK: an empirical study pp. 22-28

Dianne Berry, Molly Courtenay and Elisabetta Bersellini

Mothers’ experiences of feeding situations – an interview study pp. 29-34

Ann‐Cathrine Bramhagen, Irene Axelsson and Inger Hallström

Evaluating the clinical effectiveness of neonatal nurse practitioners: an exploratory study pp. 35-44

Leslie Woods

The psychological impact of genetic testing on parents pp. 45-51

Leyla Dinc and Fusun Terzioglu

Comparison of hospital and home intravenous antibiotic therapy in adults with cystic fibrosis pp. 52-60

Glenda Esmond, Mark Butler and Anne Marie McCormack

Consultation with children in hospital: children, parents’ and nurses’ perspectives pp. 61-71

Imelda Coyne

The evolving role of community nurses for people with learning disabilities: changes over an 11‐year period pp. 72-82

Owen Barr

Patients and nurses’ perceptions of ward environmental factors and support systems in the care of suicidal patients pp. 83-92

Fan‐Ko Sun, Ann Long, Jennifer Boore and Lee‐Ing Tsao

Patients’ perceptions of the concept of the quality of care in the psychiatric setting: a phenomenographic study pp. 93-102

Agneta Schröder, Gerd Ahlström and Bodil Wilde Larsson

Normal saline flushing for maintenance of peripheral intravenous sites pp. 103-104

Tetsuji Fujita, Tokunori Namiki, Toshiko Suzuki and Emiko Yamamoto

Implementing a nurse‐led critical care outreach service in an acute hospital pp. 105-110

Wendy Watson, Caroline Mozley, Judith Cope, Dianne Hart, Diana Kay, Karen Cowley, Jayne Pateraki and George Priestley

Commentary on Hopia H, Tomlinson PS, Paavilainen E & Åstedt‐Kurki P (2005) Child in hospital: family experiences and expectations of how nurses can promote family health. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 212–222 pp. 111-113

Linda Shields and Imelda Coyne

Commentary on Trovo de Araujo M and Paes da Silva MJ (2004) Communication with dying patients: perception of intensive care units nurses in Brazil. Journal of Clinical Nursing 13, 143–149 pp. 114-116

Margaret O'Connor

Commentary on Meaning of spirituality: implications for nursing practice. Journal of Clinical Nursing 13, 934–941 pp. 117-118

Dean Whitehead

Commentary on Tse MMY, Pun SPY & Benzie IFF (2005) Pain relief strategies used by the older people with chronic pain: an exploratory survey for planning patient‐centred intervention. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 315–320 pp. 119-120

Emma Briggs

Commentary on Nicholson C (2004) A systematic review of the effectiveness of oxygen in reducing acute myocardial ischaemia. Journal of Clinical Nursing 13, 996–1007 pp. 121-122

Tom Quinn

Commentary on Regehr C, Kjerulf M, Popova S & Baker A (2004) Trauma and tribulation: the experiences and attitudes of operating room nurses working with organ donors. Journal of Clinical Nursing 13, 430–437 pp. 123-124

Rebecca Smith

Commitment and Responsibility in Nursing: A Faith‐Based Approach pp. 125-125

Karen E Rose