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Prof Nicola Ring's Outputs (52)

Understanding what asthma plans mean: a linguistic analysis of terminology used in published texts (2011)
Journal Article
Ring, N., Pinnock, H., Wilson, C., Hoskins, G., Jepson, R., Wyke, S., & Sheikh, A. (2011). Understanding what asthma plans mean: a linguistic analysis of terminology used in published texts. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 20(2), 170-177. https://doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2011.00012

Aim: To identify from the literature what terms are used for ‘asthma plans’, with what meaning, and in what context(s).
Methods: Linguistic analysis of a selected body of asthma literature from 1989-2009.
Results: A wide range of asthma plan termin... Read More about Understanding what asthma plans mean: a linguistic analysis of terminology used in published texts.

Understanding what helps or hinders asthma action plan use: A systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literature (2011)
Journal Article
Ring, N., Jepson, R., Hoskins, G., Wilson, C., Pinnock, H., Sheikh, A., & Wyke, S. (2011). Understanding what helps or hinders asthma action plan use: A systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literature. Patient Education and Counseling, 85(2), e131-e143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2011.01.025

Objective: To understand better what helps and/or hinders asthma action plan use from the professionals and patients/carers perspective.
Methods: Systematic review and qualitative synthesis (using meta-ethnography).
Results: Nineteen studies (20 pa... Read More about Understanding what helps or hinders asthma action plan use: A systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literature.

Promoting the use of Personal Asthma Action Plans: a systematic review (2007)
Journal Article
Ring, N., Malcolm, C., Wyke, S., MacGillivray, S., Dixon, D., Hoskins, G., Pinnock, H., & Sheikh, A. (2007). Promoting the use of Personal Asthma Action Plans: a systematic review. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 16(5), 271-283. https://doi.org/10.3132/pcrj.2007.00049

Objectives: To investigate how best to encourage health professionals to promote, and for people with asthma to use, asthma action plans.
Methods: Systematic review. Randomised controlled trials published between 1960 and 2006 were searched using mu... Read More about Promoting the use of Personal Asthma Action Plans: a systematic review.

Analysis of the impact of a national initiative to promote evidence-based nursing practice (2006)
Journal Article
Ring, N., Coull, A., Howie, C., Murphy-Black, T., & Watterson, A. (2006). Analysis of the impact of a national initiative to promote evidence-based nursing practice. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 12(4), 232-240. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-172x.2006.00569.x

Best Practice Statements (BPS) are designed to facilitate evidence-based practice. This descriptive, exploratory study evaluated
the impact of five of these statements in Scotland. A postal survey of 1278 registered nurses was undertaken to determin... Read More about Analysis of the impact of a national initiative to promote evidence-based nursing practice.

Nursing best practice statements: an exploration of their implementation in clinical practice (2005)
Journal Article
Ring, N., Malcolm, C., Coull, A., Murphy-Black, T., & Watterson, A. (2005). Nursing best practice statements: an exploration of their implementation in clinical practice. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 14(9), 1048-1058. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01225.x

Aims and objectives. To explore implementation of the first five Best Practice Statements from the perspective of nurses involved in their development.
Background. Best Practice Statements were introduced in Scotland to encourage consistent evidence... Read More about Nursing best practice statements: an exploration of their implementation in clinical practice.

The RCGP Quality Practice Award for primary care teams (2003)
Journal Article
Ring, N. (2003). The RCGP Quality Practice Award for primary care teams. British Journal of Community Nursing, 8(3), 112-115. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2003.8.3.11096

Accreditation is a means of improving quality through the process of externally reviewing performance against written standards. Following the introduction of clinical governance, participation in quality accreditation schemes has been encouraged. Th... Read More about The RCGP Quality Practice Award for primary care teams.

A personal and historical investigation of the career trends of UK graduate nurses qualifying between 1970 and 1989 (2002)
Journal Article
Ring, N. (2002). A personal and historical investigation of the career trends of UK graduate nurses qualifying between 1970 and 1989. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 40(2), 199-209. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02362.x

A personal and historical investigation of the career trends of UK graduate nursesqualifying between 1970 and 1989
Aim. To explore from a personal and historical perspective key career trends of UKgraduate nurses qualifying between 1970 and 1989.
B... Read More about A personal and historical investigation of the career trends of UK graduate nurses qualifying between 1970 and 1989.

Anonymous Medication Reporting in a District General Hospital, (2000)
Journal Article
Ring, N. (2000). Anonymous Medication Reporting in a District General Hospital,. Journal of Clinical Excellence, 2(2), 87-91

Anonymous reporting of medication errors was introduced into a district general hospital as a short-term pilot project. For the duration of the project this system ran in parallel with the existing official system, where staff reporting medication er... Read More about Anonymous Medication Reporting in a District General Hospital,.