Ethics and originality in doctoral research in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2014). Ethics and originality in doctoral research in the UK. Nurse Researcher, 21(6), 12-15. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.21.6.12.e1244

AIM:

To show that the ethics governance process in the UK is not necessarily conducive to innovative investigation by doctoral students.

BACKGROUND:

Doctoral students need to demonstrate an original contribution to knowledge. This paper cr... Read More about Ethics and originality in doctoral research in the UK.

Against intimacy: focusing on the task in hand in PhD supervision (2014)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2014). Against intimacy: focusing on the task in hand in PhD supervision. British Journal of Nursing, 23(21), 1126-1132. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2014.23.21.1126

Worldwide, more nurses are undertaking doctoral studies now than at any other time. However, there is little high-quality evidence focused on investigating successful completion of such studies. Instead there is considerable literature dedicated to u... Read More about Against intimacy: focusing on the task in hand in PhD supervision.

Developing and sustaining a culture of innovation in Health Higher Education literature review. (2014)
Report
Lewitt, M. S., Snowden, A., & Sheward, L. (2014). Developing and sustaining a culture of innovation in Health Higher Education literature review. Scotland: Higher Education Academy/ Council of Deans

This literature review set out to review the recent literature on cultures of innovation and summarise how they are developed, sustained and extended, including the associated barriers and enablers, in a way that is relevant to health HE and which ca... Read More about Developing and sustaining a culture of innovation in Health Higher Education literature review..

Denial of heart disease, delays seeking help and lifestyle changes (2012)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Marland, G., Murray, E., & McCaig, M. (2012). Denial of heart disease, delays seeking help and lifestyle changes. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 7(3), 124-128. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2012.7.3.124

This article examines the psychological and physical impact of denial of illness related to heart disease. The most obvious sequelae entail avoidance of help-seeking behaviour and the maintenance of risk-taking behaviour such as poor diet, lack of ex... Read More about Denial of heart disease, delays seeking help and lifestyle changes.

The history of prescribing (2008)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2008). The history of prescribing. Nurse Prescribing, 6(12), 530-537. https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2008.6.12.31974

100 years ago responsibility for medication management lay with the individual. Patent medicines had been the norm for the previous 300 years. It was as a direct consequence of the laws designed to restrict the use of opiates that prescription only m... Read More about The history of prescribing.

The requirements for original doctoral research in nursing. (2006)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2006). The requirements for original doctoral research in nursing. Nursing Times, 102, 38-40

Clinical and academic doctorates (PhDs) demand an original piece of research. This article examines how to generate such research in nursing and proposes that it is not as elusive as it first appears.