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Developing evidence-based practice amongst students (2011)
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In response to government initiatives and the rise in patient empowerment, nurses are increasingly being challenged to deliver high-quality care supported by evidence-based practice. This can be a challenge for nurse educators providing the foundatio... Read More about Developing evidence-based practice amongst students.

Medication administration errors for older people in long-term residential care (2011)
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Background: Older people in long-term residential care are at increased risk of medication prescribing and administration errors. The main aim of this study was to measure the incidence of medication administration errors in nursing and residential h... Read More about Medication administration errors for older people in long-term residential care.

Developing practice and staff: Enabling improvement in care delivery through participatory action research (2011)
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We describe the process and outcomes of a programme to enable improvement in care coordination in a children's hospital. Staff identified care coordination issues they wanted to improve and were facilitated to achieve change using a participatory act... Read More about Developing practice and staff: Enabling improvement in care delivery through participatory action research.

Measuring the population burden of injuries-implications for global and national estimates: A multi-centre prospective UK longitudinal study (2011)
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Background: Current methods of measuring the population burden of injuries rely on many assumptions and limited data available to the global burden of diseases (GBD) studies. The aim of this study was to compare the population burden of injuries usin... Read More about Measuring the population burden of injuries-implications for global and national estimates: A multi-centre prospective UK longitudinal study.

The efficacy and safety of PSD503 (phenylephrine 20%, w/w) for topical application in women with stress urinary incontinence. A phase II, multicentre, double-blind, placebo controlled, 2-way cross over study. (2011)
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This is the first proof of concept study to demonstrate that a topical α adrenergic agonist gel is rapidly and consistently absorbed vaginally and may have a role in the management of female SUI. However, since recruitment was difficult this may indi... Read More about The efficacy and safety of PSD503 (phenylephrine 20%, w/w) for topical application in women with stress urinary incontinence. A phase II, multicentre, double-blind, placebo controlled, 2-way cross over study..

The use of carer assisted adherence therapy for people with Parkinson's disease and their carers (CAAT-PARK): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2011)
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Background: Pharmacological intervention is essential for managing the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Adherence to medication regimens however is a major problem. Poor adherence leads to significant motor deterioration and inadequate symptom contro... Read More about The use of carer assisted adherence therapy for people with Parkinson's disease and their carers (CAAT-PARK): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

What stops children with a chronic illness accessing health care: A mixed methods study in children with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) (2011)
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Background: Paediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is relatively common and disabling with a mean time out of school of more than one academic year. NICE guidelines recommend referral to specialist services immediately... Read More about What stops children with a chronic illness accessing health care: A mixed methods study in children with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME).

Measures of fatigue: Bristol Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue Multi-Dimensional Questionnaire (BRAF MDQ), Bristol Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue Numerical Rating Scales (BRAF NRS) for Severity, Effect, and Coping, Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire (CFQ), Checklist Individual Strength (CIS20R and CIS8R), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Functional Assessment Chronic Illness Therapy (Fatigue) (FACIT-F), Multi- (2011)
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Increasing support for breastfeeding: What can Children's Centres do? (2011)
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Britain has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in Europe, with particularly low rates among White British families living in disadvantaged communities. As breastfeeding has important long-term health benefits for babies and their mothers, this rep... Read More about Increasing support for breastfeeding: What can Children's Centres do?.

A national survey of GP and nurse attitudes and beliefs towards depression after myocardial infarction (2011)
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Aim. To investigate primary care practitioner's attitudes to depression after myocardial infarction. Background. Depression after myocardial infarction affects almost half of all patients and has a considerable negative effect on recovery. Despite th... Read More about A national survey of GP and nurse attitudes and beliefs towards depression after myocardial infarction.

A role for mental health nursing in the physical health care of consumers with severe mental illness (2011)
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Accessible summary: It is well known internationally that poorer health and early death in people who have a severe mental illness is a major form of inequality. The research literature suggests that lower levels of physical health associated with me... Read More about A role for mental health nursing in the physical health care of consumers with severe mental illness.

How midwives' discursive practices contribute to the maintenance of the status quo in English maternity care (2011)
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Background: poor relationships between maternity care professionals still contribute to poor outcomes for childbearing women, although issues concerning power, gender, professionalism and the medicalisation of birth have been identified and discussed... Read More about How midwives' discursive practices contribute to the maintenance of the status quo in English maternity care.

Educating healthcare professionals to act on the physical health needs of people with serious mental illness: A systematic search for evidence (2011)
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Accessible summary: All healthcare professionals caring for people with serious mental illness should be aware of the signs of physical problems and take action to help patients improve their health. Our objective is to develop education for healthca... Read More about Educating healthcare professionals to act on the physical health needs of people with serious mental illness: A systematic search for evidence.

Quality of life issues in continence care (2011)
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Urinary and faecal incontinence affect a significant proportion of the population. Both types of incontinence can limit activities of daily living, restrict the individual’s ability to function in society and, as a consequence, affect quality of life... Read More about Quality of life issues in continence care.

Simulation: An effective pedagogical approach for nursing? (2011)
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Simulation features strongly within the undergraduate nursing curriculum for many Universities. It provides a variety of opportunities for students as they develop their clinical nursing skills. The nursing literature highlights the potential of th... Read More about Simulation: An effective pedagogical approach for nursing?.

Psychometric evaluation of a new patient-completed questionnaire for evaluating anal incontinence symptoms and impact on quality of life: The ICIQ-B (2011)
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BACKGROUND: A psychometrically robust patient-completed questionnaire for anal incontinence, which reflects issues of importance to both clinicians and patients, was lacking for assessment purposes. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the psycho... Read More about Psychometric evaluation of a new patient-completed questionnaire for evaluating anal incontinence symptoms and impact on quality of life: The ICIQ-B.

Do targeted child health promotion services meet the needs of the most disadvantaged? A qualitative study of the views of health visitors working in inner-city and urban areas in England (2011)
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condon l. (2011)Do targeted child health promotion services meet the needs of the most disadvantaged? A qualitative study of the views of health visitors working in inner-city and urban areas in England. Journal of Advanced Nursing 67(9), 2209-2219.... Read More about Do targeted child health promotion services meet the needs of the most disadvantaged? A qualitative study of the views of health visitors working in inner-city and urban areas in England.

Beyond greener pastures: Exploring contexts surrounding Filipino nurse migration in Canada through oral history (2011)
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Beyond greener pastures: exploring contexts surrounding Filipino nurse migration in Canada through oral history The history of immigrant Filipino nurses in Canada has received little attention, yet Canada is a major receiving country of a growing num... Read More about Beyond greener pastures: Exploring contexts surrounding Filipino nurse migration in Canada through oral history.

Adolescent girls' and parents' views on recruiting and retaining girls into an after-school dance intervention: Implications for extra-curricular physical activity provision (2011)
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Background: Many adolescents are not sufficiently active and girls are less active than boys. Physical activity interventions delivered during curriculum time have reported weak effects. More sustained changes in physical activity may be obtained by... Read More about Adolescent girls' and parents' views on recruiting and retaining girls into an after-school dance intervention: Implications for extra-curricular physical activity provision.

A randomised, controlled study of outcome and cost effectiveness for RA patients attending nurse-led rheumatology clinics: Study protocol of an ongoing nationwide multi-centre study (2011)
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Background: The rise in the number of patients with arthritis coupled with understaffing of medical services has seen the deployment of Clinical Nurse Specialists in running nurse-led clinics alongside the rheumatologist clinics. There are no systema... Read More about A randomised, controlled study of outcome and cost effectiveness for RA patients attending nurse-led rheumatology clinics: Study protocol of an ongoing nationwide multi-centre study.