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Making the most of clinical research networks (2015)
Digital Artefact
O'Connor, S. (2015). Making the most of clinical research networks. [http://ihawkes.academicblogs.co.uk/2015/10/28/making-the-most-of-clinical-research-networks/]. University of Glasgow, UK

Blog: For those public health researchers with a specific clinical background, tapping into a local and national network of clinical researchers can make a huge difference in terms of how your research progresses and opportunities for a long-term res... Read More about Making the most of clinical research networks.

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: A cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey (2015)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Neall, R. A., & Atherton, I. (2016). Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: A cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 53, 126-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.10.015

Background

Increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity represents a global pandemic. As the largest occupational group in international healthcare systems nurses are at the forefront of health promotion to address this pandemic. However, nurse... Read More about Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: A cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey.

Inter-professional prescribing masterclass for medical students and non-medical prescribing students (nurses and pharmacists): a pilot study (2015)
Journal Article
Kinnear, M., Paterson, R., Rolfe, A., Coll, A., & Kinnear, M. (2015). Inter-professional prescribing masterclass for medical students and non-medical prescribing students (nurses and pharmacists): a pilot study. Scottish Medical Journal, 60(4), 202-207. https://doi.org/10.1177/0036933015606583

Background and aims Prescribing errors cause significant patient morbidity and mortality. Current legislation allows prescribing by different health professions. Inter-professional collaboration and learning may result in safer prescribing practice.... Read More about Inter-professional prescribing masterclass for medical students and non-medical prescribing students (nurses and pharmacists): a pilot study.

Big Data – how to predict our future health and wellbeing (2015)
Digital Artefact
O'Connor, S. (2015). Big Data – how to predict our future health and wellbeing. [http://ihawkes.academicblogs.co.uk/2015/08/26/big-data-how-to-predict-our-future-health-and-wellbeing/]. University of Glasgow, UK

Blog: As a fledgling researcher, I heard the term ‘Big Data’ several years ago when it appeared on the cover of New Scientist. It was billed as an exciting new field that was evolving at the peripheries of lots of disciplines and one that could poten... Read More about Big Data – how to predict our future health and wellbeing.

Emotional Intelligence and Nurse Recruitment: Rasch and confirmatory factor analysis of the trait emotional intelligence questionnaire short form. (2015)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Watson, R., Stenhouse, R., & Hale, C. (2015). Emotional Intelligence and Nurse Recruitment: Rasch and confirmatory factor analysis of the trait emotional intelligence questionnaire short form. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71, 2936-2949. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12746

Aim

To examine the construct validity of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Short form.

Background

Emotional intelligence involves the identification and regulation of our own emotions and the emotions of others. It is therefore... Read More about Emotional Intelligence and Nurse Recruitment: Rasch and confirmatory factor analysis of the trait emotional intelligence questionnaire short form..

Evaluating Involvement: the student and carer perspective. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McIntosh, G. (2015, August). Evaluating Involvement: the student and carer perspective. Paper presented at NPNR conference

There continues to be a growing expectation that Higher Education Institutions providing nurse education should do so in partnership with both service users and carers (NES 2008a, b, & c, NMC 2010). Currently mental health nursing programmes in the U... Read More about Evaluating Involvement: the student and carer perspective..

Reflective writing: The student nurse's perspective on reflective writing and poetry writing (2015)
Journal Article
Coleman, D., & Willis, D. S. (2015). Reflective writing: The student nurse's perspective on reflective writing and poetry writing. Nurse Education Today, 35(7), 906-911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2015.02.018

Summary

Background

Reflective writing is a mandatory part of nurse education but how students develop their skills and use reflection as part of their experiential learning remains relatively unknown. Understanding reflective writing in all for... Read More about Reflective writing: The student nurse's perspective on reflective writing and poetry writing.

The effect of concentration and duration of normobaric oxygen in reducing caspase-3 and -9 expression in a rat-model of focal cerebral ischaemia (2015)
Journal Article
Chen, S., Peng, H., Rowat, A., Gao, F., Zhang, Z., Wang, P., Zhang, W., Wang, X., & Qu, L. (2015). The effect of concentration and duration of normobaric oxygen in reducing caspase-3 and -9 expression in a rat-model of focal cerebral ischaemia. Brain Research, 1618, 205-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2015.05.027

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of different concentrations of normobaric oxygen (NBO) on neurological function and the expression of caspase-3 and -9 in a rat model of acute cerebral ischaemia. Sprague-Dawley rats (n=120) were rand... Read More about The effect of concentration and duration of normobaric oxygen in reducing caspase-3 and -9 expression in a rat-model of focal cerebral ischaemia.

Finding your feet: The development of a podiatry intervention to reduce falls in care home residents. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wylie, G., Young, Z., Littleford, R., Sullivan, F., Coyle, J., Williams, B., Menz, H., Ogston, S., & Morris, J. Finding your feet: The development of a podiatry intervention to reduce falls in care home residents

Introduction
People who live in care homes often fall. Foot and ankle muscle weakness, sub-optimal footwear, and common foot problems such as corns and hallux valgus are known and potentially modifiable contributory factors to falls in older people.... Read More about Finding your feet: The development of a podiatry intervention to reduce falls in care home residents..

Reflecting on the methodological challenge of recruiting older care home residents to podiatry research (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wylie, G., Young, Z., Littleford, R., Sullivan, F., Williams, B., Menz, H., Ogston, S., & Morris, J. Reflecting on the methodological challenge of recruiting older care home residents to podiatry research

Introduction
Successful randomisd controlled trials (RCTs) require successful participant recruitment; poor recruitment leads to poor, under-powered studies, and may waste grant funds. Recruitment of older care home residents to RCTs is challenging.... Read More about Reflecting on the methodological challenge of recruiting older care home residents to podiatry research.

Mentors' and students' perspectives of feedback in practice assessment: a literature review. (2015)
Report
Pollock, C., Rice, A. M., & McMillan, A. (2015). Mentors' and students' perspectives of feedback in practice assessment: a literature review. NHS Education for Scotland

Project Summary
This project aims to address the complex challenges in providing meaningful feedback to students in the
practice learning environment. A literature review will examine the current published research and scholarship
in this area.
A... Read More about Mentors' and students' perspectives of feedback in practice assessment: a literature review..

Pedagogical Innovation to Establish Partnerships in Adolescent Health Promotion: Lessons From a Scottish Undergraduate Nursing Program (2015)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Angus, N. J., Smith, J., Stewart, C., & MacLennan, F. (2015). Pedagogical Innovation to Establish Partnerships in Adolescent Health Promotion: Lessons From a Scottish Undergraduate Nursing Program. Pedagogy in health promotion, 1(2), 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1177/2373379915575531

Nurses have an established and expanding role in health promotion in support of public health strategies to reduce health inequalities, refocus health care on prevention, and rebalance responsibility for health toward individuals. However, evidence s... Read More about Pedagogical Innovation to Establish Partnerships in Adolescent Health Promotion: Lessons From a Scottish Undergraduate Nursing Program.

Leadership in practice. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McInally, W. (2015, February). Leadership in practice

Development of values-based person specification for recruitment and election of compassionate nursing and midwifery students. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Waugh, A. (2015, February). Development of values-based person specification for recruitment and election of compassionate nursing and midwifery students. Paper presented at 18th Conference of East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS): Integrating sciences and humanities in doctoral nursing education, Taipei, Taiwan

Presentation delivered at the 18th Conference of East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS) 2015.

Collaborative practice: Student Learning and Adult Nursing (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nicol, J. (2015, January). Collaborative practice: Student Learning and Adult Nursing. Poster presented at Learning, Teaching and Assessment Conference

Embedding academic skills development in the ‘Holistic approaches to long term conditions module’

Human dignity and nurse education. (2014)
Journal Article
Macaden, L., Kyle, R. G., Webster, E., & Munoz, S.-A. (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..

Assessing the validity of a national assessors equivalency tool. (2014)
Report
Scott, J. A., Pollock, C., Conlon, M. M. M., Millar, L., & Pollard, M. (2014). Assessing the validity of a national assessors equivalency tool. Scotland: NHS Education for Scotland

This is the second stage of a project on ‘Due Regard’. Project one explored and investigated Due Regard in practice in Scotland. This second project evaluated a pilot of the effectiveness and validity of a practice learning environment Equivalency To... Read More about Assessing the validity of a national assessors equivalency tool..

Emotional Intelligence, Recruitment & Retention. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stenhouse, R., Snowden, A., Brown, N., Carver, H., Carver, F., & Young, J. (2014, April). Emotional Intelligence, Recruitment & Retention. Presented at RCN International Research Conference