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Nursing research capacity building in a Spanish hospital: an intervention study (2011)
Journal Article
Corchon, S., Portillo, M. C., Watson, R., & Saracíbar, M. (2011). Nursing research capacity building in a Spanish hospital: an intervention study. Journal of clinical nursing, 20(17-18), 2479-2489. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03744.x

Aims and objectives. To evaluate a contextually framed intervention to increase nursing research capacity among clinical nurses in a Spanish hospital. Background. In Spain, there has been a paucity of nursing research and a lack of nursing research c... Read More about Nursing research capacity building in a Spanish hospital: an intervention study.

The serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP]: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial (2011)
Journal Article
White, J., Gray, R. J., Swift, L., Barton, G. R., & Jones, M. (2011). The serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP]: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 12(167), https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-167

Background: The serious mental illness Health Improvement Profile [HIP] is a brief pragmatic tool, which enables mental health nurses to work together with patients to screen physical health and take evidence-based action when variables are identifie... Read More about The serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP]: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Drinking behaviors: The life narratives of indigenous bunun women in Taiwan (2011)
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Chang, L., Lo, S., & Hayter, M. (2011). Drinking behaviors: The life narratives of indigenous bunun women in Taiwan. The journal of nursing research : JNR, 19(2), 83-93. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNR.0b013e31821cbbd0

Background: Alcohol intoxication is a serious health issue among Taiwan's indigenous Malayo-Polynesian groups. No published studies address the drinking perceptions and behaviors of Bunun women. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the... Read More about Drinking behaviors: The life narratives of indigenous bunun women in Taiwan.

The case for graduate entry to the United Kingdom nursing register (2011)
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Ali, P., & Watson, R. (2011). The case for graduate entry to the United Kingdom nursing register. International Nursing Review, 58(3), 312-318. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-7657.2011.00901.x

Aim: The recent decision of the United Kingdom Nursing and Midwifery Council to make nursing a degree profession is contentious and has generated debate among nurses and other stakeholders. We argue why nurses need a degree to nurse and what the impl... Read More about The case for graduate entry to the United Kingdom nursing register.

A review of clinical competence assessment in nursing (2011)
Journal Article
Yanhua, C., & Watson, R. (2011). A review of clinical competence assessment in nursing. Nurse education today, 31(8), 832-836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2011.05.003

Aims: To investigate trends in the evaluation of clinical competence in nursing students and newly qualified nurses over the last 10 years. Design: A literature review following PRISMA guidelines. Methods: The following databases were searched: Cochr... Read More about A review of clinical competence assessment in nursing.

Concurrent analysis of choice and control in childbirth (2011)
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Snowden, A., Martin, C. H., Jomeen, J., & Martin, C. H. (2011). Concurrent analysis of choice and control in childbirth. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-11-40

Background: This paper reports original research on choice and control in childbirth. Eight women were interviewed as part of a wider investigation into locus of control in women with pre-labour rupture of membranes at term (PROM) 1.Methods: The foll... Read More about Concurrent analysis of choice and control in childbirth.

Surrogate mothers: Aboriginal grandmothers raising grandchildren in Taiwan (2011)
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Chang, Y., & Hayter, M. (2011). Surrogate mothers: Aboriginal grandmothers raising grandchildren in Taiwan. Journal of Family Nursing, 17(2), 202-223. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840711405527

The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the experiences of Taiwanese aboriginal grandmothers when raising their grandchildren.Adopting a phenomenological approach, interviews were conducted with 15 Taiwanese aboriginal grandmothers wh... Read More about Surrogate mothers: Aboriginal grandmothers raising grandchildren in Taiwan.

A comprehensive study of psychometric properties of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) in Spanish advanced cancer patients (2011)
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Carvajal, A., Centeno, C., Watson, R., & Bruera, E. (2011). A comprehensive study of psychometric properties of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) in Spanish advanced cancer patients. European Journal of Cancer, 47(12), 1863-1872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2011.03.027

Background: The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) is developed for daily symptom assessment. Validation studies tested a variety of languages and patients. The purpose was to carry out a comprehensive examination of the psychometric propertie... Read More about A comprehensive study of psychometric properties of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) in Spanish advanced cancer patients.

Experiences of sub-fertility among Chinese couples in Hong Kong: a qualitative study (2011)
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Loke, A. Y., Yu, P., & Hayter, M. (2012). Experiences of sub-fertility among Chinese couples in Hong Kong: a qualitative study. Journal of clinical nursing, 21(3-4), 504-512. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03632.x

Aim.  This study aimed to explore the lived experience of sub‐fertility among Chinese couples in Hong Kong. Background.  In Chinese culture, the duty of young married couples is to bear children to carry on the family line. Married couples who... Read More about Experiences of sub-fertility among Chinese couples in Hong Kong: a qualitative study.

Interprofessionalism, personalization and care provision (2011)
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(2011). Interprofessionalism, personalization and care provision. British Journal of Community Nursing, 16(4), 184 - 190. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2011.16.4.184

This UK-based empirical research investigates interprofessionalism and personalization to assess their potential to achieve quality care provision for people with long-term conditions. Governmental policies extol the virtues of interprofessionalism a... Read More about Interprofessionalism, personalization and care provision.

Reviews - Johan Bouwer (ed.), Successful Ageing, Spirituality and Meaning: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Peeters Publishers, Leuven, Belgium, 2010, 284 pp., pbk €48, ISBN 13: 978 90 429 2268 6. (2011)
Journal Article
Draper, P. (2011). Reviews - Johan Bouwer (ed.), Successful Ageing, Spirituality and Meaning: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Peeters Publishers, Leuven, Belgium, 2010, 284 pp., pbk €48, ISBN 13: 978 90 429 2268 6. Ageing and Society, 31(04), 713-714. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x11000018

To what extent are the Christian clergy acting as frontline mental health workers? A study from the North of England (2011)
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Wood, E., Watson, R., & Hayter, M. (2011). To what extent are the Christian clergy acting as frontline mental health workers? A study from the North of England. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 14(8), 769-783. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2010.522565

The Church has always been associated with care of the sick; this continues today many clergy see people with mental health issues. Studies outside the United Kingdom have shown that when people with mental health issues visit clergy for help they of... Read More about To what extent are the Christian clergy acting as frontline mental health workers? A study from the North of England.

Educating healthcare professionals to act on the physical health needs of people with serious mental illness: a systematic search for evidence (2011)
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Hardy, S., White, J., Deane, K., & Gray, R. (2011). Educating healthcare professionals to act on the physical health needs of people with serious mental illness: a systematic search for evidence. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, 18(8), 721-727. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01722.x

Healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care should monitor the physical health of people with serious mental illness, yet in practice this does not appear to be a routine intervention. Our objective is to develop evidence-based training fo... Read More about Educating healthcare professionals to act on the physical health needs of people with serious mental illness: a systematic search for evidence.

Screening for specific learning difficulties (SpLD): the impact upon the progression of pre-registration nursing students. (2011)
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Wray, J., Aspland, J., Taghzouit, J., Pace, K., & Harrison, P. (2012). Screening for specific learning difficulties (SpLD): the impact upon the progression of pre-registration nursing students. Nurse education today, 32(1), 96-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2011.01.021

The study aimed to explore the impact of screening pre-registration nursing students for an SpLD at entry to an education programme, and the provision of specialist support for those identified as 'at risk'. Progression was monitored using a multiple... Read More about Screening for specific learning difficulties (SpLD): the impact upon the progression of pre-registration nursing students..

Pubescent male students' attitudes towards menstruation in Taiwan: implications for reproductive health education and school nursing practice (2011)
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Chang, Y., Hayter, M., & Lin, M. (2012). Pubescent male students' attitudes towards menstruation in Taiwan: implications for reproductive health education and school nursing practice. Journal of clinical nursing, 21(3-4), 513-521. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03700.x

Aim.  To explore male students’ attitudes towards menstruation. Background.  Menstruation is a biological event that is often surrounded by secrecy and social stigma that causes anxiety amongst many young girls. A key element of this is the attitu... Read More about Pubescent male students' attitudes towards menstruation in Taiwan: implications for reproductive health education and school nursing practice.

Are English novice nurses prepared to work in primary care setting? (2011)
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Ali, P. A., Watson, R., & Albutt, G. (2011). Are English novice nurses prepared to work in primary care setting?. Nurse education in practice, 11(5), 304-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2011.02.001

This study explored the role of nurses in primary care and nurses' level of preparedness to work in the primary care sector in United Kingdom. The study was conducted in three primary care trusts (PCTs) in the north of England and participants were s... Read More about Are English novice nurses prepared to work in primary care setting?.

A survey of the reasons patients do not chose percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy/jejunostomy (PEG/PEJ) as a route for long-term feeding (2011)
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Lin, L., Li, M., & Watson, R. (2011). A survey of the reasons patients do not chose percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy/jejunostomy (PEG/PEJ) as a route for long-term feeding. Journal of clinical nursing, 20(5-6), 802-810. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03541.x

Aims: To investigate why patients do not choose percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy or percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy as a route for long-term feeding. Background: Home enteral tube feeding is well recognised as a valuable therapeutic option for... Read More about A survey of the reasons patients do not chose percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy/jejunostomy (PEG/PEJ) as a route for long-term feeding.

It's not cricket: the Ashes of nursing education (2011)
Journal Article
Shields, L., Purcell, C., & Watson, R. (2011). It's not cricket: the Ashes of nursing education. Nurse education today, 31(4), 314-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2010.12.015

The aim of this short discussion paper is to engender debate about the downturn in intellectual standing of nursing courses in Australia, where entry standards to nursing courses, and pass marks are being lowered to cater to the needs of health servi... Read More about It's not cricket: the Ashes of nursing education.