Educating tomorrow's clinical researchers: a review of research preparation in undergraduate education.

Background: One large health region in England was experiencing difficulties in recruiting to clinical research posts which required registered nurse or allied health professional skills.

Objectives: Pre-registration preparation may influence practitioners' career choices and the study reviewed the research content in pre-registration nurse/AHP degree level programmes in the region to i) describe key features of the modules, and ii) determine the extent to which clinical research featured.

Design And Settings: There are eight universities in the region.

A survey of issues of ethnicity and culture in nursing homes in an English region: nurse managers' perspectives.

Aims: This survey explored issues of ethnicity and culture in nursing homes in one English region.

Background: The older black and minority ethnic population in the UK is increasing, and this is the first detailed study of numbers of black and minority ethnic residents in nursing homes and of managers' perceptions of their abilities to respond to residents' needs.

Design: Mixed methods.

An evaluation of the impact of the Gold Standards Framework on collaboration in end-of-life care in nursing homes. A qualitative and quantitative evaluation.

Background: In the United Kingdom approaching 20% of people aged 85 years and over live in care homes and most will die there. Improving end-of-life care is a government health priority and homes may work with primary care staff and specialist palliative practitioners to provide comprehensive end-of-life care. Consequently effective collaboration between care home and health service practitioners is vital to ensure high quality end-of-life care.

Leading end-of-life care: an action learning set approach in nursing homes.

If the end-of-life care needs of people living in nursing homes are to be met, effective leadership is necessary. This in turn requires that appropriate training and support are provided for nursing home managers. To meet this need, an action learning set (ALS) involving nursing home managers was developed, and as a result of the continuous process of learning and reflection that characterizes ALS work the managers brought about a number of improvements in end-of-life care.