All Outputs (85)

Refinement of the Distress Management Problem List as the basis for a holistic therapeutic conversation among UK patients with cancer (2012)
Journal Article

Objective Originally devised in the USA, the Distress Thermometer is being deployed in many cancer settings in the UK. It is commonly used with a Problem List (PL), which has never been validated with a UK population. This study aimed to refine the P... Read More about Refinement of the Distress Management Problem List as the basis for a holistic therapeutic conversation among UK patients with cancer.

Spiritual leadership and spiritual care in neonatology (2012)
Journal Article

Aim: This article aims to explore spiritual care in the neonatal care environment in addition to highlighting the importance of spiritual leadership of a health team in that context. Background: Neonatal care is an ethically demanding and stressful a... Read More about Spiritual leadership and spiritual care in neonatology.

Leaving the Philippines: Oral histories of nurses' transition to Canadian nursing practice (2012)
Journal Article

Filipino nurses are the leading group of immigrant nurses in Canada, making up a substantial portion of the nursing workforce, yet little is known about the contexts surrounding their immigration and transition experiences at the individual level. Th... Read More about Leaving the Philippines: Oral histories of nurses' transition to Canadian nursing practice.

Both sides of the couch – Healthcare professionals’ perspectives of receiving treatment for cancer and returning to work with people with cancer (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

New and better habits! Facilitating patient self-management with proven behavior change strategies (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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

"It gets me down every single day": Are men with rheumatoid arthritis getting the support they need? (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Practice-based research: Electronic community of practice (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This invited presentation provided an overview of establishing, organizing, and participating in electronic communities of practice.

Patient directed self management of pain (PaDSMaP) compared to treatment as usual following total knee replacement: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2012)
Journal Article

Background: In 2009, 665 patients underwent total knee replacements (TKRs) at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), representing nearly 1% of the national total. Pain control following the operation can be poor, an... Read More about Patient directed self management of pain (PaDSMaP) compared to treatment as usual following total knee replacement: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Identifying core domains to assess flare in rheumatoid arthritis: An OMERACT international patient and provider combined Delphi consensus (2012)
Journal Article

Objectives: For rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there is no consensus on how to define and assess flare. Variability in flare definitions impairs understanding of findings across studies and limits ability to pool results. The OMERACT RA Flare Group sough... Read More about Identifying core domains to assess flare in rheumatoid arthritis: An OMERACT international patient and provider combined Delphi consensus.

Teaching and using poetry in healthcare (2012)
Book Chapter

Case study: Ethical guidance for pediatric e-health research using examples from pain research with adolescents (2012)
Journal Article

ObjectiveThe Internet is a frequently used platform for research in pediatric and health psychology. However, there is little pragmatic guidance as to ethical best practice of this research. The absence of guidance is particularly prominent for onlin... Read More about Case study: Ethical guidance for pediatric e-health research using examples from pain research with adolescents.

The need to address appearance-related distress across clinical conditions: How can healthcare teams support patients? (2012)
Journal Article

Erasmus staff mobility: Evaluating the experience of nurse teachers (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Aim of Paper: To disseminate knowledge from an evaluation of the experiences of nurse teachers following a period of Erasmus staff mobility, and contribute to the development of similar activity within nurse education. Abstract: Erasmus student an... Read More about Erasmus staff mobility: Evaluating the experience of nurse teachers.

Taking the long view: A systematic review reporting long-term perspectives on child unintentional injury (2012)
Journal Article

Objective The relative significance of child injury as a cause of preventable death has increased as mortality from infectious diseases has declined. Unintentional child injuries are now a major cause of death and disability across the world with the... Read More about Taking the long view: A systematic review reporting long-term perspectives on child unintentional injury.

An exploration of the hydration care of older people: A qualitative study (2012)
Journal Article

Background: Older adults are more susceptible to water imbalance and ensuring they drink sufficiently is a complex and challenging issue for nurses. The factors that promote adequate hydration and the barriers which prevent older people from drinking... Read More about An exploration of the hydration care of older people: A qualitative study.

Abductive reasoning and qualitative research (2012)
Journal Article

Abduction, deduction and induction describe forms of reasoning. Deduction and induction are discussed in the nursing literature. However, abduction has been largely neglected by nurse scholars. In this paper it is proposed that abduction may play a p... Read More about Abductive reasoning and qualitative research.

Transitioning from a hospital rehabilitation programme to home: Exploring the experiences of people with complex regional pain syndrome (2012)
Journal Article

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is difficult to diagnose and is characterised by burning pain in one or more limbs. Treatment is palliative not curative and focuses on improving function. This requires patients to make long-term changes to thei... Read More about Transitioning from a hospital rehabilitation programme to home: Exploring the experiences of people with complex regional pain syndrome.

Exploring the cultural validity of rheumatology outcomes (2012)
Journal Article

In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the use of a ‘core’ set of treatment outcomes was pioneered to ensure that the same outcomes are measured across all clinical trials to enable comparison of trial results. However, studies have not investigated the inf... Read More about Exploring the cultural validity of rheumatology outcomes.

An exploration of women's perceptions and lived experiences of domestic violence and abuse in the context of their pregnancy (2012)
Thesis

This thesis reports on a qualitative study exploring women's experiences of domestic violence before, during and after pregnancy. The research employed a qualitative framework underpinned by feminist and phenomenological values and philosophy. Femini... Read More about An exploration of women's perceptions and lived experiences of domestic violence and abuse in the context of their pregnancy.