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The social construction of 'reproductive vulnerability' in family planning clinics (2005)
Journal Article
Hayter, M. (2005). The social construction of 'reproductive vulnerability' in family planning clinics. Journal of advanced nursing, 51(1), 46-54. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03459.x

Aim.  The aim of this paper is to report a study exploring the discursive construction of contraceptive use within nurse consultations with women in family planning clinics.

Background.  This paper takes as its starting point the lack of a contrac... Read More about The social construction of 'reproductive vulnerability' in family planning clinics.

Commentary on Hamilton G and Carroll D (2004) The effects of age on quality of life in implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients.Journal of Clinical Nursing13, 194-200; and Suet-Ching W (2004) The HRQoL of renal transplant patients.Journal of Clinical Nursing13, 201-209 (2005)
Journal Article
Draper, P. (2005). Commentary on Hamilton G and Carroll D (2004) The effects of age on quality of life in implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients.Journal of Clinical Nursing13, 194-200; and Suet-Ching W (2004) The HRQoL of renal transplant patients.Journal of Clinical Nursing13, 201-209. Journal of clinical nursing, 14(2), 269-270. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.00981.x

Blackboard: a virtual learning environment or an administrative tool? (2005)
Journal Article
Loke, J. (2005). Blackboard: a virtual learning environment or an administrative tool?. Journal of Instructional Science and Technology, 8(1),

This paper is intended as a contribution to the debate about the use of Blackboard (Bb) as a Virtual Learning Environment in a blended approach to learning in a higher educational institution. The use of a case study seems necessary to illustrate the... Read More about Blackboard: a virtual learning environment or an administrative tool?.

E-primary health care and e-health records cases (2005)
Book Chapter
Grubb, P. (2005). E-primary health care and e-health records cases. In E-health care information systems: an introduction for students and professionals (116 - 126). Jossey-Bass

Stress (2005)
Book Chapter
Wilson, B. (2005). Stress. In Physiology for Nursing Practice (251 - 266). (3rd). Elsevier

It is particulalry important that nurses understand the concept of stress because stress influences the health and welfare of both patients and  health care providers. This chapter outlines what stress is; the physiological changes of stress; stress... Read More about Stress.

Knowledge and attitudes of nurses working in sexual health clinics in the United Kingdom toward post-sexual exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection (2004)
Journal Article
Hayter, M. (2004). Knowledge and attitudes of nurses working in sexual health clinics in the United Kingdom toward post-sexual exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection. Public Health Nursing, 21(1), 66-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2004.21109.x

The use of anti‐human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) drugs after occupational exposure to HIV is a proven method of preventing some HIV infections. There is anecdotal evidence that this treatment is being used to treat recently exposed sexual contacts... Read More about Knowledge and attitudes of nurses working in sexual health clinics in the United Kingdom toward post-sexual exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection.

Children's perceptions of dangerous substances (2004)
Journal Article
Pfeffer, K., & Wilson, B. (2004). Children's perceptions of dangerous substances. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 98(2), 700-710. https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.98.2.700-710

The aim of this research was to examine age differences in children's perceptions of dangerous substances. Children's responses to photographs of child models encountering alcohol, a syringe, medicine, glue, and household bleach were coded for recogn... Read More about Children's perceptions of dangerous substances.

Health informatics education for clinicians and managers - What's holding up progress? (2004)
Journal Article
Murphy, J., Stramer, K., Clamp, S., Grubb, P., Gosland, J., & Davis, S. (2004). Health informatics education for clinicians and managers - What's holding up progress?. International journal of medical informatics, 73(2), 205-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2003.12.003

This paper reports outcomes of a national survey of health informatics (HI) education and training carried out in the UK. A questionnaire to elicit details of HI and IT skills teaching was derived from a national consensus document (Learning to Manag... Read More about Health informatics education for clinicians and managers - What's holding up progress?.

Symptom management and palliative care (2004)
Book Chapter
McCready, T., & MacDonald, J. (2004). Symptom management and palliative care. In Cancer of the gastrointestinal tract: a handbook for nurse practitioners (232 - 260). Whurr

The internal consistency and intra-rater reliability of an assessment practice grid for community nurses (2003)
Journal Article
Baulcomb, S., & Watson, R. (2003). The internal consistency and intra-rater reliability of an assessment practice grid for community nurses. Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 7(3-4), 168-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1361-9004%2803%2900095-5

The development of instruments to measure clinical competence in nursing shows little evidence of a systematic approach and studies of reliability and validity are absent. The present study was carried out using data on practice assessment collected... Read More about The internal consistency and intra-rater reliability of an assessment practice grid for community nurses.

Software Maintenance: concept and practice (2003)
Book
Grubb, P., & Takang, A. A. (2003). Software Maintenance: concept and practice. (2). World Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812564429

Software systems now invade every area of daily living. Yet, we still struggle to build systems we can really rely on. If we want to work with software systems at any level, we need to get to grips with the way software evolves. This book should equi... Read More about Software Maintenance: concept and practice.

Accommodative speech and terms of endearment: elements of a language mode often experienced by older adults (2003)
Journal Article
Brown, A., & Draper, P. (2003). Accommodative speech and terms of endearment: elements of a language mode often experienced by older adults. Journal of advanced nursing, 41(1), 15-21. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02500.x

Aim. To discuss the use of patronizing patterns of speech and modified forms of address in conversations between nurses and other health workers, and older people.

Rationale. The impetus for this paper was the publication of the National Service F... Read More about Accommodative speech and terms of endearment: elements of a language mode often experienced by older adults.

Differences and similarities in the perception of caring between Spanish and UK nurses (2002)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Hoogbruin, A. L., Rumeu, C., Beunza, M., Barbarin, B., Macdonald, J., & Mccready, T. (2003). Differences and similarities in the perception of caring between Spanish and UK nurses. Journal of clinical nursing, 12(1), 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00671.x

The aim of the present paper was to compare and contrast perceptions of caring in nursing between Spanish and UK nurses. There are no previous studies comparing directly the perceptions of caring across cultures in nursing. A survey method was used e... Read More about Differences and similarities in the perception of caring between Spanish and UK nurses.