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Why Health Care Professionals Belong to an Intensive Care Virtual Community: Qualitative Study
(2019-11)Background: Clinical practice variation that results in poor patient outcomes remains a pressing problem for health care organizations. Some evidence suggests that a key factor may be ineffective internal and professional ... -
An interprofessional practice development group for newly qualified and new-to-role clinicians in community mental health
(2019-11)There is a wealth of literature focusing on the transition from being a new graduate to being a newly qualified member of staff. However, the needs of the new-to-role practitioner, who may be expected to manage challenging ... -
Newly qualified health visitor: Assessment and support for fathers’ mental health
(2019-11)Explores the evidence around paternal mental health illness, and the role of the health visitor through assessment, identification and signposting using a whole-family approach -
Development of an app for lung cancer survivors (iEXHALE) to increase exercise activity and improve symptoms of fatigue, breathlessness and depression
(2019-11)Objective Exercise‐based self‐management interventions are recommended for lung cancer survivors and can provide physical, psychosocial and emotional relief. Mobile health technologies can encourage self‐management; ... -
Newly qualified health visitor: Routine enquiry and disclosure of domestic abuse
(2020-01)Bethany Boddy explores the evidence in relation to domestic abuse prevalence, asking routine enquiry question and responding to a disclosure -
Point-of- care blood tests during home visits by out-of- hours primary care clinicians; a mixed methods evaluation of a service improvement
(2020-01)Objectives We aimed to evaluate test usage and patient and clinician experience following the introduction of point-of- care (POC) blood tests into a primary care out-of- hours service. Design A mixed methods service ... -
The implementation and evaluation of a resilience enhancement programme for nurses working in the forensic setting
(2020-01)This study aimed to implement and evaluate a work-based personal resilience enhancement intervention for forensic nurses. A mixed methods design consisting of surveys, interviews, and a case study approach, whereby the ... -
Newly qualified health visitor: Safeguarding the ‘unseen’ child
(2020-02)Bethany Boddy considers the need for holistic assessment of appointments where children were not present, and the importance of considering that a child was not brought, rather than did not attend -
Introducing artificial intelligence in acute psychiatric inpatient care: qualitative study of its use to conduct nursing observations.
(2020-02)Background All patients admitted to an acute inpatient mental health unit must have nursing observations carried out at night either hourly or every 15 minutes, to ascertain that they are safe and breathing. However, while ... -
Wellbeing Wednesdays: nurse-led clinic for improving physical health care in a general adolescent inpatient unit
(2020-02)Background: Young people with mental illness are at high risk of physical health complications. Physical healthcare on a general adolescent inpatient unit is complex. Aim: To establish a wellbeing clinic to improve ... -
Mortality in children and adolescents who present to hospital following non-fatal self-harm: an observational cohort study based on the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England
(2020-02)Background Self-harm and suicide in children and adolescents are both growing problems, with self-harm associated with a significant risk of subsequent death, particularly suicide. Long-term follow-up studies are necessary ... -
Systematic review of interventions to improve constant observation on adult inpatient psychiatric wards
(2020-02)Constant observation is frequently conducted on inpatient psychiatric units to manage patients at risk of harming themselves or others. Despite its widespread use, there is little evidence of the efficacy of the practice ... -
Newly qualified health visitor: Parents' and professionals' views of health visiting practice
(2020-03)Bethany Boddy discusses the importance of user feedback to health visiting practice, encouraging clients to let us know what they think about the service, including the positive aspects and areas for improvement -
Newly qualified health visitor: COVID-19 – a public health crisis
(2020-04)Bethany Boddy explores the fast-changing public health emergency of COVID-19 and the health visitor response. -
Nursing Resilience Interventions - A way forward in challenging healthcare territories
(2020-04)Resilience in nursing must be viewed and acknowledged as a dynamic, fluid process that requires continuous nurturing and commitment, as well as adaptability and flexibility in the face of changing professional and personal ... -
Are PROMs just for patients? Piloting the Long-Term Conditions Questionnaire for use with patients and carers in memory clinic settings
(2020-05)Background & Aims The Long-Term Conditions Questionnaire (LTCQ) was developed for assessing the overall impact of long-term health conditions (LTCs) on quality of life. Enhancing quality of life for people affected by ... -
Newly qualified health visitor: The evidence to support home visiting
(2020-05)COVID-19 has changed the way health visiting is being delivered across the country. With the need for social distancing, new practices have been put in place to restrict non-essential visiting and keep families and ... -
The value of nurse mentoring relationships: Lessons learnt from a work‐based resilience enhancement programme for nurses working in the forensic setting
(2020-06)This study aimed to evaluate a mento ring programme embedded in a work-based personal resilience enhancement intervention for forensic nurses. This qualitative study formed part of a wider mixed-methods study that aimed ... -
Making Mesothelioma Patient Research Happen: The United Kingdom Experience
(2020-06)In just a few years, the collaboration between an expert team of nurses, a charity committed to patients, the NHS, and successful health academics has resulted in an excellent, clinically relevant portfolio of research. ... -
Newly qualified health visitor: Looking to the future for children and families
(2020-06)Bethany Boddy reflects on her time as a newly qualified health visitor and asks what needs to be done to support the profession moving forwards