MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Journal of Research in Nursing' source. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:37:30 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3344813&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F2%2F189%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3344813 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:26 +0100 3344813 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3344812&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F2%2F185%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3344812 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:26 +0100 3344812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3344811&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F15%2F2%2F173%3Frss%3D1 In this paper we argue that in the current global healthcare climate, practitioners’ ability to provide compassionate and high quality care is undermined on a daily basis, not least by the organisational priorities of cost containment, of science and technology and, paradoxically, innovations experienced as demands such as specialisation. It is not surprising that the financial and workforce constraints of the global healthcare system, now more than ever, affect the practitioners’ capacity to deliver the optimum level of care, care that is positively influenced by patient satisfaction, a current indicator of quality. Whilst the notions of quality and standards have increasingly become the concern of healthcare organizations, quality cannot be considered in isolation from the he... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3344811 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:26 +0100 3344811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3344810&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F2%2F169%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3344810 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:26 +0100 3344810 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3344809&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F15%2F2%2F151%3Frss%3D1 This paper reports on selected findings from a novel randomised controlled trial (RCT) conducted in mental health settings in Queensland, Australia. Several national and state reports recently revealed the sub-optimal state of Australian mental health service provision which have direct implications for mental health nursing, including the privately experienced cost of working and coping in these settings. Clinical supervision (CS), a structured staff support arrangement, has shown promise as a positive contribution to the clinical practice development agenda and is now found reflected in health policy themes elsewhere in the world. However, CS is underdeveloped in Australia and the empirical evidence base for the informed implementation of CS, per se, has remained elusive. Within the over... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3344809 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:26 +0100 3344809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3344808&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F2%2F149%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3344808 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:26 +0100 3344808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3344807&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F15%2F2%2F139%3Frss%3D1 Across the world, healthcare organisations are implementing radical change strategies in the face of unprecedented financial challenge. In this context, a focus on building capacity and capability for improvement is a key strategy. Global analysis shows that the most common characteristic of healthcare organisations that deliver outstanding performance in cost and quality is a systematic approach to capability building for improvement. The paper looks at where to start in order to build improvement skills at every level of the healthcare system and empower frontline staff to make changes that will deliver results. The current situation of the English NHS is used to illustrate the points made. What will it take to skill up and mobilise the entire healthcare workforce, to create a mass movem... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3344807 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:26 +0100 3344807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3344806&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F2%2F135%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3344806 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:26 +0100 3344806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3344805&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F15%2F2%2F117%3Frss%3D1 Innovating research methods to better suit clinical contexts and practice puzzles is key to the advancement of practice. To illustrate a mechanism by which this development can be achieved the authors offer a research narrative which is revealing of their thinking, methodological positioning and research activities as they sought to innovate a research design to suit the clinical issues, puzzle and research context. The trigger for this innovative research design was the opportunity provided by a short timeframe and small amount of research funding to work with a health board clinical puzzle to explore presentations of older people to emergency departments in relation to those could be avoided, and by implication consider how better ways of caring for older people could be devised. In the ... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3344805 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:26 +0100 3344805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3344804&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F2%2F115%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3344804 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:26 +0100 3344804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3344803&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F15%2F2%2F105%3Frss%3D1 The discussion to follow reflects on aspects of findings from research spanning more than a decade focusing on the substantive area of transitions in the care and support needs of older people. Rather than being a report of any of the individual research projects per se, some key issues that have emerged in these studies, and what they might mean for aspects of clinical practice development, are discussed. The aim is to encourage us to take time out to think about what otherwise may be assumed or unexplored understandings of aspects of both clinical practice itself, and how to develop that clinical practice with respect to older people and the transitions they undergo. Three areas of reflection form the focus of the paper. They are around creating a dynamic, contextualised and active resea... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3344803 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:26 +0100 3344803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3344802&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F2%2F101%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3344802 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:26 +0100 3344802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3344801&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F2%2F99%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3344801 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:20:26 +0100 3344801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3140537&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F1%2F92%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3140537 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:54:04 +0100 3140537 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3140536&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F1%2F91%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3140536 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:54:04 +0100 3140536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3140535&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F1%2F89%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3140535 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:54:04 +0100 3140535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3140534&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F15%2F1%2F75%3Frss%3D1 Learning in the clinical environment has traditionally formed an integral part of nursing education programs in Australia. In tertiary-based nursing courses today, students can spend equal or more hours learning in the clinical workplace as they do in their classroom-based studies. Developing ways to improve teaching and learning in the clinical environment can help to develop a more positive workplace culture, which in turn, has been identified as producing more effective learning outcomes for students. This quantitative study used the Clinical Learning Environment Inventory (CLEI) questionnaire (Chan, 2002) as a platform for data collection to investigate Avondale College’s (an Australian tertiary education institution) senior Bachelor of Nursing (BN) students’ perceptions of... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3140534 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:54:04 +0100 3140534 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3140533&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F1%2F69%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3140533 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:54:04 +0100 3140533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3140532&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F15%2F1%2F55%3Frss%3D1 In March 2004 we delivered a new module entitled ‘Fostering Dignity and Respect in Health Care Settings’. This was a collaborative venture between Anglia Ruskin University lecturers and Southend University Hospital Staff and was the first step in our Action Research project. We had expected the project to be a short-term one, terminating with the first three deliveries of the module. However, the education programme led to the formation of a Dignity and Respect Action Group within the hospital that continues to this day alongside deliveries of the module, and thus the Action Research project continues. In this paper we outline the achievements of the Action Research study and identifies some of the features that we believe have sustained it over a period of 5 years. These facto... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3140532 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:54:04 +0100 3140532 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3140531&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F15%2F1%2F43%3Frss%3D1 In this paper we report the role that a sense of significance plays in the experiences of older patients in urgent care settings, and explore the factors that influence these experiences. The paper draws on findings from a UK study in which 69 patients and 27 relatives from 31 English NHS Trusts were interviewed about their urgent care experiences using semi-structured qualitative interviews. Key among the findings was that older patients experienced a diminished sense of their individual significance. Some questioned the legitimacy of their presence in the urgent care setting and believed that they mattered little in relation to other patients and the other tasks which health professionals were undertaking. The three key features of this diminished sense of significance were: the primacy ... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3140531 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:54:04 +0100 3140531 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3140530&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F15%2F1%2F29%3Frss%3D1 Improving the patient and family experience in hospital and supporting people to deliver compassionate dignified care is a priority on the policy agenda in the UK. The purpose of this paper is to describe our experiences of using the method of emotional touchpoints to learn about compassionate care in hospital settings. This work is part of the Leadership in Compassionate Care Programme which is using an action research approach to embed compassionate care in practice and education. Data were generated using the touchpoint method from 16 patients and 12 relatives from a range of care settings that included medicine for the elderly, older people’s mental health and a stroke unit. The benefits of using this approach include its ability to help practitioners to see in a more balanced wa... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3140530 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:54:04 +0100 3140530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3140529&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F15%2F1%2F15%3Frss%3D1 This article details findings from part of the evaluation of the Royal College of Nursing dignity campaign, which used a qualitative case study design across seven UK sites. The study used interviews with 51 staff members, direct observation of the physical care environment and document analysis, and data were analysed using thematic analysis. The article focuses on two areas: enablers (staff receptivity and creativity; organisational support and leadership; and campaign educational materials) and challenges (time constraints; and staff attitudes and insight). (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3140529 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:54:04 +0100 3140529 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3140528&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F1%2F9%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3140528 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:54:04 +0100 3140528 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3140527&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F1%2F5%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3140527 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:54:04 +0100 3140527 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3140526&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F15%2F1%2F3%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3140526 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:54:03 +0100 3140526 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2888577&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F6%2F567%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2888577 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:20:04 +0100 2888577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2888576&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F6%2F565%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2888576 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:20:04 +0100 2888576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2888575&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F6%2F553%3Frss%3D1 Much has been written about the mental health of prisoner patients; however, consideration of the mental well-being of the prison nursing workforce has been limited. In this paper, we highlight some of the key issues currently affecting the mental well-being of nurses working in prison and, through a discussion of a nationally funded study, share our experience of the value both of clinical supervision and action learning in providing a supportive environment for those working with prisoner patients. Policy agendas such as overcrowding and organisational change affecting commissioning arrangements were pivotal to both the scope and findings of the study. This paper foregrounds clinical supervision and reflective practice but considers emotional labour to be a fundamental premise when consi... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2888575 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:20:04 +0100 2888575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2888574&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F6%2F549%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2888574 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:20:04 +0100 2888574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2888573&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F6%2F531%3Frss%3D1 Childhood trauma has long been recognised as a potential cause for a range of affective mental health problems arising in adulthood. Only in recent years has the association between childhood abuse and psychosis begun to be investigated. This paper provides a critical review of the literature addressing the relationship between childhood abuse and psychosis. Implications for practitioners are discussed, including practice, policy, treatment and child protection issues. A significant proportion of people develop psychosis in adulthood following all types of childhood abuse, including people diagnosed with schizophrenia, major depressive disorders, dissociative identity disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Evidence suggests the possibility of a causal relationship between childhood a... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2888573 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:20:04 +0100 2888573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2888572&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F6%2F519%3Frss%3D1 In 2008 the final report of the Mental Health Nurse Education Taskforce was released. This paper presents the findings of the report’s survey into the mental health content of generic pre-registration nursing curricula in Australia. A questionnaire was sent to all nursing schools providing pre-registration curricula. Results indicate curricula contained a wide range of mental health theory and clinical hours. While the majority of universities incorporated most of the 20 key topics recommended by the Mental Health Nurse Education Taskforce in their courses, few addressed issues such as Indigenous mental health. There was considerable competition for placements between universities, and concern about the quality of some placements. Nurse academics with formal qualifications in mental ... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2888572 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:20:04 +0100 2888572 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2888571&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F6%2F505%3Frss%3D1 Oral history and biographical research gathering previously unpublished material directly from Altschul and Peplau, and new commentaries on Eileen Skellern from colleagues, are triangulated to form a collective biography that accesses historical consciousness of times of great change in psychiatry. We can see core ideas about psychiatric nursing aggregated around the idea active therapeutic engagement. Peplau and Altschul were simultaneously working with innovative methods of community-based therapy during the Second World War in England with shell-shocked soldiers. Both developed founding ideologies in psychoanalysis and therapeutic community practice. A similar trajectory is apparent in the work of Eileen Skellern. User involvement and social inclusion, the corner stones of therapeutic c... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2888571 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:20:04 +0100 2888571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2888570&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F6%2F503%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2888570 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:20:04 +0100 2888570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2888569&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F6%2F493%3Frss%3D1 Mental health, cancer care and coronary heart disease were identified as the three priorities for the National Health Service, and National Service Frameworks were developed for each area. This prioritisation was reinforced when the NHS Plan was published and a programme of systemic change in the National Health Service was embarked upon to support this new agenda. This paper describes the major policy decisions and systemic changes and how they affected mental health care. The end of the 10-year National Service Framework programme provides an opportune time to review and reflect on the changes, successes and areas for on-going improvement in the years ahead. Clearly there have been significant developments, and perhaps the successes of the last 10 years have been lost in the clutter that... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2888569 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:20:04 +0100 2888569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2888568&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F6%2F489%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2888568 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:20:04 +0100 2888568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2888567&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F6%2F483%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2888567 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:20:04 +0100 2888567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693732&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F4%2F383%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693732 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693731&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F4%2F371%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693731 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693730&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F4%2F365%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693730 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693729&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F4%2F363%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693729 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693728&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F4%2F351%3Frss%3D1 AbstractThe first line nurse managers’ opportunities to lead nursing care seem to be diminishing. The aim of this study was, therefore, to gain an understanding of the first line nurse managers in their experiences in the development of nursing care as part of a wider research programme. Finnish nurse managers wrote narratives at the beginning of five different leadership courses in this grounded theory study. ‘Preparing the Air for Nursing Care’ emerged as a core category. It was formed by two major categories. ‘Being Concerned about Nursing Care’ describes the nurse managers’ focus on the development of nursing care, the nursing caregivers’ health and knowledge and a concern for the whole organisation. The second major category ‘Creating th... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693728 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693727&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F4%2F349%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693727 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693727 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693726&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F4%2F333%3Frss%3D1 AbstractThrough qualitative in-depth interviews, we collected the views of persons with Parkinson’s disease (pwPD) and their close relatives in care homes to establish their collective views of the effectiveness of care. We also reviewed the corresponding care plans. Drawing on these two forms of data collection, we compared similarities and differences between the qualitative interview data and the care plan analysis to elaborate on the experience of residential care for pwPD. Close relatives of care home residents can be a fruitful source of information for care home staff, throughout the care planning process, especially in relation to the specific needs of a pwPD. Although health and social policy advocate active collaboration between people with long-term conditions, their famil... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693726 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693726 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693725&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F4%2F331%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693725 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693724&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F4%2F319%3Frss%3D1 AbstractIn the current healthcare arena, clinical errors are receiving much attention. Unintentionally, nurses commit errors, which require guiding ethical principles. This replicated study aimed to assess Jordanian Registered Nurses’ (RNs) perceptions of clinical errors they had committed over the past year: assess nurses’ perceptions of clinical errors committed by other nurses’ detect if these errors were related to the nursing shortage and assess whether or not nurses felt any moral distress. The studied phenomena were compared across different hospitals as well as in various units and wards. A survey was used to collect data from 420 nurses from 13 hospitals. A considerable percentage of RNs reported that they omitted to give medication/treatment or gave medication/t... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693724 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693723&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F4%2F317%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693723 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693722&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F4%2F303%3Frss%3D1 AbstractCaring has long been affirmed as the essence in nursing. A caring protocol was developed to enhance professional caring and served as a tool to establish a caring culture within a cluster of hospitals. The protocol encompasses three essential elements of professional caring: image, attitude and behaviour. It aims to assess the effectiveness of the protocol in two convalescent hospitals with the objectives to: (1) gain the responses from patients and relatives and (2) explore the feedback from nursing and supporting staff. A mixed method was adopted: a pre- and post-test design and focus group interviews. Nursing and supporting staff from 18 wards were recruited for the study using the caring protocol in two convalescent hospitals. A positive response was obtained from patients and ... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693722 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693721&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F4%2F299%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693721 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693720&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F4%2F295%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693720 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693719&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F4%2F291%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693719 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693718&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F5%2F479%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693718 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693717&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F5%2F465%3Frss%3D1 AbstractThis research studied the differences of hospitals’ organisational climates and nurses’ intent to stay at different types of Jordanian hospitals and investigated the relationship between the two concepts, from the point views of nurses. In 2005, using convenience sampling technique, a survey was used to collect the data. A total of 361 nurses were recruited; 190 nurses from governmental hospitals, 107 nurses from teaching hospitals and 64 nurses from private hospitals. Comparisons were performed using the total scores and the individual items of scales. Farley’s Nursing Practice Environment Scale (NPES) was used to assess the organisational climates (Farly, MJ, Nyberg, J (1990) Nurs Health Care 11: 532–535). McCain’s Behavioral Commitment Scale (1990) ... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693717 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693716&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F5%2F463%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693716 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693715&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F5%2F451%3Frss%3D1 AbstractNursing schools are committed to improving the passing rate of the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) and to remain above acceptable levels. Therefore, the National League for Nursing (NLN) readiness exam taken before graduation can be used as a diagnostic test. The NLN scores are used to investigate which clinical course grade has the highest correlation with the readiness exam and ultimately with the NCLEX. With that knowledge, educators could strengthen particular courses in order to ultimately enhance a higher NCLEX-RN passing rate. To investigate the relationship among nursing clinical course grades, foundational science courses, and NCLEX-RN readiness exam scores, the initial study in 2004 on BSN performance was compared to a follow-up stu... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693715 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693714&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F5%2F449%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693714 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693714 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693713&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F5%2F439%3Frss%3D1 AbstractThe aim of this study is to explore the views of practice nurses’ recruiting into a primary care–based randomised controlled trial, and to investigate factors that influence the success of trial recruitment. It is known that time pressures, forgetfulness and lack of interest in the research topic negatively influence recruitment into research trials by General Practitioners (GPs), but no studies appear to have explored practice nurses’ experience of recruiting into trials. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with a non-random purposive sample of 10 practice nurses who had participated in recruiting patients for the trial, and data were analysed using a thematic framework approach. Nurses who had been asked to take part in the study found it a posit... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693713 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693712&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F5%2F437%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693712 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693712 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693711&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F5%2F421%3Frss%3D1 This study explores the practicability and validity of two assessment tools, Minimum Data Set Resident Assessment Instrument (MDS-RAI) and EASY-Care. Participants, aged 65 years or over, living in care homes or awaiting hospital discharge, were assessed using randomly allocated paired instruments. Client evaluation questionnaires on the practicability of the tools were completed. Short Form 12 (SF12) questionnaires were administered to assess participants’ health status. Registered nurses undertook data collection and participated in two focus groups designed to explore the practicability of the tools. Statistical tests were applied to quantitative data to assess practicability and validity. Thematic content analysis was used to analyse focus group transcripts. In all, 238 asses... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693711 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693710&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F5%2F419%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693710 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693709&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F5%2F405%3Frss%3D1 AbstractThis paper explores the use of storyline in grounded theory research and potentially other research methodologies that seek to explain phenomena. Storyline as a research strategy has had limited discussion in the literature. Although stories have been used as both a source of data and a means of reporting research findings, the use of storyline is underutilised and undeveloped as a method of constructing and conveying grounded theory. Construction of a theory that is grounded in the data and not influenced by external concepts is possible through the use of storyline. In presenting grounded theory in the form of a storyline, the nurse researcher is able to explain and describe the theoretical contribution in the context of nursing knowledge. Theoretical precedence, variation, limit... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693709 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693708&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F5%2F403%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693708 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693708 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693707&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F5%2F391%3Frss%3D1 AbstractThe aims of the study were to explore personal, professional and organisational factors that would affect future participation in the workforce of nurses aged 45 and over. The research was proposed against a background of concerns about a shortage of a skilled nursing workforce in London and ever increasing numbers of older nurses taking retirement. Data were collected with 37 mainly senior F grade nurses and health care assistants using a semi-structured interview schedule and biographical methods. There can be multiple expressions of commitment, which may differ at different levels of the organisation. Personal commitment (i.e., to family and children) was also very important. Expressions of commitment were not expressed in isolation, this means commitment is negotiated, conteste... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693707 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693707 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693706&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F5%2F387%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693706 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693706 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371737&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F3%2F283%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2371737 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2371737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371736&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F3%2F281%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2371736 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2371736 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371735&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F3%2F279%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2371735 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2371735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371734&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F3%2F277%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2371734 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2371734 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371733&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F3%2F263%3Frss%3D1 This study, funded by the Queensland Treasury/Golden Casket Foundation, will focus not only on the outcomes for individual mental health nurses but also examine the quality of care they provide and the effects of both on patient outcomes. This study will seek to establish a sustainable, strategically significant contribution to the knowledge base both for the mental health nursing workforce in Queensland (and beyond) and the patients they seek to serve. (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2371733 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2371733 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371732&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F3%2F261%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2371732 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2371732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371731&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F3%2F243%3Frss%3D1 Abstract Nurse teacherhood is composed of many factors. It includes nurse teachers’ tasks and different multidimensional roles and also nurse teachers’ individual experiences of being a nurse teacher. Nurse teachers’ experiences of nurse teacherhood depend on the meanings they give to the different factors. In other words, there are not only one but also several interpretations of what nurse teacherhood is. These interpretations affect what is important for each nurse teacher in their own nurse teacherhood and how satisfied they are with their profession. This paper is part of a larger study examining how Finnish nurse teachers experience their nurse teacherhood in polytechnics. The purpose of this ... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2371731 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2371731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371730&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F3%2F241%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2371730 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2371730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371729&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F3%2F223%3Frss%3D1 Abstract Cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention can promote recovery, reduce coronary events and improve quality of life in many people with heart disease. Traditionally provided for people with coronary heart disease, there is scope to have provision for a range of people, both young and old, and including those with heart failure, valve disease or with an internal cardiac defibrillator. At its best, cardiac rehabilitation spans the whole pathway of care, beginning before admission to hospital and continuing long after, with ongoing management of lifestyle changes. Guidelines are available based on best evidence, and programmes focus on the whole person and address physical, psychological and social well-being.... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2371729 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2371729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371728&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F3%2F221%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2371728 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2371728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371727&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F3%2F207%3Frss%3D1 Abstract Cardiac rehabilitation is an integral component of comprehensive cardiac care and is effective in reducing morbidity and mortality and improving quality of life. However, despite a 50-year-history and extensive evidence base attesting to its clinical and cost-effectiveness, including adding years to life and life to years, and exhortations that its implementation should be a key priority, the majority of cardiac patients do not receive rehabilitation. There is a comparative dearth of funding and wide variation in service provision, with a health care system that often fails to address issues such as sub-optimal referral, enrolment and completion, particularly amongst certain potential user groups that could bene... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2371727 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2371727 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371726&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F3%2F203%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2371726 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2371726 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371725&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F3%2F199%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2371725 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2371725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2371724&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F3%2F195%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2371724 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2371724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2219751&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F2%2F187%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2219751 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2219751 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2219750&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F2%2F175%3Frss%3D1 Abstract Mixed methods research is viewed as the third methodological movement and as an approach it has much to offer health and social science research. Its emergence was in response to the limitations of the sole use of quantitative or qualitative methods and is now considered by many a legitimate alternative to these two traditions. Purists’ view of the dichotomy between positivist and non-positivist philosophies is prevalent; however, mixed methods afford researchers an opportunity to overcome this ‘false dichotomy’. The philosophical underpinning of pragmatism allows and guides mixed methods researchers to use a variety of approaches to answer research questions that cannot be addressed us... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2219750 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2219750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2219749&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F2%2F169%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2219749 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2219749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2219748&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F2%2F167%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2219748 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2219748 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2219747&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F2%2F153%3Frss%3D1 AbstractA descriptive observational study was conducted to ascertain and analyse the scientific status of nursing in Spain, based on nursing research studies submitted to the Health Research Fund (Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria-FIS) for public funding and their ensuing scientific output. The study selection criteria required the following: the principal researcher to be a nurse; and the terms, ‘nursing’, ‘self-care’, ‘care’, ‘ulcer’ and/or ‘home care’ included in title or key words. For analysis of bibliographic output, a bibliographic search was made of national and international databases. During the study period (1996–2004), 673 nursing studies were submitted for public funding, with 28% being funded as a result.... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2219747 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2219747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2219746&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F2%2F149%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2219746 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2219746 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2219745&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F2%2F137%3Frss%3D1 AbstractFollowing the United Kingdom Clinical Research Collaboration’s (UKCRC) (2007) recommendations on careers in clinical research, there has been growing anticipation in the United Kingdom about the real potential for establishing career pathways for nurses and allied health professionals that will enable them to combine a focus on both clinical and academic roles. However, it is recognized that the implementation of this initiative will require charting largely untested waters, with issues ranging from establishing joint University: health service employment contracts, to harmonizing clinical and research roles and ensuring sustainability of funding for clinical academic posts. This paper will outline the implementation of a pilot clinical academic career initiative, which has b... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2219745 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2219745 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2219744&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F2%2F133%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2219744 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2219744 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2219743&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F2%2F125%3Frss%3D1 Abstract Clinical academic research careers for nurses in the United Kingdom (UK) described in the Finch Report (2007) signals an important milestone in nursing research, education and practice. Unique aspects of this UK initiative is that it not only provides various awards for nurse research career pathways, but it also provides resources to establish infrastructure and positions for nurses to conduct research, teach, and practice in the clinical setting. Such an initiative merits serious consideration for its globalization. (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2219743 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2219743 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2219742&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F2%2F123%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2219742 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2219742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2219741&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F2%2F111%3Frss%3D1 This article identifies current intelligence around a specific discipline in nursing: regarding the nurse educator, what is written and known about career pathways, the underlying influences within nurse training and further opportunities for study at the higher academic levels. A study of the literature across European countries together with a focus group workshop of nurse educators held in Udine, Italy, in November 2007 has enabled the authors to review the position and status of nurse educators across a number of European countries and identify factors affecting nurse educator mobility. Common themes and shared concerns have been identified as has recommendations for future research. (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2219741 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2219741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2219740&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F2%2F107%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2219740 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2219740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2219739&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F2%2F103%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2219739 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2219739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2219738&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F2%2F99%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2219738 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2219738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2091416&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F1%2F89%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2091416 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2091416 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2091415&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F1%2F77%3Frss%3D1 AbstractThis is a review paper that provides an overview of current information on programmed cell death in haemorrhagic shock, including the identification of different molecular receptor signals. A PubMed search for all dates was undertaken using the search terms apoptosis, trauma and haemorrhagic shock. Original research, sentinel and review papers from peer-reviewed journals were included for identification of key concepts. Haemorrhagic shock remains a primary cause of death in civilian and military trauma. Apoptosis is accelerated following haemorrhagic shock. Many methods are used to detect and quantify apoptosis. Fluid resuscitation regimens vary in their effect on the extent of apoptosis. Investigators are examining the effects of haemorrhagic shock and fluid resuscitation on apopt... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2091415 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2091415 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2091414&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F1%2F75%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2091414 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2091414 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2091413&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F1%2F61%3Frss%3D1 Abstract Dementia is recognized as being a major risk for falls that cause suffering and increase dependency for the individual. The purpose of this study was to explore registered nurses’ and nurse assistants’ experiences of caring for elderly people with dementia who are at risk of falling, and factors that contribute or reduce falls in this group. A phenomenographic design was chosen. Ten nurses and 18 nurse assistants with experience of fall events were strategically selected for a recorded interview. The informants were chosen from 10 nursing homes in Sweden and Norway. They were asked to describe a fall situation they had been involved in when caring for elderly people with dementia. The findings shed l... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2091413 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2091413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2091412&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F1%2F57%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2091412 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2091412 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2091411&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F1%2F43%3Frss%3D1 AbstractWith its growing use, the Internet offers researchers a novel approach in reaching those they seek to study locally, nationally or globally. The purpose of this paper is to describe our experience of using the Internet as one means of recruiting to a research study exploring the experience of women with metastatic breast cancer and to compare the methodological issues of using face-to-face and online approaches to survey recruitment. The survey incorporated the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B) quality of life measure, a patient experience with care measure and open ended text questions about respondents’ physical, emotional and practical needs. Recruitment was done face-to-face in two cancer centres and on the Breast Cancer Care (it is the UK’s le... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2091411 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2091411 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2091410&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F1%2F41%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2091410 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2091410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2091409&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F1%2F27%3Frss%3D1 AbstractPatients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy are at risk of developing toxicities which can be severe or life threatening. The aim of this study was to develop and test a side effect risk modeling tool (ASyMS©-SERAT) for use in patients with breast cancer undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy. The study was conducted in two phases. Phase 1 entailed the development of the ASyMS©-SERAT tool using a secondary data set and in collaboration with an expert group of clinicians and an advisory group of patients. In phase 2, the predictive accuracy of the tool was measured using a prospective data set of 24 patients with breast cancer undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy. A high level of accuracy was reported for four of the six symptoms measured (>70%) supporting the future devel... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2091409 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2091409 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2091408&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F1%2F25%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2091408 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2091408 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2091407&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F14%2F1%2F13%3Frss%3D1 In conclusion, the online discussion forum can provide a useful resource for people to seek and share experiences, information and support with others in similar situations. (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2091407 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2091407 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2091406&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F1%2F9%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2091406 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2091406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2091405&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F1%2F5%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2091405 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2091405 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2091404&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F14%2F1%2F3%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2091404 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2091404 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2057843&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F6%2F554%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2057843 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0100 2057843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2057842&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F6%2F542%3Frss%3D1 To describe the work and the everyday activities of health care assistants (HCAs) and mental attendants (MAs) in acute hospital care. Several caring duties have been delegated from registered nurses to HCAs and MAs the last decade. Their tasks can either be rather demanding and qualified or be quite unqualified. Both a qualitative and quantitative design was used. Data collection comprised diaries written by 26 HCAs and MAs in 10 wards during a week in April 2006. Content analysis was used for data analysis. The study shows that the participants on average spend half of their working time on direct care (bedside). The HCAs in the geriatric wards spend more time on bedside than all the others. There can be several explanations as to the difference between wards. The MAs appear to have more ... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2057842 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0100 2057842 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1966398&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F4%2F301%3Frss%3D1 The CIT is a practical and efficient methodology that encourages participants to tell their story; with happenings that are memorable events in participants' lives. It is a form of story-telling, as participants share their singular experience as a story to the researcher. It is a qualitative, systematic, open-ended technique for educing descriptive data from participants as well as being an effective naturalistic tool for focusing participants' on a specific event. The CIT is a user-friendly instrument that can foster reflection and promote personal expression. The development of the CIT to generate indicators of specific happenings relative to research questions demonstrates the technique's suppleness and emphasises the capability of this methodology in nursing research. As nurses learn ... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1966398 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1966398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1904399&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F6%2F540%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1904399 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1904399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1904398&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F6%2F527%3Frss%3D1 This study investigates, through the use of a questionnaire, the attitudes and future expectations of male and female individuals attending interviews to enter a pre-registration nursing course. The results from the questionnaires were analysed using both descriptive and inferential methods of analysis, and the findings were discussed in relation to the existing research. In only two of the items, significant differences were found between male and female nursing applicants' attitudes and expectations towards their future careers. The results of this study indicate that it is unlikely to be the individual differences between males and females that determine their career progress, and instead it is more likely to be the organisational barriers within the health service or changes in expecta... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1904398 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1904398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1904397&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F6%2F525%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1904397 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1904397 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1904396&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F6%2F498%3Frss%3D1 AbstractThe role of social support and individual coping strategies (problem-focused, emotion-focused) in the moderation of the relationship between health care-related occupational stress and health was examined in a survey of 212 midwives and nurses. Results indicate that neither of the coping strategies was influential, whereas social support levels were either detrimental or beneficial based on the reported level of job stress. High support in conjunction with high job stress was associated with poorer health. Conversely, when support was low, high stress was associated with better health. This implied that it was the level of overall social support in conjunction with the level of job stress that was associated with psychological and physical health levels. Subsequent to the findings ... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1904396 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1904396 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1904395&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F6%2F496%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1904395 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1904395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1904394&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F6%2F480%3Frss%3D1 AbstractHome health care (HHC) is growing rapidly and yet health and safety conditions of HHC clinicians are poorly understood. Study of this workforce presents unique challenges because it is decentralised, often part-time and mobile. As part of a larger project on sharps injuries and blood exposures in HHC, this paper addresses the challenges of recruiting a large cohort of HHC nurses and aides and describes novel cross-sectional survey methodology. Recruitment was conducted with cooperation from eight HHC agencies and two labour unions. Intensive personal contacts and a financial incentive ($25) were employed. Some groups of HHC clinicians could be contacted only by mail, while others were contacted during a promotional "mini-fair" at their agency. A total of 1772, 18-page health and sa... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1904394 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1904394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1904393&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F6%2F478%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1904393 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1904393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1904392&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F6%2F465%3Frss%3D1 AbstractAction research (AR) is promoted for health care development. A systematic review was undertaken to gain insight into the uptake and designs of practice-based AR. Empirical research papers from 2000 to 2005 were extracted from CINAHL, MEDLINE and British Nursing Index, and two specialist AR journals. The initial search identified 335 papers: 38% were AR (20% were phenomenology; 32% ethnography; 10% randomised-controlled trials). Further filtering produced 62 AR papers for detailed analysis. Eighty-seven per cent of AR studies involved ‘organisational/professional development', or ‘educational' settings; only 13% were directly ‘clinical'. Practitioners were the main participants in 90% of studies. Seventy-two per cent of all participant groups were rated ‘act... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1904392 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1904392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1904391&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F6%2F463%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1904391 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1904391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2492809&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F6%2F540%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2492809 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2492809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2492808&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F6%2F525%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2492808 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2492808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2492807&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F6%2F496%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2492807 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2492807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2492806&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F6%2F478%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2492806 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:00:00 +0100 2492806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1736995&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F5%2F455%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1736995 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1736995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1736994&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F5%2F451%3Frss%3D1 Abstract The report ‘Patient Safety in Europe: Medication Errors and Hospital-acquired Infection' was commissioned by the European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN) in order to support its policy statement on Patient Safety. The report is authored by a working-group within the Workgroup of European Nurse Researchers and it is a snapshot of current work in the European areas surveyed. Medication errors and hospital-acquired infections are examined and a range of European studies are used as evidence. The result shows that studies on medication safety and nursing are few and they are heterogeneous in design making comparability between research reports difficult. Future research should capture the envir... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1736994 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1736994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1736993&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F5%2F449%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1736993 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1736993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1736992&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F5%2F437%3Frss%3D1 This study aimed to enable a cohort of women to describe their personal experiences of motherhood in the context of problematic substance use and street-based prostitution. The study also aimed to describe the impact upon women of separation from their children. Findings that emerged from focus group data were organised into four over-arching themes: children and motherhood, personal accounts of drug use and street-based prostitution, risks to women and their children and supportive/unsupportive factors in the women's lives. Each theme consisted of many categories that illustrated the impact of dependent drug use and involvement in prostitution on the lives of the women and their children. This article describes the theme of children and motherhood. Involvement in street-based prostitution... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1736992 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1736992 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1736991&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F5%2F434%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1736991 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1736991 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1736990&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F5%2F411%3Frss%3D1 AbstractCare homes play a vital role in the provision of support for the frailest members of our society, and given the demographic trends their role will continue for the foreseeable future. However, there remain enduring concerns about the quality of care such homes provide. Training and education for staff are often seen as the key to raising standards and as such are widely promoted. This paper presents a conceptual review and synthesis of the literature on the role of education and training in initiating and supporting change in care homes. A systematic method to the identification of sources was adopted, and a rigorous three-stage approach to analysis applied. The review identifies the barriers and facilitators to change and concludes that education is a necessary but not a sufficien... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1736990 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1736990 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1736989&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F5%2F409%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1736989 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1736989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1736988&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F5%2F391%3Frss%3D1 Abstract Given that the majority of frail older people living at home are cared for by family members, ensuring appropriate and sensitive support services for family carers is a major policy priority globally. Such assessment of the needs and situation of individual carers is a crucial first step towards ensuring that they receive flexible, quality support services. However, existing assessment practice is still inadequate in many countries. This paper describes a negotiated approach to carer assessment, the Carers Outcome Agreement Tool (COAT) and briefly considers its development with carers and practitioners in an Anglo-Swedish development project (2003–2005) and subsequent implementation within five municipalit... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1736988 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1736988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1736987&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F5%2F389%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1736987 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1736987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1736986&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F5%2F373%3Frss%3D1 AbstractStudies reporting the lived experience of late-stage Parkinson's disease are sparse. Using constructivist grounded theory and centre-stage storyline generation as the methodological approach, this study reports on 69 interviews with 13 people with late-stage Parkinson's disease and their family carers who were recruited from the caseload of two specialist Parkinson's disease nurses working in North Wales and one consultant geriatrician. The interviews were conducted longitudinally between June 2007 and April 2008, and all participants were diagnosed with late-stage idiopathic Parkinson's disease using Brain Bank clinical criteria. All interviews and the subsequent sharing, modification and testing of the results of data analysis were conducted in the person's home and with their pa... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1736986 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1736986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1736985&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F5%2F371%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1736985 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1736985 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1736984&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F5%2F367%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1736984 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1736984 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1592577&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F4%2F362%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1592577 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1592577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1592576&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F4%2F350%3Frss%3D1 AbstractDuring an ethnographic study of an Acute Medical Admissions Unit, informed consent was not obtained from some patient informants despite research proposals to various research committees stating that it would. The ethical judgement was made that not to seek informed consent was in the best interests of patients who were very ill or distressed and that to insist on informed consent would have been potentially harmful to these patients. Drawing on my experiences of collecting data whilst holding the dual roles of researcher and nurse, I argue that contextual moral judgements can enhance ethical decisions in the field and further that rigid adherence to formal bio-medical ethical guidance can lead to inappropriate ethical actions. Importantly, the ethnographer must be able to articula... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1592576 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1592576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1592575&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F4%2F348%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1592575 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1592575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1592574&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F4%2F338%3Frss%3D1 AbstractThis paper gives an example of the autoethnographic approach to research by examining the life of the author. The account considers her creative identity as a female nurse and life long learner from a white, middle class Northern Irish background. Autoethnography is a relatively new, and controversial, area of research. This paper evaluates the validity of the method with reference to nursing and nurse education. It concludes that autoethnography is a useful research tool, which provides personal insights, which can provide meaning to others. This is particularly true when creative methods of expression are harnessed. (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1592574 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1592574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1592573&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F4%2F336%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1592573 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1592573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1592572&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F4%2F325%3Frss%3D1 In this study, data was collected from two fields of ‘peers'. First data set contained 50 h of observation with doctoral research fellows, and the second data set contained 2 years diary recording of a nurse working in a national research funding agency. The paper shows that the levels of collaboration in constructing the ethnographic data can depend on the field itself, the stance of the researcher and the willingness of peer participants. (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1592572 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1592572 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1592571&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F4%2F324%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1592571 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1592571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1592570&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F4%2F311%3Frss%3D1 AbstractThis paper examines the use of a qualitative research methodology, ethnomethodological ethnography that has had little application within nursing, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere. This methodology is concerned with describing how members of a social group perceive, define and classify the ways that they perform their daily activities and what meanings they assign to these activities. Ethnomethodological ethnography analyses the everyday methods people use to construct and sustain the typical activities in their cultural world, that is, their ‘sense assembly equipment'. This enables them to act in ways that are congruent with their culturally learnt attitudes. Although this paper focuses on describing ethnomethodological ethnography, examples of its use in a study o... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1592570 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1592570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1592569&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F4%2F299%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1592569 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1592569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1592568&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F4%2F282%3Frss%3D1 Abstract The systematic review is an important research method that allows for the critical analysis of the results from a range of existing studies to answer research questions. The findings can be used to inform clinical decisions, as well as the development of protocols and guidelines. The aim of this paper is to explore the steps involved in undertaking a Cochrane systematic review and to encourage more nurses to participate in this world wide collaboration to answer questions that are relevant to nursing practice. The first stage of a review involves initiating a focussed clinical question in which the patient group or problem is identified as are the intervention, comparison and outcome, which will become the focus... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1592568 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1592568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1592567&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F4%2F281%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1592567 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1592567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1592566&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F4%2F272%3Frss%3D1 AbstractDrawing on the philosophy of Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze, this paper interrogates the constitution of ‘evidence' that defines the evidence-based movement in the health sciences. What are the current social and political conditions under which scientific knowledge appears to be ‘true'? Foucault describes these conditions as state ‘science', a regime that privileges economic modes of governance and efficiency. Today, the Cochrane taxonomy and research database is increasingly endorsed by government and public health policy makers. Although this ‘evidence-based' paradigm ostensibly promotes the noble ideal of ‘true knowledge' free from political bias, in reality, this apparent neutrality is dangerous because it masks the methods by which power sile... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1592566 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1592566 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1592565&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F4%2F269%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1592565 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1592565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1592564&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F4%2F267%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1592564 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1592564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1471042&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F3%2F262%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1471042 Wed, 28 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1471042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1471041&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F3%2F251%3Frss%3D1 This paper relates to research practice and in particular, it explores the practice of insider research in a study carried out as part of a research training fellowship. The effects of research on the researcher and the researched are discussed and extracts from transcripts and a research diary are used to illustrate ethical dilemmas that may arise from such a study. The role of the novice researcher is central to the discussion and the concept of `emotion work' is used to illustrate the hidden consequences of seemingly innocuous insider research.The paper contributes to the body of knowledge relating to qualitative research methods, by combining reflection with emotion work and novice insider research. Despite it being largely about the novice researcher studying within her own profession... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1471041 Wed, 28 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1471041 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1471040&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F13%2F3%2F249%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Research in Nursing) Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1471040 Wed, 28 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1471040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1471039&cid=s_32324_27_f&fid=32324&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjrn.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F13%2F3%2F236%3Frss%3D1 Elite groups are interesting as they frequently are powerful (in terms of position, knowledge and influence) and enjoy considerable authority. It is important, therefore, to involve them in research concerned with understanding social contexts and processes. This is particularly pertinent in healthcare, where considerable strategic development and change are features of everyday practice that may be guided or perceived as being guided, by elites.This paper evolved from a study investigating the availability and role of nurses whose remit involved leading nursing research and development within acute NHS Trusts in two health regions in Southern England. The study design included telephone interviews with Directors of Nursing Services during which time the researchers engaged in a reflective... Journal of Research in Nursing journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1471039 Wed, 28 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1471039