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Getting more men into nursing: an urgent priority (too little, too late) (2020)
Journal Article
Thompson, D. R., Quinn, B., & Watson, R. (2020). Getting more men into nursing: an urgent priority (too little, too late). Journal of nursing management, 28(7), 1463-1464. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13021

Despite calls for increased investment in nursing, there is a global shortfall of 9 million nurses and midwives needed to deliver and sustain universal health coverage. The Nursing Now campaign run in collaboration with the World Health Organization... Read More about Getting more men into nursing: an urgent priority (too little, too late).

‘A fifty mile round trip to change a lightbulb’: An exploratory study of carers’ experiences of providing help, care and support to families and friends from a distance (2020)
Journal Article
White, C., Wray, J., & Whitfield, C. (2020). ‘A fifty mile round trip to change a lightbulb’: An exploratory study of carers’ experiences of providing help, care and support to families and friends from a distance. Health and Social Care in the Community, 28(5), 1632-1642. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12988

While the role of carers has been widely investigated, the experiences of those who care from a distance have been little explored, especially in the United Kingdom. However, contemporary patterns of family life suggest that this may be a significant... Read More about ‘A fifty mile round trip to change a lightbulb’: An exploratory study of carers’ experiences of providing help, care and support to families and friends from a distance.

Positive spiritual climate supports transformational leadership as means to reduce nursing burnout and intent to leave (2020)
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Wu, X., Hayter, M., Lee, A. J., Yuan, Y., Li, S., Bi, Y., Zhang, L., Cao, C., Gong, W., & Zhang, Y. (2020). Positive spiritual climate supports transformational leadership as means to reduce nursing burnout and intent to leave. Journal of nursing management, 28(4), 804-813. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12994

Aim To explore the relationship between spiritual climate and transformational leadership, and examine their impact on nurses perceived emotional exhaustion and intentions to quit. Background Transformational leadership is known to have a signif... Read More about Positive spiritual climate supports transformational leadership as means to reduce nursing burnout and intent to leave.

Understanding the principles and aims of intravenous fluid therapy (2020)
Journal Article
Guest, M. (2020). Understanding the principles and aims of intravenous fluid therapy. Nursing standard, 35(2), 75-82. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2020.e11459

A balance between the volume of fluid taken in by the human body, and the volume of fluid excreted, is essential for life. Body fluid balance, which is maintained via various homeostatic mechanisms, can be disrupted by injury or disease. Prompt actio... Read More about Understanding the principles and aims of intravenous fluid therapy.

Evolving trends in open access (2019)
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Watson, R. (2019). Evolving trends in open access. Compliance elliance journal, 5(1), 91-98

With the growth of open access publishing there has been a concomitant growth in the number of predatory publishers. This article considers why open access has arisen and the various models under which it operates before considering the nature of pre... Read More about Evolving trends in open access.

A meta-synthesis study of the key elements involved in childhood vaccine hesitancy (2019)
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Díaz Crescitelli, M. E., Ghirotto, L., Sisson, H., Sarli, L., Artioli, G., Bassi, M. C., …Hayter, M. (2020). A meta-synthesis study of the key elements involved in childhood vaccine hesitancy. Public health, 180, 38-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2019.10.027

Objectives: Immunization is one of the most successful and cost-effective interventions to improve health outcomes. However, internationally, the phenomenon of parental vaccine hesitancy is increasing and presents a growing challenge for health profe... Read More about A meta-synthesis study of the key elements involved in childhood vaccine hesitancy.

Targeted removal of blood cancer cells from mixed cell populations by cell recognition with matching particle imprints (2019)
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Das, A. A., Remaud, P., Medlock, J., Das, A. A. K., Allsup, D. J., Madden, L. A., Nees, D., Weldrick, P. J., & Paunov, V. N. (2019). Targeted removal of blood cancer cells from mixed cell populations by cell recognition with matching particle imprints. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 4(1), 197-205. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9qm00531e

We report a new approach for separation of blood cancer cells from healthy white blood cells based on cell recognition by surface functionalised particle imprints. We prepared polymeric particle imprints from a layer of suspension of monodisperse PMM... Read More about Targeted removal of blood cancer cells from mixed cell populations by cell recognition with matching particle imprints.

An evolution of socioeconomic related inequality in teenage pregnancy and childbearing in Malawi (2019)
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Chirwa, G. C., Mazalale, J., Likupe, G., Nkhoma, D., Chiwaula, L., & Chintsanya, J. (2019). An evolution of socioeconomic related inequality in teenage pregnancy and childbearing in Malawi. PLoS ONE, 14(11), Article e0225374. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225374

Background Teenage pregnancies and childbearing are important health concerns in low-and middleincome countries (LMICs) including Malawi. Addressing these challenges requires, among other things, an understanding of the socioeconomic determinants of... Read More about An evolution of socioeconomic related inequality in teenage pregnancy and childbearing in Malawi.

Enhanced Clearing of Wound-Related Pathogenic Bacterial Biofilms Using Protease-Functionalized Antibiotic Nanocarriers (2019)
Journal Article
Weldrick, P. J., Hardman, M. J., & Paunov, V. N. (2019). Enhanced Clearing of Wound-Related Pathogenic Bacterial Biofilms Using Protease-Functionalized Antibiotic Nanocarriers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11(47), 43902-43919. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b16119

© 2019 American Chemical Society. Biofilms are prevalent in chronic wounds and once formed are very hard to remove, which is associated with poor outcomes and high mortality rates. Biofilms are comprised of surface-attached bacteria embedded in an ex... Read More about Enhanced Clearing of Wound-Related Pathogenic Bacterial Biofilms Using Protease-Functionalized Antibiotic Nanocarriers.

Healthcare professionals must communicate with patients and relatives. They must enable informed, realistic and appropriate decisions in end-of-life pharmacotherapy (2019)
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Lee, A. J. (2021). Healthcare professionals must communicate with patients and relatives. They must enable informed, realistic and appropriate decisions in end-of-life pharmacotherapy. Evidence-Based Nursing, ebnurs-2019-103179. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103179

Commentary on: Morin L, Wastesson JW, Laroche ML, et al. How many older adults receive drugs of questionable clinical benefit near the end of life? A cohort study. Palliat Med 2019;33:1080– 90. doi: 10.1177/0269216319854013.

Unmet nursing care needs on medical and surgical wards : a scoping review of patients’ perspectives (2019)
Journal Article
Bagnasco, A., Dasso, N., Rossi, S., Galanti, C., Varone, G., Catania, G., Zanini, M., Aleo, G., Watson, R., Hayter, M., & Sasso, L. (2019). Unmet nursing care needs on medical and surgical wards : a scoping review of patients’ perspectives. Journal of clinical nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15089

© 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aims and objectives: To review and synthesise research studies on surgical and medical inpatients’ perceptions on unmet nursing care needs. Background: Missed nursing care is a growing phenomenon that has been shown to... Read More about Unmet nursing care needs on medical and surgical wards : a scoping review of patients’ perspectives.

An international cross-cultural study of nursing student's perceptions of caring (2019)
Journal Article
Pajnkihar, M., Kocbek, P., Musović, K., Tao, Y., Kasimovskaya, N., Štiglic, G., Watson, R., & Vrbnjak, D. (2020). An international cross-cultural study of nursing student's perceptions of caring. Nurse education today, 84, Article 104214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.104214

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Background: Single studies suggest that nursing students perceive caring as more an instrumental than expressive behaviour and indicate some differences between caring perceptions in junior and senior nursing students. However, th... Read More about An international cross-cultural study of nursing student's perceptions of caring.

An (interpretive) phenomenological analysis of nursing professionals experience of developing a transnational curriculum (2019)
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Lee, A. (2020). An (interpretive) phenomenological analysis of nursing professionals experience of developing a transnational curriculum. Nurse education today, 84, Article 104251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.104251

Aim : The purpose of this phenomenological study is to reveal how senior staff who have engaged in the development of a transnational nursing curriculum make sense of the opportunity. Background : Merging two, country specific curricula for a dual... Read More about An (interpretive) phenomenological analysis of nursing professionals experience of developing a transnational curriculum.

A path analysis on the direct and indirect effects of the unit environment on eating dependence among cognitively impaired nursing home residents (2019)
Journal Article
Palese, A., Grassetti, L., Bressan, V., Decaro, A., Kasa, T., Longobardi, M., Hayter, M., & Watson, R. (2019). A path analysis on the direct and indirect effects of the unit environment on eating dependence among cognitively impaired nursing home residents. BMC health services research, 19(1), 775. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4667-z

BACKGROUND: This study aims to estimate the direct and indirect effects of the unit environment alongside individual and nursing care variables on eating dependence among residents who are cognitively impaired and living in a nursing home. METHOD: A... Read More about A path analysis on the direct and indirect effects of the unit environment on eating dependence among cognitively impaired nursing home residents.

R you ready? Using the R programme for statistical analysis and graphics (2019)
Journal Article
Štiglic, G., Watson, R., & Cilar, L. (in press). R you ready? Using the R programme for statistical analysis and graphics. Research in Nursing and Health, https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21990

© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. For conducting research, nurses typically use commercial statistical packages. R software is a free, powerful, and flexible alternative, but is less familiar and used less frequently in nursing research. In this paper,... Read More about R you ready? Using the R programme for statistical analysis and graphics.

Reflections on Identity: Narratives of Obstetric Fistula Survivors in North Central Nigeria (2019)
Journal Article
Degge, H. M., Laurenson, M., Dumbili, E. W., & Hayter, M. (2020). Reflections on Identity: Narratives of Obstetric Fistula Survivors in North Central Nigeria. Qualitative Health Research, 30(3), 366-379. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732319877855

Obstetric fistula is a condition that affects women and can lead to identity changes because of uncontrolled urinary and/or fecal incontinence symptom experiences. These symptoms along with different emerging identities lead to family and community d... Read More about Reflections on Identity: Narratives of Obstetric Fistula Survivors in North Central Nigeria.