All Outputs (294)

Appraisal and its benefits for the support worker (2013)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D. (2013). Appraisal and its benefits for the support worker. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 7(5), 246-249. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2013.7.5.246

Within this article, the author will examine what an appraisal is and how, if done correctly, it supports and develops quality care. Appraisals receive a negative press with both employees and managers. Reasons for this will be explored before mov... Read More about Appraisal and its benefits for the support worker.

Resistance to change : the organisation dimension (2013)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D. (2013). Resistance to change : the organisation dimension. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 7(3), 150-151. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2013.7.3.150

The author will examine how change within an organisation can be faced with resistance from the organisation itself. By ‘the organisation’ we do not mean the physical building, hospital or even trust, but more the culture, policies and procedures—... Read More about Resistance to change : the organisation dimension.

Clinical governance : it's all about quality (2013)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D. (2013). Clinical governance : it's all about quality. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 7(2), 94-97. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2013.7.2.94

Within this article the author will examine what clinical governance is. It will discuss some of the many different, but interlinked, components, which, when all working together, help to ensure the quality of care that individual support workers... Read More about Clinical governance : it's all about quality.

Support workers as leaders : yes, you can … (2013)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, D. (2013). Support workers as leaders : yes, you can …. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 7(1), 44-45. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2013.7.1.44

This is an article written following a presentation given at a national conference on the ‘Progression and Development in the Role of Support Workers’ in November 2012. Within this article, the author will highlight the important leadership role t... Read More about Support workers as leaders : yes, you can ….

Applying research to practice: exploring the barriers (2013)
Journal Article
Hewitt-Taylor, J., Heaslip, V., & Rowe, N. (2013). Applying research to practice: exploring the barriers. British Journal of Nursing, 21(6), 356-359. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2012.21.6.356

Nurses are not averse to applying research findings to their clinical practice; however, there appears to be a number of barriers to achieving this. Generally, barriers include lack of time and the need to provide more education surrounding the use o... Read More about Applying research to practice: exploring the barriers.

Reflecting on nurses' views on using research in practice (2013)
Journal Article
Heaslip, V., Hewitt-Taylor, J., & Rowe, N. (2013). Reflecting on nurses' views on using research in practice. British Journal of Nursing, 21(22), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2012.21.22.1341

This paper follows a previous paper (Hewitt-Taylor et al, 2012) in which the authors summarised their reflections on the literature relating to the application of research in practice. This paper builds on these reflections and reports on the finding... Read More about Reflecting on nurses' views on using research in practice.

Patients sectioned for beds, but hospitals not the best place to be (2013)
Other
Cummins, I. (2013). Patients sectioned for beds, but hospitals not the best place to be

C-GLOVES: An evaluation of the effectiveness of compression gloves in arthritis: a feasibility study :Hand assessment manual and glove treatment protocol 13.8.13v2 (2013)
Other
Jones, V., Alison, H., & Prior, Y. (2013). C-GLOVES: An evaluation of the effectiveness of compression gloves in arthritis: a feasibility study :Hand assessment manual and glove treatment protocol 13.8.13v2. Salford

The C-Gloves compression glove feasibility study evaluated the effects of compression gloves on hand pain, stiffness, joint swelling, finger flexion, grip ability, grip strength and hand function. This manual includes the: inclusion/ exclusion crite... Read More about C-GLOVES: An evaluation of the effectiveness of compression gloves in arthritis: a feasibility study :Hand assessment manual and glove treatment protocol 13.8.13v2.

We ignore the rise of suicide in people with mental illness (2013)
Other
Cummins, I. (2013). We ignore the rise of suicide in people with mental illness

Rollover footwear affects lower limb biomechanics during walking (2013)
Journal Article
Forghany, S., Nester, C., Richards, B., Hatton, A., & Liu, A. (2014). Rollover footwear affects lower limb biomechanics during walking. Gait & Posture, 39(1), 205-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.07.009

Aim To investigate the effect of rollover footwear on walking speed, metabolic cost of gait, lower limb kinematics, kinetics, EMG muscle activity and plantar pressure. Methods Twenty subjects (mean age-33.1 years, height-1.71 m, body mass-68.9 k... Read More about Rollover footwear affects lower limb biomechanics during walking.

Fact or fiction : an analysis of the 10 kVp ‘rule’ in computed radiography (2013)
Journal Article
radiography. Radiography, 19(3), 223-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2013.05.003

Purpose: To determine whether increasing the tube voltage by 10 kVp whilst reducing the tube current by 50% (10 kVp ‘rule’) produces similar perceptual image quality. Method: 391 matched pairs of anthropomorphic chest phantom X-ray images were pro... Read More about Fact or fiction : an analysis of the 10 kVp ‘rule’ in computed radiography.

The power and the pain : mammographic compression research from the service-users’ perspective (2013)
Journal Article
Robinson, L., Hogg, P., & Newton-Hughes, A. (2013). The power and the pain : mammographic compression research from the service-users’ perspective. Radiography, 19(3), 190-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2013.04.005

Purpose: to explore the value service-users can add to our understanding of inter-practitioner compression variability in mammography. Imaging of the breast for the screening and detection of breast carcinoma is generally carried out by mammographi... Read More about The power and the pain : mammographic compression research from the service-users’ perspective.

Commentary: is digital health technology empowering patients? (2013)
Journal Article
Robinson, L. (2013). Commentary: is digital health technology empowering patients?. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 60(3), 79-80. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.20

This brief commentary explores how Web 2.0 technology is leading to a new kind of digital health technology. It considers what this might mean for the patient–practitioner encounter; whether practitioners are signed up to the notion of shared decisio... Read More about Commentary: is digital health technology empowering patients?.

Intra and inter-tester reliability of the tuck jump assessment (2013)
Journal Article
Herrington, L., Myer, G., & Munro, A. (2013). Intra and inter-tester reliability of the tuck jump assessment. Physical Therapy in Sport, 14(3), 152-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2012.05.005

Objective: To assess the inter-tester and intra-tester reliability of the tuck jump test. Design: Repeated measures. Setting: University Human Performance laboratory. Participants: Five male and five female athletes undertook the tuck jump t... Read More about Intra and inter-tester reliability of the tuck jump assessment.

Exploring emerging perspectives on gender and drugs (2013)
Book Chapter
Moore, K., & Measham, F. (2013). Exploring emerging perspectives on gender and drugs. In W. Mistral (Ed.), Emerging Perspectives on Substance Misuse (80-97). Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell

Police are unprepared to care for people with mental illness (2013)
Other
Cummins, I. (2013). Police are unprepared to care for people with mental illness

Tissue bulge during stereotactic core biopsy (2013)
Journal Article
Hackney, L., Williams, S., Hogg, P., & Szczepura, K. (2013). Tissue bulge during stereotactic core biopsy. Radiography, 19(4), 366-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2013.06.007

In full field digital mammography (FFDM) the whole breast is subjected to compression with a perspex compression paddle in order to reduce breast thickness and improve image quality. Once a mammographic abnormality has been detected using FFDM and a... Read More about Tissue bulge during stereotactic core biopsy.

Does an increase in compression force really improve visual image quality in mammography? An initial investigation (2013)
Journal Article
Mercer, C., Hogg, P., Cassidy, S., & Denton, E. (2013). Does an increase in compression force really improve visual image quality in mammography? An initial investigation. Radiography, 19(4), 363-365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2013.07.002

Objective: Literature speculates that visual image quality (IQ) and compression force levels may be directly related. This small study investigates whether a relationship exists between compression force levels and visual IQ. Method: To investiga... Read More about Does an increase in compression force really improve visual image quality in mammography? An initial investigation.

Modelling suggests authentic leadership from managers influences structural empowerment, job satisfaction and self-rated performance among nurses (2013)
Journal Article
Leigh, J. (2013). Modelling suggests authentic leadership from managers influences structural empowerment, job satisfaction and self-rated performance among nurses. Evidence-Based Nursing, 17(2), 55-56. https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2013-101424

Implications for practice and research If more nurse managers/leaders are seen as authentic this will increase the number of nurses who perceive that they have access to empowerment structures in the workplace. This will increase job satisfaction an... Read More about Modelling suggests authentic leadership from managers influences structural empowerment, job satisfaction and self-rated performance among nurses.

A cross-sectional study of age-related changes in plantar pressure distribution between 4 and 7 years : a comparison of regional and pixel-level analyses (2013)
Journal Article
Phethean, J., Pataky, T., Nester, C., & Findlow, A. (2014). A cross-sectional study of age-related changes in plantar pressure distribution between 4 and 7 years : a comparison of regional and pixel-level analyses. Gait & Posture, 39(1), 154-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.06.015

Quantifying morphological and functional development in children's feet, and thereby establishing development norms is difficult. In addition to practical challenges of experimentation on children, measurement equipment like plantar pressure (PP) pla... Read More about A cross-sectional study of age-related changes in plantar pressure distribution between 4 and 7 years : a comparison of regional and pixel-level analyses.