Articles, booklets and guides

Self-help, information and reference

Administration of depot and long-acting antipsychotic injections
This guide has been developed to encourage good practice in the administration of these types of injection, with the emphasis on partnership between healthcare professionals and service users.

Burnout - a spiritual crisis
A RCN Publishing essential guide.

Calculation Skills - Paediatric Nursing
This guide is for all nurses working with neonates, children and young people to support their learning and revision of calculation skills.

Cultural and spiritual awareness: a guide
African/Caribbean, Asian, Chinese, Travellers, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Baha'i, Christian Science, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, Rastafarianism, Seventh Day Adventists, Other faiths...

Childhood obesity and lifestyle (Kellogg's Family Health Study)
A Nursing Standard booklet.

Genetics
This series of articles aims to raise awareness of genetics and help readers develop confidence in dealing appropriately with genetic issues that arise in their area of practice.

Guideline for the use of single rooms on general children's wards
Five flow charts and accompanying notes comprise the full guideline referred to in the article by Sue Blythe and Pat Rose in Paediatric Nursing, February 2009 (p31-35).

Healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners: Delegation and Accountability Guide
Written by Susan Hopkins, Education Adviser, Royal College of Nursing; Alison Hughes, Primary Care Facilitator, Torfaen Local Health Board; and Paul Vaughan, HCA Adviser, Royal College of Nursing.

Infection Control
Cleanliness in hospitals means more than just maintaining a clean and safe environment. This guide will help you to increase your knowledge about the importance of cleaning and the role of nurses in keeping the patient environment clean and safe.

Mental health needs of older people (Let’s respect )
A RCN Publishing booklet.

Nutrition and older people
Nutrition has made headlines in the national media and the nursing press in recent years. This guide outlines the importance of nutrition and hydration, the nurse's role and highlights some examples of good practice.

Resilience and coping strategies in adolescents
Resilience has gained considerable attention over the past four decades since researchers observed that children and youth could cope and adapt in spite of adversity. Adolescence is considered to be a period of vulnerability for most individuals as they often partake in risky behaviour.

Smoking cessation (Innovations in)
A RCN Publishing booklet.

Spirit of Nursing Conference
Addressing patients' spiritual needs is recognised as an integral part of nursing care. But exactly how is that translated in the day-to-day hurly burly of health care and what are the implications for nurses?

Urinary continence management in older people
This guide is designed for professionals dealing with older people who have bladder problems. It suggests up-to-date, evidence based, practical management strategies.

Vulnerable adults: the prevention recognition and management of abuse
Essential guide produced by Nursing Standard & Nursing Older People in association with the NHS. PDF download.