Clinical decisions and time since rest break: An analysis of decision fatigue in nurses
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Allan, J. L., Johnston, D. W., Powell, D. J. H., Farquharson, B., Jones, M. C., Leckie, G., & Johnston, M. (2019)
Clinical decisions and time since rest break: An analysis of decision fatigue in nurses. Health Psychology, 38(4), 318-324. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000725
Objective: The present study investigates whether nurses working for a national medical telephone helpline show evidence of “decision fatigue,” as measured by a shift from eff...
Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions
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Farquharson, B., Abhyankar, P., Smith, K., Dombrowski, S. U., Treweek, S., Dougall, N., …Johnston, M. (2019)
Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions. Open Heart, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2018-000975
Background: Time to treatment in many conditions, particularly acute coronary syndrome, is critical to reducing mortality. Delay between onset of symptoms and treatment remain...
Why does work cause fatigue? A real-time investigation of fatigue, and determinants of fatigue in nurses working 12-hour shifts
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Johnston, D. W., Allan, J. L., Powell, D. J. H., Jones, M. C., Farquharson, B., Bell, C., & Johnston, M. (2019)
Why does work cause fatigue? A real-time investigation of fatigue, and determinants of fatigue in nurses working 12-hour shifts. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kay065
Background One of the striking regularities of human behavior is that a prolonged physical, cognitive, or emotional activity leads to feelings of fatigue. Fatigue could be due...
Apps for cardiovascular disease: The role of avatars in personalisation
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Neubeck, L., Gallagher, R., Farquarson, B., & Clark, R. (2017)
Apps for cardiovascular disease: The role of avatars in personalisation. Health Management, 17(1), 78-80
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Reducing patient delay in Acute Coronary Syndrome (RAPiD): research protocol for a web-based randomized controlled trial examining the effect of a behaviour change intervention
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Farquharson, B., Johnston, M., Smith, K., Williams, B., Treweek, S., Dombrowski, S. U., …Grindle, M. (2017)
Reducing patient delay in Acute Coronary Syndrome (RAPiD): research protocol for a web-based randomized controlled trial examining the effect of a behaviour change intervention. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(5), 1220-1234. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13191
Aims
To evaluate the efficacy of a behaviour change technique-based intervention and compare two possible modes of delivery (text+visual and text-only) with usual care.
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Stressors, Appraisal of Stressors, Experienced Stress and Cardiac Response: A Real-Time, Real-Life Investigation of Work Stress in Nurses
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Johnston, D., Bell, C., Jones, M., Farquharson, B., Allan, J., Schofield, P., …Johnston, M. (2016)
Stressors, Appraisal of Stressors, Experienced Stress and Cardiac Response: A Real-Time, Real-Life Investigation of Work Stress in Nurses. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 50(2), 187-197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-015-9746-8
Background Stress in health care professionals may reflect both the work and appraisal of work and impacts on the individuals, their patients, colleagues and managers. Purpo...
Reducing patient delay with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome: a research protocol for a systematic review of previous interventions to investigate which behaviour change techniques are associated with effective interventions
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Farquharson, B., Dombrowski, S., Pollock, A., Johnston, M., Treweek, S., Williams, B., …Pringle, S. (2014)
Reducing patient delay with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome: a research protocol for a systematic review of previous interventions to investigate which behaviour change techniques are associated with effective interventions. Open Heart, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2014-000079
Introduction Delay to presentation with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is common meaning many fail to achieve optimal benefit from treatments. Interventions have ha...
Frequency of nursing tasks in medical and surgical wards
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Farquharson, B., Bell, C., Johnston, D., Jones, M., Schofield, P., Allan, J., …Johnston, M. (2013)
Frequency of nursing tasks in medical and surgical wards. Journal of Nursing Management, 21(6), 860-866. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12110
Aim
To explore the frequency of different nursing tasks in medical and surgical wards.
Background
The time nurses spend on direct patient care is important for both patients...
Stress in telephone helpline nurses is associated with failures of concentration, attention and memory, and with more conservative referral decisions
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Allan, J. L., Farquharson, B., Johnston, D. W., Jones, M. C., Choudhary, C. J., & Johnston, M. (2014)
Stress in telephone helpline nurses is associated with failures of concentration, attention and memory, and with more conservative referral decisions. British Journal of Psychology, 105(2), 200-213. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12030
Nurses working for telephone-based medical helplines must maintain attentional focus while quickly and accurately processing information given by callers to make safe and appr...
The new clinical leadership role of senior charge nurses: a mixed methods study of their views and experience
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Stoddart, K., Bugge, C., Shepherd, A., & Farquharson, B. (2012)
The new clinical leadership role of senior charge nurses: a mixed methods study of their views and experience. Journal of Nursing Management, 22(1), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12008
Aims
To investigate the experience and views of senior charge nurses in relation to the implementation of a national clinical leadership policy.
Background
The role of the s...