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Opportunistic screening for alcohol use problems in adolescents attending emergency departments: an evaluation of screening tools (2018)
Journal Article
Coulton, S., Alam, M. F., Boniface, S., Deluca, P., Donoghue, K., Gilvarry, E., …Drummond, C. (2019). Opportunistic screening for alcohol use problems in adolescents attending emergency departments: an evaluation of screening tools. Journal of Public Health, 41(1), e53-e60. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdy049

Objective To estimate and compare the optimal cut-off score of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and AUDIT-C in identifying at-risk alcohol consumption, heavy episodic alcohol use, ICD-10 alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence in adoles... Read More about Opportunistic screening for alcohol use problems in adolescents attending emergency departments: an evaluation of screening tools.

Self-reported skin concerns: An epidemiological study of community-dwelling older people (2018)
Journal Article
Cowdell, F., Dyson, J., Long, J., & Macleod, U. (2018). Self-reported skin concerns: An epidemiological study of community-dwelling older people. International journal of older people nursing, 13(3), e12195. https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12195

Background Globally the population is getting older and it is essential to develop effective interventions to promote healthy ageing. Skin change with age is inevitable and renders this often neglected organ more vulnerable to damage and breakdown;... Read More about Self-reported skin concerns: An epidemiological study of community-dwelling older people.

Leadership style and organisational commitment among nursing staff in Saudi Arabia (2018)
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Al-Yami, M., Galdas, P., & Watson, R. (2018). Leadership style and organisational commitment among nursing staff in Saudi Arabia. Journal of nursing management, 26(5), 531-539. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12578

© 2018 The Authors. Aims: To examine how nurse managers' leadership styles, and nurses' organisational commitment in Saudi Arabia relate. Background: Effective leadership is influential in staff retention; however, recruiting and maintaining nurses i... Read More about Leadership style and organisational commitment among nursing staff in Saudi Arabia.

Factor analysis and Mokken scaling of the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire in nurses (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Yami, M., Galdas, P., & Watson, R. (2019). Factor analysis and Mokken scaling of the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire in nurses. International Nursing Review, 66(1), 52-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12454

Aims: To generate an Arabic version of the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire that would be easily understood by Arabic speakers and would be sensitive to Arabic culture. Background: The nursing workforce in Saudi Arabia is undergoing a process... Read More about Factor analysis and Mokken scaling of the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire in nurses.

Nurse-facilitated health checks for persons with severe mental illness: A cluster-randomized controlled trial (2018)
Journal Article
White, J., Lucas, J., Swift, L., Barton, G. R., Johnson, H., Irvine, L., …Gray, R. J. (2018). Nurse-facilitated health checks for persons with severe mental illness: A cluster-randomized controlled trial. Psychiatric services : a journal of the American Psychiatric Association, 69(5), 601-604. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700258

Objective: This study tested the effectiveness of a nurse delivered health check with the Health Improvement Profile (HIP), which takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete and code, for persons with severe mental illness. Methods: A single-blind, clu... Read More about Nurse-facilitated health checks for persons with severe mental illness: A cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Facilitating a dedicated focus on the human dimensions of care in practice settings: Development of a new humanised care assessment tool (HCAT) to sensitise care (2018)
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Galvin, K. T., Sloan, C., Cowdell, F., Ellis-Hill, C., Pound, C., Watson, R., …Brooks, S. (2018). Facilitating a dedicated focus on the human dimensions of care in practice settings: Development of a new humanised care assessment tool (HCAT) to sensitise care. Nursing Inquiry, 25(3), e12235. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12235

There is limited consensus about what constitutes humanly sensitive care, or how it can be sustained in care settings. A new humanised care assessment tool may point to caring practices that are up to the task of meeting persons as humans within busy... Read More about Facilitating a dedicated focus on the human dimensions of care in practice settings: Development of a new humanised care assessment tool (HCAT) to sensitise care.

The educational preparation of nurses in a developing economy and patient mortality (2018)
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Mahfoud, Z. R., Gkantaras, I., Topping, A. E., Cannaby, A. M., Foreman, B., Watson, R., …Gray, R. (2018). The educational preparation of nurses in a developing economy and patient mortality. International Nursing Review, 65(3), 434-440. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12450

Background: Most studies have reported that higher levels (baccalaureate degree) of educational attainment by nurses is associated with lower levels of patient mortality. Researchers working in developed economies (e.g. North America and Europe) have... Read More about The educational preparation of nurses in a developing economy and patient mortality.

Language barriers and their impact on provision of care to patients with limited English proficiency: Nurses' perspectives (2018)
Journal Article
Ali, P. A., & Watson, R. (2018). Language barriers and their impact on provision of care to patients with limited English proficiency: Nurses' perspectives. Journal of clinical nursing, 27(5-6), e1152-e1160. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14204

Aim and objective: To explore nurses’ perspectives of language barriers and their impact on the provision of care to patients with limited English proficiency from diverse linguistic background. Design and methods: A qualitative descriptive approach... Read More about Language barriers and their impact on provision of care to patients with limited English proficiency: Nurses' perspectives.

Experiences of older people following an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A phenomenological study (2018)
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Rosa, F., Bagnasco, A., Ghirotto, L., Rocco, G., Catania, G., Aleo, G., …Sasso, L. (2018). Experiences of older people following an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A phenomenological study. Journal of clinical nursing, 27(5-6), e1110-e1119. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14189

Aims and objectives To explore the experience of patients affected by COPD following hospitalization due to an acute exacerbation event. Background Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressively debilitating disease, often with ve... Read More about Experiences of older people following an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A phenomenological study.

Telemonitoring in subjects with newly diagnosed heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: From clinical research to everyday practice (2018)
Journal Article
Koulaouzidis, G., Barrett, D., Mohee, K., & Clark, A. (2019). Telemonitoring in subjects with newly diagnosed heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: From clinical research to everyday practice. Journal of telemedicine and telecare, 25(3), 167-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X17751004

© 2018, The Author(s) 2018. Introduction: Heart failure is increasingly common, and characterised by frequent admissions to hospital. To try and reduce the risk of hospitalisation, techniques such as telemonitoring (TM) may have a role. We wanted to... Read More about Telemonitoring in subjects with newly diagnosed heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: From clinical research to everyday practice.

High feeding dependence prevalence in residents living in Italian nursing homes requires new policies: findings from a regionally based cross-sectional study (2018)
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Palese, A., Grassetti, L., Bandera, D., Zuttion, R., Ferrario, B., Ponta, S., …Watson, R. (2018). High feeding dependence prevalence in residents living in Italian nursing homes requires new policies: findings from a regionally based cross-sectional study. Health Policy, 122(3), 301-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.01.011

Objectives: An increased amount of functional dependence has been reported among residents living in nursing homes. Among others, feeding dependence is one of the most complex needs to satisfy: behind the attempt to personalise meals with individual... Read More about High feeding dependence prevalence in residents living in Italian nursing homes requires new policies: findings from a regionally based cross-sectional study.

Outcome of Demonstration Program on Hand Washing Technique among Nursing Staff in Dhiraj General Hospital (2018)
Journal Article
Ravindra, H., Christian, K., Bhargav, A., Abhi, B., Urja, C., Krishna, C., & Abhilasha, G. (2018). Outcome of Demonstration Program on Hand Washing Technique among Nursing Staff in Dhiraj General Hospital. Journal of Nursing Today, 6(1), 9-18

Background of the study: Thousands of people die every day around the world from infections acquired while receiving health care. Hands are the main pathways of germ transmission during health care. Hand hygiene is therefore the most important measur... Read More about Outcome of Demonstration Program on Hand Washing Technique among Nursing Staff in Dhiraj General Hospital.

The views of children and young people on the use of silk garments for the treatment of eczema: a nested qualitative study within the CLOTHing for the relief of Eczema Symptoms (CLOTHES) randomized controlled trial (2018)
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Wake, E. V., Batchelor, J., Lawton, S., Thomas, K. S., Harrison, E. F., Cowdell, F. C., & the U.K. Dermatology Clinical Trials Network's CLOTHES Trial Team. (2018). The views of children and young people on the use of silk garments for the treatment of eczema: a nested qualitative study within the CLOTHing for the relief of Eczema Symptoms (CLOTHES) randomized controlled trial. British journal of dermatology, 178(1), 183-190. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.15909

Many children suffer with skin diseases, but to date, most dermatological research has been done ‘on’ rather than ‘with’ children; in this study we actively sought the experiences of children and young people. Atopic eczema (AE) is a chronic, itchy,... Read More about The views of children and young people on the use of silk garments for the treatment of eczema: a nested qualitative study within the CLOTHing for the relief of Eczema Symptoms (CLOTHES) randomized controlled trial.

Discharge from critical care into the community for end-of-life care (2017)
Journal Article
Chambers, A. (2017). Discharge from critical care into the community for end-of-life care. Journal of community nursing, 31(6), 54-58

This article discusses the considerations and actions taken to facilitate the discharge of a ventilated end-of-life patient called Michael, whose name has been changed for confidentiality, from a critical care unit (CCU) to his expressed preferred pl... Read More about Discharge from critical care into the community for end-of-life care.

“I never thought I could do that…”: Findings from an Alexander Technique pilot group for older people with a fear of falling. (2017)
Journal Article
Glover, L., Kinsey, D., Clappison, D. J., Gardiner, E., & Jomeen, J. (2018). “I never thought I could do that…”: Findings from an Alexander Technique pilot group for older people with a fear of falling. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 17, 79-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2017.11.008

© 2017 Elsevier GmbH Introduction Fear of falling is a major problem facing the health care system. No clear evidence exists as to the most effective management approach although a need for both psychological and physical intervention is recognised.... Read More about “I never thought I could do that…”: Findings from an Alexander Technique pilot group for older people with a fear of falling..