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Diabetes and its impact on wound healing (2011)
Journal Article
Sharp, A., & Clark, J. (2011). Diabetes and its impact on wound healing. Nursing Standard, 25, 41-47. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2011.07.25.45.41.c8626

This article discusses the reasons why wounds in people with diabetes take longer to heal and are more susceptible to complications. The physiology of the wound healing process, and how this is affected by diabetes, is outlined. The article also expl... Read More about Diabetes and its impact on wound healing.

A pilot study to assess if urine specific gravity and urine colour charts are useful indicators of dehydration in acute stroke patients (2011)
Journal Article
Rowat, A. M., Smith, L., Graham, C., Lyle, D., Horsburgh, D., & Dennis, M. S. (2011). A pilot study to assess if urine specific gravity and urine colour charts are useful indicators of dehydration in acute stroke patients. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67, 1976-1983. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05645.x

AIM: The purpose of this pilot study was to examine whether urine specific gravity and urine colour could provide an early warning of dehydration in stroke patients compared with standard blood indicators of hydration status. BACKGROUND: Dehydrati... Read More about A pilot study to assess if urine specific gravity and urine colour charts are useful indicators of dehydration in acute stroke patients.

Introduction to the stroke series (2011)
Journal Article
Rowat, A. M. (2011). Introduction to the stroke series. Nursing Standard, 26, 35-36

THIS ARTICLE is an introduction to a series of articles outlining the priorities of stroke care. The aim of these articles is to raise nurses’ awareness of caring for stroke patients with complex problems in a range of care environments, to enhance k... Read More about Introduction to the stroke series.

Decisional responsibility for mechanical ventilation and weaning: an international survey (2011)
Journal Article
Rose, L., Blackwood, B., Egerod, I., Haugdahl, H., Hofhuis, J., Isfort, M., …Schultz, M. J. (2011). Decisional responsibility for mechanical ventilation and weaning: an international survey. Critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Forum, 15, R295. https://doi.org/10.1186/cc10588

Introduction Optimal management of mechanical ventilation and weaning requires dynamic and collaborative decision making to minimize complications and avoid delays in the transition to extubation. In the absence of collaboration, ventilation decis... Read More about Decisional responsibility for mechanical ventilation and weaning: an international survey.

Recovery of MRSA and Clostridium difficile in an ICU ward (2011)
Journal Article
Ram, A., Gibb, A. P., Templeton, K., Holmes, A., Swann, D., & Taylor, C. M. (2011). Recovery of MRSA and Clostridium difficile in an ICU ward. BMC Proceedings, 5, 185-185. https://doi.org/10.1186/1753-6561-5-S6-P185

Introduction / objectives The role of the hospital environment as a reservoir of infection is poorly understood. Therefore, baseline levels of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and Clostridium difficile contamination on surfaces wer... Read More about Recovery of MRSA and Clostridium difficile in an ICU ward.

A review of the effectiveness and meaningfulness of education interventions to enable children, young people and their families to self-care for their gastrostomy tubes in the community. (2011)
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Paxton, C., & Donaldson, J. H. (2011). A review of the effectiveness and meaningfulness of education interventions to enable children, young people and their families to self-care for their gastrostomy tubes in the community

A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence of the effectiveness and meaningfulness of education interventions to enable children, young people and their families to self-care for their gastrostomy tubes in the community

Housing First: Considering Components for Successful Resettlement of Homeless People with Multiple Needs. (2011)
Journal Article
Nicholls, C. M., & Atherton, I. (2011). Housing First: Considering Components for Successful Resettlement of Homeless People with Multiple Needs. Housing Studies, 26, 767-777. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2011.581907

‘Housing First’ programmes in the US involve the provision of mainstream scatter sited permanent housing at the initial stage of support for homeless individuals with multiple needs. This is in contrast to dominant approaches (in the US and Europe) t... Read More about Housing First: Considering Components for Successful Resettlement of Homeless People with Multiple Needs..

Unpacking stored and storied knowledge: Elicited biographies of activism in mental health (2011)
Journal Article
Milligan, C., Kearns, R., & Kyle, R. G. (2011). Unpacking stored and storied knowledge: Elicited biographies of activism in mental health. Health and Place, 17, 7-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.12.016

In this paper we consider the potential of autobiographical narratives for accessing ‘storied knowledge’ in research around geographies of health voluntarism. We firstly consider what is meant by elicited autobiography and how the narrative approach... Read More about Unpacking stored and storied knowledge: Elicited biographies of activism in mental health.

The isolating and insulating affects and effects of Hepatitis C: a substantive grounded theory (2011)
Journal Article
McCreaddie, M., Lyons, I., Horsburgh, D., Miller, M., & Frew, J. (2011). The isolating and insulating affects and effects of Hepatitis C: a substantive grounded theory. Gastroenterology Nursing, 34, 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1097/SGA.0b013e31820b2254

Hepatitis C has a global prevalence of 3%, causing chronic infection in 75% of cases, and is currently the main cause of liver transplant in the United Kingdom. This study reviewed patients' and service providers' perspectives on hepatitis C as an en... Read More about The isolating and insulating affects and effects of Hepatitis C: a substantive grounded theory.

Tricyclic antidepressant self poisoning and admission for acute care (2011)
Journal Article
Marland, G., Snowden, A., McNay, L., McCaig, M., & Boyd, G. (2011). Tricyclic antidepressant self poisoning and admission for acute care. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 6, 589-596. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2011.6.12.589

Self-poisoning by ingestion of antidepressants is a common method of suicide. Although tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) are no longer the first choice treatment for depression they are still commonly taken in overdose causing poisoning and admission... Read More about Tricyclic antidepressant self poisoning and admission for acute care.