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Illuminating the importance of craftsmanship in compassionate caring and facilitating its development in student nurses (2021)
Thesis
Adamson, E. Illuminating the importance of craftsmanship in compassionate caring and facilitating its development in student nurses. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2799279

This thesis provides a critical reflection on my original contributions to knowledge in the field of nursing practice and nurse education over the last decade. Collectively my eight selected papers demonstrate an ongoing and incrementally developing... Read More about Illuminating the importance of craftsmanship in compassionate caring and facilitating its development in student nurses.

Engaging with feedback processes in workplace settings: using student expertise to co-create resources to foster first-year students’ feedback literacy development (2021)
Journal Article
Sambell, K., Brown, S., & Adamson, E. (2021). Engaging with feedback processes in workplace settings: using student expertise to co-create resources to foster first-year students’ feedback literacy development. Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal, 3(2), 54-73

This paper reports outcomes from a pedagogic action research project conducted collaboratively with students. It focuses on co-constructed resources targeted on the development of feedback literacy in work-based settings. It outlines the process for... Read More about Engaging with feedback processes in workplace settings: using student expertise to co-create resources to foster first-year students’ feedback literacy development.

Helping Student Nurses Learn the Craft of Compassionate Care: A Relational Model. (2018)
Journal Article
Adamson, L. (2018). Helping Student Nurses Learn the Craft of Compassionate Care: A Relational Model. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 6(3), 91-96. https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v6i3.376

This on the horizon article proposes a relational model for enabling the development of skills and attributes associated with ‘compassionate craftsmanship’ in the developing nurse. This pedagogic model was informed by findings from the author’s res... Read More about Helping Student Nurses Learn the Craft of Compassionate Care: A Relational Model..

Feedback in clinical practice: Enhancing the students’ experience through action research (2018)
Journal Article
Adamson, E., King, L., Foy, L., McLeod, M., Traynor, J., Watson, W., & Gray, M. (2018). Feedback in clinical practice: Enhancing the students’ experience through action research. Nurse Education in Practice, 31, 48-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2018.04.012

Feedback to student nurses and midwives within clinical practice is known to be central to their learning and development. A study that focused on student experience of assessment identified that a high proportion of students reported that they had r... Read More about Feedback in clinical practice: Enhancing the students’ experience through action research.

Culture, courage and compassion: exploring the experience of student nurses on placement abroad (2018)
Journal Article
Adamson, E. (2018). Culture, courage and compassion: exploring the experience of student nurses on placement abroad. Journal of Compassionate Health Care, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40639-018-0048-4

Background Nursing is emotional work and learning how to manage their emotions is a valuable part of nurse education. As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile nurses will care for people from diverse cultures and backgrounds. The development of... Read More about Culture, courage and compassion: exploring the experience of student nurses on placement abroad.

Seeking, hearing and acting: Staff perspectives of changes in assessment practice through TESTA (2017)
Journal Article
Adamson, E., Webster-Henderson, B., & Carver, M. (2017). Seeking, hearing and acting: Staff perspectives of changes in assessment practice through TESTA. SEDA Educational Developments, 18(4), 12-15

Assessment and feedback continues to be a key focus of attention within higher education. The TESTA (Transforming the Experience of Students through Assessment) methodology has been used worldwide across a variety of disciplines, programmes and cultu... Read More about Seeking, hearing and acting: Staff perspectives of changes in assessment practice through TESTA.

Exploring the experiences of patients attending day hospitals in the rural Scotland: capturing the patient's voice (2017)
Journal Article
Adamson, E., Pow, J., Houston, F., & Redpath, P. (2017). Exploring the experiences of patients attending day hospitals in the rural Scotland: capturing the patient's voice. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(19-20), 3044-3055. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13651

Aims and objectives To understand the meaning of person-centred compassionate care for people attending day hospitals in rural Scotland. Background Increasing numbers of older people are living with chronic conditions and require support to live a... Read More about Exploring the experiences of patients attending day hospitals in the rural Scotland: capturing the patient's voice.

Reflections about experiences of compassionate care from award winning undergraduate nurses – What, so what … now what? (2016)
Journal Article
Smith, S., James, A., Brogan, A., Adamson, E., & Gentleman, M. (2016). Reflections about experiences of compassionate care from award winning undergraduate nurses – What, so what … now what?. Journal of Compassionate Health Care, 3(6), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40639-016-0023-x

Background From 2007 until 2012 Edinburgh Napier University’s School of Nursing Midwifery and Social Care in conjunction with NHS Lothian, collaborated on a programme of action research entitled, the Leadership in Compassionate Care Programme. One s... Read More about Reflections about experiences of compassionate care from award winning undergraduate nurses – What, so what … now what?.

Difficulty in eye drop administration for people with rheumatoid arthritis (2016)
Journal Article
Adamson, E., & Kendall, G. (2016). Difficulty in eye drop administration for people with rheumatoid arthritis. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 79(9), 550-556. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022616643101

Introduction: Many people require eye drops administered daily, yet many do not instil them as prescribed. This can be due to physical difficulty managing the delivery device yet little research has focused on this. Methods: Participants from ophtha... Read More about Difficulty in eye drop administration for people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Innovation in assessment and feedback: Enhancing the student experience. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Adamson, E., & Webster, B. (2015). Innovation in assessment and feedback: Enhancing the student experience

Assessment is central to students learning and is a powerful driver in determining what students will do and how (Beaumont , O’Doherty and Shannon 2011).Feedback is known to be an important part of this and valued by students however the UK national... Read More about Innovation in assessment and feedback: Enhancing the student experience..

TESTA - lessons learned. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Webster, B., & Adamson, E. (2015, June). TESTA - lessons learned. Presented at Learning, Teaching and Assessment Conference, Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus

No abstract available.

Compassionate Care: Student nurses' learning through reflection and the use of story (2014)
Journal Article
Adamson, E., & Dewar, B. (2015). Compassionate Care: Student nurses' learning through reflection and the use of story. Nurse Education in Practice, 15(3), 155-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2014.08.002

Introduction Current concern in health care about delivering care that is compassionate has important implications for how compassion is taught and made explicit in nurse education curricula. This paper will describe the use of stories within the... Read More about Compassionate Care: Student nurses' learning through reflection and the use of story.

Clarifying misconceptions about compassionate care (2013)
Journal Article
Dewar, B., Adamson, E., Smith, S., Surfleet, J., & King, L. (2013). Clarifying misconceptions about compassionate care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70, 1738-1747. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12322

Aim To discuss the meaning of compassionate care as it applies to staff, patients and families in health and social care settings, its application to practice and how organizational infrastructures affect the delivery of care. Background The ter... Read More about Clarifying misconceptions about compassionate care.

Developing global citizenship online: An authentic alternative to overseas clinical placement (2013)
Journal Article
Strickland, K., Adamson, E., McInally, W., Tiittanen, H., & Metcalfe, S. (2013). Developing global citizenship online: An authentic alternative to overseas clinical placement. Nurse Education Today, 33(10), 1160-1165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.11.016

Background This paper presents the findings of a pilot project to develop and evaluate an international nursing module delivered using a collaborative online platform between nursing programmes in Scotland, USA and Finland. The purpose of the proj... Read More about Developing global citizenship online: An authentic alternative to overseas clinical placement.

Compassion into action (2013)
Journal Article
Adamson, E. (2013). Compassion into action. Nursing Standard,

The findings from a three-year research project show that compassionate care is not only good for patients but can improve satisfaction for staff.

A 'good death' at home: community nurses helping to make it possible (2013)
Journal Article
Adamson, E., & Cruickshank, S. (2013). A 'good death' at home: community nurses helping to make it possible. British Journal of Community Nursing, 18, 40-42

The number of people dying at home rather than in a hospital is increasing, albeit slowly. This coincides with a growing emphasis across the UK to increase choice and enable individuals to both live and die well, and in the preferred setting of their... Read More about A 'good death' at home: community nurses helping to make it possible.

Leadership in compassionate care programme: final report. (2012)
Report
Adamson, E., Dewar, B., Donaldson, J. H., Gentleman, M., Gray, M., Horsburgh, D., …Waugh, A. (2012). Leadership in compassionate care programme: final report. Edinburgh, Scotland: NHS Lothian/ Edinburgh Napier University

The Leadership in Compassionate Care programme is a collaborative venture between Edinburgh Napier University and NHS Lothian and is supported by a generous benefactor. The aim of the 3 year project is to ensure that compassionate nursing practice is... Read More about Leadership in compassionate care programme: final report..

Leadership in Compassionate Care: Executive Summary- Enhancing patient care by promoting compassionate practice. (2012)
Report
Adamson, E., Cook, F., Crowther, C., Dewar, B., Donaldson, J. H., Gloag, A., …Waugh, A. (2012). Leadership in Compassionate Care: Executive Summary- Enhancing patient care by promoting compassionate practice. Edinburgh, Scotland: NHS Lothian/Edinburgh Napier University

The Leadership in Compassionate Care Programme (LCCP) commenced in 2007 as a three year programme of work. Initial funding was received from a private benefactor and the two organisations involved in the programme (NHS Lothian and Edinburgh Nap... Read More about Leadership in Compassionate Care: Executive Summary- Enhancing patient care by promoting compassionate practice..

Leadership in compassionate care: Conference Handbook. (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Adamson, E., Dewar, B., Donaldson, J. H., Gentleman, M., Gray, M., Horsburgh, D., …Waugh, A. (2012). Leadership in compassionate care: Conference Handbook.

The objectives of this conference are to: •Develop a creative forum that stimulates dialogue and learning about compassionate caring in the complex multidisciplinary world of health, social care and healthcare education. •Learn about novel and cr... Read More about Leadership in compassionate care: Conference Handbook..

Online video in clinical skills education of oral medication administration for undergraduate student nurses: A mixed methods, prospective cohort study (2012)
Journal Article
Holland, A., Smith, F. C., McCrossan, G., Adamson, E., Watt, S., & Penny, K. I. (2013). Online video in clinical skills education of oral medication administration for undergraduate student nurses: A mixed methods, prospective cohort study. Nurse Education Today, 33(6), 663-670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.01.006

Background Improvements in the safety of the prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines are identified as a priority across international healthcare systems. It is therefore essential that higher education institutions play their part i... Read More about Online video in clinical skills education of oral medication administration for undergraduate student nurses: A mixed methods, prospective cohort study.

Conference report. (2011)
Journal Article
Adamson, E. (2011). Conference report. Teaching Fellows Journal,

Compassion in the nursing curriculum: making it more explicit (2011)
Journal Article
Adamson, E., & Dewar, B. (2011). Compassion in the nursing curriculum: making it more explicit. Journal of Holistic Healthcare, 8, 42-45

Working with student nurses has taught me that the majority join the profession because they genuinely want to care compassionately but this does not mean that they know what this looks like in practice. I wanted to share with students what patients... Read More about Compassion in the nursing curriculum: making it more explicit.

Learning to care. (2010)
Journal Article
Waugh, A., & Adamson, E. (2010). Learning to care. Nursing Standard, 25, 66-67

Using syringe drivers in palliative care within a rural, community setting: capturing the whole experience (2010)
Journal Article
Cruickshank, S., Adamson, E., Logan, J., & Brackenridge, K. (2010). Using syringe drivers in palliative care within a rural, community setting: capturing the whole experience. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 16, 126-32

The aim of this research was to understand how the introduction of a syringe driver, which is considered routine practice in many palliative care settings, impacted on patients, carers and community nurses within a rural, community setting. A phenome... Read More about Using syringe drivers in palliative care within a rural, community setting: capturing the whole experience.

Simulation in nurse education: contextualisation improves confidence. (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Adamson, E., & Smith, F. C. (2009, January). Simulation in nurse education: contextualisation improves confidence. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier University Staff Conference, Edinburgh Napier University

The Recognising Acute Illness and Deterioration (RAID) module uses a blended approach to learning where the theory is delivered via WebCT and contextualised in practical sessions. Following a period of personal study, students were timetabled to atte... Read More about Simulation in nurse education: contextualisation improves confidence..

Developing a nursing education project in partnership: leadership in compassionate care (2009)
Journal Article
Adamson, E., King, L., Moody, J., & Waugh, A. (2009). Developing a nursing education project in partnership: leadership in compassionate care. Nursing Times, 105, 23-23

The prominence of the caring dimension has never had such a high profile in healthcare practice before. As a result of this, the Leadership in Compassionate Care Project has evolved. A unique feature is the partnership between Edinburgh Napier Uni... Read More about Developing a nursing education project in partnership: leadership in compassionate care.

Symposium: Compassionate Care in Action: Meeting the Challenge of Complexity- Embedding leadership in compassionate care into undergraduate nursing and midwifery curricula: initial findings from an action research study. (2009)
Presentation / Conference
King, L., Donaldson, J. H., Adamson, E., Moody, J., Waugh, A., & Smith, S. (2009, March). Symposium: Compassionate Care in Action: Meeting the Challenge of Complexity- Embedding leadership in compassionate care into undergraduate nursing and midwifery curricula: initial findings from an action research study. Paper presented at RCN Research Conference

Experiences of using a blended teaching and learning method: virtual learning environment blended with simulation. (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Adamson, E., Donaldson, J. H., & Smith, F. C. (2006, November). Experiences of using a blended teaching and learning method: virtual learning environment blended with simulation. Paper presented at 10 out of 10, Celebrating ten successful years of Nursing & Midwifery programmes in higher education in Scotland, Edinburgh

The module was developed in a blended manner: the theoretical underpinnings are learned and taught using a VLE, and students apply these to simulated exercises. The opportunity to share the lessons learned from development, implementation and eval... Read More about Experiences of using a blended teaching and learning method: virtual learning environment blended with simulation..

Infusion devices: characteristics, limitations and risk management. (2003)
Journal Article
Amoore, J. & Adamson, E. (2003). Infusion devices: characteristics, limitations and risk management. Nursing Standard. 17. . 45-52. . ISSN 0029-6570.

Safe administration of IV therapy requires skilled use of the equipment, knowledge of the associated risks and the prevention of adverse consequences. The authors outline the basic principles underpinning safe use of infusion devices.