All Outputs (112)

Donating breastmilk: Regulated and unregulated practices: A review of the issues (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Breastmilk is the optimal source of nutrition for babies although there are a range of situations in which breastfeeding is difficult, including prematurity. Human milk is donated in the UK in both regulated and unregulated ways. A network of human... Read More about Donating breastmilk: Regulated and unregulated practices: A review of the issues.

Stiffness is more than just duration and severity: A qualitative exploration in people with rheumatoid arthritis (2014)
Journal Article

© The Author 2014. Objective. Stiffness is internationally recognized as an important indicator of inflammatory activity in RA but is poorly understood and difficult to measure. The aim of this study was to explore the experience of stiffness from th... Read More about Stiffness is more than just duration and severity: A qualitative exploration in people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Implementing an Injury Prevention Briefing to aid delivery of key fire safety messages in UK children's centres: Qualitative study nested within a multi-centre randomised controlled trial (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Beckett et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: To improve the translation of public health evidence into practice, there is a need to increase practitioner involvement in initiative development, to place greater emphasis on contextua... Read More about Implementing an Injury Prevention Briefing to aid delivery of key fire safety messages in UK children's centres: Qualitative study nested within a multi-centre randomised controlled trial.

Roma, gypsies, travellers and infant feeding (2014)
Report

Patients and nursing staff views of using the education needs assessment tool in rheumatology clinics: A qualitative study (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aims and objectives: To evaluate the usability of the educational needs assessment tool in clinical practice, from a practitioner and patient perspective and to establish whether patients perceive that they are getting... Read More about Patients and nursing staff views of using the education needs assessment tool in rheumatology clinics: A qualitative study.

Breastfeeding peer support in Wiltshire: An evaluation (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation will discuss issues involved in undertaking an evaluation of breastfeeding peer support, commissioned by NHS Wiltshire to consider how the implementation of breastfeeding peer support in Wiltshire might be improved. The focus was th... Read More about Breastfeeding peer support in Wiltshire: An evaluation.

The GP retainer scheme: Report of a national survey (2014)
Journal Article

The current context of organisational change and new working patterns, together with the high cost of medical training, mean it is of vital importance that the NHS retains its trained workforce. The GP retainer scheme supports doctors who for reasons... Read More about The GP retainer scheme: Report of a national survey.

A Q-methodology study of flare help-seeking behaviours and different experiences of daily life in rheumatoid arthritis (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Lin et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: Previous studies have not addressed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients' help-seeking behaviours for RA flares, and only one small qualitative study has addressed how patients experience dail... Read More about A Q-methodology study of flare help-seeking behaviours and different experiences of daily life in rheumatoid arthritis.

Validation of the educational needs assessment tool as a generic instrument for rheumatic diseases in seven European countries (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014, BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Objectives: To validate the educational needs assessment tool (ENAT) as a generic tool for assessing the educational needs of patients with rheumatic diseases in European Countries. Methods: A conven... Read More about Validation of the educational needs assessment tool as a generic instrument for rheumatic diseases in seven European countries.

Using guided individualised feedback to review self-reported quality of life in health and its importance (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. This pilot study investigated the effects of providing guided, individualised feedback on subjective quality of life (QoL), using results from the multidimensional WHOQOL-BREF profile. Participants (n=129; 85 chronically il... Read More about Using guided individualised feedback to review self-reported quality of life in health and its importance.

The role of research facilitators in health care service organizations in British Columbia (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This invited presentation provided an overview of the Nursing Research Facilitator program in British Columbia.

The outcome and cost-effectiveness of nurse-led care in people with rheumatoid arthritis: A multicentre randomised controlled trial (2014)
Journal Article

Objective To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of nurse-led care (NLC) for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods In a multicentre pragmatic randomised controlled trial, the assessment of clinical effects followed a n... Read More about The outcome and cost-effectiveness of nurse-led care in people with rheumatoid arthritis: A multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Perceptions of quality of life in people with mild and borderline learning disability and the autism diagnostic process (2014)
Thesis

This study used mixed methods to gather multidimensional quality of life perceptions from a small group of adults (n = 20) who have mild or borderline learning disabilities and have been referred to a local diagnostic process. The methods were develo... Read More about Perceptions of quality of life in people with mild and borderline learning disability and the autism diagnostic process.

Prevention and first aid for child thermal injuries: What is new, what is possible? (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Should we take patients to hospital in cardiac arrest? (2014)
Journal Article

Keeping children safe at home: protocol for a case-control study of modifiable risk factors for scalds (2014)
Journal Article

Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions. BACKGROUND: Scalds are one of the most common forms of thermal inju... Read More about Keeping children safe at home: protocol for a case-control study of modifiable risk factors for scalds.

Learning through simulation (2014)
Journal Article

An important element of nursing students’ learning experience is the way they gain confidence and competence in delivering care to patients and service users. As with many universities, at the University of the West of England some of these ski... Read More about Learning through simulation.

'It felt so real': Simulating authentic shared learning experiences for undergraduate mental health and child branch students (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Self-harm has been estimated to effect 1 in 15 young people (Young Minds, 2013) and frequently leads to hospital admissions, where young people are likely to encounter children’s nurses and mental health practitioners. Yet, there are limited experien... Read More about 'It felt so real': Simulating authentic shared learning experiences for undergraduate mental health and child branch students.

Developing the Polish Educational Needs Assessment Tool (Pol-ENAT) in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis: a cross-cultural validation study using Rasch analysis (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014, The Author(s). Objectives: To undertake cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the educational needs assessment tool (ENAT) for use with people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) in Poland.Methods: The study invo... Read More about Developing the Polish Educational Needs Assessment Tool (Pol-ENAT) in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis: a cross-cultural validation study using Rasch analysis.

Using liminality, stigma and taboo to understand mother's experiences of long-term breastfeeding (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution