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Care planning: a guide for nurses (2008)
Book
Woollands, A., Barrett, D., & Wilson, B. (2008). Care planning: a guide for nurses. Pearson Education

Planning the care of patients is one of most importantaspects of a nurse’s role. Adopting an interactive approach, this bookexplores the theory of care planning anddiscusses how this relates toclinical nursingpractice.Three patient scenarios are refe... Read More about Care planning: a guide for nurses.

Administration of depot and long-acting antipsychotic injections (2008)
Journal Article
Crowley, J., White, J., Griffiths, M., Hardy, S., Vincent, M., & Voyce, A. (2008). Administration of depot and long-acting antipsychotic injections. Mental health practice, 12(2 (supplement)), 1-12

The article discusses the use of intramuscular (IM) depot and long-acting injectable antipsychotic medication in treating patients with mental illnesses in Great Britain. It explains the need for healthcare professionals and service users to cooperat... Read More about Administration of depot and long-acting antipsychotic injections.

A study of stress and burnout in nursing students in Hong Kong: a questionnaire survey (2008)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Deary, I., Thompson, D., & Li, G. (2008). A study of stress and burnout in nursing students in Hong Kong: a questionnaire survey. International journal of nursing studies, 45(10), 1534-1542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.11.003

Background: Stress in nursing students may be related to attrition from nursing programmes and lead to a shortage of nurses entering clinical careers. In addition, stress leads to psychological morbidity which may have profound adverse consequences f... Read More about A study of stress and burnout in nursing students in Hong Kong: a questionnaire survey.

Older people and inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review (2008)
Journal Article
Smith, G. D., Watson, R., & Thompson, D. R. (2008). Older people and inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review. Journal of clinical nursing, 17(11c), 400-406. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02577.x

Aims and objectives. To review the literature on inflammatory bowel disease in older and younger people and to identify whether they included a nursing or psychosocial perspective, or were informed by theories of ageing. Background. Inflammatory bowe... Read More about Older people and inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review.

Gendered attitudes towards sexual relationships among adolescents attending nurse led sexual health clinics in England: a qualitative study (2008)
Journal Article
Hayter, M., & Harrison, C. (2008). Gendered attitudes towards sexual relationships among adolescents attending nurse led sexual health clinics in England: a qualitative study. Journal of clinical nursing, 17(22), 2963-2971. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02515.x

Aims.  This study aimed to explore gender differences in attitudes towards sexual relationships of adolescent attending nurse led sexual health clinics. Background.  Nurse led sexual health clinics are at the forefront of promoting adolescent sexu... Read More about Gendered attitudes towards sexual relationships among adolescents attending nurse led sexual health clinics in England: a qualitative study.

Improving the uptake of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD: qualitative study of experiences and attitudes (2008)
Journal Article
Harris, D., Hayter, M., & Allender, S. (2008). Improving the uptake of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD: qualitative study of experiences and attitudes. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 58(555), 703-710. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08x342363

Background Pulmonary rehabilitation can improve the quality of life and ability to function of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It may also reduce hospital admission and inpatient stay with exacerbations of COPD. Some patie... Read More about Improving the uptake of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD: qualitative study of experiences and attitudes.

Calculating the costs of work-based training: the case of NHS Cadet Schemes (2008)
Journal Article
Norman, I., Normand, C., Watson, R., Draper, J., Jowett, S., & Coster, S. (2008). Calculating the costs of work-based training: the case of NHS Cadet Schemes. International journal of nursing studies, 45(9), 1310-1318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.10.004

Background: The worldwide shortage of registered nurses [Buchan, J., Calman, L., 2004. The Global Shortage of Registered Nurses: An Overview of Issues And Actions. International Council of Nurses, Geneva] points to the need for initiatives which incr... Read More about Calculating the costs of work-based training: the case of NHS Cadet Schemes.

Experiences of living with a malignant fungating wound: a qualitative study (2008)
Journal Article
Lo, S., Hu, W., Hayter, M., Chang, S., Hsu, M., & Wu, L. (2008). Experiences of living with a malignant fungating wound: a qualitative study. Journal of clinical nursing, 17(20), 2699-2708. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02482.x

Aims and objectives.  The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of cancer patients living with a malignant fungating wounds. Background.  Malignant fungating wounds are caused by cancerous cells invading skin tissue. These wounds can... Read More about Experiences of living with a malignant fungating wound: a qualitative study.

“A wealth of knowledge”: a survey of the employment experiences of older nurses and midwives in the NHS (2008)
Journal Article
Wray, J., Aspland, J., Gibson, H., Stimpson, A., & Watson, R. (2009). “A wealth of knowledge”: a survey of the employment experiences of older nurses and midwives in the NHS. International journal of nursing studies, 46(7), 977-985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.07.008

Background: The United Kingdom’s National Health Service workforce is ageing, and the specific needs of this sector of its workforce need to be addressed. Nursing and midwifery shortage is a worldwide issue, and with increasing demands for care the r... Read More about “A wealth of knowledge”: a survey of the employment experiences of older nurses and midwives in the NHS.

Exploring clinical nursing experiences: listening to student nurses (2008)
Journal Article
Pearcey, P., & Draper, P. (2008). Exploring clinical nursing experiences: listening to student nurses. Nurse education today, 28(5), 595-601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2007.09.007

Student nurses spend one half of their educational programme in the clinical area. The success of an educationally sound clinical placement is crucial to forming a professional nursing identity that will encompass the seen and 'unseen' aspects of the... Read More about Exploring clinical nursing experiences: listening to student nurses.

A systematic review of silver-releasing dressings in the management of infected chronic wounds (2008)
Journal Article
Lo, S., Hayter, M., Chang, C., Hu, W., & Lee, 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)
Report
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.