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Experiences of midwives and nurses when implementing abortion policies: A systematic integrative review. (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). Experiences of midwives and nurses when implementing abortion policies: A systematic integrative review. Midwifery, 103363 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2022.103363

INTRODUCTION: Policy implementation can be affected by what individuals believe to be right and wrong. When implementing abortion policies, providers' moral beliefs can be relevant in the success of the implementation process. Considering that midwiv... Read More about Experiences of midwives and nurses when implementing abortion policies: A systematic integrative review..

Helping women through the perimenopause (2022)
Journal Article
Walker, N., Keeling, J., Jervis, J., & Finney, A. (2022). Helping women through the perimenopause. Practice Nurse,

Context
Standard setting is critically important to assessment decisions in medical education. Recent research has demonstrated variations between medical schools in the standards set for shared items. Despite the centrality of judgement to criterio... Read More about Helping women through the perimenopause.

Alexander Technique: an exploration of overcoming fear of falling in people aged 60 and over (2021)
Thesis
Tunnicliffe, E. (2021). Alexander Technique: an exploration of overcoming fear of falling in people aged 60 and over. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis comprises a mixed-methods study aimed at exploring whether an Alexander Technique intervention would enable participants aged 60 years and over to improve their balance and movement, thereby increasing balance confidence and reducing fear... Read More about Alexander Technique: an exploration of overcoming fear of falling in people aged 60 and over.

Skincare interventions in infants for preventing eczema and food allergy: A cochrane systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Kelleher, M. M., Cro, S., Van Vogt, E., Cornelius, V., Lodrup Carlsen, K. C., Ove Skjerven, H., …Boyle, R. J. (2021). Skincare interventions in infants for preventing eczema and food allergy: A cochrane systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 402 - 418. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.13847

The creation of a confidence scale: the confidence in managing challenging situations scale (2021)
Journal Article
Walsh, P., Owen, P., & Mustafa, N. (2021). The creation of a confidence scale: the confidence in managing challenging situations scale. Journal of Research in Nursing, 174498712097927 - 174498712097927. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987120979272

Background
Self-confidence and self-efficacy are vital psychological constructs that can affect a student’s performance.

Aims
To measure the level of confidence in nursing students in managing challenging situations in clinical practice settings... Read More about The creation of a confidence scale: the confidence in managing challenging situations scale.

Barriers to access and ways to improve dementia services for a minority ethnic group in England (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Barriers to access and ways to improve dementia services for a minority ethnic group in England. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 1629-1637. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13361

Rationale, aims and objectives: Much emphasis has been placed on the lack of awareness and understanding of dementia that exist within the ethnic minority groups in the UK. There has been a continual dearth of research, however, among the ethnic mino... Read More about Barriers to access and ways to improve dementia services for a minority ethnic group in England.

Reasons why Dutch novice nurses leave nursing: A qualitative approach. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Reasons why Dutch novice nurses leave nursing: A qualitative approach. Nurse Education in Practice, 102848 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102848

Shortages in the nursing profession are increasing. It is, therefore, imperative to understand why novice nurses are leaving the profession. This qualitative study explores Dutch novice nurses' motives for leaving the profession. Individual semi-stru... Read More about Reasons why Dutch novice nurses leave nursing: A qualitative approach..

Last months of life of people with intellectual disabilities: A UK population-based study of death and dying in intellectual disability community services. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Last months of life of people with intellectual disabilities: A UK population-based study of death and dying in intellectual disability community services. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12744

BACKGROUND: Population-based data are presented on the nature of dying in intellectual disability services. METHODS: A retrospective survey was conducted over 18 months with a sample of UK-based intellectual disability service providers that supporte... Read More about Last months of life of people with intellectual disabilities: A UK population-based study of death and dying in intellectual disability community services..

Learning and teaching approaches promoting resilience in student nurses: An integrated review of the literature. (2020)
Journal Article
Walsh, P., Owen, P. A., Mustafa, N., & Beech, R. (2020). Learning and teaching approaches promoting resilience in student nurses: An integrated review of the literature. Nurse Education in Practice, 45, Article ARTN 102748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102748

Undergraduate nursing students face challenges that can result in stress leading to impaired performance, physical illness, high turnover and sickness absence (Kinman and Jones 2001). Students therefore require skills and knowledge to help them cope... Read More about Learning and teaching approaches promoting resilience in student nurses: An integrated review of the literature..

International Nursing Summer School (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Lillie. (2020, May). International Nursing Summer School. Presented at INNOVAGOGÍA 2020, Online (Held in Spanish)

Effectiveness of Lifestyle Health Promotion Interventions for Nurses: A Systematic Review. (2019)
Journal Article
Shivji. (2019). Effectiveness of Lifestyle Health Promotion Interventions for Nurses: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010017

BACKGROUND: Prior research has investigated various strategies to improve health, wellbeing and the job-related outcomes of nurses. However, the scope of this evidence is not clear and the types of intervention most likely to have positive outcomes a... Read More about Effectiveness of Lifestyle Health Promotion Interventions for Nurses: A Systematic Review..

Effective drain care and management in community settings (2019)
Journal Article
Lillie. (2019). Effective drain care and management in community settings. Nursing Standard, https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2019.e11389

The literature indicates that drain monitoring is a frequently undervalued aspect of patient care, and that the drain care provided is often inconsistent and inadequate. There are numerous potential implications of suboptimal drain care for patients,... Read More about Effective drain care and management in community settings.

Evaluating the impact of a coaching pilot on students and staff (2019)
Journal Article
Green. (2019). Evaluating the impact of a coaching pilot on students and staff. British Journal of Nursing, 1394 - 1398. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.21.1394

A coaching pilot was developed following the publication of a number of reports that recommended a review into how student nurses are taught in clinical practice. A bespoke version of the Collaborative Learning in Practice (CLiP) model was developed,... Read More about Evaluating the impact of a coaching pilot on students and staff.

The Admiral Nurse Role in UK Hospice Care: A Satisfaction Survey Evaluation to Explore Carer Experiences (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). The Admiral Nurse Role in UK Hospice Care: A Satisfaction Survey Evaluation to Explore Carer Experiences. https://doi.org/10.20900/agmr20200001

Dementia is an increasingly common condition among the older population. It is characterised by multiple cognitive deficits leading to decline from premorbid level of functioning. In 2015 it was estimated that there were over 850,000 people in the Un... Read More about The Admiral Nurse Role in UK Hospice Care: A Satisfaction Survey Evaluation to Explore Carer Experiences.

A Family-Care Rubric: Developing Family Care and Communication Skills Using Simulation (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). A Family-Care Rubric: Developing Family Care and Communication Skills Using Simulation. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 47 -58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2019.07.006

Background
A gap in the literature identified a lack of evidence-based tools that frame feedback and evaluate nursing actions. The Van Gelderen Family Care Rubric (VGFCR) was developed to enhance learning experiences and skill development of family... Read More about A Family-Care Rubric: Developing Family Care and Communication Skills Using Simulation.