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A hierarchy of distress: Mokken scaling of the GHQ-30 (2008)
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Watson, R., Deary, I. J., & Shipley, B. (2008). A hierarchy of distress: Mokken scaling of the GHQ-30. Psychological Medicine, 38(4), 575-579. https://doi.org/10.1017/s003329170800281x

Background. Hierarchical cumulative scales are common and informative in psychology. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) does not appear to have been subjected to an analysis that examines the hierarchical and cumulative nature of its items. We re... Read More about A hierarchy of distress: Mokken scaling of the GHQ-30.

Older nurses and midwives in the NHS. (2007)
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Wray, J., Aspland, J., Gibson, H., Stimpson, A., & Watson, R. (2007). Older nurses and midwives in the NHS. Nursing Management, 14(8), 26-30. https://doi.org/10.7748/nm2007.12.14.8.26.c8240

Jane Wray and colleagues discuss the results of their study into the employment experiences of older nurses and midwives, which concludes that the expertise of these professionals is essential for the improvement of patient care WHEN THE Employmen... Read More about Older nurses and midwives in the NHS..

Employment experiences of older nurses and midwives in the NHS (2007)
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Wray, J., Aspland, J., Gibson, H., Stimpson, A., & Watson, R. (2007). Employment experiences of older nurses and midwives in the NHS. Nursing standard : official newspaper of the Royal College of Nursing, 22(9), 35-40. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2007.11.22.9.35.c6232

AIM: To examine the employment experiences of older nurses and midwives working in the NHS. METHOD: A total of 27 semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with nurses and midwives to identify positive and negative aspects of their working... Read More about Employment experiences of older nurses and midwives in the NHS.

Are personality trait items reliably more or less 'difficult'? Mokken scaling of the NEO-FFI (2007)
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Watson, R., Deary, I., & Austin, E. (2007). Are personality trait items reliably more or less 'difficult'? Mokken scaling of the NEO-FFI. Personality and individual differences, 43(6), 1460-1469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2007.04.023

The psychometric properties of self-report scales, such as the NEO-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), are examined using a range of statistical methods such as factor analysis. These methods establish, among other things, whether items in a scale covar... Read More about Are personality trait items reliably more or less 'difficult'? Mokken scaling of the NEO-FFI.

The demise of nursing in the United Kingdom: A warning for medicine (2007)
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Shields, L., & Watson, R. (2007). The demise of nursing in the United Kingdom: A warning for medicine. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 100(2), 70-74. https://doi.org/10.1258/jrsm.100.2.70

Medicine without nursing is an untenable concept: doctors could not practice without highly educated, knowledgeable and competent nurses as part of the health care team. In the UK, nursing is under threat and could pass away, to be replaced by techni... Read More about The demise of nursing in the United Kingdom: A warning for medicine.

Is there a role for higher education in preparing nurses? (2006)
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Watson, R. (2006). Is there a role for higher education in preparing nurses?. Nurse education today, 26(8), 622-626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2006.07.008

Nurse education is now almost wholly situated within universities internationally. However, issues such as the necessity of higher education for what is seen as a practical occupation and the question of whether or not nursing is a profession arise.... Read More about Is there a role for higher education in preparing nurses?.

A general route diversity model for convergent terrestrial microwave links (2006)
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Paulson, K. S., Usman, I. S., & Watson, R. J. (2006). A general route diversity model for convergent terrestrial microwave links. Radio science, 41(3), https://doi.org/10.1029/2005RS003411

[1] This research examines route diversity as a fade mitigation technique in the presence of rain for convergent, terrestrial, microwave links. A general model is derived which predicts the joint distribution of rain attenuation on arbitrary pairs of... Read More about A general route diversity model for convergent terrestrial microwave links.

Use of factor analysis in Journal of Advanced Nursing: literature review (2006)
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Watson, R., & Thompson, D. R. (2006). Use of factor analysis in Journal of Advanced Nursing: literature review. Journal of advanced nursing, 55(3), 330-341. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03915.x

Aim. This paper reports a review analysing the use of factor analysis in papers in Journal of Advanced Nursing. Background. Factor analysis is a multivariate statistical method for reducing large numbers of variables to fewer underlying dimensions. T... Read More about Use of factor analysis in Journal of Advanced Nursing: literature review.

Nutritional screening and assessment tools for older adults: literature review (2006)
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Green, S. M., & Watson, R. (2006). Nutritional screening and assessment tools for older adults: literature review. Journal of advanced nursing, 54(4), 477-490. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03841.x

Aim. This paper reports a literature review to examine the range of published tools available for use by nurses to screen or assess nutritional status of older adults, and the extent to which validity, reliability, sensitivity, specificity and accept... Read More about Nutritional screening and assessment tools for older adults: literature review.

Feeding and dementia: a systematic literature review (2006)
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Watson, R., & Green, S. M. (2006). Feeding and dementia: a systematic literature review. Journal of advanced nursing, 54(1), 86-93. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03793.x

Aim. This paper reports a systematic review of the literature on interventions to promote oral nutritional intake of older people with dementia and feeding difficulty between 1993 and 2003. Background. Older people with dementia commonly experience d... Read More about Feeding and dementia: a systematic literature review.

Primary emotions in patients after myocardial infarction (2006)
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Bowman, G., Trotman-Beasty, A., & Watson, R. (2006). Primary emotions in patients after myocardial infarction. Journal of advanced nursing, 53(6), 636-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03770.x

Aims. This paper reports a study testing the reliability and validity of the Emotion and Health Scale and to check convergent and discriminant validity against the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Background. Reactions to illness are often meas... Read More about Primary emotions in patients after myocardial infarction.

The internal consistency and intra-rater reliability of an assessment practice grid for community nurses (2003)
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Baulcomb, S., & Watson, R. (2003). The internal consistency and intra-rater reliability of an assessment practice grid for community nurses. Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 7(3-4), 168-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1361-9004%2803%2900095-5

The development of instruments to measure clinical competence in nursing shows little evidence of a systematic approach and studies of reliability and validity are absent. The present study was carried out using data on practice assessment collected... Read More about The internal consistency and intra-rater reliability of an assessment practice grid for community nurses.

Differences and similarities in the perception of caring between Spanish and UK nurses (2002)
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Watson, R., Hoogbruin, A. L., Rumeu, C., Beunza, M., Barbarin, B., Macdonald, J., & Mccready, T. (2003). Differences and similarities in the perception of caring between Spanish and UK nurses. Journal of clinical nursing, 12(1), 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00671.x

The aim of the present paper was to compare and contrast perceptions of caring in nursing between Spanish and UK nurses. There are no previous studies comparing directly the perceptions of caring across cultures in nursing. A survey method was used e... Read More about Differences and similarities in the perception of caring between Spanish and UK nurses.

Perceptions of nursing: a study involving nurses, nursing students, patients and non-nursing students (2002)
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Watson, R., Deary, I. J., Hoogbruin, A. L., Vermeijden, W., Rumeu, C., Beunza, M., …McCready, T. (2003). Perceptions of nursing: a study involving nurses, nursing students, patients and non-nursing students. International journal of nursing studies, 40(2), 133-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0020-7489%2802%2900042-1

This paper describes a study of perceptions of nursing by nursing students, qualified nurses (United Kingdom and Spain), patients and non-nursing students. A survey method was used with a longitudinal panel element incorporating a 35-item version of... Read More about Perceptions of nursing: a study involving nurses, nursing students, patients and non-nursing students.