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Faith and belief in Scotland. (2014)
Report
Siddiqui, M., Allison, A., Snowden, A., & Fleming, M. (2014). Faith and belief in Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Government

The nature of Scottish society is changing. Scotland is becoming more ethnically and religiously diverse. Within an equalities framework, consideration must be given to service provision for these changing demographics. The Public Sector Duty make... Read More about Faith and belief in Scotland..

Ethics and originality in doctoral research in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2014). Ethics and originality in doctoral research in the UK. Nurse Researcher, 21(6), 12-15. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.21.6.12.e1244

AIM: To show that the ethics governance process in the UK is not necessarily conducive to innovative investigation by doctoral students. BACKGROUND: Doctoral students need to demonstrate an original contribution to knowledge. This paper cr... Read More about Ethics and originality in doctoral research in the UK.

IMatter: validation of the NHS Scotland Employee Engagement Index (2014)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & MacArthur, E. (2014). IMatter: validation of the NHS Scotland Employee Engagement Index. BMC Health Services Research, 14, Article 535. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-014-0535-z

Background Employee engagement is a fundamental component of quality healthcare. In order to provide empirical data of engagement in NHS Scotland an Employee Engagement Index was co-constructed with staff. `iMatter¿ consists of 25 Likert questions d... Read More about IMatter: validation of the NHS Scotland Employee Engagement Index.

Against intimacy: focusing on the task in hand in PhD supervision (2014)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2014). Against intimacy: focusing on the task in hand in PhD supervision. British Journal of Nursing, 23(21), 1126-1132. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2014.23.21.1126

Worldwide, more nurses are undertaking doctoral studies now than at any other time. However, there is little high-quality evidence focused on investigating successful completion of such studies. Instead there is considerable literature dedicated to u... Read More about Against intimacy: focusing on the task in hand in PhD supervision.

The Visualisation of Rasch Model Analysis. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Soflano, M., Snowden, A., & Connolly, T. M. (2014, November). The Visualisation of Rasch Model Analysis. Paper presented at European Conference in the Applications of Enabling Technologies, Glasgow, Scotland

The relationship between emotional intelligence, previous caring experience and mindfulness in student nurses and midwives: a cross sectional analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Stenhouse, R., Young, J., Carver, H., Carver, F., & Brown, N. (2015). The relationship between emotional intelligence, previous caring experience and mindfulness in student nurses and midwives: a cross sectional analysis. Nurse Education Toda

Background: Emotional Intelligence (EI), previous caring experience and mindfulness training may have a positive impact on nurse education. More evidence is needed to support the use of these variables in nurse recruitment and retention. Objective... Read More about The relationship between emotional intelligence, previous caring experience and mindfulness in student nurses and midwives: a cross sectional analysis.

Developing and sustaining a culture of innovation in Health Higher Education literature review. (2014)
Report
Lewitt, M. S., Snowden, A. & Sheward, L. (2014). Developing and sustaining a culture of innovation in Health Higher Education literature review. Scotland: Higher Education Academy/ Council of Deans

This literature review set out to review the recent literature on cultures of innovation and summarise how they are developed, sustained and extended, including the associated barriers and enablers, in a way that is relevant to health HE and which ca... Read More about Developing and sustaining a culture of innovation in Health Higher Education literature review..

Adjustment to the need for an ICD. (2014)
Journal Article
McCaig, M., Orr, J., Snowden, A., Collins, G., Thomson, A., & Marland, G. (2014). Adjustment to the need for an ICD. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 9(3), 117-122. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2014.9.3.117

The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is an electrical medical device designed to monitor the electrical activity of the heart and is set to deliver a programmed, corrective defibrillatory discharge, or shock, on encountering abnormal card... Read More about Adjustment to the need for an ICD..

Assessment and care planning for cancer survivors: a concise evidence review. (2014)
Report
Snowden, A. & White, C. (2013). Assessment and care planning for cancer survivors: a concise evidence review. London, UK: Macmillan Cancer

This concise review examines the evidence for Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) in cancer survivors. It takes a structured approach by categorising levels of evidence pertaining to a series of specific statements. We therefore begin with summary def... Read More about Assessment and care planning for cancer survivors: a concise evidence review..

Tracking emotional intelligence. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stenhouse, R., Snowden, A., & Young, J. (2014, January). Tracking emotional intelligence. Paper presented at Research, Innovation, recruitment, retention: student nurse and midwives, Heriot Watt, Edinburgh