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Primary emotions in patients after myocardial infarction (2006)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Clinical competence assessment in nursing: a systematic review of the literature (2002)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Stimpson, A., Topping, A., & Porock, D. (2002). Clinical competence assessment in nursing: a systematic review of the literature. Journal of advanced nursing, 39(5), 421-431. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02307.x

Background. The assessment of clinical competence has returned to centre stage of nurse education. However, there is little evidence to support the use of clinical competence and a wide variety of methods for its use. Research question. The present s... Read More about Clinical competence assessment in nursing: a systematic review of the literature.