To tell or not to tell? Honesty and hope in cancer nursing
(2017)
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Hunter, J. (2017). To tell or not to tell? Honesty and hope in cancer nursing. [Blog post]
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Factors affecting the programme completion of pre-registration nursing students through a three year course: a retrospective cohort study (2017)
Journal Article
Wray, J., Aspland, J., Barrett, D., & Gardiner, E. (2017). Factors affecting the programme completion of pre-registration nursing students through a three year course: a retrospective cohort study. Nurse education in practice, 24, 14-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2017.03.002© 2017 Students who leave pre-registration nurse education having failed to complete remain a concern for higher education institutions. This study identifed factors influencing completion using a retrospective cohort analysis to map student characte... Read More about Factors affecting the programme completion of pre-registration nursing students through a three year course: a retrospective cohort study.
An integrative review on women living with obstetric fistula and after treatment experiences (2017)
Journal Article
Mafo Degge, H., Hayter, M., & Laurenson, M. (2017). An integrative review on women living with obstetric fistula and after treatment experiences. Journal of clinical nursing, 26(11-12), 1445-1457. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13590Aims and objectives. To review literature on the experiences of women with obstetric fistula, their lived experiences after treatment; and to provide evidence for future research. Background. Obstetric fistula is an injury most commonly resulting from... Read More about An integrative review on women living with obstetric fistula and after treatment experiences.
A systematic review examining reducing unplanned hospital admissions in adults with cancer (2017)
Preprint / Working Paper
Walabyeki, J., Macleod, U., Johnson, M., Dyson, J., Oliver, S., Allgar, V., Oviasu, O., Chen, H., Smith, S., & Hammond, T. A systematic review examining reducing unplanned hospital admissions in adults with cancerReview question: 1. What interventions have been tested and have successfully reduced unplanned hospital admissions in adults with cancer? 2. What are the factors associated with unplanned hospital admissions in adults with cancer?
Beall’s list of predatory open access journals: RIP (2017)
Journal Article
Watson, R. (2017). Beall’s list of predatory open access journals: RIP. Nursing Open, 4(2), 60. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.78
Implementing a mentor support system for general practice nurse mentors (2017)
Journal Article
Chambers, A., Smith, D., & Billingham, L. (2017). Implementing a mentor support system for general practice nurse mentors. Primary Health Care, 27(2), 21-25. https://doi.org/10.7748/phc.2017.e1216This article discusses the need for nurse mentors to receive adequate support to ensure that their experience, and the students, is a positive one. The authors explore how the development of the advanced training practice (ATP) scheme in general prac... Read More about Implementing a mentor support system for general practice nurse mentors.
Improving Oral Health: NICE draft quality standard (2017)
Journal Article
Hewson, V. (2017). Improving Oral Health: NICE draft quality standard. Nursing and Residential Care, 19(3), 131-133. https://doi.org/10.12968/nrec.2017.19.3.131
Why undertake pilot work in a qualitative PhD study? : lessons learnt to promote success (2017)
Journal Article
Wray, J., Archibong, U., & Walton, S. (2017). Why undertake pilot work in a qualitative PhD study? : lessons learnt to promote success. Nurse Researcher, 24(3), 31-35. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2017.e1416This paper is concerned with reporting the benefits of undertaking a pilot study for qualitative researchers detailing the experiences gained, the lessons learnt and subsequent changes to the main study. This was undertaken as part of a PhD that soug... Read More about Why undertake pilot work in a qualitative PhD study? : lessons learnt to promote success.
The effectiveness of different health education strategies in people with pre-diabetes: A randomized controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article
Chang, S.-C., Hayter, M., Yeh, H.-C., Hsieh, T.-C., & Kuo, Y.-L. (2016). The effectiveness of different health education strategies in people with pre-diabetes: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Health Science, 6(2), 22-29. https://doi.org/10.5923/j.health.20160602.02Background. People with pre-diabetes often lack knowledge of their risks of developing diabetes. In one of our previous study, Multi-Approach Health Education was shown evidence to be effective on health behavior of reducing risks of developing diabe... Read More about The effectiveness of different health education strategies in people with pre-diabetes: A randomized controlled trial.
Postgraduate research students' and their supervisors' attitudes towards supervision (2016)
Journal Article
Ali, P., Watson, R., & Dhingra, K. (2016). Postgraduate research students' and their supervisors' attitudes towards supervision. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 11, 227-241. https://doi.org/10.28945/3541There is a need for research exploring postgraduate research students’ expectations from research supervisors, the characteristics of effective student-supervisor relationships, and the opinions of students and supervisors about research supervision.... Read More about Postgraduate research students' and their supervisors' attitudes towards supervision.
Ethical decision-making regarding infant viability: A discussion (2016)
Journal Article
Kelly, J., & Welch, E. (2018). Ethical decision-making regarding infant viability: A discussion. Nursing Ethics, 25(7), 897-905. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733016677869© The Author(s) 2016. Background: There are no universally agreed rules of healthcare ethics. Ethical decisions and standards tend to be linked to professional codes of practice when dealing with complex issues. Objectives: This paper aims to explore... Read More about Ethical decision-making regarding infant viability: A discussion.
Nurse participation in legal executions: An ethics round-table discussion (2016)
Journal Article
Shields, L., Watson, R., Darbyshire, P., McKenna, H., Williams, G., Hungerford, C., Stanley, D., Ben-Sefer, E., Benedict, S., Goodman, B., Draper, P., & Anderson, J. (2018). Nurse participation in legal executions: An ethics round-table discussion. Nursing Ethics, 25(7), 841-854. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733016677870A paper was published in 2003 discussing the ethics of nurses participating in executions by inserting the intravenous line for lethal injections and providing care until death. This paper was circulated on an international email list of senior nurse... Read More about Nurse participation in legal executions: An ethics round-table discussion.
Addressing the oral health needs of older people in care (2016)
Journal Article
Hewson, V., & Lee, A. (2017). Addressing the oral health needs of older people in care. Nursing and Residential Care, 19(1), 23-28. https://doi.org/10.12968/nrec.2017.19.1.23
Evaluation of a retrospective diary for peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking in Scotland: a cross-sectional study (2016)
Journal Article
Symon, A., Rankin, J., Butcher, G., Smith, L., & Cochrane, L. (2017). Evaluation of a retrospective diary for peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking in Scotland: a cross-sectional study. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 96(1), 53-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.13050Introduction: Heavy episodic (“binge”) drinking among women in Scotland is commonplace; prepregnancy drinking is associated with continued antenatal drinking. Evidence for effectiveness of standardized antenatal alcohol assessment is lacking. Alcohol... Read More about Evaluation of a retrospective diary for peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking in Scotland: a cross-sectional study.
Does education in Italy produce nurses fit for future healthcare needs? (2016)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Aleo, G., Sasso, L., Bagnasco, A., Catania, G., & Zanini, M. (2016). Does education in Italy produce nurses fit for future healthcare needs?. International Nursing Review, 63(4), 517-518. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12339
What is the elevator pitch for open access? (2016)
Journal Article
Watson, R. (2017). What is the elevator pitch for open access?. Nursing Open, 4(1), 4-5. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.74
Why not boys? The human papillomavirus vaccine schedule in the UK (2016)
Journal Article
Millington, H., & Kelly, J. C. (2016). Why not boys? The human papillomavirus vaccine schedule in the UK. British Journal of School Nursing, 11(9), 438-442. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjsn.2016.11.9.438The aim of this paper is to explore the ethical issues on why boys are not currently included in the human papillomavirus vaccination schedule in the United Kingdom (UK). There is a paucity of literature on the benefits of vaccinating boys (Hull and... Read More about Why not boys? The human papillomavirus vaccine schedule in the UK.
An overview of stoma care in the residential setting (2016)
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Cremen, J., & Lee, A. (2016). An overview of stoma care in the residential setting. Nursing and Residential Care, 18(11), 596-602. https://doi.org/10.12968/nrec.2016.18.11.596Due to the increasing ageing population in the UK, along with improved clinical outcomes for diseases such as cancers and inflammatory bowel diseases, there will be a likely rise in the number of older people with a stoma in the near future. As a res... Read More about An overview of stoma care in the residential setting.
"A band of brothers" - an exploration of the range of medical ethical issues faced by British senior military clinicians on deployment to Afghanistan: a qualitative study (2016)
Journal Article
Bernthal, E. M., Draper, H. J., Henning, J., & Kelly, J. C. (2017). "A band of brothers" - an exploration of the range of medical ethical issues faced by British senior military clinicians on deployment to Afghanistan: a qualitative study. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 163(3), 199-205. https://doi.org/10.1136/jramc-2016-000701Aims To identify and explore features of ethical issues that senior clinicians faced as Deployed Medical Directors (DMDs) to the British Field Hospital in Afghanistan (BFHA) as well as to determine the ethical training requirements for future deploym... Read More about "A band of brothers" - an exploration of the range of medical ethical issues faced by British senior military clinicians on deployment to Afghanistan: a qualitative study.
Getting practice into evidence (2016)
Journal Article
Watson, R. (in press). Getting practice into evidence. Obzornik zdravstvene nege, 50(3), 180-182. https://doi.org/10.14528/snr.2016.50.3.105