The Patient Centred Assessment Method for improving nurse-led biopsychosocial assessment of patients with long-term conditions: a feasibility RCT
Journal Article
Maxwell, M., Hibberd, C., Aitchison, P., Calveley, E., Pratt, R., Dougall, N., …Cameron, I. (2018)
The Patient Centred Assessment Method for improving nurse-led biopsychosocial assessment of patients with long-term conditions: a feasibility RCT. Health Services and Delivery Research, 6(4), 1-120. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr06040
Background
Annual reviews of people living with long-term conditions (LTCs) are mostly conducted by practice nurses (PNs), who focus on the physical needs of patients. The bro...
Mental health nurses' experiences of managing work-related emotions through supervision
Journal Article
MacLaren, J., Stenhouse, R., & Ritchie, D. (2016)
Mental health nurses' experiences of managing work-related emotions through supervision. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72(10), 2423-2434. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12995
Aim
The aim of this study was to explore emotion cultures constructed in supervision and consider how supervision functions as an emotionally safe space promoting critical ref...
These terrifying three words: A qualitative, mixed methods study of students' and mentors' understandings of ‘fitness to practise’
Journal Article
Haycock-Stuart, E., MacLaren, J., McLachlan, A., & James, C. (2016)
These terrifying three words: A qualitative, mixed methods study of students' and mentors' understandings of ‘fitness to practise’. Nurse Education Today, 43, 15-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2016.04.017
Background
There is little empirical published research pertaining to fitness to practise and pre-registration nursing students. Much of the existing fitness to practise liter...
Proactive community support tailored to holistic needs: A cohort study
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Young, J., & Savinc, J. (2018)
Proactive community support tailored to holistic needs: A cohort study. Cancer Medicine, 7(9), 4836-4845. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1709
Background:
It is increasingly internationally recognised that a cancer diagnosis impacts on people practically and financially as well as physically and psychologically. It ...
Systematic Review and Narrative Summary: Treatments for and Risk Factors Associated with Respiratory Tract Secretions (Death Rattle) in the Dying Adult
Journal Article
Kolb, H., Snowden, A., & Stevens, E. (2018)
Systematic Review and Narrative Summary: Treatments for and Risk Factors Associated with Respiratory Tract Secretions (Death Rattle) in the Dying Adult. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74(7), 1446-1462. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13557
Aim
To identify effective treatments and risk factors associated with death rattle in adults at the end of life.
Background
The presence of noisy, pooled respiratory tract sec...
Epidemiology of emergency ambulance service calls related to mental health problems and self harm: a national record linkage study.
Journal Article
Duncan, E., Best, C., Dougall, N., Skar, S., Evans, J., Corfield, A., …Wojcik, W. (2019)
Epidemiology of emergency ambulance service calls related to mental health problems and self harm: a national record linkage study. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 27(34), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-019-0611-9
Background: People experiencing a mental health crisis receive variable and poorer quality care than those experiencing a physical health crisis. Little is known about the epi...
Understanding pre-registration nursing fitness to practise processes
Journal Article
MacLaren, J., Haycock-Stuart, E., McLachlan, A., & James, C. (2016)
Understanding pre-registration nursing fitness to practise processes. Nurse Education Today, 36, 412-418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2015.10.025
Background
Protection of the public is a key aspect of pre-registration nursing education and UK Nursing and Midwifery Council monitoring processes. Universities must ensure t...
A kaleidoscope of understandings: spiritual nursing in a multi-faith society
Journal Article
MacLaren, J. (2004)
A kaleidoscope of understandings: spiritual nursing in a multi-faith society. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 45(5), 457-462. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.2929_1.x
Background. Spirituality is an increasingly discussed topic in nursing. In some parts of the UK there is a policy requirement to establish policies of spiritual health care wh...
Recovery, Rights and Social Inclusion
Book Chapter
McIntosh, G. (2018)
Recovery, Rights and Social Inclusion. In I. Norman, & I. Ryrie (Eds.), The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing(4th). London: Open University Press
This book chapter will explore the meaning of recovery in relation to rights, social inclusion and stigma. The development and evaluation of recovery principles in mental heal...
Negotiating boundaries of care: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the relational conflicts surrounding home mechanical ventilation following traumatic spinal cord injury
Journal Article
Dickson, A., Karatzias, T., Gullone, A., Grandison, G., Allan, D., Park, J., & Flowers, P. (2018)
Negotiating boundaries of care: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the relational conflicts surrounding home mechanical ventilation following traumatic spinal cord injury. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 6(1), 120-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2018.1462708
Objectives: The aim of this study is to explore the phenomena of mechanical ventilation following traumatic spinal cord injury from three simultaneous perspectives; patients w...