Patient positioning (mobilisation) and bracing for pain relief and spinal stability in metastatic spinal cord compression in adults
Journal Article
Lee, S. H., Cox, K. M., Grant, R., Kennedy, C., & Kilbride, L. (2012)
Patient positioning (mobilisation) and bracing for pain relief and spinal stability in metastatic spinal cord compression in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD007609.pub2
Background
Many patients with metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) have spinal instability but are determined, by their clinician, to be unsuitable for surgical internal...
Review of nursing in the community: baseline study.
Report
Kennedy, C., Elliott, L., Rush, R., Hogg, R., Cameron, S., Currie, M., …Lauder, W. (2009)
Review of nursing in the community: baseline study
This baseline study was commissioned by the Scottish Government in order to collect information which will be used in the subsequent evaluation of the new model of community n...
Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 2.
Journal Article
Kennedy, C., McIntyre, R., Worth, A., & Hogg, R. (2008)
Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 2. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 14, 230-237
The aim was to report on the views of children, parents and key stakeholders of a new bereavement support service for families where a parent is dying from cancer.
A qualitat...
Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 1.
Journal Article
Kennedy, C., McIntyre, R., Worth, A., & Hogg, R. (2008)
Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 1. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 14, 162-168
The aim is to present findings from a review of key literature and from a scoping of current provision of support for children facing the death of a parent. A summary of the f...
Establishing the contribution of nursing in the community to the health of the people of Scotland: integrative literature review
Journal Article
Kennedy, C., Christie, J. A., Harbison, J., Maxton, F., Rutherford, I., & Moss, D. (2008)
Establishing the contribution of nursing in the community to the health of the people of Scotland: integrative literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 64, 416-439. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04621.x
Aim. This paper is a report of an integrative literature review to explore the evidence base for nursing in the community.
Background. The Scottish Executive (2005) in Sco...
Exploring the role of community palliative care nurse specialists as educators.
Journal Article
Husband, J., & Kennedy, C. (2006)
Exploring the role of community palliative care nurse specialists as educators. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 12, 277-284
In the UK the clinical nurse specialist role (CNS) has evolved in an uncoordinated manner resulting in a broad job remit, with clinical, managerial, research and educational e...
Nursing in the community: a literature review.
Other
Kennedy, C., Christie, J. A., Maxton, F., Moss, D., Harbison, J., Mitchell, M., & Rutherford, I. (2006)
Nursing in the community: a literature review
This literature review is part of the Review of Nursing in the Community in Scotland. The review aims to explore the evidence base for nursing in the community in relation to ...
A typology of knowledge for district nursing assessment practice
Journal Article
Kennedy, C. M. (2004)
A typology of knowledge for district nursing assessment practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 45(4), 401-409. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02923.x
Background. This paper reports on part of a larger study, the aim of which was to explore the nature of knowledge required by district nurses (DNs) to carry out first assessme...
The work of district nurses; first assessment visits.
Journal Article
Kennedy, C. (2002)
The work of district nurses; first assessment visits. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 40, 710-720. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02430.x
Background. District nurses are the largest group of community nurses in the United Kingdom and overall responsibility for assessing and planning how patients' and families' n...