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Battlefield conditions: Different environment but the same duty of care (2010)
Journal Article
Kelly, J. (2010). Battlefield conditions: Different environment but the same duty of care. Nursing Ethics, 17(5), 636-645. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733010373434

Using an interpretative research approach to ethical and legal literature, it is argued that nursing in the battlefield is distinctly different to civilian nursing, even in an emergency, and that the environment is so different that a duty of care ow... Read More about Battlefield conditions: Different environment but the same duty of care.

A stairway to heaven? Structure of the religious involvement inventory and spiritual well-being scale (2010)
Journal Article
Gow, A. J., Watson, R., Whiteman, M., & Deary, I. J. (2011). A stairway to heaven? Structure of the religious involvement inventory and spiritual well-being scale. Journal of religion and health, 50(1), 5-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-010-9375-2

Being religious or having spiritual beliefs has been linked to improved health and well-being in several empirical studies. Potential underlying mechanisms can be suggested by psychometrically reliable and valid indices. Two self-report measures of r... Read More about A stairway to heaven? Structure of the religious involvement inventory and spiritual well-being scale.

School-linked sexual health services for young people (SSHYP): a survey and systematic review concerning current models, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and research opportunities (2010)
Journal Article
Owen, J., Carroll, C., Cooke, J., Formby, E., Hayter, M., Hirst, J., …Sutton, A. (2010). School-linked sexual health services for young people (SSHYP): a survey and systematic review concerning current models, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and research opportunities. Health Technology Assessment, 14(30), 1-255. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta14300

Background: Report based on a service-mapping study and a systematic review concerning sexual health services for young people, either based in or closely linked to schools. Objectives: To identify current forms of school-based sexual health services... Read More about School-linked sexual health services for young people (SSHYP): a survey and systematic review concerning current models, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and research opportunities.

Cardiotoxicity of anthracycline agents for the treatment of cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2010)
Journal Article
Smith, L. A., Cornelius, V. R., Plummer, C. J., Levitt, G., Verrill, M., Canney, P., & Jones, A. (2010). Cardiotoxicity of anthracycline agents for the treatment of cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMC Cancer, 10, Article 337. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-10-337

Background: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to clarify the risk of early and late cardiotoxicity of anthracycline agents in patients treated for breast or ovarian cancer, lymphoma, myeloma or sarcoma.Methods: Randomized controlled... Read More about Cardiotoxicity of anthracycline agents for the treatment of cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

The effect of clothes on sphygmomanometric blood pressure measurement in hypertensive patients (2010)
Journal Article
Pinar, R., Ataalkin, S., & Watson, R. (2010). The effect of clothes on sphygmomanometric blood pressure measurement in hypertensive patients. Journal of clinical nursing, 19(13-14), 1861-1864. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03224.x

Aims: To test whether there is any difference between blood pressure readings with patients wearing clothes under the manometer's cuff and not wearing clothes. Background: The few studies published on this subject have shown that blood pressure measu... Read More about The effect of clothes on sphygmomanometric blood pressure measurement in hypertensive patients.

Medicine with Respect (MWR) Phase 1: implementing a pathway toward competency in medicine administration for mental health nurses (2010)
Journal Article
Hemingway, S., Magginis, R., Baxter, H., Smith, G., Turner, J., & White, J. (2010). Medicine with Respect (MWR) Phase 1: implementing a pathway toward competency in medicine administration for mental health nurses. Mental health nursing, 30(3), 12-16

This article reports the initial development and evaluation of stages 1 and 2 of the ‘stepped approach’ to ‘medicines management’ (MM) and concentrates on the collaboration between the University of Huddersfield and South West Yorkshire Partnership N... Read More about Medicine with Respect (MWR) Phase 1: implementing a pathway toward competency in medicine administration for mental health nurses.

The effect of crossing legs on blood pressure in hypertensive patients (2010)
Journal Article
Pinar, R., Ataalkin, S., & Watson, R. (2010). The effect of crossing legs on blood pressure in hypertensive patients. Journal of clinical nursing, 19(9-10), 1284-1288. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03148.x

Aims: The aim of this study was to examine whether there is any difference between BP readings with patients crossing a leg at the knee level and uncrossing during BP measurement. Background: It is clear that numerous factors influence an individual'... Read More about The effect of crossing legs on blood pressure in hypertensive patients.

Analysing healthcare professionals' interprofessional learning experiences in an asynchronous text-based environment (2010)
Book Chapter
Loke, J. C., Colquhoun, D., Lee, K. W., & Yeo, A. T. (2010). Analysing healthcare professionals' interprofessional learning experiences in an asynchronous text-based environment. In Distance education (1-32). Nova Science Publishers

Information on student online learning experiences from a student perspective is considered by many educational researchers as invaluable indicators of the effectiveness of online modules or programmes. Methods to gather the information are commonly... Read More about Analysing healthcare professionals' interprofessional learning experiences in an asynchronous text-based environment.

Lamp light on leadership: Clinical leadership and Florence Nightingale (2010)
Journal Article
Stanley, D., & Sherratt, A. (2010). Lamp light on leadership: Clinical leadership and Florence Nightingale. Journal of nursing management, 18(2), 115-121. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01051.x

Aims The purpose of the present study was to use the example of Florence Nightingales' nursing experience to highlight the differences between nursing leadership and clinical leadership with a focus on Miss Nightingales' clinical leadership attribute... Read More about Lamp light on leadership: Clinical leadership and Florence Nightingale.

Brief screening questionnaires to identify problem drinking during pregnancy: A systematic review (2010)
Journal Article
Burns, E., Gray, R., & Smith, L. A. (2010). Brief screening questionnaires to identify problem drinking during pregnancy: A systematic review. Addiction, 105(4), 601-614. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02842.x

Aims Although prenatal screening for problem drinking during pregnancy has been recommended, guidance on screening instruments is lacking. We investigated the sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of brief alcohol screening questionnaires to... Read More about Brief screening questionnaires to identify problem drinking during pregnancy: A systematic review.

A hierarchy of happiness? Mokken scaling analysis of the Oxford Happiness Inventory (2010)
Journal Article
Stewart, M. E., Watson, R., Clark, A., Ebmeier, K. P., & Deary, I. J. (2010). A hierarchy of happiness? Mokken scaling analysis of the Oxford Happiness Inventory. Personality and individual differences, 48(7), 845-848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.02.011

The items of the Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI), a self-report assessment of happiness, are subjected to an analysis for hierarchy among its items. By using Mokken scaling analyses we can assess whether items can reliably be ordered between persons... Read More about A hierarchy of happiness? Mokken scaling analysis of the Oxford Happiness Inventory.