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Moral content and assignment marking: An exploratory study (2006)
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Snelling, P. C., & Lipscomb, M. (2006). Moral content and assignment marking: An exploratory study. Nurse Education Today, 26(6), 457-464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2005.12.003

This small scale exploratory survey investigates the relation between the moral content of student assignments and potential marking behaviour by lecturers. A questionnaire containing a number of deliberately discriminatory statements was sent to a s... Read More about Moral content and assignment marking: An exploratory study.

Preferences for aspects of a dermatology consultation (2006)
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Flynn, T. N., Peters, T. J., De Berker, D., Salisbury, C., Coast, J., Noble, A., & Horrocks, S. (2006). Preferences for aspects of a dermatology consultation. British Journal of Dermatology, 155(2), 387-392. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07328.x

Background: General practitioners with special interests (GPSIs) are increasingly being used to provide dermatology services in the U.K. Little is known about U.K. dermatology patient attitudes to proposed variations in secondary care service deliver... Read More about Preferences for aspects of a dermatology consultation.

Rebutting the suggestion that Anthony Giddens's Structuration Theory offers a useful framework for sociological nursing research: a critique based upon Margaret Archer's Realist Social Theory. (2006)
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Lipscomb, M. (2006). Rebutting the suggestion that Anthony Giddens's Structuration Theory offers a useful framework for sociological nursing research: a critique based upon Margaret Archer's Realist Social Theory. Nursing Philosophy, 7(3), 175-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-769X.2006.00261.x

A recent paper in this journal by Hardcastle et al. in 2005 argued that Anthony Giddens's Structuration Theory (ST) might usefully inform sociological nursing research. In response, a critique of ST based upon the Realist Social Theory of Margaret Ar... Read More about Rebutting the suggestion that Anthony Giddens's Structuration Theory offers a useful framework for sociological nursing research: a critique based upon Margaret Archer's Realist Social Theory..

Spirituality at the beginning of life (2006)
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Hall, J. (2006). Spirituality at the beginning of life. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 15(7), 804-810. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01650.x

Aim. The aim of this paper was to explore the issues surrounding the spirit of the unborn child. Background. Pregnancy and birth have been recognised to have a spiritual nature by women and health professionals caring for them. Midwives and nurses ar... Read More about Spirituality at the beginning of life.

Current provision of rheumatology education for undergraduate nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy students in the UK (2006)
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Kay, L., Clarke, B., Almeida, C., O'Brien, A., Hammond, A., Ryan, S., & Hewlett, S. (2006). Current provision of rheumatology education for undergraduate nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy students in the UK. Rheumatology, 45(7), 868-873. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kel008

Objectives. Rheumatological conditions are common and all health professionals (HPs) therefore need sufficient knowledge and skills to manage patients safely and effectively. The aim of this study was to examine current undergraduate education in rhe... Read More about Current provision of rheumatology education for undergraduate nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy students in the UK.

Early speech- and language-impaired children linguistic literacy and social outcomes (2006)
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Glogowska, M., Roulstone, S., Peters, T. J., & Enderby, P. (2006). Early speech- and language-impaired children linguistic literacy and social outcomes. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 48(6), 489-494. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.2006.tb01301.x

Funded by the South and West Research and Development Directorate of the NHS Executive, the study reports a prospective longitudinal study of a cohort of children referred to speech and language therapy (SLT) as pre-schoolers, compared with a control... Read More about Early speech- and language-impaired children linguistic literacy and social outcomes.

E-learning for healthcare students: Developing the communities of practice framework (2006)
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Moule, P. (2006). E-learning for healthcare students: Developing the communities of practice framework. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 54(3), 370-380. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03813.x

Aim. This paper presents research considering whether healthcare students were able to develop characteristics of communities of practice when engaged in an online module. Background. Little is known about whether the communities of practice framewor... Read More about E-learning for healthcare students: Developing the communities of practice framework.

Randomised controlled trial of combined paracetamol and ibuprofen for fever (2006)
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Erlewyn-Lajeunesse, M., Coppens, K., Hunt, L. P., Chinnick, P., Davies, P., Higginson, I., & Benger, J. (2006). Randomised controlled trial of combined paracetamol and ibuprofen for fever. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 91(5), 414-416. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2005.087874

A randomised open label study of the combined use of paracetamol and ibuprofen to rapidly reduce fever is reported. The advantage of using both medications is less than half a degree centigrade in the first hour, and insufficient to warrant routine u... Read More about Randomised controlled trial of combined paracetamol and ibuprofen for fever.

Effect of an extended scope physiotherapy service on patient satisfaction and the outcome of soft tissue injuries in an adult emergency department (2006)
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Benger, J. R., Greenwood, R., & McClellan, C. (2006). Effect of an extended scope physiotherapy service on patient satisfaction and the outcome of soft tissue injuries in an adult emergency department. Emergency Medicine Journal, 23(5), 384-387. https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2005.029231

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of introducing an extended scope physiotherapy (ESP) service on patient satisfaction, and to measure the functional outcome of patients with soft tissue injuries attending an adult emergency department (ED), compari... Read More about Effect of an extended scope physiotherapy service on patient satisfaction and the outcome of soft tissue injuries in an adult emergency department.

The international consultation on incontinence modular questionnaire: www.iciq.net (2006)
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Abrams, P., Avery, K., Gardener, N., & Donovan, J. (2006). The international consultation on incontinence modular questionnaire: www.iciq.net. Journal of Urology, The, 175(3), 1063-1066. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5347%2805%2900348-4

Purpose: In 1998 the first ICI was held in Monaco, sponsored by WHO and organized by the International Continence Society and International Consultation on Urological Diseases. The Scientific Committee recognized the need to develop a universally app... Read More about The international consultation on incontinence modular questionnaire: www.iciq.net.