Outputs (4)

Fine balance between pragmatism and rigidness in system approaches to acute care (2019)
Journal Article
Roland, D., Rowland, A., Cotterill, S., Heal, C., Woby, S., Garratt, N., …Long, A. (2019). Fine balance between pragmatism and rigidness in system approaches to acute care. BMJ, 367, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6226

Reluctance of the Royal College of General Practitioners to endorse NEWS2 (the second iteration of the national early warning score) has surprised some and been supported by others.1 This dichotomy over what seems to be a proved safety measure shows... Read More about Fine balance between pragmatism and rigidness in system approaches to acute care.

A systematic review of the impact of educational programs on factors that affect nurses’ post-operative pain management for children (2017)
Journal Article
AlReshidi, N., Long, A., & Darvill, A. (2018). A systematic review of the impact of educational programs on factors that affect nurses’ post-operative pain management for children. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 41(1), 9-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2017.1319432

Despite extensive research in the international arena into pain and its management, there is, as yet, little research on the topic of pain in children in Saudi Arabia and in the Gulf countries generally. A systematic review was conducted to explore t... Read More about A systematic review of the impact of educational programs on factors that affect nurses’ post-operative pain management for children.

The psychometric properties of an Arabic version of the PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale tested for children with cancer (2017)
Journal Article
Al-Gamal, E., & Long, A. (2017). The psychometric properties of an Arabic version of the PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale tested for children with cancer. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 40(3), 188-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2017.1316791

Fatigue is considered to be one of the most reported symptoms experienced by children with cancer. A major aim of this study was to develop an Arabic version of the Pediatric Quality of Life (PedsQL) Multidimensional Fatigue Scale (child report) and... Read More about The psychometric properties of an Arabic version of the PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale tested for children with cancer.

Children’s experiences as hospital in-patients : voice, competence and work. Messages for nursing from a critical ethnographic study (2013)
Journal Article
Livesley, J., & Long, A. (2013). Children’s experiences as hospital in-patients : voice, competence and work. Messages for nursing from a critical ethnographic study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 50(10), 1292-1303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.12.005

Background: There is growing evidence that children’s subjective interpretations of events may differ significantly from those of adults; yet children’s and young people’s voices and children’s knowledge regarding hospital care remain relatively un... Read More about Children’s experiences as hospital in-patients : voice, competence and work. Messages for nursing from a critical ethnographic study.