What Is the Impact of Chaplaincy in Primary Care? The GP Perspective
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Gibbon, A., & Grant, R. (2019)
What Is the Impact of Chaplaincy in Primary Care? The GP Perspective. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 6(2), 200-214. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.34709
People often attend primary care with sub-clinical or non-medical issues such as bereavement, distress, or loneliness. Often what is needed is someone to listen, but GP appoin...
Concordance: a concept analysis
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Martin, C., Mathers, B., & Donnell, A. (2013)
Concordance: a concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70, 46-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12147
Aim
To report an analysis of the concept of concordance.
Background
Adherence-based medicines interventions are known to be of limited success. Concordance appears to offer a...
Concurrent analysis: a pragmatic justification
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Atkinson, J. (2012)
Concurrent analysis: a pragmatic justification. Nursing Philosophy, 13, 126-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-769X.2011.00523.x
Concurrent analysis (CA) is a process of synthesizing conceptually equivalent data for the purpose of producing a coherent and predictive model in social science. The process ...
Measuring Concordance in Clinical Practice
Journal Article
Barron, D. T., & Snowden, A. (2012)
Measuring Concordance in Clinical Practice. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 1, 88-94. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2012.1.2.88
This article describes the construction of a tool to measure concordance in clinical practice. The second of two parts, it details the strategic background underpinning concor...
No decision about me without me: concordance operationalised
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Marland, G. (2012)
No decision about me without me: concordance operationalised. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22, 1353-1360. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04337.x
Aims and objectives
To demonstrate that concordance can be operationalised to the benefit of patients. Concordance can be understood as a composite of knowledge, health belief...
Debating mental health nurses’ role in medicines management
Journal Article
Hemingway, S., & Snowden, A. (2012)
Debating mental health nurses’ role in medicines management. British Journal of Nursing, 21, 1219-1223. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2012.21.20.1219
This article delineates concordance and adherence; two fundamental positions pertaining to the role of the nurse in medicine management. Taking the form of a debate, it uses m...
Concordance in action: case study of medication management
Journal Article
Roy, D., & Snowden, A. (2012)
Concordance in action: case study of medication management. Nurse Prescribing, 10(4), 195-200. https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2012.10.4.195
This article discusses a case study describing discontinuation symptoms relating to the abrupt withdrawal of the antidepressant venlafaxine. The article explores alternative e...
We need robust evidence of alternative therapy benefits.
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2011)
We need robust evidence of alternative therapy benefits. Nursing Standard, 25, 33
Mental health nurse prescribing: a difficult pill to swallow?
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Martin, C. R. (2010)
Mental health nurse prescribing: a difficult pill to swallow?. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 17, 543-553. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01561.x
This paper develops an interpretation of the impact of mental health nurse prescribing in the UK. A constructivist-grounded theory methodology was applied to 13 semi-structure...
Integrating Medicines Management Into Mental Health Nursing in UK
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2010)
Integrating Medicines Management Into Mental Health Nursing in UK. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 24, 178-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2009.12.003
There is increasing concern that mental health nurses in UK are inadequately trained in medicines management. Recommended solutions entail proposals for further training to im...