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Shift Recording in Residential Child Care: Purposes, Issues and Implications for Policy and Practice (2014)
Journal Article
Hardy, M. (2014). Shift Recording in Residential Child Care: Purposes, Issues and Implications for Policy and Practice. Surveillance & Society, 12(1), 108-123

The ways in which information about children in residential child care is recorded and stored raises important implications for service-users, professionals and organizations but is an area of social welfare practise that is under-theorized. Whilst i... Read More about Shift Recording in Residential Child Care: Purposes, Issues and Implications for Policy and Practice.

Stigma: Barriers to Culture and Identity for People With Intellectual Disability (2014)
Journal Article
Spassiani, N. A., & Friedman, C. (2014). Stigma: Barriers to Culture and Identity for People With Intellectual Disability. Inclusion, 2(4), 329-341. https://doi.org/10.1352/2326-6988-2.4.329

This exploratory article examines disability culture and identity for people with intellectual disability. In doing so, we argue that the stigma around intellectual disability severely affects people with intellectual disability's sense of culture an... Read More about Stigma: Barriers to Culture and Identity for People With Intellectual Disability.

Difficult conversations in bereavement (2014)
Journal Article
Dosser, I., & Nicol, J. S. (2014). Difficult conversations in bereavement. Nursing and Residential Care, 16(12), 693-697. https://doi.org/10.12968/nrec.2014.16.12.693

Education in bereavement theory and communication skills are essential to ensure effective responses when participating in difficult conversations. Support for staff caring for those in nursing and residential care is paramount

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.

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.

Carbon dioxide detection for diagnosis of inadvertent respiratory tract placement of enterogastric tubes in children. (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, F. C., Holland, A., Elen, M., & McGirr, D. (2014). Carbon dioxide detection for diagnosis of inadvertent respiratory tract placement of enterogastric tubes in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011196

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of capnometry and capnography for detecting respiratory EGT placement in children compared to the reference standard.

Wound debridement: a clinical update (2014)
Journal Article
McFarland, A., & Smith, F. C. (2014). Wound debridement: a clinical update. Nursing Standard, 28(52), 51-58. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.28.52.51.e9171

This article aims to improve nurses’ knowledge of wound debridement through a review of different techniques and the related physiology of wound healing. Debridement has long been an established component of effective wound management. However, recen... Read More about Wound debridement: a clinical update.

Human dignity and nurse education. (2014)
Journal Article
Macaden, L., Kyle, R. G., Webster, E., & Munoz, S. (2014). Human dignity and nurse education. Innov-age: promoting excellence in health and elder care, 6, 12-13

What happens when you bring together experts in nurse education, human rights law and participatory research and how might this curious collaboration improve the care of the older adults? Forged in the Scottish Crucible - a leadership and development... Read More about Human dignity and nurse education..

Effectiveness and Acceptability of Group Psychoeducation for the Management of Mental Health Problems in Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) (2014)
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Karatzias, T., Ferguson, S., Chouliara, Z., Gullone, A., Cosgrove, K., & Douglas, A. (2014). Effectiveness and Acceptability of Group Psychoeducation for the Management of Mental Health Problems in Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). International Jour

There has been limited published research on the effectiveness of manualized psychoeducational approaches for the mental health and behavioral problems of child sexual abuse (CSA) survivors. The present study aims to add to the evidence base for the... Read More about Effectiveness and Acceptability of Group Psychoeducation for the Management of Mental Health Problems in Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA).

Psychological adjustment to disfiguring skin diseases (2014)
Journal Article
Chouliara, Z., & Affleck, A. G. (2014). Psychological adjustment to disfiguring skin diseases. Dermatology in practice, 20, 16-19

After diagnosis of a skin disorder, there follows a period of psychological adjustment during which most people are able to cope. Coping is a process that can be described as ‘expending conscious effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, a... Read More about Psychological adjustment to disfiguring skin diseases.

White cider consumption and heavy drinkers: a low-cost option but an unknown price (2014)
Journal Article
Black, H., Michalova, L., Gill, J. S., Rees, C., Chick, J., O'May, F., …McPake, B. (2014). White cider consumption and heavy drinkers: a low-cost option but an unknown price. Alcohol and alcoholism : international journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism, 49, 675-680. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agu068

Aims: To compare characteristics of heavy drinkers who do, or do not, drink white cider during their typical drinking week and to contrast white cider drinkers' behaviour with a similar group recruited in comparable settings 4 years previously. To co... Read More about White cider consumption and heavy drinkers: a low-cost option but an unknown price.

Learn to see patients in their own world. (2014)
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2014). Learn to see patients in their own world. Nursing Standard, 28(50), 22-24. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.28.50.22.s26

Insights from the social sciences can help nurses understand the influences that shaped their patients and the decisions they make. This can develop empathy and encourage better care. Nurses are passionate about their patients’ wellbeing. They can us... Read More about Learn to see patients in their own world..

Habitat and health: why place matters. (2014)
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2014). Habitat and health: why place matters. Nursing Standard, 29(3), 24-25. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.3.24.s27

Each of us is shaped by the places we spend our lives in. Thinking about your patients in their geographical context – their biogeography – can enable more holistic care

A rehabilitation intervention to promote physical recovery following intensive care: a detailed description of construct development, rationale and content together with proposed taxonomy to capture processes in a randomised controlled trial (2014)
Journal Article
Ramsay, P., Salisbury, L. G., Merriweather, J. L., Huby, G., Rattray, J. E., Hull, A. M., …Walsh, T. S. (2014). A rehabilitation intervention to promote physical recovery following intensive care: a detailed description of construct development, rationa

Background: increasing numbers of patients are surviving critical illness, but survival may be associated with a constellation of physical and psychological sequelae that can cause on going disability and reduced health-related quality of life. Lim... Read More about A rehabilitation intervention to promote physical recovery following intensive care: a detailed description of construct development, rationale and content together with proposed taxonomy to capture processes in a randomised controlled trial.

Patient factors associated with SSRI dose for depression treatment in general practice: A primary care cross sectional study (2014)
Journal Article
Johnson, C. F., Dougall, N. J., Williams, B., MacGillivray, S. A., Buchanan, A. I., & Hassett, R. D. (2014). Patient factors associated with SSRI dose for depression treatment in general practice: A primary care cross sectional study. BMC Family Practice,

Background Antidepressant prescribing continues to rise. Increased long-term prescribing and higher doses are contributing to current growth; however, patient factors associated with the use of higher doses remain unknown. This study’s aim was to in... Read More about Patient factors associated with SSRI dose for depression treatment in general practice: A primary care cross sectional study.

Who gets stroke prevention? Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients in the inpatient setting. (2014)
Journal Article
Gallagher, R., Roach, K., Sadler, L., Belshaw, J., Kirkness, A., Zhang, L., …Neubeck, L. (2015). Who gets stroke prevention? Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients in the inpatient setting. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 24(5), 488-494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2014.12.010

Background: current guidelines strongly recommend antithrombotic therapy, particularly warfarin, for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients at high risk of stroke. Despite this, use of these medications is far from optimal. The aim of... Read More about Who gets stroke prevention? Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients in the inpatient setting..