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The future of children’s nursing research : development, drudgery or demise? (2011)
Journal Article
Long, T. (2011). The future of children’s nursing research : development, drudgery or demise?. British Journal of Nursing, 20(14), 728-842

This paper, based on a presentation to the UK Association of Chief Children’s Nurses, is the author’s personal reflection on the nature and future of children’s nursing research. Key constitutive elements of this concept are considered to arrive at t... Read More about The future of children’s nursing research : development, drudgery or demise?.

Anticipatory grieving in parents living with a child with cancer (2010)
Journal Article
Al-Gamal, E., & Long, T. (2010). Anticipatory grieving in parents living with a child with cancer. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(9), 1980-1990. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05381.x

Aim. This paper is a report of a comparative study of anticipatory grief of parents
of children newly diagnosed with cancer and those whose children were diagnosed
6–12 months earlier.
Background. Public perceptions of cancer as a fatal illness pe... Read More about Anticipatory grieving in parents living with a child with cancer.

Development of a modified instrument to measure anticipatory grieving in Jordanian parents of children diagnosed with cancer : the Marwit and Meuser caregiver inventory childhood cancer (2009)
Journal Article
Al-Gamal, E., Long, T., & Livesley, J. (2009). Development of a modified instrument to measure anticipatory grieving in Jordanian parents of children diagnosed with cancer : the Marwit and Meuser caregiver inventory childhood cancer. Cancer Nursing, 32(3), 211-219. https://doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0b013e31819a2ae4

The purpose of this article is to report on the development and field testing for validity and reliability of a modified version of the Marwit and Meuser Caregiver Inventory (MM-CGI) for the assessment of anticipatory grief among Jordanian parents of... Read More about Development of a modified instrument to measure anticipatory grieving in Jordanian parents of children diagnosed with cancer : the Marwit and Meuser caregiver inventory childhood cancer.

A community health needs evaluation : improving uptake of services at a children's centre in a deprived and geographically isolated town (2008)
Journal Article
Long, T., Fallon, D., Devitt, P., Oak, E., Murphy, M., & Dugdill, L. (2008). A community health needs evaluation : improving uptake of services at a children's centre in a deprived and geographically isolated town. Journal of children's and young people's nursing, 2(3), 108-114. https://doi.org/10.12968/jcyn.2008.2.3.28702

The evaluation identified health and social trends for this deprived and geographically isolated area, elicited perceived health needs of under-fives in the local community, and informed development and improvement of services offered by a children’s... Read More about A community health needs evaluation : improving uptake of services at a children's centre in a deprived and geographically isolated town.

Evaluation of educational preparation for cancer and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents in England (2008)
Journal Article
Long, T., Hale, C., Sanderson, L., Tomlinson, P., & Carr, K. (2008). Evaluation of educational preparation for cancer and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents in England. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 12(1), 65-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2007.05.003

This paper reports the findings of a study which was carried out to evaluate the
educational preparation of cancer and palliative care nurses in England. The study was
carried out in three stages and covered the following areas; documentary analysi... Read More about Evaluation of educational preparation for cancer and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents in England.

Identifying the attributes of threshold and higher level nursing practice for children's cancer and palliative care nurses : the views of children, their parents and other stakeholders (2008)
Journal Article
Hale, C., Long, T., Sanderson, L., & Carr, K. (2008). Identifying the attributes of threshold and higher level nursing practice for children's cancer and palliative care nurses : the views of children, their parents and other stakeholders. Journal of Research in Nursing, 13(1), 9-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/+1744987107086099

This paper presents the findings of the third stage of a research study,
the overall aim of which was to evaluate the educational preparation for cancer
and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents in England. The specific
aim of this... Read More about Identifying the attributes of threshold and higher level nursing practice for children's cancer and palliative care nurses : the views of children, their parents and other stakeholders.

Ethics approval, guarantees of quality, and the meddlesome editor (2007)
Journal Article
Long, T., & Fallon, D. (2007). Ethics approval, guarantees of quality, and the meddlesome editor. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 16(8), 1398-1404. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01918.x

Aims. The authors aim to challenge accepted views about the dissemination of ethically acceptable research, presenting a case for adopting an alternative strategy.
Background. A previous editorial proposed additional ethical censorship of articles... Read More about Ethics approval, guarantees of quality, and the meddlesome editor.

Standards – a new baseline for interagency training and education to safeguard children? (2006)
Journal Article
Murphy, M., Shardlow, S., Davis, C., Race, D., Johnson, M., & Long, T. (2006). Standards – a new baseline for interagency training and education to safeguard children?. Child Abuse Review, 15(2), 138-151. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.934

In April 2003, a research team drawn from the nursing (Salford Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Collaborative Research) and social work (Salford Centre for Social Work Research) research centres at the University of Salford undertook a research proj... Read More about Standards – a new baseline for interagency training and education to safeguard children?.

An evaluation of educational preparation for cancer and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents : issues in the assessment of practice (2006)
Journal Article
Hale, C., Long, T., Sanderson, L., Tomlinson, P., & Carr, K. (2006). An evaluation of educational preparation for cancer and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents : issues in the assessment of practice. Nurse Education Today, 26(7), 528-537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2006.01.007

This paper reports on findings from an externally funded research study designed to map and analyse the educational preparation for cancer and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents. The courses reviewed in the whole study, were the Eng... Read More about An evaluation of educational preparation for cancer and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents : issues in the assessment of practice.

Standards for education and training for interagency working in child protection in the UK : implications for nurses, midwives and health visitors (2005)
Journal Article
Long, T., Davis, C., Johnson, M., Murphy, M., Race, D., & Shardlow, S. (2006). Standards for education and training for interagency working in child protection in the UK : implications for nurses, midwives and health visitors. Nurse Education Today, 26(1), 11-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2005.05.011

This article presents a discussion of key issues for the education of
nurses, midwives and health visitors following the completion of a Department of
Health funded project, managed by the General Social Care Council and conducted
jointly by two r... Read More about Standards for education and training for interagency working in child protection in the UK : implications for nurses, midwives and health visitors.