A method of teaching critical care skills to undergraduate student midwives using the maternal-acute illness management (M-AIM) training day.
Journal Article
McCarthy, R., Nuttall, J., Smith, J., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2014)
A method of teaching critical care skills to undergraduate student midwives using the maternal-acute illness management (M-AIM) training day. Nurse Education in Practice, 14(6), 747-751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2014.04.001
The most recent confidential enquiry into maternal deaths (CMACE, 2011) identified human errors, specifically those of midwives and obstetricians/doctors as a fundamental comp...
Crossing borders: discussing the evidence relating to the mental health needs of women exposed to female genital mutilation.
Journal Article
Mulongo, P., McAndrew, S., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2014)
Crossing borders: discussing the evidence relating to the mental health needs of women exposed to female genital mutilation. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 23, 296-305. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12060
The terms ‘Female Circumcision’ (FC), ‘FG Cutting’ (FGC) and ‘FG Mutilation’ (FGM) refer to procedures involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia ...
An email survey of midwives knowledge about CytoMegaloVirus (CMV) in Hannover and a skeletal framework for a proposed teaching program.
Journal Article
Gartzen von, A., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2013)
An email survey of midwives knowledge about CytoMegaloVirus (CMV) in Hannover and a skeletal framework for a proposed teaching program. Nurse Education in Practice, 13, 481-486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2012.11.003
At present there is lack of information about CMV transmission given to midwives, general practitioners, neonatal pediatricians and nurses, with intrauterine transmission havi...
Women's views about the importance of education in preparation for childbirth.
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., & Robb, Y. (2013)
Women's views about the importance of education in preparation for childbirth. Nurse Education in Practice, 13, 512-518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2013.02.013
Background: this paper reports original research that embraces childbearing women’s views about the
importance of education in preparation for childbirth. A survey was carried...
A narrative review of maternal physical activity during labour and its effects upon length of first stage.
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2013)
A narrative review of maternal physical activity during labour and its effects upon length of first stage. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 19, 44-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2012.09.001
Women in western countries generally lie semi-recumbent during first stage of labour, when perhaps it is more natural to move around. Consequently carers are unaware of what c...
The understanding bereavement evaluation tool (UBET) for midwives: factor structure and clinical research applications.
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., Forrest, E., Wylie, L., & Martin, C. R. (2013)
The understanding bereavement evaluation tool (UBET) for midwives: factor structure and clinical research applications. Nurse Education Today, 33, 1153-1159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.11.019
Background: the NMSF (2009) survey reported that bereavement midwife care was inadequate in a number
of UK NHS Trusts. Using a small grant from the Scottish government, 3 expe...
Nurses' understandings of suitable footwear for older people
Journal Article
Borland, A., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Locke, J. (2012)
Nurses' understandings of suitable footwear for older people. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 26, 653-665. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-05-2012-0050
Purpose – the purpose of this paper is to gain insight into nurses’ understandings of what constitutes suitable footwear for older people in care homes.
Design/methodology/app...
Nutritional intervention and quality of life in palliative care patients
Journal Article
Fleming, M., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2011)
Nutritional intervention and quality of life in palliative care patients. British Journal of Nursing, 20, 1320-1324
Quality of life measures can be used by health professionals to assess effectiveness of nutritional interventions administered to palliative care patients. Stabilizing, mainta...