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Nursing and healthcare students' experiences and use of e-learning in higher education (2010)
Journal Article
Moule, P., Ward, R., & Lockyer, L. (2010). Nursing and healthcare students' experiences and use of e-learning in higher education. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(12), 2785-2795. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05453.x

Aim. This paper presents research on nursing and healthcare students' experiences and use of e-learning. Background. The inception of e-learning in higher education is supported by a policy background and technological developments, yet little is kno... Read More about Nursing and healthcare students' experiences and use of e-learning in higher education.

Are first year undergraduate student nurses prepared for self-directed learning? (2010)
Journal Article
Pryce-Miller, M. (2010). Are first year undergraduate student nurses prepared for self-directed learning?. Nursing Times, 106(46), 16-18

Abstract BACKGROUND: Changing demands on the nursing workforce have led to considerable changes in undergraduate nurse education. Nurse educators have sought to incorporate self directed learning (SDL) into the curriculum to encourage student nurse... Read More about Are first year undergraduate student nurses prepared for self-directed learning?.

The challenge of contributing to policy making in primary care: The gendered experiences and strategies of nurses (2010)
Journal Article
Hughes, A. (2010). The challenge of contributing to policy making in primary care: The gendered experiences and strategies of nurses. Sociology of Health and Illness, 32(7), 977-992. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01258.x

This paper explores nurses' experiences as members of primary care organisations set up to develop and commission health services for local communities. Nurses, alongside GPs and other health professionals, were given a place on the governing bodies... Read More about The challenge of contributing to policy making in primary care: The gendered experiences and strategies of nurses.

Collaboration with patients in the design of patient reported outcome measures: Capturing the experience of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis (2010)
Journal Article
Nicklin, J., Cramp, F., Kirwan, J. R., Urban, M., & Hewlett, S. (2010). Collaboration with patients in the design of patient reported outcome measures: Capturing the experience of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Care and Research, 62(11), 1552-1558. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.20264

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) need to include concepts and language relevant to patients and be easily understood. These studies aimed to develop draft PROMs to measure rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fatigue and its impact by collaborating wit... Read More about Collaboration with patients in the design of patient reported outcome measures: Capturing the experience of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis.

Time spent studying on a pre-registration nursing programme module: An exploratory study and implications for regulation (2010)
Journal Article
Snelling, P. C., Lipscomb, M., Lockyer, L., Yates, S., & Young, P. (2010). Time spent studying on a pre-registration nursing programme module: An exploratory study and implications for regulation. Nurse Education Today, 30(8), 713-719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2010.01.010

European Union (EU) regulations require that university programmes are of specified duration. Additional EU regulations apply specifically to university based nurse education, enacted in the UK by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). However, lit... Read More about Time spent studying on a pre-registration nursing programme module: An exploratory study and implications for regulation.

Gender identity: Challenges to access social and health care services for lesbians in Nepal (2010)
Journal Article
Pathak, R., Regmi, P., Pant, P. R., Simkhada, P., Douglas, F., & Stephens, J. (2010). Gender identity: Challenges to access social and health care services for lesbians in Nepal. Global Journal of Health Science, 2(2), 207-214. https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v2n2p207

Literature about same-sex love and sexuality in Nepal is rare. However, limited anecdotal evidence on these issues signals that the health and social care needs of lesbians in Nepal are high. This qualitative study explores the challenges faced by le... Read More about Gender identity: Challenges to access social and health care services for lesbians in Nepal.

'You're whatever the patient needs at the time'; The impact on health and social care professionals of supporting people with epidermolysis bullosa (2010)
Journal Article
Dures, E., Morris, M., Gleeson, K., & Rumsey, N. (2010). 'You're whatever the patient needs at the time'; The impact on health and social care professionals of supporting people with epidermolysis bullosa. Chronic Illness, 6(3), 215-227. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742395310377006

Objectives: Professionals working with people who encounter pain and suffering can experience adverse emotional effects themselves. However, to provide effective support it is necessary to understand specific work-related experiences and contexts. Th... Read More about 'You're whatever the patient needs at the time'; The impact on health and social care professionals of supporting people with epidermolysis bullosa.

'It's this whole picture, this well-being': Patients' understanding of 'feeling well' with rheumatoid arthritis (2010)
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Morris, M., Sanderson, T., Calnan, M., Richards, P., & Hewlett, S. (2010). 'It's this whole picture, this well-being': Patients' understanding of 'feeling well' with rheumatoid arthritis. Chronic Illness, 6(3), 228-240. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742395310377672

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the meaning of 'feeling wellg' for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted with 23 RA patients, purposively sampled for medication type, disease duration, dis... Read More about 'It's this whole picture, this well-being': Patients' understanding of 'feeling well' with rheumatoid arthritis.

A preliminary investigation into whether attentional bias influences mood outcomes following emotional disclosure (2010)
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Pennebaker, J. W., Vedhara, K., Brant, H., Adamopoulos, E., Byrne-Davis, L., MacKintosh, B., …Miles, J. (2010). A preliminary investigation into whether attentional bias influences mood outcomes following emotional disclosure. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17(3), 195-206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-009-9072-2

Background There is considerable interest in factors which may influence the efficacy of emotional disclosure. To date, a range of demographic and psychological variables have been considered. However, consideration has not yet been given to cognitiv... Read More about A preliminary investigation into whether attentional bias influences mood outcomes following emotional disclosure.

Sessional GPs: Support needed to provide the evidence required for appraisal and validation (2010)
Journal Article
Wharton, R., & Pollard, K. (2010). Sessional GPs: Support needed to provide the evidence required for appraisal and validation. Education for Primary Care, 21(5), 308-315

BACKGROUND: This study set out to evaluate evidence submitted by GPs for appraisal, and to explore how a model of appraisal can be developed which meets the needs of revalidation while remaining developmental and formative. This paper focuses on com... Read More about Sessional GPs: Support needed to provide the evidence required for appraisal and validation.

Muscle contractile characteristics: Relationship to high-intensity exercise (2010)
Journal Article
Morris, M. G., Dawes, H., Howells, K., Scott, O. M., Cramp, M., & Izadi, H. (2010). Muscle contractile characteristics: Relationship to high-intensity exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 110(2), 295-300. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-010-1496-5

We investigated the relationship between muscle contractile characteristics, collected using percutaneous electrical stimulation, and high-intensity exercise performance. Seventeen participants performed a muscle performance test for the calculation... Read More about Muscle contractile characteristics: Relationship to high-intensity exercise.

On-going education would boost competency in drug calculations (2010)
Journal Article
Pryce-Miller, M., & Emanuel, V. (2010). On-going education would boost competency in drug calculations. Nursing Times, 106(46), 16-18

Medication errors can have fatal results. Higher education institutes and trusts must continually develop students’ and nurses’ skills, say Maxine Pryce-Miller and Vernel Emanuel

Obesity in Hong Kong Chinese preschool children: Where are all the nurses? (2010)
Journal Article
Greenhalgh, T., Chan, C. M., & Deave, T. (2010). Obesity in Hong Kong Chinese preschool children: Where are all the nurses?. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 25(4), 264-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2009.02.019

We report an ethnographic study of 10 preschool children aged 2-6 years recruited from kindergartens in Hong Kong, 6 of whom were overweight or obese. Each was followed for 12-18 months. We confirmed previously described risk factors and showed how t... Read More about Obesity in Hong Kong Chinese preschool children: Where are all the nurses?.

Student nurse absenteeism in higher education: An argument against enforced attendance (2010)
Journal Article
Snelling, P. C., & Lipscomb, M. (2010). Student nurse absenteeism in higher education: An argument against enforced attendance. Nurse Education Today, 30(6), 573-578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2009.12.003

Unauthorised student nurse absenteeism in higher education troubles many university lecturers. Anecdotally, absenteeism is occasionally raised as an issue by attending students who resent others " getting away" with non-attendance and some policy doc... Read More about Student nurse absenteeism in higher education: An argument against enforced attendance.

Childhood obesity in transition zones: An analysis using structuration theory (2010)
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Greenhalgh, T., Chan, C., & Deave, T. (2010). Childhood obesity in transition zones: An analysis using structuration theory. Sociology of Health and Illness, 32(5), 711-729. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01243.x

Childhood obesity is particularly prevalent in areas that have seen rapid economic growth, urbanisation, cultural transition, and commodification of food systems. Structuration theory may illuminate the interaction between population and individual-l... Read More about Childhood obesity in transition zones: An analysis using structuration theory.

What outcomes from pharmacologic treatments are important to people with rheumatoid arthritis? Creating the basis of a patient core set (2010)
Journal Article
Sanderson, T., Morris, M., Calnan, M., Richards, P., & Hewlett, S. (2010). What outcomes from pharmacologic treatments are important to people with rheumatoid arthritis? Creating the basis of a patient core set. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 62(5), 640-646. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.20034

Objective. Function, patient global assessment, and pain are routinely measured in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) clinical trials. However, other patient-reported outcomes identified as important to patients in qualitative studies, such as fatigue and qua... Read More about What outcomes from pharmacologic treatments are important to people with rheumatoid arthritis? Creating the basis of a patient core set.

Researching student absence: Methodological challenges and ethical issues (2010)
Journal Article
Young, P., Yates, S., Rickaby, C., Snelling, P., Lipscomb, M., & Lockyer, L. (2010). Researching student absence: Methodological challenges and ethical issues. Nurse Education Today, 30(4), 291-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2009.08.003

This article describes the challenges encountered in a research project aiming to explore non-attendance from the perspective of absent students. These students are nursing students in a Faculty of Health and Social Care, but the issues raised here a... Read More about Researching student absence: Methodological challenges and ethical issues.