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Assessing cardiovascular risk in patients with severe mental illness (2012)
Journal Article
Hardy, S., & Gray, R. (2012). Assessing cardiovascular risk in patients with severe mental illness. Nursing Standard, 26(45), 41-48

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a term mainly used to describe disorders affecting the heart and/or the arteries and veins that are associated with atherosclerosis (the build up of fatty deposits and debris inside blood vessels). CVDs, such as coron... Read More about Assessing cardiovascular risk in patients with severe mental illness.

Factors associated with antipsychotic medication adherence in community-based patients with schizophrenia in Hong Kong: A cross sectional study. (2012)
Journal Article
Bressington, D., Mui, J., & Gray, R. (2012). Factors associated with antipsychotic medication adherence in community-based patients with schizophrenia in Hong Kong: A cross sectional study. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 21(6), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0349.2012.00830.x

The purpose of the present study was to examine the factors affecting adherence to antipsychotic medication in patients with schizophrenia registered with a community psychiatric nursing service in Hong Kong. The study was a cross-sectional observati... Read More about Factors associated with antipsychotic medication adherence in community-based patients with schizophrenia in Hong Kong: A cross sectional study..

Family witnessed resuscitation; whose autonomy is it anyway? (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Mcmahon-Parkes, K. (2012, June). Family witnessed resuscitation; whose autonomy is it anyway?. Poster presented at 11th World Congress of Bioethics, Rotterdam, Netherlands

In most cultures, it is largely uncontentious that when a person is expected to die, that their end is made as comfortable and peaceful as possible, and that loved ones* should be permitted to be present at their death. In such cases, family presence... Read More about Family witnessed resuscitation; whose autonomy is it anyway?.

Bridging research and practice: The nursing research facilitator role in British Columbia (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Axen, L., Black, A., Chakraborty, B., Cummings, L., Plamondon, K., & Ronquillo, C. E. (2012, June). Bridging research and practice: The nursing research facilitator role in British Columbia. Paper presented at 2012 Canadian Nurses Association Biennial Convention – Nurses Movers and Shapers, Vancouver, Canada

Through Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) funding support, the BC Nursing Research Initiative (BCNRI) launched an innovative program in February 2009 to place a Nursing Research Facilitator (NRF) in each of the 6 health authorit... Read More about Bridging research and practice: The nursing research facilitator role in British Columbia.

Simulation: A learning pedagogy for nursing (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Berragan, E. (2012, June). Simulation: A learning pedagogy for nursing. Paper presented at NETNEP 2012, Baltimore, USA

Simulation features strongly within the undergraduate nursing curriculum for many Universities. It provides a variety of opportunities for students as they learn and develop their clinical nursing skills (Berragan, 2011). The nurse education literatu... Read More about Simulation: A learning pedagogy for nursing.

Doing more for less? Developing sustainable systems of social care in the context of climate change and public spending cuts (2012)
Journal Article
Evans, S., Hills, S., & Orme, J. (2012). Doing more for less? Developing sustainable systems of social care in the context of climate change and public spending cuts. British Journal of Social Work, 42(4), 744-764. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcr108

This article opens a debate on how to make social care in England more sustainable in the context of environmental, social and economic changes. Based on an innovative research project commissioned by the Department of Health through the Social Care... Read More about Doing more for less? Developing sustainable systems of social care in the context of climate change and public spending cuts.

The effect of stimulus number on the stability of responses for an extensive heat pain test (2012)
Journal Article
Martin, D. J., Palmer, S. T., & Tan, C. W. (2012). The effect of stimulus number on the stability of responses for an extensive heat pain test. Somatosensory and Motor Research, 29(2), 62-69. https://doi.org/10.3109/08990220.2012.671203

Background.The use of relatively lower stimulus presentation numbers in quantitative sensory testing may influence the computation accuracy of participants' discriminability. The minimum trial number for obtaining a stabilized participant discriminat... Read More about The effect of stimulus number on the stability of responses for an extensive heat pain test.

Implementing emergency ambulance re-design (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Benger, J., Matthews, E., Harrow, D., Dean, D., & King, D. (2012, June). Implementing emergency ambulance re-design. Paper presented at 14th International Conference on Emergency Medicine, Dublin, Ireland

A nurse-led mental health service for people with multiple sclerosis (2012)
Journal Article
David, A. S., Askey-Jones, S., Silber, E., Shaw, P., & Gray, R. (2012). A nurse-led mental health service for people with multiple sclerosis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 72(6), 463-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.01.020

Background: Mental health problems are under recognised and under treated in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Method: A nurse-led project linking MS and mental health services was evaluated. Data on all referrals and management from 2006 to 2008... Read More about A nurse-led mental health service for people with multiple sclerosis.

Using qualitative methods for attribute development for discrete choice experiments: Issues and recommendations (2012)
Journal Article
Flynn, T. N., Vosper, A. J., Coast, J., Al-Janabi, H., Sutton, E. J., Horrocks, S., & Swancutt, D. R. (2012). Using qualitative methods for attribute development for discrete choice experiments: Issues and recommendations. Health Economics, 21(6), 730-741. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1739

SUMMARY Attribute generation for discrete choice experiments (DCEs) is often poorly reported, and it is unclear whether this element of research is conducted rigorously. This paper explores issues associated with developing attributes for DCEs and co... Read More about Using qualitative methods for attribute development for discrete choice experiments: Issues and recommendations.

Some may beg to differ: Individual beliefs and group political claims (Keynote Speech) (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Lipscomb, M. (2012, May). Some may beg to differ: Individual beliefs and group political claims (Keynote Speech). Presented at Philosophy in the Nurse's World: Politics of Nursing Practice II, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Nurses have much to contribute to political discourse and activity. However, to protect and advance this contribution we should perhaps question some of the assumptions underpinning political claims that attach to nurses. In this presentation the gro... Read More about Some may beg to differ: Individual beliefs and group political claims (Keynote Speech).