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Facilitating antenatal education classes in Scotland (2014)
Journal Article
Hardie, K., Horsburgh, D., & Key, S. (2014). Facilitating antenatal education classes in Scotland. British Journal of Midwifery, 22(6), 409-416. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2014.22.6.409

Provision of antenatal education classes by registered midwives is viewed as pivotal in sharing information and providing health education for women and their partners during their journey into parenthood. The midwife's influence on the overall succ... Read More about Facilitating antenatal education classes in Scotland.

The code: standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives and applied ethical principles. (2013)
Book Chapter
Horsburgh, D. (2013). The code: standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives and applied ethical principles. In C. Brooker, & A. Waugh (Eds.), Foundations of Nursing Practice: fundamentals of holistic care. Mosby: Elsevier

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.

The NMC code of conduct and applied ethical principles. (2007)
Book Chapter
Horsburgh, D. (2007). The NMC code of conduct and applied ethical principles. In C. Brooker, & A. Waugh (Eds.), Foundations of Nursing Practice: fundamentals of holistic care. Mosby: Elsevier

Nursing ethics. (2006)
Book
Thompson, I. E., Melia, K. M., Boyd, K. M., & Horsburgh, D. (2006). Nursing ethics. Churchill Livingstone

The fifth edition of this highly popular text offers a lucid and readable account of ethical issues affecting nurses and other health care practitioners, which will be of value throughout their careers. Nursing ethics offers a highly practical appr... Read More about Nursing ethics..

Review: How, and when, can i restrain a patient? (2004)
Journal Article
Horsburgh, D. (2004). Review: How, and when, can i restrain a patient?. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 80, 7-12. https://doi.org/10.1136/pmj.2003.007302

The need to restrain service users will vary according to the area of practice within which practitioners are employed. Many of the principles that relate to the issue of restraining service users are, however, applicable to all, or most, health and... Read More about Review: How, and when, can i restrain a patient?.

Evaluation of qualitative research. (2003)
Journal Article
Horsburgh, D. (2003). Evaluation of qualitative research. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 12, 307-312. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00683.x

Summary • It is necessary to subject published research to critical scrutiny, in order to evaluate the robustness of the findings. • The criteria used in evaluation require to be appropriate for the research paradigm, i.e. quantitative or q... Read More about Evaluation of qualitative research..

The ethical implications and legal aspects of patient restraint. (2003)
Journal Article
Horsburgh, D. (2003). The ethical implications and legal aspects of patient restraint. Nursing Times, 99, 26-27

It is arguable that the association of restraint with people who have severe mental health difficulties may cloud appreciation of its widespread use in other areas of nursing. The focus of this article will be on the use of restraint within a care se... Read More about The ethical implications and legal aspects of patient restraint..