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Nursing and the doctorate, an important partnership: a discussion paper (2025)
Journal Article

Aim
This discussion paper aims to raise awareness of doctoral studies for nurses, highlighting current debates around different routes available, in the UK and across the international community, for further criti... Read More about Nursing and the doctorate, an important partnership: a discussion paper.

Presenting Symptoms Define Time to Diagnosis in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Process Mapping From a Musculoskeletal Triage Unit in the UK (2025)
Journal Article
Foulds, S., Henshaw, L., & Davies, B. M. (2025). Presenting Symptoms Define Time to Diagnosis in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Process Mapping From a Musculoskeletal Triage Unit in the UK. Musculoskeletal Care, 23(1), Article e70044. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.70044

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Objective: Tackling delayed diagnosis in degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a global research priority. On average, it takes 2–5 years, leading to worse outcomes from surgery and greater disability... Read More about Presenting Symptoms Define Time to Diagnosis in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Process Mapping From a Musculoskeletal Triage Unit in the UK.

“Am I a student or a Healthcare Assistant?” A qualitative evaluation of a programme of prenursing care experience (2018)
Journal Article
Whiffin, C. J., Baker, D., Henshaw, L., Nichols, J. J., & Pyer, M. (2018). “Am I a student or a Healthcare Assistant?” A qualitative evaluation of a programme of prenursing care experience. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74(11), 2610-2621. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13788

Aim
To examine the experiences of prenursing healthcare assistants (HCA) during a 6-month programme of prenursing care experience.

Background
Care experience prior to commencing programmes of nurse education is broadly considered to be advantage... Read More about “Am I a student or a Healthcare Assistant?” A qualitative evaluation of a programme of prenursing care experience.

Supporting newly qualified nurse transition: A case study in a UK hospital (2015)
Journal Article
Whitehead, B., Owen, P., Henshaw, L., Beddingham, E., & Simmons, M. (2016). Supporting newly qualified nurse transition: A case study in a UK hospital. Nurse Education Today, 36, 58-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2015.07.008

Background
Nurse education in the United Kingdom (UK) has been university based since the mid-1990s but despite careful preparation and assessment of student nurses it has been considered necessary to provide a period of additional support for newly... Read More about Supporting newly qualified nurse transition: A case study in a UK hospital.

Supporting newly qualified nurses in the UK: A systematic literature review (2013)
Journal Article

Aim
This is a systematic literature review of the existing published research related to the development of preceptorship to support newly qualified nurses in the United Kingdom (UK).

Background
It has been known for some time that newly qualifi... Read More about Supporting newly qualified nurses in the UK: A systematic literature review.

Empowerment, diabetes and the National Service Framework: A systematic review (2006)
Journal Article

Over the last few years new policies to modernise the NHS have emphasised the importance of the role of the individual within health care. The National Service Framework (NSF) for diabetes’ standard 3 (Department of Health, 2001a) is concerned... Read More about Empowerment, diabetes and the National Service Framework: A systematic review.