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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.

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.

Using the serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP] to identify physical problems in a cohort of community patients: a pragmatic case series evaluation (2010)
Journal Article
Shuel, F., White, J., Jones, M., & Gray, R. (2010). Using the serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP] to identify physical problems in a cohort of community patients: a pragmatic case series evaluation. International journal of nursing studies, 47(2), 136-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.06.003

Background and objectives: The physical health of people with serious mental illness is a cause of growing concern to clinicians. Life expectancy in this population may be reduced by up to 25 years and patients often live with considerable physical m... Read More about Using the serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP] to identify physical problems in a cohort of community patients: a pragmatic case series evaluation.

Mokken scaling and principal components analyses of the CORE-OM in a large clinical sample (2010)
Journal Article
Bedford, A., Watson, R., Lyne, J., Tibbles, J., Davies, F., & Deary, I. J. (2010). Mokken scaling and principal components analyses of the CORE-OM in a large clinical sample. Clinical psychology and psychotherapy : an international journal of theory & practice, 17(1), 51-62. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.649

In a sample of 543 adult National Health Service (NHS) patients referred to a Psychological Therapies Service, the responses to the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure (COREOM) self-report questionnaire were examined using convent... Read More about Mokken scaling and principal components analyses of the CORE-OM in a large clinical sample.

Like false money (2010)
Book
Grubb, P. (2010). Like false money. Robert Hale Ltd

Crime novel: nominated for John Creasey Dagger award

Validating nurses' and nursing assistants' report of assessing pain in older people with dementia (2010)
Journal Article
Lin, L.-C., Chen, Y.-H., & Watson, R. (2010). Validating nurses' and nursing assistants' report of assessing pain in older people with dementia. Journal of clinical nursing, 19(1-2), 42-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02950.x

Aims and objectives. To evaluate the usefulness of registered nurses' (RNs) and nursing assistants' (NAs) pain report among 304 institutional older people with dementia and elucidate the factors influencing the agreement of pain reports within dyadic... Read More about Validating nurses' and nursing assistants' report of assessing pain in older people with dementia.

Fitness for practice in nursing and midwifery education in Scotland, United Kingdom (2010)
Journal Article
Holland, K., Roxburgh, M., Johnson, M., Topping, K., Watson, R., Lauder, W., & Porter, M. (2010). Fitness for practice in nursing and midwifery education in Scotland, United Kingdom. Journal of clinical nursing, 19(3-4), 461-469. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03056.x

Aim. The aim of this paper is to report findings from a major study that evaluated the Fitness for Practice nursing and midwifery curriculum in Scotland, UK. Background. The competence of student nurses and midwives at the point of registration has b... Read More about Fitness for practice in nursing and midwifery education in Scotland, United Kingdom.

Enhancing medication adherence in people with schizophrenia: an international programme of research (2010)
Journal Article
Gray, R., White, J., Schulz, M., & Abderhalden, C. (2010). Enhancing medication adherence in people with schizophrenia: an international programme of research. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 19(1), 36-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0349.2009.00649.x

This paper describes the development of an adherence therapy intervention in schizophrenia and synthesizes the results to date of a collaborative international programme of research. Sticking to treatment is essential to control symptoms and prevent... Read More about Enhancing medication adherence in people with schizophrenia: an international programme of research.

Using spaced retrieval and Montessori-based activities in improving eating ability for residents with dementia (2010)
Journal Article
Lin, L.-C., Huang, Y.-J., Su, S.-G., Watson, R., Tsai, B. W.-J., & Wu, S.-C. (2010). Using spaced retrieval and Montessori-based activities in improving eating ability for residents with dementia. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 25(10), 953-959. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.2433

Objectives To construct a training protocol for spaced retrieval (SR) and to investigate the effectiveness of SR and Montessori-based activities in decreasing eating difficulty in older residents with dementia. Methods A single evaluator, blind, and... Read More about Using spaced retrieval and Montessori-based activities in improving eating ability for residents with dementia.

A revised activities of daily living/instrumental activities of daily living instrument increases interpretive power: theoretical application for functional tasks exercise (2009)
Journal Article
Fieo, R., Watson, R., Deary, I. J., & Starr, J. M. (2010). A revised activities of daily living/instrumental activities of daily living instrument increases interpretive power: theoretical application for functional tasks exercise. Gerontology, 56(5), 483-490. https://doi.org/10.1159/000271603

Background: As the number of adults in older age groups expands, difficulty performing usual activities of daily life is a rising health concern. A common exercise regimen employed to attenuate functional decline and disability has been resistance st... Read More about A revised activities of daily living/instrumental activities of daily living instrument increases interpretive power: theoretical application for functional tasks exercise.

Education and training for learning disability practice: key messages from contemporary literature (2009)
Journal Article
Crickmore, D., & Wray, J. (2009). Education and training for learning disability practice: key messages from contemporary literature. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 13(4), 291 - 304. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629509355725

Over the last quarter of a century, much attention has justifiably been given to the closure of long-stay hospitals and the subsequent community-based experiences of people with learning disabilities. This has inevitably led to debate regarding how b... Read More about Education and training for learning disability practice: key messages from contemporary literature.