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RN4CAST@IT-Ped: Nurse staffing and children's safety (2017)
Journal Article
Sasso, L., Bagnasco, A., Petralia, P., Scelsi, S., Zanini, M., Catania, G., Aleo, G., Dasso, N., Rossi, S., Watson, R., Sermeus, W., Icardi, G., & Aiken, L. H. (2018). RN4CAST@IT-Ped: Nurse staffing and children's safety. Journal of advanced nursing, 74(6), 1223-1225. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13462

Some authors argue that it is not longer ethically correct to expose hospitalized patients to death risks associated with understaffing (Nickitas, 2014). Also the Care Quality Commission (CQC, an independent regulator of all health and social care se... Read More about RN4CAST@IT-Ped: Nurse staffing and children's safety.

Do universal school-based mental health promotion programmes improve the mental health and emotional well-being of young people? : a literature review (2017)
Journal Article
O'Connor, C. A., Dyson, J., Cowdell, F., & Watson, R. (2018). Do universal school-based mental health promotion programmes improve the mental health and emotional well-being of young people? : a literature review. Journal of clinical nursing, 27(3-4), e412-e426. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14078

Aim To examine evidence—using a range of outcomes— for the effectiveness of school-based mental health and emotional well-being programmes. Background It is estimated that 20% of young people experience mental health difficulties every year. Schools... Read More about Do universal school-based mental health promotion programmes improve the mental health and emotional well-being of young people? : a literature review.

Studying the old masters of nursing: a critical student experience for developing nursing identity (2017)
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Kelly, J., Watson, R., Watson, J., Needham, M., & Driscoll, L. O. (2017). Studying the old masters of nursing: a critical student experience for developing nursing identity. Nurse education in practice, 26, 121-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2017.06.010

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd In the past professional identity in nursing was inculcated in students alongside institutional pride. A strong sense of professional identity is key to staff retention and recruitment and key to the delivery of quality nursing ca... Read More about Studying the old masters of nursing: a critical student experience for developing nursing identity.

Healthcare professionals should be mindful that victims and victim-bullies may have additional health needs associated with risk-taking behaviour (2017)
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Wilkinson, Y. (2018). Healthcare professionals should be mindful that victims and victim-bullies may have additional health needs associated with risk-taking behaviour. Evidence-Based Nursing, 21(1), 360-370. https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2017-102773

Commentary on: Kritsotakis G, Papanikolaou M, Androulakis E, et al. Associations of bullying and cyberbullying with substance use and sexual risk taking in young adults. J Nurs Scholarsh 2017;49:360–70. • The effects of bullying and cyberbullying can... Read More about Healthcare professionals should be mindful that victims and victim-bullies may have additional health needs associated with risk-taking behaviour.

The Edinburgh feeding evaluation in dementia scale: a longitudinal study in nursing home residents (2017)
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Watson, R., Bagnasco, A., Catania, G., Aleo, G., Zanini, M., & Sasso, L. (2017). The Edinburgh feeding evaluation in dementia scale: a longitudinal study in nursing home residents. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 44(3-4), 196-202. https://doi.org/10.1159/000478519

Aims/Background: The Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) scale has been shown to have good psychometric properties using a range of methods including Mokken scaling. We aimed to study the Italian version of the EdFED using Mokken scaling... Read More about The Edinburgh feeding evaluation in dementia scale: a longitudinal study in nursing home residents.

Effectiveness of Standard Operating Procedure Regarding Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Biomedical Waste Disposal among Nursing Staff Working in Selected Hospital, Vadodara (2017)
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Patidar, D., Ravindra, H., & Christian, K. (2017). Effectiveness of Standard Operating Procedure Regarding Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Biomedical Waste Disposal among Nursing Staff Working in Selected Hospital, Vadodara. International Journal of Nursing Education, 9(3), 11-14. https://doi.org/10.5958/0974-9357.2017.00061.7

Stressors affecting nursing students in Pakistan (2017)
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Watson, R., Rehman, S., & Ali, P. (2017). Stressors affecting nursing students in Pakistan. International Nursing Review, 64(4), 536-543. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12392

Aim: To determine factors contributing to stress experienced by preregistration nursing students in Pakistan, using the Stressors in Nursing Students scale. The aim was to explore the psychometric properties of this instrument and to investigate the... Read More about Stressors affecting nursing students in Pakistan.

Chinese Health Improvement Profile for people with severe mental illness: A cluster-randomized, controlled trial (2017)
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Bressington, D., Chien, W. T., Mui, J., Lam, K. K. C., Mahfoud, Z., White, J., & Gray, R. (2018). Chinese Health Improvement Profile for people with severe mental illness: A cluster-randomized, controlled trial. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27(2), 841-855. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12373

© 2017 Australian College of Mental Health Nurses Inc. The aim of the present study was to establish the feasibility of conducting a full-scale trial and to estimate the preliminary effect of a Chinese Health Improvement Profile (CHIP) intervention o... Read More about Chinese Health Improvement Profile for people with severe mental illness: A cluster-randomized, controlled trial.

Vaccination timeliness in preterm infants: An integrative review of the literature (2017)
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Sisson, H., Gardiner, E., & Watson, R. (2017). Vaccination timeliness in preterm infants: An integrative review of the literature. Journal of clinical nursing, 26(23-24), 4094-4104. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13916

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aims and objectives: To take a systematic approach to reviewing the scientific literature examining the timeliness of vaccination in preterm infants and to identify any factors associated with timeliness. Background: Pr... Read More about Vaccination timeliness in preterm infants: An integrative review of the literature.

A narrative review of interventions addressing the parental-fetal relationship (2017)
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Xuereb, R., Borg Cunen, N., Jomeen, J., Borg Xuereb, R., & Poat, A. (2017). A narrative review of interventions addressing the parental-fetal relationship. Women and Birth, 30(4), e141-e151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2016.11.005

Background Expectant parents develop varying degrees of emotional affiliation with the unborn child. Interventions supporting this relationship may be beneficial given its link to maternal health behaviour during pregnancy, as well as the parental–in... Read More about A narrative review of interventions addressing the parental-fetal relationship.

Developing a stoma acceptance questionnaire to improve motivation to adhere to enterostoma self-care (2017)
Journal Article
Bagnasco, A., Watson, R., Zanini, M., Aleo, G., & Sasso, L. (2017). Developing a stoma acceptance questionnaire to improve motivation to adhere to enterostoma self-care. Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene, 58(2), E190-E194. https://doi.org/10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2017.58.2.542

Introduction

In stoma care, patient education is often weak in terms of improving patientsâ level of acceptance of living with a stoma. Self-care educational interventions in enterostomal patients, which according to Oremâs Theory should take into... Read More about Developing a stoma acceptance questionnaire to improve motivation to adhere to enterostoma self-care.

Antidepressant use associated with increased risk of hip fracture in the older population (2017)
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Kennedy, M. (2017). Antidepressant use associated with increased risk of hip fracture in the older population. Evidence-Based Nursing, 20(3), 94. https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2017-102674

Commentary on: Torvinen-Kiiskinen S, Tolppanen AM, Koponen M, et al. Antidepressant use and risk of hip fractures among community-dwelling persons with and without Alzheimer's disease. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2017. doi: 10.1002/gps.4667. [Epub ahead... Read More about Antidepressant use associated with increased risk of hip fracture in the older population.

Community-based exercise interventions during pregnancy are perceived as a satisfactory and motivating form of exercise engagement (2017)
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Ette, L. (2017). Community-based exercise interventions during pregnancy are perceived as a satisfactory and motivating form of exercise engagement. Evidence-Based Nursing, 20(3), 77-78. https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2017-102681

This study attempts to illuminate the experiences of participants using closed questions and scaled responses in a self-reporting, 13 item questionnaire. It explores factors relating to drop out and adherence rates, as well as associated motivational... Read More about Community-based exercise interventions during pregnancy are perceived as a satisfactory and motivating form of exercise engagement.