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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"B700 - Nursing"”.
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Developing A Model of People’s Needs After Transient Ischaemic Attack
Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) is a condition which is typified by stroke symptoms that resolve quickly and completely. It could be expected that patients’ needs following TIA would be limited to secondary stroke prevention strategies. However, in clinical practice, it has been observed that …
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Living with an augmented bladder: the experiences of young people following their surgery
Background: Bladder augmentation (BA) is the surgical enlargement of the bladder. In childhood, BA is carried out after other conservative methods have failed in the treatment of neuropathic bladder to manage incontinence and other symptoms. The literature mainly focuses on the surgical outcome of …
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An exploration of discursive constructions of young people who self-injure / suicide; young people's internet newsgroup accounts and received academic / professional wisdom
This thesis recounts an innovative critical exploration of accounts of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH); sourced from young people's Internet newsgroup contributions and academic/professional publications (both viewed equally as 'data' sources). An original discursive approach, informed by …
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The involvement of free radicals in the casual mechanism of Motor Neurone Disease
The detoxification of free radicals at a cellular level is crucial for maintaining cell viability. The progressive loss of motor neurones associated with motor neurone disease (MND) may be due to acute or chronic free radical damage causing irreversible cell lesions. Perturbation in the mechanisms …
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The development and validation of a disease-specific instrument to measure quality of life in systemic lupus erythematosus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease. In the evaluation of patients with SLE it is important to measure not only disease activity and damage but also the impact of the disease on their health related quality of life (HRQoL). Disease-specific HRQoL measures are …
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Improving the evidence base for oral assessment in stroke patients
Oral care is essential in maintaining oral hygiene and oral health. When oral care is neglected individuals are at risk of oral and systemic complications affecting general health. Stroke patients are one group who are at risk of poor oral health due to their physical and cognitive dependency. …
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The rise and fall of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy; a critical review of the history of a child protection issue
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) child abuse was first described by Roy Meadow in 1977. As a paediatrician in Leeds, UK, he identified two children who attended hospital as a direct influence of their mothers fabricating their illness. Since then a plethora of articles have been published, …
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The molecular effects of low dose fractionated radiation treatment on Ovarian Adenocarcinoma
Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynaecologic malignancy and the leading cause of death from gynaecologic cancer. Only one fifth of women present with an early stage (stages I or II) of the disease, whereas the remainder have an advanced stage (stages HI or IV) of the disease at the time of …
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An exploration of parenting in relation to young mothers
The use of appropriate parenting educational strategies to support young mothers is a neglected research topic. How young mothers are best supported to cope as parents is not discussed in depth in the literature. Currently service provision caters in the main for 'older' mothers and the focus and …
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Nursing in secure environments: preparation, practice and expectations
This study examines complex areas of nursing practice in secure mental health care, offering historical and contextual analyses of these highly politicised services. A survey design is used to consider educational preparation of nurses working in these settings; and to define competencies required …
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'I am not being awkward' A hermeneutic phenomenological study on the lived experiences of south asian muslim women with urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence is not a topic that is openly discussed in any society. Rather it remains a subject that attracts social stigma, isolation and embarrassment that inevitably restricts individuals seeking health care. Previous research conducted in this area provides useful information about the …
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Mutual Development through Authentic Relationships: Adventures, Journeys and Appreciative Stories of Service User Engagement in Student Nurse Education
… of the involvement of service users across the nursing curriculum, but give no real direction as to how to achieve this, or clarity about what would constitute successful engagement. There is a limited body of literature that specifically addresses service user engagement in the classroom and …
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Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nurses’ Experiences of using the Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient Held Record in Clinical Practice.
… (64%) and transitional patients (55%). The nursing challenges in implementing the PIBDPHR included remembering to use the record (55%) and the time involved in using it (36%). Barriers described by the participants included engaging medical staff in their use (45%) and patients forgetting to …
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An exploration of the experience of midwifery care by women asylum seekers and refugees
Background: There were approximately 63,097 known asylum seekers in England in 2002 (Heath et aL 2003). Women asylum seekers may be more seriously affected by displacement than men, leading to increased isolation, poverty, hostility and racism (Burnett and Peel, 2001a). In England, Black African …
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Women's Voices: an anlysis of views on service user involvement in mental health care
UK mental health policy increasingly emphasises the necessity to involve service users in aspects of service planning, practice and evaluation. There is also a growing self-organised user movement, demanding greater and more sophisticated levels of such participation. Despite this apparent …
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Children's and Young People's Experiences of Being in Hospital: Disruption, Uncertainty, Powerlessness and Restoring Equilibrium
… The findings have implications for children's nursing in terms of quality and delivery of care for children and young people in hospital.
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Reducing uncertainty: an exploratory study of people's treatment decisions after transient ischaemic attack or minor stroke
… used a reflexive approach, based on my clinical nursing practice in this field, and was informed by the constant comparative method of grounded theory. My findings show that the experience of TIA diminishes people's quality of life and leads to a process of acknowledgement versus denial of its …
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Making stroke services equitable for minority groups: the potential role of cultural competence
Background: In stroke services, providers are challenged to address the needs of people from ethnic minorities. Aim: This thesis will explore the stroke service needs of people from ethnic minorities, and how stroke services can address them. Part 1; Methods: Two group interviews with South Asian …
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The Size Paradox: The Mega- Maternity Unit as a Vector for Authentic Midwifery to Emerge
Midwifery practice in Ireland has emerged from a system of care dominated by the biomedical model of childbirth. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of labour ward midwives who are potentially complicit with this approach. This study reveals how midwives’ environment impacts on …
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