Health professionals' lack of knowledge of central venous access devices: the impact on patients
Journal Article
Kelly, L. J., Snowden, A., Paterson, R., & Campbell, K. (2019)
Health professionals' lack of knowledge of central venous access devices: the impact on patients. British Journal of Nursing, 28(14), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.14.S4
Background
The literature on patient experience of living with a central venous access device (CVAD) is growing, but remains sparse. It suggests that patients accept CVADs as...
The views of non-medical prescribing students and medical mentors on interprofessional competency assessment – A qualitative exploration
Journal Article
Afseth, J. D., & Paterson, R. E. (2017)
The views of non-medical prescribing students and medical mentors on interprofessional competency assessment – A qualitative exploration. Nurse Education Today, 52, 103-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.02.022
Background
The United Kingdom (UK) is one of the least restrictive countries in terms of scope of prescribing practice for non-medical prescribers and is a rapidly expanding g...
Supporting practice learning time for non-medical prescribing students: managers’ views
Journal Article
Unwin, R., Redman, S., Bain, H., Macphee, M., McElhinney, E., Downer, F., & Paterson, R. (2016)
Supporting practice learning time for non-medical prescribing students: managers’ views. Nursing Management, 23(3), 25-29. https://doi.org/10.7748/nm.23.3.25.s27
Managers in healthcare services have ever-increasing demands to consider in relation to front line care, including the continuing professional education needs of qualified pra...
Improvement in out-of-hours outcomes following the implementation of Hospital at Night
Journal Article
Beckett, D. J., Gordon, C. F., Paterson, R., Chalkley, S., Stewart, C., Jones, M. C., …Bell, D. (2009)
Improvement in out-of-hours outcomes following the implementation of Hospital at Night. QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 102(8), 539-546. doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcp056
Background: Hospital at Night (H@N) is a Department of Health (England) driven programme being widely implemented across UK. It aims to redefine how medical cover is provided ...
Experiences of older people in emergency care settings: IMOGEN LYONS and RUTH PATERSON discuss the results of a qualitative study into aspects of emergency care that are important to older people
Journal Article
Lyons, I. & Paterson, R. (2009)
Experiences of older people in emergency care settings: IMOGEN LYONS and RUTH PATERSON discuss the results of a qualitative study into aspects of emergency care that are important to older people. Emergency Nurse. 16(10), 26-31. doi:10.7748/en2009.03.16.10.26.c6851. ISSN 1354-5752
People over the age of 65 make up about 20 per cent of the population of Scotland (Wood and Bain 2001). They also account for 185,000 emergency hospital admissions a year acro...
Prediction of in-hospital mortality and length of stay using an early warning scoring system: clinical audit
Journal Article
Paterson, R., MacLeod, D., Thetford, D., Beattie, A., Graham, C., Lam, S., & Bell, D. (2006)
Prediction of in-hospital mortality and length of stay using an early warning scoring system: clinical audit. Clinical Medicine, 6(3), 281-284. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.6-3-281
This aim of this study was to assess the impact of the introduction of a standardised early warning scoring system (SEWS) on physiological observations and patient outcomes in...