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A systematic review of silver-releasing dressings in the management of infected chronic wounds (2008)
Journal Article
Lo, S.-F., Hayter, M., Chang, C.-J., Hu, W.-Y., & Lee, L.-L. (2008). A systematic review of silver-releasing dressings in the management of infected chronic wounds. Journal of clinical nursing, 17(15), 1973-1985. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02264.x

Aim.  This paper is a systematic review with the objective of determining the effectiveness of silver‐releasing dressing in the management of infected chronic wounds.

Background.  Chronic wounds exhibit increased bacterial burdens which not only r... Read More about A systematic review of silver-releasing dressings in the management of infected chronic wounds.

The ethical basis of teaching spirituality and spiritual care: A survey of student nurses perceptions (2008)
Journal Article
McSherry, W., Gretton, M., Draper, P., & Watson, R. (2008). The ethical basis of teaching spirituality and spiritual care: A survey of student nurses perceptions. Nurse education today, 28(8), 1002-1008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2008.05.013

Background: There is a professional requirement for student nurses to achieve competence in the delivery of spiritual care. However, there is no research exploring students nurses perceptions of being educated in these matters. Aim: This paper explor... Read More about The ethical basis of teaching spirituality and spiritual care: A survey of student nurses perceptions.

Every organisation matters: mapping the children and young people's voluntary and community sector (2008)
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Craig, G., Perkins, N., Gibson, H., Wilkinson, M., & Wray, J. (2008). Every organisation matters: mapping the children and young people's voluntary and community sector

This is a report of the first attempt at mapping the children and young people's voluntary and community sectors (CYPVCS), undertaken by a research team based at the University of Hull, commissioned jointly by the National Council for Voluntary Youth... Read More about Every organisation matters: mapping the children and young people's voluntary and community sector.

A hierarchy of items within Eysenck's EPI (2008)
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Watson, R., Roberts, B., Gow, A., & Deary, I. (2008). A hierarchy of items within Eysenck's EPI. Personality and individual differences, 45(4), 333-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2008.04.022

Based on the recent finding of a hierarchical scale for Neuroticism in the NEO-Five Factor Inventory, a further personality inventory: the Eysenck Personality Inventory was analysed using the Mokken Scaling Procedure for hierarchical scales. Items fr... Read More about A hierarchy of items within Eysenck's EPI.

An evaluation of fitness for practice curricula: self-efficacy, support and self-reported competence in preregistration student nurses and midwives (2008)
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Lauder, W., Watson, R., Topping, K., Holland, K., Johnson, M., Porter, M., Roxburgh, M., & Behr, A. (2008). An evaluation of fitness for practice curricula: self-efficacy, support and self-reported competence in preregistration student nurses and midwives. Journal of clinical nursing, 17(14), 1858-1867. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02223.x

Aims and objectives. This element of the larger Scottish evaluation aimed to explore differences between access routes, cohorts and higher education institutes (HEI) (universities and colleges) in levels of self-efficacy, student support and self-rep... Read More about An evaluation of fitness for practice curricula: self-efficacy, support and self-reported competence in preregistration student nurses and midwives.

Commentary on Eley R, Hegney D, Buikstra E, Fallon T, Plank A & Parker v (2007) Aged care nursing in Queensland - The nurses' view. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 16, 860-872 (2008)
Journal Article
Anne, S., Wray, J., Gibson, H., & Aspland, J. (2008). Commentary on Eley R, Hegney D, Buikstra E, Fallon T, Plank A & Parker v (2007) Aged care nursing in Queensland - The nurses' view. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 16, 860-872. Journal of clinical nursing, 17(9), 1258-1259. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02027.x

Can patient lifestyle influence the management of pain? (2008)
Journal Article
Wilson, B. (2009). Can patient lifestyle influence the management of pain?. Journal of clinical nursing, 18(3), 399 - 408. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02091.x

The aim of this study was to explore whether a patient's lifestyle influences nurses' pain assessment and management decisions. Nurses' inferences of physical pain are thought to be affected by a matrix of implicit assumptions that operate without ef... Read More about Can patient lifestyle influence the management of pain?.

Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) scale: Cross-cultural validation of the Chinese version (2008)
Journal Article
Lin, L.-C., Watson, R., Lee, Y.-C., Chou, Y.-C., & Wu, S.-C. (2008). Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) scale: Cross-cultural validation of the Chinese version. Journal of advanced nursing, 62(1), 116-123. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04596.x

Title. Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) scale: cross-cultural validation of the Chinese version Aim. This paper is a report of an assessment of the construct validity of the Chinese version of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Demen... Read More about Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) scale: Cross-cultural validation of the Chinese version.

Research into ageing and older people (2008)
Journal Article
Watson, R. (2008). Research into ageing and older people. Journal of nursing management, 16(2), 99-104. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2834.2007.00834.x

Aim The aim of this paper is to consider the process of ageing, the effects of ageing and research related to ageing. Background In most countries of the world, the UK being no exception, the population is ageing in terms of the absolute numbers of a... Read More about Research into ageing and older people.

A hierarchy of distress: Mokken scaling of the GHQ-30 (2008)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Deary, I. J., & Shipley, B. (2008). A hierarchy of distress: Mokken scaling of the GHQ-30. Psychological Medicine, 38(4), 575-579. https://doi.org/10.1017/s003329170800281x

Background. Hierarchical cumulative scales are common and informative in psychology. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) does not appear to have been subjected to an analysis that examines the hierarchical and cumulative nature of its items. We re... Read More about A hierarchy of distress: Mokken scaling of the GHQ-30.

School nurses and sex education: surveillance and disciplinary practices in primary schools (2008)
Journal Article
Hayter, M., Piercy, H., Massey, M. T., & Gregory, T. (2008). School nurses and sex education: surveillance and disciplinary practices in primary schools. Journal of advanced nursing, 61(3), 273-281. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04495.x

Aim. This paper is a report of a study to explore how school nurses perceive the influence of schools on their role in delivering sex and relationship education in primary schools. Background. School nurses play a key role in sex education in English... Read More about School nurses and sex education: surveillance and disciplinary practices in primary schools.

Older nurses and midwives in the NHS. (2007)
Journal Article
Wray, J., Aspland, J., Gibson, H., Stimpson, A., & Watson, R. (2007). Older nurses and midwives in the NHS. Nursing Management, 14(8), 26-30. https://doi.org/10.7748/nm2007.12.14.8.26.c8240

Jane Wray and colleagues discuss the results of their study into the employment experiences of older nurses and midwives, which concludes that the expertise of these professionals is essential for the improvement of patient care

WHEN THE Employmen... Read More about Older nurses and midwives in the NHS..

Teenage pregnancy and parenthood: A descriptive mapping of research studies exploring the role of general practitioners, nurses, health visitors and midwives, young fathers, young men and peers. (2007)
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Trivedi, D., Bunn, F., Graham, M., & Wentz, R. (2007). Teenage pregnancy and parenthood: A descriptive mapping of research studies exploring the role of general practitioners, nurses, health visitors and midwives, young fathers, young men and peers. London: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence