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Frequency of nursing tasks in medical and surgical wards (2013)
Journal Article
Farquharson, B., Bell, C., Johnston, D., Jones, M., Schofield, P., Allan, J., Ricketts, I., Morrison, K., & Johnston, M. (2013). Frequency of nursing tasks in medical and surgical wards. Journal of Nursing Management, 21(6), 860-866. https://doi.org/10.11

Aim To explore the frequency of different nursing tasks in medical and surgical wards. Background The time nurses spend on direct patient care is important for both patients and nurses. However, little is known about the time nurses spend on v... Read More about Frequency of nursing tasks in medical and surgical wards.

Stress in telephone helpline nurses is associated with failures of concentration, attention and memory, and with more conservative referral decisions (2013)
Journal Article
Allan, J. L., Farquharson, B., Johnston, D. W., Jones, M. C., Choudhary, C. J., & Johnston, M. (2014). Stress in telephone helpline nurses is associated with failures of concentration, attention and memory, and with more conservative referral decisions. B

Nurses working for telephone-based medical helplines must maintain attentional focus while quickly and accurately processing information given by callers to make safe and appropriate treatment decisions. In this study, both higher levels of general o... Read More about Stress in telephone helpline nurses is associated with failures of concentration, attention and memory, and with more conservative referral decisions.