Our Visit
Report
James, K., Sneddon, B., Brown, M., & Tolson, D. (2017)
Our Visit. Edinburgh: Queens Nursing Institute Scotland
The QNIS study explored hospital visiting time for people with dementia from the
perspective of professional care givers. This was important because older people with
dementia...
Matters of learning and education sociomaterial approaches in ethnographic research.
Book Chapter
Fenwick, T., Doyle, S., Michael, M., & Scoles, J. (2015)
Matters of learning and education sociomaterial approaches in ethnographic research. In MultiPluriTrans in Educational Ethnography, (141-162). New York: Transcript Verlag. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839427729-007
In this chapter we outline a 'sociomaterial' configuration that has been circulating in the broader social sciences with useful potential for understanding dynamics of learnin...
Discursive constructions of student midwives’ professional identities: A discourse analysis
Journal Article
Mcluckie, C., & Kuipers, Y. (2024)
Discursive constructions of student midwives’ professional identities: A discourse analysis. Nurse Education in Practice, 74, Article 103847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103847
Background
The construction and performance of professional identity is significant to broader socio-cultural understandings of who ‘professionals’ are and what they do. Impor...
An Exploratory Study of Designing and Developing Core Physiology Curriculum for Pre-registration Nursing Education
Presentation / Conference
Wood, A. (2019, July)
An Exploratory Study of Designing and Developing Core Physiology Curriculum for Pre-registration Nursing Education. Paper presented at Physiology 2019
Physiology is considered a core component for all nursing and midwifery courses, however there is a lack of clarity on content across higher education on what is included in t...
Transition to Postgraduate Study at Master’s Level: Lessons Learned from Students’ Evaluations of an Online Induction Resource
Journal Article
Robb, L., & Moffat, S. (2020)
Transition to Postgraduate Study at Master’s Level: Lessons Learned from Students’ Evaluations of an Online Induction Resource. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 8(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v8i1.402
Evidence from UK universities’ Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) concluded that whilst confident and experienced in their area of practice, some find the prospect o...
The lived experience of occupational therapists in Scottish Accident and Emergency Departments
Thesis
James, K. (2014)
The lived experience of occupational therapists in Scottish Accident and Emergency Departments. (Thesis). Glasgow Caledonian University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1410459
Emergency Departments (EDs) deliver urgent treatment at the ‘front-door’ of acute hospitals. In Scotland, occupational therapists have had an increasing presence in EDs, an em...
Advocating for Change - Enabling Authentic Assessment at Scale
Presentation / Conference
Mahoney, C., Bastow, F., & Finnan, G. (2024, June)
Advocating for Change - Enabling Authentic Assessment at Scale. Presented at International AHE Conference 2024, Manchester
Background: Authentic assessment aims to connect learning to real-world issues which are meaningful to the learner (Villarroel et al 2018; Gillard-Cook; West 2014; Rule 2007)....
How the Topic 'Transition to Parenthood' Relates to the Learning and Role Expectation of Dutch Student Midwives Who-Are-Mothers
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y., Kogels, E., & Kolukirik, G. (2018)
How the Topic 'Transition to Parenthood' Relates to the Learning and Role Expectation of Dutch Student Midwives Who-Are-Mothers. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 1(1), 1-8
The aim of this qualitative exploratory study, using a constant comparison method, was to explore midwifery students who-are-mothers' perceptions on how the topic 'transition ...
'Powers, passages and passengers' : the construction and performance of student midwives' professional identities
Thesis
McLuckie, C. (2021)
'Powers, passages and passengers' : the construction and performance of student midwives' professional identities. (Thesis). University of Stirling. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2793206
This thesis details my study of the discourses within which student midwives construct and perform their professional identities. The title employs a metaphor commonly used in...
Preparation of registered nurses for health promotion
Presentation / Conference
Dawkes, S. (2018, May)
Preparation of registered nurses for health promotion. Paper presented at NETNEP, Banff, Canada
Introduction:
Globally, people are living longer but not healthier lives and so the need for effective health promotion for older people is growing and nurses play a key role ...