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Events and event identity: Under-explored topics in nursing (2010)
Journal Article
Lipscomb, M. (2010). Events and event identity: Under-explored topics in nursing. Nursing Philosophy, 11(2), 88-99. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-769X.2010.00435.x

Theoretic interest in the nature of events and event identity is apparent across a wide range of fields. However, this interest has not yet made itself known in nursing. In this paper, it is asserted that nurse theoreticians and researchers should co... Read More about Events and event identity: Under-explored topics in nursing.

Evaluation of the Personal Impact Health Assessment Questionnaire (PI HAQ) to capture the impact of disability in osteoarthritis. (2010)
Journal Article
Wylde, V., Livesey, C., Learmonth, I. D., Blom, A. W., & Hewlett, S. (2010). Evaluation of the Personal Impact Health Assessment Questionnaire (PI HAQ) to capture the impact of disability in osteoarthritis. Musculoskeletal Care, 8(2), 87-98. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.170

Aim: Measuring facts about disability may not reflect their personal impact. An individualized values instrument has been used to weight difficulty in performing activities of daily living in rheumatoid arthritis, and calculate personal impact (Pers... Read More about Evaluation of the Personal Impact Health Assessment Questionnaire (PI HAQ) to capture the impact of disability in osteoarthritis..

Your whole life, your whole world, it changes': Partners' experiences of living with rheumatoid arthritis (2010)
Journal Article
Harcourt, D., & Hewlett, S. (2010). Your whole life, your whole world, it changes': Partners' experiences of living with rheumatoid arthritis. Musculoskeletal Care, 8(1), 46-54. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.165

Objectives: Research suggests that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can have a negative psychosocial impact on partners, as well as patients. However, until now there has been very little in-depth qualitative research in this area. The aim of this study was... Read More about Your whole life, your whole world, it changes': Partners' experiences of living with rheumatoid arthritis.

An exploration into physiological and self-report measures of stress in pre-registration doctors at the beginning and end of a clinical rotation (2010)
Journal Article
Brant, H., Wetherell, M. A., Lightman, S., Crown, A., & Vedhara, K. (2010). An exploration into physiological and self-report measures of stress in pre-registration doctors at the beginning and end of a clinical rotation. Stress, 13(2), 155-162. https://doi.org/10.3109/10253890903093778

The first year practising medicine, pre-registration, is considered to be a stressful time for junior doctors. The aims of this study were to explore how levels of psychological distress were affected by changes in the working environment and to exam... Read More about An exploration into physiological and self-report measures of stress in pre-registration doctors at the beginning and end of a clinical rotation.

Community art project for excluded teenagers (2010)
Journal Article
Hadland, R., & Stickley, T. (2010). Community art project for excluded teenagers. Mental Health Practice, 13(6), 18-23

This article describes a study of the experiences of young people who took part in a community art project in an inner-city area after being excluded permanently from school. The study used descriptive phenomenology to investigate their experiences.... Read More about Community art project for excluded teenagers.

The role of glucocorticoid receptor phosphorylation in Mcl-1 and NOXA gene expression (2010)
Journal Article
Lynch, J. T., Rajendran, R., Xenaki, G., Berrou, I., Demonacos, C., & Krstic-Demonacos, M. (2010). The role of glucocorticoid receptor phosphorylation in Mcl-1 and NOXA gene expression. Molecular Cancer, 9(38), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-4598-9-38

Background: The cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) mediated phosphorylation of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) exerts opposite effects on GR transcriptional activity and affects other posttranslational modification... Read More about The role of glucocorticoid receptor phosphorylation in Mcl-1 and NOXA gene expression.

Using the serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP] to identify physical problems in a cohort of community patients: A pragmatic case series evaluation (2010)
Journal Article
Shuel, F., White, J., Jones, M., & Gray, R. (2010). Using the serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP] to identify physical problems in a cohort of community patients: A pragmatic case series evaluation. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 47(2), 136-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.06.003

Background and objectives: The physical health of people with serious mental illness is a cause of growing concern to clinicians. Life expectancy in this population may be reduced by up to 25 years and patients often live with considerable physical m... Read More about Using the serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP] to identify physical problems in a cohort of community patients: A pragmatic case series evaluation.

Help is just a text away: The use of short message service texting to provide an additional means of support for health care students during practice placements (2010)
Journal Article
Young, P., Moore, E., Griffiths, G., Raine, R., Stewart, R., Cownie, M., & Frutos-Perez, M. (2010). Help is just a text away: The use of short message service texting to provide an additional means of support for health care students during practice placements. Nurse Education Today, 30(2), 118-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2009.06.010

This article discusses the findings from a pilot study using short message service (SMS) texting to provide an additional means of support for health care students in practice placements. Pre-registration students were recruited students from 2nd yea... Read More about Help is just a text away: The use of short message service texting to provide an additional means of support for health care students during practice placements.