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Comparison of renal care practice in Europe: centre and patient characteristics (2006)
Journal Article
Elseviers, M., de Vos, J., Harrington, M., Zampieron, A., Ormandy, P., & Kafkia, T. (2006). Comparison of renal care practice in Europe: centre and patient characteristics

The European Practice Database (EPD) contains data from 8 countries including 276 centres and 21,861 dialysis patients. Comparing patients and centre characteristics, remarkable similarities and pronounced differences in renal practice between differ... Read More about Comparison of renal care practice in Europe: centre and patient characteristics.

Development of indicators to measure European variation of nursing activities (2006)
Journal Article
Zampieron, A., Elseviers, M., Ormandy, P., Vlaminck, H., de Vos, J., Kafkia, T., …Harrington, M. (2006). Development of indicators to measure European variation of nursing activities

This paper describes a study to capture the key roles and activities of nephrology nurses across different countries in Europe. The concept of the study and the need to clarify the activities of the nephrology nurse arose as part of a larger study to... Read More about Development of indicators to measure European variation of nursing activities.

The role of the senior health care worker in critical care (2004)
Journal Article
Ormandy, P., Long, A., Hulme, C., & Johnson, M. (2004). The role of the senior health care worker in critical care. Nursing in Critical Care, 9(4), 151-158. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1362-1017.2004.00070.x

This article identifies that the introduction of the support worker role in the critical care team facilitates flexibility when organizing and managing patient care. Qualified nurses' time can be used more effectively, enhancing the quality of the... Read More about The role of the senior health care worker in critical care.

The role and accountability of senior health care support workers in intensive care units (2004)
Journal Article
Johnson, M., Hulme, C., Long, A., & Ormandy, P. (2004). The role and accountability of senior health care support workers in intensive care units. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 20(3), 123-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2004.02.005

This article identifies that the introduction of the support worker role in the critical care team facilitates flexibility when organizing and managing patient care. Qualified nurses' time can be used more effectively, enhancing the quality of the p... Read More about The role and accountability of senior health care support workers in intensive care units.

Student nurses in transition : Generating an evidence base for final placement learning-facilitation best practice
Thesis
Major, D. Student nurses in transition : Generating an evidence base for final placement learning-facilitation best practice. (Dissertation). University of Salford, Salford, UK

The recent review of United Kingdom pre-registration nursing education has prompted local evaluation studies of nursing curricula, in readiness for the introduction of new standards for pre-registration nursing education. This three-phased, mixed met... Read More about Student nurses in transition : Generating an evidence base for final placement learning-facilitation best practice.

Surrender : The influence of religion, culture and access to health care on diabetes self-care for Javanese Muslim in Yogyakarta
Thesis
Permana, I. (in press). Surrender : The influence of religion, culture and access to health care on diabetes self-care for Javanese Muslim in Yogyakarta. (Thesis). University of Salford

Self-care, capability in performing certain activity in maintaining well-being in daily life, is regarded important especially among people with long-term condition such as diabetes. Locus of control and religion are regarded as important factors in... Read More about Surrender : The influence of religion, culture and access to health care on diabetes self-care for Javanese Muslim in Yogyakarta.

UK Renal Research Strategy
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Karet Frankl, F., Coward, R., Gallagher, H., Hilton, R., Loud, F., Modi, K., …Woolf, A. UK Renal Research Strategy

This is the first published UK Renal Research Strategy compiled by professional and patient stakeholders across the renal community to provide guidance and evidence to funders, policy makers and those helping to create and support the next generation... Read More about UK Renal Research Strategy.

No money, no treatment, no life : the lived experiences of haemodialysis patients in Nigeria
Thesis
Ekuma, C. (in press). No money, no treatment, no life : the lived experiences of haemodialysis patients in Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background: Chronic kidney disease is one of the major health challenges across the world, and a silent killer of Nigerian people because they can’t pay for life saving treatment which has been available for over 30 years. People pay for their own ha... Read More about No money, no treatment, no life : the lived experiences of haemodialysis patients in Nigeria.