What Is the Impact of Chaplaincy in Primary Care? The GP Perspective (2019)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Gibbon, A., & Grant, R. (2019). What Is the Impact of Chaplaincy in Primary Care? The GP Perspective. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 6(2), 200-214. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.34709

People often attend primary care with sub-clinical or non-medical issues such as bereavement, distress, or loneliness. Often what is needed is someone to listen, but GP appointments are inappropriate for this. Community Chaplaincy Listening (CCL) is... Read More about What Is the Impact of Chaplaincy in Primary Care? The GP Perspective.

Concordance: a concept analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Martin, C., Mathers, B., & Donnell, A. (2013). Concordance: a concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70, 46-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12147

Aim To report an analysis of the concept of concordance. Background Adherence-based medicines interventions are known to be of limited success. Concordance appears to offer an alternative approach consistent with person-centred approaches to dec... Read More about Concordance: a concept analysis.

Operationalising Concordance: Testing the Utility of Bech's Pharmacopsychometric Triangle. (2013)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2013). Operationalising Concordance: Testing the Utility of Bech's Pharmacopsychometric Triangle. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 82, 257-258. https://doi.org/10.1159/000348507

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Concordance: A concept analysis. (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Snowden, A. (2013, October). Concordance: A concept analysis. Paper presented at 39th International Mental Health Nursing Conference Collaboration and Partnership in Mental Health Nursing

Adherence based medicines interventions are known to be of limited success. Concordance offers an ethically superior approach as it is grounded in the principle of collaboration. However, the application of concordance in practice appears inconsisten... Read More about Concordance: A concept analysis..

Symposium: MEDICODE A comprehensive coding method to describe content and dialogue in medication discussions in healthcare provider-patient encounters: Perspectives from Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Lussier, M., Richard, C., Guirguis, L., Goldman, R., Snowden, A., Latter, S., & Sibley, A. (2013, September). Symposium: MEDICODE A comprehensive coding method to describe content and dialogue in medication discussions in healthcare provider-patient encounters: Perspectives from Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. Paper presented at International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Montreal, Canada

No decision about me without me: concordance operationalised (2012)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Marland, G. (2012). No decision about me without me: concordance operationalised. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22, 1353-1360. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04337.x

Aims and objectives To demonstrate that concordance can be operationalised to the benefit of patients. Concordance can be understood as a composite of knowledge, health beliefs and collaboration. Background In discussing any clinical decision, i... Read More about No decision about me without me: concordance operationalised.

Concurrent analysis: a pragmatic justification (2012)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Atkinson, J. (2012). Concurrent analysis: a pragmatic justification. Nursing Philosophy, 13, 126-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-769X.2011.00523.x

Concurrent analysis (CA) is a process of synthesizing conceptually equivalent data for the purpose of producing a coherent and predictive model in social science. The process of CA is detailed. In short, CA uses Thagard's concept of coherence as a me... Read More about Concurrent analysis: a pragmatic justification.

Concordance in action: case study of medication management (2012)
Journal Article
Roy, D., & Snowden, A. (2012). Concordance in action: case study of medication management. Nurse Prescribing, 10, 195-200. https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2012.10.4.195

This article discusses a case study describing discontinuation symptoms relating to the abrupt withdrawal of the antidepressant venlafaxine. The article explores alternative explanations for the symptoms presented, and highlights the importance of sy... Read More about Concordance in action: case study of medication management.

Debating mental health nurses’ role in medicines management (2012)
Journal Article
Hemingway, S., & Snowden, A. (2012). Debating mental health nurses’ role in medicines management. British Journal of Nursing, 21, 1219-1223. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2012.21.20.1219

This article delineates concordance and adherence; two fundamental positions pertaining to the role of the nurse in medicine management. Taking the form of a debate, it uses mental health nursing to describe the role and function of concordance and a... Read More about Debating mental health nurses’ role in medicines management.

Measuring Concordance in Clinical Practice (2012)
Journal Article
Barron, D. T., & Snowden, A. (2012). Measuring Concordance in Clinical Practice. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 1, 88-94. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2012.1.2.88

This article describes the construction of a tool to measure concordance in clinical practice. The second of two parts, it details the strategic background underpinning concordance and expands the rationale as this relates to the construction of indi... Read More about Measuring Concordance in Clinical Practice.

Debating the mental health nurse role in medicine management. (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Snowden, A., & Hemingway, S. (2012, January). Debating the mental health nurse role in medicine management. Paper presented at II European Festival of Psychiatric Nursing, Stockholm, Sweden

Medicine management in mental health: aligning perceived and actual competence. (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Snowden, A. (2012, January). Medicine management in mental health: aligning perceived and actual competence. Paper presented at RCN Education Conference, Leeds, UK

Medicines management in mental health (2011)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Barron, D. (2011). Medicines management in mental health. Nursing Standard, 26, 35-40. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2011.09.26.3.35.c8712

This article provides evidence to suggest that mental health nurses may not be as competent in medicines management as they believe themselves to be. A psychological model of skills awareness is used throughout the article to offer a theoretical expl... Read More about Medicines management in mental health.

We need robust evidence of alternative therapy benefits. (2011)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2011). We need robust evidence of alternative therapy benefits. Nursing Standard, 25, 33

Towards concordance in schizophrenia: a case study (2011)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Flemming, N., Marland, G., & McNay, L. (2011). Towards concordance in schizophrenia: a case study. Nurse Prescribing, 9, 234-242

Schizophrenia remains a contentious concept. Kraepelin's presumption that schizophrenia has a biological origin still predominates despite consistently inconclusive evidence. Current research consequently favours finding a cure as opposed to focusing... Read More about Towards concordance in schizophrenia: a case study.

Mental health nurse prescribing: a difficult pill to swallow? (2010)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Martin, C. R. (2010). Mental health nurse prescribing: a difficult pill to swallow?. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 17, 543-553. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01561.x

This paper develops an interpretation of the impact of mental health nurse prescribing in the UK. A constructivist-grounded theory methodology was applied to 13 semi-structured interviews with mental health clinicians and service users. The same inte... Read More about Mental health nurse prescribing: a difficult pill to swallow?.

Integrating Medicines Management Into Mental Health Nursing in UK (2010)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2010). Integrating Medicines Management Into Mental Health Nursing in UK. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 24, 178-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2009.12.003

There is increasing concern that mental health nurses in UK are inadequately trained in medicines management. Recommended solutions entail proposals for further training to improve safety for service users. Although fundamentally important, these org... Read More about Integrating Medicines Management Into Mental Health Nursing in UK.

Prescribing in anxiety (2008)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2008). Prescribing in anxiety. Nurse Prescribing, 6, 349-356. https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2008.6.8.30765

Anxiolytics are effective treatments for anxiety. This article discusses prescribing decisions against a backdrop of current NICE guideline for anxiety. As in treatment of psychosis and depression the article argues that pharmacological intervention... Read More about Prescribing in anxiety.

Insomnia: management and treatments (2008)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2008). Insomnia: management and treatments. Nurse Prescribing, 6, 382-389. https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2008.6.9.31076

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline for treatment of insomnia suggests non-pharmacological interventions should take priority. This article discusses the rationale for this and grounds it in the evidence for and... Read More about Insomnia: management and treatments.

Mental health nurse prescribing. (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Snowden, A. (2008, January). Mental health nurse prescribing. Paper presented at Mental Health Nurse Prescribing, Huddersfield, UK