All Outputs (5)

Protecting children or creating vulnerability? (2012)
Journal Article
Hewitt-Taylor, J., & Heaslip, V. (2012). Protecting children or creating vulnerability?. Community practitioner, 85(12), 31-33

Children are, rightly, viewed as vulnerable and in need of safeguarding. However, protecting children from harm should not eclipse their need to learn about managing risky situations and those in which they are vulnerable. How adults view risk and vu... Read More about Protecting children or creating vulnerability?.

Humanising values at the heart of nurse education (2012)
Journal Article
Hemingway, A., Scammell, J., & Heaslip, V. (2012). Humanising values at the heart of nurse education. Nursing Times, 108(41), 26-28

This is the second article in a two-part series exploring how nurses can humanise the care patients receive. The first article presented a theoretical framework based on eight dimensions of what it means to be human (Hemingway et al, 2012). This seco... Read More about Humanising values at the heart of nurse education.

Humanising nursing care: a theoretical model (2012)
Journal Article
Hemingway, A., Scammell, J., & Heaslip, V. (2012). Humanising nursing care: a theoretical model. Nursing Times, 108(40), 26-27

This article is the first of two exploring how nurses can humanise care. It presents a theoretical framework developed by Todres et al (2009) that explores eight central aspects of what it is to be human. The second article, published next week, look... Read More about Humanising nursing care: a theoretical model.

Does nurses' vulnerability affect their ability to care? (2012)
Journal Article
Heaslip, V., & Board, M. (2012). Does nurses' vulnerability affect their ability to care?. British Journal of Nursing, 21(15), 912-916. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2012.21.15.912

Recent reports from the Department of Health (2008), the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (2011) and the Commission on Dignity in Care for Older People (2012) have been highly critical regarding the care that some patients have experienced.... Read More about Does nurses' vulnerability affect their ability to care?.

Legionella pneumophila found in windscreen washer fluid without added screenwash (2012)
Journal Article
Palmer, M., Longmaid, K., Lamph, D., Willis, C., Heaslip, V., & Khattab, A. (2012). Legionella pneumophila found in windscreen washer fluid without added screenwash. European Journal of Epidemiology, 27(667), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-012-9685-7

A paper by Wallensten et al. [1] identified an epidemiological association between Legionnaires’ disease cases and the absence of screenwash in windscreen washer fluid and a follow up pilot study had identified Legionella species in one vehicle. The... Read More about Legionella pneumophila found in windscreen washer fluid without added screenwash.