A different way of life: a qualitative study on the experiences of family caregivers of stroke survivors living at home.

There are approximately 1.3 million stroke survivors in the UK, with the majority of them relying on family caregivers for support. However, the needs of family caregivers are not routinely assessed by most services.

Finessing incivility: The professional socialisation experiences of student nurses' first clinical placement, a grounded theory.

Background: Clinical practice is where student nurses are socialised into a professional role and acquire the distinct behaviour, attitudes and values of the nursing profession. Getting it right at the outset can maximise the development of a professional identity and the transmission of robust value systems.

Objectives: To explore the impact of the first clinical placement on the professional socialisation of adult undergraduate student nurses in the United Kingdom.

Using unstructured diaries for primary data collection.

Aim: To give a reflective account of using unstructured handwritten diaries as a method of collecting qualitative data.

Background: Diaries are primarily used in research as a method of collecting qualitative data. There are some challenges associated with their use, including compliance rates.

Resilience to care: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature concerning the experiences of student nurses in adult hospital settings in the UK.

Aim: The aim of the study was to gain new insights into the experiences and accounts of adult pre-registration student nurse clinical allocations in hospital settings in the UK.

Design: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature was undertaken.

Data Sources: Pertinent papers published from 1990 to 2010 were identified through searches of Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Proquest, Medline (PubMed), and the British Nursing Index.