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Preliminary testing using Mokken scaling of an Italian translation of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED-I) scale (2015)
Journal Article
Bagnasco, A., Watson, R., Zanini, M., Rosa, F., Rocco, G., & Sasso, L. (2015). Preliminary testing using Mokken scaling of an Italian translation of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED-I) scale. Applied nursing research : ANR, 28(4), 391-396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2015.02.003

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. Purpose: To study the psychometric properties of an Italian version of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED-I) Scale. Background: The EdFED Scale is the only validated instrument that measures difficulty with feedi... Read More about Preliminary testing using Mokken scaling of an Italian translation of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED-I) scale.

Experience of pelvic floor muscle exercises among women in Taiwan: A qualitative study of improvement in urinary incontinence and sexuality (2015)
Journal Article
Kao, H., Hayter, M., Hinchliff, S., Tsai, C., & Hsu, M. (2015). Experience of pelvic floor muscle exercises among women in Taiwan: A qualitative study of improvement in urinary incontinence and sexuality. Journal of clinical nursing, 24(13-14), 1985-1994. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12783

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aims and objectives: To gain an in-depth understanding of women's experiences of performing pelvic floor muscle exercises for urinary incontinence and the impact on their sexuality. Background: Urinary incontinence is... Read More about Experience of pelvic floor muscle exercises among women in Taiwan: A qualitative study of improvement in urinary incontinence and sexuality.

Social norms information for alcohol misuse in university and college students (2015)
Journal Article
Foxcroft, D. R., Moreira, M. T., Almeida Santimano, N. M., & Smith, L. A. (2015). Social norms information for alcohol misuse in university and college students. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2015(12), Article CD006748. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006748.pub4

Background: Drinking is influenced by youth perceptions of how their peers drink. These perceptions are often incorrect, overestimating peer drinking norms. If inaccurate perceptions can be corrected, young people may drink less. Objectives: To deter... Read More about Social norms information for alcohol misuse in university and college students.

Managers' perspectives on promotion and professional development for black African nurses in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Likupe, G., Baxter, C., Jogi, M., & Archibong, U. (2014). Managers' perspectives on promotion and professional development for black African nurses in the UK. Diversity and Equality in Health and Care, 11(2), 113-123

An exploratory qualitative study design was adopted for this study and underpinned by Rex's migrant workers framework (Rex, 1999). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten ward managers from four NHS trusts in the north-east of England to g... Read More about Managers' perspectives on promotion and professional development for black African nurses in the UK.

Caring attributes and preparedness to care: effects of a pre-enrolled nursing certificate programme in Singapore (2014)
Book Chapter
Lee, B. K., Loke, J. C., & Lee, B. (2014). Caring attributes and preparedness to care: effects of a pre-enrolled nursing certificate programme in Singapore. In T. Emerson (Ed.), New developments in nursing education research (1-22). Nova Science Publishers

Background: Caring is a highly complex and abstract concept, and nurturing a caring attribute among individuals for a nursing career is believed to be best introduced at the start of student journey in preparatory courses specifically designed for nu... Read More about Caring attributes and preparedness to care: effects of a pre-enrolled nursing certificate programme in Singapore.

Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Cigarette Smoking Among UG Students (2014)
Journal Article
Christian, K. (2014). Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Cigarette Smoking Among UG Students. IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science, 3(6), 49-54. https://doi.org/10.9790/1959-03625558

Today's smoking culture includes a subpopulation of smokers called "social smokers". Many college students define "social smokers" as those who use tobacco in more social activities, rather than using tobacco on a regular basis. Social smokers don't... Read More about Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Cigarette Smoking Among UG Students.

Accuracy of alcohol use disorders identification test for detecting problem drinking in 18-35 year-olds in England: Method comparison study (2014)
Journal Article
Foxcroft, D. R., Smith, L. A., Thomas, H., & Howcutt, S. (2015). Accuracy of alcohol use disorders identification test for detecting problem drinking in 18-35 year-olds in England: Method comparison study. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 50(2), 244-250. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agu095

Aims: To assess the accuracy of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scores for problem drinking in males and females aged 18–35 in England. Methods: A method comparison study with 420 primary care patients aged 18–35. Test measures were... Read More about Accuracy of alcohol use disorders identification test for detecting problem drinking in 18-35 year-olds in England: Method comparison study.

Food choice by people with intellectual disabilities at day centres: A qualitative study (2014)
Journal Article
Cartwright, L., Reid, M., Hammersley, R., Blackburn, C., & Glover, L. (2015). Food choice by people with intellectual disabilities at day centres: A qualitative study. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 19(2), 103-115. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629514563423

People with intellectual disabilities experience a range of health inequalities. It is important to investigate possible contributory factors that may lead to these inequalities. This qualitative study identified some difficulties for healthy eating... Read More about Food choice by people with intellectual disabilities at day centres: A qualitative study.

People with gender dysphoria who self-prescribe cross-sex hormones: Prevalence, sources, and side effects knowledge (2014)
Journal Article
Mepham, N., Bouman, W. P., Arcelus, J., Hayter, M., & Wylie, K. R. (2014). People with gender dysphoria who self-prescribe cross-sex hormones: Prevalence, sources, and side effects knowledge. The journal of sexual medicine, 11(12), 2995-3001. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsm.12691

Introduction: There is a scarcity of research into the use of non-physician-sourced cross-sex hormones in the transgender population. However, when medication is not prescribed by health professionals, users' knowledge of such medication may be adver... Read More about People with gender dysphoria who self-prescribe cross-sex hormones: Prevalence, sources, and side effects knowledge.

Where there's smoke (2014)
Book
Grubb, P. (2014). Where there's smoke. Fantastic Books Publishing

Crime novel. Commercial fiction

An integrative review of the literature on the teaching of the history of nursing in pre-registration adult nursing education in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Kelly, J., & Watson, R. (2015). An integrative review of the literature on the teaching of the history of nursing in pre-registration adult nursing education in the UK. Nurse education today, 35(2), 360-365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2014.10.015

© Published by Elsevier Ltd. Aims: To present an integrative review of literature on the teaching of nursing history in pre-registration adult nursing education. Background: Despite successive reconfigurations in healthcare systems and education poli... Read More about An integrative review of the literature on the teaching of the history of nursing in pre-registration adult nursing education in the UK.

Violations of local stochastic independence exaggerate scalability in Mokken scaling analysis of the Chinese Mandarin SF-36 (2014)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Wang, W., & Thompson, D. R. (2014). Violations of local stochastic independence exaggerate scalability in Mokken scaling analysis of the Chinese Mandarin SF-36. Health and quality of life outcomes, 12(1), Article ARTN 149. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-014-0149-5

Background: Previous work using Mokken scaling analysis with the SF-36 has found subscales appearing to show excellent Mokken scaling properties. However, the values of scalability of the subscales are very large, raising the possibility that these a... Read More about Violations of local stochastic independence exaggerate scalability in Mokken scaling analysis of the Chinese Mandarin SF-36.

Dignity as honour-wound: An experiential and relational view (2014)
Journal Article
Galvin, K., & Todres, L. (2015). Dignity as honour-wound: An experiential and relational view. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 21(3), 410-418. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.12278

© 2014 The Authors. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. In this paper, we draw on a phenomenological-philosophical foundation to clarify the meaning of dignity as a coherent phenomenon. Consistent with an... Read More about Dignity as honour-wound: An experiential and relational view.

Comparative efficacy and acceptability of drug treatments for bipolar depression: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Taylor, D. M., Cornelius, V., Smith, L., & Young, A. H. (2014). Comparative efficacy and acceptability of drug treatments for bipolar depression: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 130(6), 452-469. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12343

Objective: Treatment of bipolar depression is complicated by variable response and risk of switch to mania. Guidance is informed by the strength of evidence rather than by comparative data. Method: We performed a multiple-treatments meta-analysis of... Read More about Comparative efficacy and acceptability of drug treatments for bipolar depression: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis.

A novel intervention for skin cancer prevention (2014)
Journal Article
Cowdell, F., & Dyson, J. (2014). A novel intervention for skin cancer prevention. Dermatological nursing : the journal of the British Dermatological Nursing Group, 13(3), 45 - 49

Early detection of skin cancer can lead to improved health outcomes. The value of primary prevention is limited and cases of skin cancer are rising. There is therefore a need to consider secondary prevention through regular and thorough skin examinat... Read More about A novel intervention for skin cancer prevention.

Matrix showing the variations of pre - registration nursing programmes between Singapore and the four UK countries (2014)
Other
Loke, J. (2014). Matrix showing the variations of pre - registration nursing programmes between Singapore and the four UK countries

The Singapore data is based on a Prof essor Sir Ron Cooke International Scholar ship Scheme, which may have changed since observation in July to Nov ember 2012 . Data for the four UK countries is based on the author’s current experience but the infor... Read More about Matrix showing the variations of pre - registration nursing programmes between Singapore and the four UK countries.