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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

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.

Enjoyable learning: The role of humour, games, and fun activities in nursing and midwifery education (2010)
Journal Article
Baid, H., & Lambert, N. (2010). Enjoyable learning: The role of humour, games, and fun activities in nursing and midwifery education. Nurse Education Today, 30(6), 548-552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2009.11.007

Education that captures the attention of students is an essential aspect of promoting meaningful, active learning. Rather than standing at the front of a group of learners simply speaking about a topic, teachers have the opportunity of livening up th... Read More about Enjoyable learning: The role of humour, games, and fun activities in nursing and midwifery education.

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?.

Childhood obesity in transition zones: An analysis using structuration theory (2010)
Journal Article
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.

Nursing care of prisoners: Staff views and experiences (2010)
Journal Article
Powell, J., Harris, F., Condon, L., & Kemple, T. (2010). Nursing care of prisoners: Staff views and experiences. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(6), 1257-1265. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05296.x

Aim: This paper is a report of a study of the views and experiences of nurses and other prison healthcare staff about their roles and the nursing care they provide to prisoners. Background: Nurses have become the key providers of healthcare in prison... Read More about Nursing care of prisoners: Staff views and experiences.

Diuretic, opiate and nitrate use in severe acidotic acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema: Analysis from the 3CPO trial (2010)
Journal Article
Gray, A., Goodacre, S., Seah, M., & Tilley, S. (2010). Diuretic, opiate and nitrate use in severe acidotic acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema: Analysis from the 3CPO trial. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 103(8), 573-581. https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcq077

Background: Drug treatments for acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema (ACPO) have not been rigorously evaluated and recent observational data suggests some agents are related to poorer outcome. Aim: We aimed to examine the effect of treatment with diure... Read More about Diuretic, opiate and nitrate use in severe acidotic acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema: Analysis from the 3CPO trial.

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.