All Outputs (85)

CRPS: Diagnosis, management and the nurse's role (2012)
Journal Article

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a little known condition which may be rarely encountered by the nursing profession. This may lead to a delay in diagnosis and the initiation of important rehabilitation strategies. This article aims to raise... Read More about CRPS: Diagnosis, management and the nurse's role.

Conflicts of interest: Fragmenting nursing (Keynote Speech) (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Nursing is, as a profession, often portrayed or described as a homogenous and stable entity. This presentation argues otherwise. It is suggested that, in the 21st century, the profession of nursing may well splinter as fragmentary pressures make them... Read More about Conflicts of interest: Fragmenting nursing (Keynote Speech).

Service improvement through patient pathways (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In response to local educational commissioning the University of the West of England in collaboration with five partner organisations developed a one year inter-professional and inter-disciplinary service improvement project. This project is using a... Read More about Service improvement through patient pathways.

Impact of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) presence in patients with GOLD stage II chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background.
A higher prevalence of PFO in COPD has been reported suggesting that PFO may contribute to hypoxaemia and impact exercise tolerance.
Aims and objectives

Our study aimed to evaluate the presence and the amount of right to left shunt... Read More about Impact of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) presence in patients with GOLD stage II chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

'To Suddenly Have a Name for this Thing... Was Wonderful': The Patient's Experience of Receiving a Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (2012)
Journal Article

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the patient's perception of receiving a diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus) and reports on their experience of the period between onset of symptoms and receiving a definitive diagnosis. M... Read More about 'To Suddenly Have a Name for this Thing... Was Wonderful': The Patient's Experience of Receiving a Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Capturing daily fluctuations, flare and self-management in rheumatoid arthritis: The patient perspective (2012)
Thesis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, progressive and systemic auto-immune disease. However, there is very little research on how patients experience daily symptoms and their impact on life, nor how patients self-manage their symptoms on current t... Read More about Capturing daily fluctuations, flare and self-management in rheumatoid arthritis: The patient perspective.

"oh why didn't i take more notice?" Professionals' views and perceptions of pre-qualifying preparation for interprofessional working in practice (2012)
Journal Article

It is widely assumed that interprofessional learning (IPL) impacts positively on interprofessional working (IPW) in health and social care. However, there is no clear evidence that pre-qualifying IPL improves service delivery. The direct effect of pr... Read More about "oh why didn't i take more notice?" Professionals' views and perceptions of pre-qualifying preparation for interprofessional working in practice.

Cognitiveg-behavioural approaches to self-management in rheumatic disease (2012)
Journal Article

Patients with rheumatic disease must adjust psychosocially and behaviourally in order to manage the impact of symptoms and treatment on their daily lives, and the emotional consequences of the disease. However, patients can improve their well-being b... Read More about Cognitiveg-behavioural approaches to self-management in rheumatic disease.

Furthering our understanding of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis (2012)
Journal Article

Clinical evidence of parietal cortex dysfunction and correlation with extent of allodynia in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Type 1 (2012)
Journal Article

- What's already known about this topic? There is increasing neuroimaging evidence of parietal lobe involvement in CRPS. Severe tactile allodynia and unusual symptoms such as body dysmorphia and finger agnosia have also been documented. - What does t... Read More about Clinical evidence of parietal cortex dysfunction and correlation with extent of allodynia in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Type 1.

Opioid prescribing in palliative care (2012)
Journal Article

Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK live with long-term or incurable illnesses for which strong opioids may be the only effective method of pain relief yet these drugs remain underused.

Exploring the learning experiences of student nurses with dyslexia on placement (2012)
Journal Article

The public health discipline: Career at the crossroads (2012)
Journal Article

Factors associated with antipsychotic medication adherence in community-based patients with schizophrenia in Hong Kong: A cross sectional study. (2012)
Journal Article

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..

Chemotherapy closer to home – Patients’ perspectives of receiving chemotherapy in outpatient clinic and/or onboard a unique nurse led mobile chemotherapy unit (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Bridging research and practice: The nursing research facilitator role in British Columbia (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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 Contribution

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.

Using information and communication technology (ICT) to deliver breastfeeding training to public health nurses: An online evaluation (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Chemotherapy closer to home – Patients’ perspectives of receiving chemotherapy in outpatient clinic and/or onboard a unique nurse led mobile chemotherapy unit (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Will I waste your time? Delays in help-seeking for RA flares (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution