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Research priorities to address the global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the next decade (2021)
Journal Article

Background The global prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has increased markedly in recent decades. Given the scarcity of resources available to address global health challenges and respiratory medicine being relatively under-i... Read More about Research priorities to address the global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the next decade.

Non-Medical Prescribing: A Course Companion (Ed. by A. Pooler) (2020)
Book

This accessible textbook provides a comprehensive resource for healthcare students and professional students studying non-medical prescribing, taking into account the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) competency framework for non-medical prescribing... Read More about Non-Medical Prescribing: A Course Companion (Ed. by A. Pooler).

Misplaced ECG electrodes and the need for continuing training (2019)
Journal Article

Chronic venous leg ulcer care: Putting the patient at the heart of leg ulcer care Part 2: Development and evaluation of the consultation template. (2018)
Journal Article

Part 2 in this article series summarises the final two phases of a study which explored the experiences of patients with leg ulcers and the impact of this condition on their quality of life. Early phases of the study revealed a mismatch between issue... Read More about Chronic venous leg ulcer care: Putting the patient at the heart of leg ulcer care Part 2: Development and evaluation of the consultation template..

Case Studies of Interprofessional Education Initiatives From Five Countries: Case Studies of Five Interprofessional Education Initiatives (2018)
Journal Article

Background Although teamwork and interprofessional collaboration are critical to patient safety, nursing, medical, and allied health graduates often feel ill-prepared to confidently communicate and collaborate with other team members. While interpro... Read More about Case Studies of Interprofessional Education Initiatives From Five Countries: Case Studies of Five Interprofessional Education Initiatives.

Chronic venous leg ulcer care: Putting the patient at the heart of leg ulcer care. Part 1: exploring the consultation. (2018)
Journal Article

This article, the first of two, summarises a study that explored the lived experiences of patients with leg ulcers and the impact of this condition on their quality of life. The study had four study phases; phases 1 and 2 employed qualitative methods... Read More about Chronic venous leg ulcer care: Putting the patient at the heart of leg ulcer care. Part 1: exploring the consultation..

Chronic venous leg ulcer care – are we missing a vital piece of the jigsaw? (2017)
Journal Article

Background: This project explored the lived experiences of patients with leg ulcers to ascertain the impact on their quality of life. Aim: To outline the development of a new Leg Ulcer Consultation Template (LUCT). Methods: Unstructured interviews we... Read More about Chronic venous leg ulcer care – are we missing a vital piece of the jigsaw?.

Interprofessional education (IPE) in education and training programmes approved by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC); a Report (2016)
Report

A new quality of life consultation template for patients with venous leg ulceration (2015)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVE: Chronic venous leg ulcers (CVLUs) are common and recurrent, however, care for patients predominantly has a focus which overlooks the impact of the condition on quality of life. The aim of this study was to develop a simple, evidence-based... Read More about A new quality of life consultation template for patients with venous leg ulceration.

The impact of chronic venous leg ulcers: a systematic review. (2014)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVE: Chronic venous leg ulcers are common, intractable and often recurrent, but care tends to be wound focused, potentially overlooking the significant impact the condition has on patients' lives. A systematic review was undertaken to explore t... Read More about The impact of chronic venous leg ulcers: a systematic review..

Chapter 5: Psychological morbidity in difficult to treat asthma (2013)
Book Chapter

Nurse-patient consultations in primary care: do patients disclose their concerns? (2013)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the extent to which patients disclose their concerns to community nurses during wound care consultations. METHOD: Using an 'observation checklist' based on themes and subthemes that were identified in a previous study of the sa... Read More about Nurse-patient consultations in primary care: do patients disclose their concerns?.

Patient perspectives of their leg ulcer journey. (2013)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVE: To understand the personal impact of venous leg ulceration from the patients' perspective. METHOD: Face-to-face, unstructured interviews were conducted with nine patient participants with venous leg ulcers. The interviews were digitally re... Read More about Patient perspectives of their leg ulcer journey..

An Introduction to Evidenced Based Practice (2011)
Book

The beginner's guide to Evidence-based Practice for Nursing, Health and Social Care. An Introduction to Evidence-based Practice in Nursing & Health aims to help students, educators, mentors and professionals to make sense of knowledge derived from re... Read More about An Introduction to Evidenced Based Practice.

Nursing in General Practice: The toolkit for nurses and health care assistants (2007)
Book

This indispensable toolkit is full of practical hints and tips to enhance and develop the role of nursing in general practice. The user-friendly, straight-forward style makes it great for quick reference, bringing together all the basic information r... Read More about Nursing in General Practice: The toolkit for nurses and health care assistants.