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Debating mental health nurses’ role in medicines management (2012)
Journal Article
Hemingway, S., & Snowden, A. (2012). Debating mental health nurses’ role in medicines management. British Journal of Nursing, 21, 1219-1223. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2012.21.20.1219

This article delineates concordance and adherence; two fundamental positions pertaining to the role of the nurse in medicine management. Taking the form of a debate, it uses mental health nursing to describe the role and function of concordance and a... Read More about Debating mental health nurses’ role in medicines management.

An exploration of palliative care provision in Scottish care homes (2012)
Journal Article
Reid, L., Snowden, A., & Kydd, A. (2012). An exploration of palliative care provision in Scottish care homes. British Journal of Nursing, 21, 8-15. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2012.21.1.8

This paper suggests that there is an imbalance between the ideal and the actual palliative care provision for some older people living and dying in care homes in Scotland. Successive studies demonstrate that care home residents are increasingly frail... Read More about An exploration of palliative care provision in Scottish care homes.

Concurrent analysis: a pragmatic justification (2012)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Atkinson, J. (2012). Concurrent analysis: a pragmatic justification. Nursing Philosophy, 13, 126-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-769X.2011.00523.x

Concurrent analysis (CA) is a process of synthesizing conceptually equivalent data for the purpose of producing a coherent and predictive model in social science. The process of CA is detailed. In short, CA uses Thagard's concept of coherence as a me... Read More about Concurrent analysis: a pragmatic justification.

No decision about me without me: concordance operationalised (2012)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Marland, G. (2012). No decision about me without me: concordance operationalised. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22, 1353-1360. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04337.x

Aims and objectives
To demonstrate that concordance can be operationalised to the benefit of patients. Concordance can be understood as a composite of knowledge, health beliefs and collaboration.

Background
In discussing any clinical decision, i... Read More about No decision about me without me: concordance operationalised.

Measuring Concordance in Clinical Practice (2012)
Journal Article
Barron, D. T., & Snowden, A. (2012). Measuring Concordance in Clinical Practice. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 1, 88-94. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2012.1.2.88

This article describes the construction of a tool to measure concordance in clinical practice. The second of two parts, it details the strategic background underpinning concordance and expands the rationale as this relates to the construction of indi... Read More about Measuring Concordance in Clinical Practice.

Is concordance possible? (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snowden, A. (2012, September). Is concordance possible?. Paper presented at 16th International Philosophy of Nursing Conference

Concurrent analysis: validation of the domains within the Birth Satisfaction Scale (2012)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., Snowden, A., & Martin, C. R. (2012). Concurrent analysis: validation of the domains within the Birth Satisfaction Scale. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 30(3), 247-260. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2012.710833

Background and aim: measuring women’s satisfaction with their birth experience has been problematic. Recently, an attempt has been made to capture birth satisfaction’s generalised meaning and incorporate it into an evidenced-based tool. Standard proc... Read More about Concurrent analysis: validation of the domains within the Birth Satisfaction Scale.

Helping the clinician help me: towards listening in cancer care (2012)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., White, C. A., Christie, Z., Murray, E., McGowan, C., & Scott, R. (2012). Helping the clinician help me: towards listening in cancer care. British Journal of Nursing, 21(Sup10), S18-S26. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2012.21.Sup10.S18

Despite global support for the ideal of shared decision making, its enactment remains difficult in practice. The UK charity, Macmillan Cancer Support, attempted to incorporate the principles of shared decision making within a programme of distress ma... Read More about Helping the clinician help me: towards listening in cancer care.

Concordance in action: case study of medication management (2012)
Journal Article
Roy, D., & Snowden, A. (2012). Concordance in action: case study of medication management. Nurse Prescribing, 10(4), 195-200. https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2012.10.4.195

This article discusses a case study describing discontinuation symptoms relating to the abrupt withdrawal of the antidepressant venlafaxine. The article explores alternative explanations for the symptoms presented, and highlights the importance of sy... Read More about Concordance in action: case study of medication management.

Constructivist grounded theory of distress management in cancer survivors. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snowden, A. (2012, April). Constructivist grounded theory of distress management in cancer survivors. Paper presented at 2012 International Nursing Research Conference

Background: The distress thermometer is a valid
measure of distress in cancer. However, there is
less evidence as to what this may mean for the
patient experience of distress (Snowden et al.,
2011). This paper presents a grounded theory of
the p... Read More about Constructivist grounded theory of distress management in cancer survivors..

Pragmatic problem with paradigms. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snowden, A. (2012, April). Pragmatic problem with paradigms. Paper presented at RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference

There is increasing recognition that the concept of
research paradigms is flawed. Despite this, these
concepts continue to drive research hierarchies.
Unless research practices actively reject paradigmatic
dogma, this situation will persist. This... Read More about Pragmatic problem with paradigms..

Denial of heart disease, delays seeking help and lifestyle changes (2012)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Marland, G., Murray, E., & McCaig, M. (2012). Denial of heart disease, delays seeking help and lifestyle changes. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 7(3), 124-128. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2012.7.3.124

This article examines the psychological and physical impact of denial of illness related to heart disease. The most obvious sequelae entail avoidance of help-seeking behaviour and the maintenance of risk-taking behaviour such as poor diet, lack of ex... Read More about Denial of heart disease, delays seeking help and lifestyle changes.

Concordance in Action: Training Needs Analysis (2012)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Gilfedder, M., Ferries, E., Bartling, L., & Barron, D. T. (2012). Concordance in Action: Training Needs Analysis. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 1(1), 13-18. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2012.1.1.13

This is the first of two articles examining the role and function of concordance in clinical medicine management. It records the development of a questionnaire designed to help facilitate a training needs analysis for registered mental health nurses.... Read More about Concordance in Action: Training Needs Analysis.

Concordance in action: towards systematic individualized care (2012)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Gilfedder, M., & Campbell, P. A. (2012). Concordance in action: towards systematic individualized care. Nurse Prescribing, 10(3), 141-146. https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2012.10.3.141

This article describes the construction and impact of an education module designed to improve medicine management in mental health nursing. In particular, it justifies the need for such education and illustrates the impact that it can have on knowled... Read More about Concordance in action: towards systematic individualized care.

Lothian PROM: feedback to CCL. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snowden, A., & Telfer, I. (2012, January). Lothian PROM: feedback to CCL. Paper presented at Community Chaplain. List. Mov. from Phase Two to Phase Three