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Challenging behaviour in children with learning disabilities. (1996)
Journal Article
Gates, B., Wray, J., & Newell, R. (1996). Challenging behaviour in children with learning disabilities. British Journal of Nursing, 5(19), 1189-1194. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.1996.5.19.1189

This article outlines the initial stages of an ongoing experiment to evaluate the comparative efficacy of two different therapeutic interventions--behaviour modification and gentle teaching--in the management of challenging behaviour in children who... Read More about Challenging behaviour in children with learning disabilities..

Compromise, massive encouragement and forcing: a discussion of mechanisms used to limit the choices available to the older adult in hospital (1996)
Journal Article
Draper, P. (1996). Compromise, massive encouragement and forcing: a discussion of mechanisms used to limit the choices available to the older adult in hospital. Journal of clinical nursing, 5(5), 325 - 331. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.1996.5.5.325

This paper gives a partial account of the findings of a qualitative research project concerning the quality of life of older people in nursing homes and hospital wards.
Using strategies of ethnographic interview and hermeneutical analysis, 14 older... Read More about Compromise, massive encouragement and forcing: a discussion of mechanisms used to limit the choices available to the older adult in hospital.

Using the diffusion of innovation model to influence practice: a case study (1996)
Journal Article
Pearcey, P., & Draper, P. (1996). Using the diffusion of innovation model to influence practice: a case study. Journal of advanced nursing, 23(4), 714-721. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb00042.x

There continue to be suggestions within the nursing literature that research findings are not being utilized in clinical practice The reasons for this are well documented However, less emphasis is given to ways to facilitate utilization It seemed pos... Read More about Using the diffusion of innovation model to influence practice: a case study.

Children's memory for drawings based on a false belief (1996)
Journal Article
Robinson, E. J., Riggs, K. J., & Samuel, J. (1996). Children's memory for drawings based on a false belief. Developmental Psychology, 32(6), 1056-1064. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.32.6.1056

In 3 studies, preschool children drew or saw another person draw what they wrongly thought were the contents of a box, saw the true contents, and then were asked what had been drawn and what they (or the other person) had thought was in the box. Chil... Read More about Children's memory for drawings based on a false belief.

Effects of carbohydrate intake on subsequent food intake and mood state (1995)
Journal Article
Reid, M., & Hammersley, R. (1995). Effects of carbohydrate intake on subsequent food intake and mood state. Physiology and Behavior, 58(3), 421-427. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384%2895%2900075-T

The effects of a sucrose drink (160 kcals/40 grams of cane sugar) on mood state (Profile of Mood States) were examined over time in a between-subjects, blind placebo design. Orosensory factors were virtually eliminated due to the prior use of a benzo... Read More about Effects of carbohydrate intake on subsequent food intake and mood state.

Children’s memory for actions based on a false belief (1995)
Journal Article
Riggs, K. J., & Robinson, E. J. (1995). Children’s memory for actions based on a false belief. Journal of experimental child psychology, 60(2), 229-244. https://doi.org/10.1006/jecp.1995.1039

In four investigations, 3- and 4-year-olds were asked to recall their own or another person′s actions, as well as acknowledge the false belief upon which the action was based. Recalling that somebody else went to a wrong location was easier than ackn... Read More about Children’s memory for actions based on a false belief.

The effects of sucrose on everyday eating in normal weight men and women (1994)
Journal Article
Reid, M., & Hammersley, R. (1994). The effects of sucrose on everyday eating in normal weight men and women. Appetite, 22(3), 221-232. https://doi.org/10.1006/appe.1994.1021

Energy intake was estimated from the food diaries of 52 overnight-fasted adult volunteers after ingestion of 110 ml of a solution of either 40 g of sucrose or 4.34 g of saccharin administered in blind conditions. Men consumed more calories and carboh... Read More about The effects of sucrose on everyday eating in normal weight men and women.

Who is in control? An investigation of nurse and patient beliefs relating to control of their health care (1994)
Journal Article
Smith, R., & Draper, P. (1994). Who is in control? An investigation of nurse and patient beliefs relating to control of their health care. Journal of advanced nursing, 19(5), 884-892. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1994.tb01165.x

This study compares nurse and patient beliefs regarding control of health and perceptions of the amount of patient control. Data were collected from 21 nurses and 32 patients on a mixed surgical ward, using a series of self‐report questionnaires. No... Read More about Who is in control? An investigation of nurse and patient beliefs relating to control of their health care.

Quality of life as quality of being: an alternative to the subject-object dichotomy (1992)
Journal Article
Draper, P. (1992). Quality of life as quality of being: an alternative to the subject-object dichotomy. Journal of advanced nursing, 17(8), 965-970. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1992.tb02025.x

The opening section of this paper is concerned with certain questions concerning the concept ‘quality of life’ Is it possible for one person to make judgements about the quality of life of another? If it is possible, then is it morally acceptable? Gi... Read More about Quality of life as quality of being: an alternative to the subject-object dichotomy.

The ideal and the real: some thoughts on theoretical developments in British nursing (1991)
Journal Article
Draper, P. (1991). The ideal and the real: some thoughts on theoretical developments in British nursing. Nurse education today, 11(4), 292-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/0260-6917%2891%2990092-o

Two types of nursing theory are described: the realistic, whose purpose is to account for the complex reality of nursing; and the idealistic, whose purpose is to describe an idealised world of nursing as it ‘ought to be’.

It is argued that British... Read More about The ideal and the real: some thoughts on theoretical developments in British nursing.

The doll makers
Book
Grubb, P. The doll makers. The University of Hull

Crime novel: winner of international Crime Writers Association Debut Dagger

Critical discourse analysis : an alternative but vital route to understanding how nurses' caring behaviour is translated in text-based interprofessional online learning in higher education
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Loke, J., & Lee, K. W. Critical discourse analysis : an alternative but vital route to understanding how nurses' caring behaviour is translated in text-based interprofessional online learning in higher education

Paper presented at ProPEL international conference 2014, 24-27 June, Stirling, Scotland. ABSTRACT Aim: to demonstrate Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis as an alternative but vital route to the understanding of translation of nursing caring beh... Read More about Critical discourse analysis : an alternative but vital route to understanding how nurses' caring behaviour is translated in text-based interprofessional online learning in higher education.