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Study to determine the likely accuracy of pH testing to confirm nasogastric tube placement (2018)
Journal Article
Rowat, A. M., Graham, C., Dennis, M., & Rowat, A. (2018). Study to determine the likely accuracy of pH testing to confirm nasogastric tube placement. BMJ Open Gastroenterology, 5(1), Article e000211. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2018-000211

Objective To establish the likely accuracy of pH testing to identify gastric aspirates at different pH cut-offs to confirm nasogastric tube placement.
Methods This prospective observational study included a convenience sample of adult patients who h... Read More about Study to determine the likely accuracy of pH testing to confirm nasogastric tube placement.

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.

The Anatomical Society's core anatomy syllabus for undergraduate nursing (2018)
Journal Article
Connolly, S., Gillingwater, T. H., Chandler, C., Grant, A., Greig, J., Meskell, M., Ross, M. T., Smith, C., Wood, A., & Finn, G. (2018). The Anatomical Society's core anatomy syllabus for undergraduate nursing. Journal of Anatomy, https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.12782

The Anatomical Society has developed a series of learning outcomes in consultation with nursing educators delivering anatomical content to undergraduate (preregistration) nursing students. A Delphi panel methodology was adopted to select experts with... Read More about The Anatomical Society's core anatomy syllabus for undergraduate nursing.

An interprofessional approach: The new paradigm in nursing education (2018)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S. (2018). An interprofessional approach: The new paradigm in nursing education. Journal of Advanced Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13530

Nursing education has undergone dramatic changes in the last 150 years. Rooted in a traditional apprenticeship model that consisted of training in hospital based schools, the vision of Florence Nightingale that came to fruition in 1860, this educatio... Read More about An interprofessional approach: The new paradigm in nursing education.

Obesity prevalence among healthcare professionals in England: a cross-sectional study using the Health Survey for England (2017)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Wills, J., Mahoney, C., Hoyle, L., Kelly, M., & Atherton, I. M. (2017). Obesity prevalence among healthcare professionals in England: a cross-sectional study using the Health Survey for England. BMJ Open, 7(12), Article e018498. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018498

Objective: To estimate obesity prevalence among healthcare professionals in England and compare prevalence to those working outside of the health services.
Design: Cross-sectional study based on data from five years (2008-2012) of the nationally rep... Read More about Obesity prevalence among healthcare professionals in England: a cross-sectional study using the Health Survey for England.

Developing meta-ethnography reporting guidance for research and practice (2017)
Report
Cunningham, M., France, E. F., Ring, N., Uny, I., Duncan, E. A. S., Roberts, R. J., Jepson, R. G., Maxwell, M., Turley, R. L., & Noyes, J. (in press). Developing meta-ethnography reporting guidance for research and practice. NIHR

Background:
Meta-ethnography is a commonly used methodology for qualitative evidence synthesis. Research has identified that the quality of reporting of published meta-ethnographies is often poor and this has limited the utility of meta-ethnography... Read More about Developing meta-ethnography reporting guidance for research and practice.

Flag Procession (2017)
Digital Artefact
Kydd, A. (2017). Flag Procession. [Website content]

No abstract available.

Report of the flag procession at the 44th Biennial Convention of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International.

Students’ perspectives of using the hub and spoke model to support and develop learning in practice (2017)
Journal Article
Millar, L., Conlon, M., & McGirr, D. (2017). Students’ perspectives of using the hub and spoke model to support and develop learning in practice. Nursing Standard, 32(9), 41-49. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2017.e10389

The acquisition of competence in learning is dependent on a number of variables. Students need to feel a sense of security in the practice learning area to be able to fully develop the skills required. Hub and Spoke is one model for practice learning... Read More about Students’ perspectives of using the hub and spoke model to support and develop learning in practice.

Hepatitis C in a new therapeutic era: Recontextualising the lived experience (2017)
Journal Article
Whiteley, D., Whittaker, A., Elliott, L., & Cunningham-Burley, S. (2017). Hepatitis C in a new therapeutic era: Recontextualising the lived experience. Journal of Clinical Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14083

Aims and Objectives
To explore the experience of adults living with hepatitis C in a new era of interferon-free treatment.
Background
Hepatitis C is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, posing a significant challenge to global pub... Read More about Hepatitis C in a new therapeutic era: Recontextualising the lived experience.

Invasive clinical intervention education for social care support workers of adults: a review of the current literature. (2017)
Journal Article
Hoyle, L., Brown, M., Donaldson, J., & Karatzias, T. (2017). Invasive clinical intervention education for social care support workers of adults: a review of the current literature. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(3), 240-250. https://doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12211

Background: As with the general population, people with intellectual disabilities are ageing, are living longer often with co-existing complex needs and with more requiring care and support. The focus of care is community-based rather than instituti... Read More about Invasive clinical intervention education for social care support workers of adults: a review of the current literature..

The relationship between emotional intelligence, previous caring experience and successful completion of a pre-registration nursing/midwifery degree (2017)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Stenhouse, R., Duers, L., Marshall, S., Carver, F., Brown, N., & Young, J. (2018). The relationship between emotional intelligence, previous caring experience and successful completion of a pre-registration nursing/midwifery degree. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74(2), 433-442. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13455

Aim
To examine the relationship between baseline emotional intelligence and prior caring experience with completion of pre-registration nurse and midwifery education.
Background
Selection and retention of nursing students is a global challenge. Em... Read More about The relationship between emotional intelligence, previous caring experience and successful completion of a pre-registration nursing/midwifery degree.

Time for TIGER to ROAR! Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (2017)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S., Hubner, U., Shaw, T., Blake, R., & Ball, M. (2017). Time for TIGER to ROAR! Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform. Nurse Education Today, 58, 78-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.07.014

Information Technology (IT) continues to evolve and develop with electronic devices and systems becoming integral to healthcare in every country. This has led to an urgent need for all professions working in healthcare to be knowledgeable and skilled... Read More about Time for TIGER to ROAR! Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform.

Video recording in the emergency department: a pathway to success (2017)
Journal Article
Lloyd, A., Lowe, D. J., Edgar, S., Caesar, D., Dewar, A., & Clegg, G. R. (2017). Video recording in the emergency department: a pathway to success. Emergency Medicine Journal, 34(9), 628-630. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2017-206731

At the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in Scotland, we video record all patients who are admitted into the ED resuscitation rooms as part of our continuous video audit system. Since installation in late 2015, numerous EDs from across the UK and abroad h... Read More about Video recording in the emergency department: a pathway to success.

Educational preparation, roles, and competencies to guide career development for cardiac rehabilitation nurses. (2017)
Journal Article
Lin, S. H. M., Neubeck, L., & Gallagher, R. (2017). Educational preparation, roles, and competencies to guide career development for cardiac rehabilitation nurses. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 32(3), 244-259. https://doi.org/10.1097/jcn.0000000000000346

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation is one of the most widely recommended strategies to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease. The multicomponent nature of cardiac rehabilitation programs requires a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professio... Read More about Educational preparation, roles, and competencies to guide career development for cardiac rehabilitation nurses..

How to implement live video recording in the clinical environment: A practical guide for clinical services (2017)
Journal Article
Lloyd, A., Dewar, A., Edgar, S., Caesar, D., Gowens, P., & Clegg, G. (2017). How to implement live video recording in the clinical environment: A practical guide for clinical services. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 71(6), Article e12951. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.12951

Background: The use of video in healthcare is becoming more common, particularly in simulation and educational settings. However, video recording live episodes of clinical care is far less routine. Aim To provide a practical guide for clinical servic... Read More about How to implement live video recording in the clinical environment: A practical guide for clinical services.

A mixed study systematic review of social media in nursing and midwifery education: Protocol (2017)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S., Jolliffe, S., Stanmore, E., Renwick, L., Schmitt, T., & Booth, R. (2017). A mixed study systematic review of social media in nursing and midwifery education: Protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(8), 1989-1996. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13310

Aim: To synthesize evidence on the use of social media in nursing and midwifery education.
Background: Social media is one type of online platform that is being explored to determine if there is value in using interactive, digital communication tool... Read More about A mixed study systematic review of social media in nursing and midwifery education: Protocol.

Examination of an eHealth literacy scale and a health literacy scale in a population with moderate to high cardiovascular risk: Rasch analyses (2017)
Journal Article
Richtering, S. S., Morris, R., Soh, S.-E., Barker, A., Bampi, F., Neubeck, L., Coorey, G., Mulley, J., Chalmers, J., Usherwood, T., Peiris, D., Chow, C. K., & Redfern, J. (2017). Examination of an eHealth literacy scale and a health literacy scale in a population with moderate to high cardiovascular risk: Rasch analyses. PLOS ONE, 12(4), Article e0175372. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175372

Introduction
Electronic health (eHealth) strategies are evolving making it important to have valid scales to assess eHealth and health literacy. Item response theory methods, such as the Rasch measurement model, are increasingly used for the psychom... Read More about Examination of an eHealth literacy scale and a health literacy scale in a population with moderate to high cardiovascular risk: Rasch analyses.