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Innovative placement allocation model for pre-registration student nurses (2014)
Journal Article
Leigh, J., Bulpitt, S., Dean, S., Drury, S., Finnigan, N., Hill, P., …Withnell, N. (2014). Innovative placement allocation model for pre-registration student nurses. Nursing Times, 110(38), 20-22

Student nurses need a variety of high quality practice placements to prepare them for qualification yet, in reality, this can be difficult to achieve. A practice placement allocation model has enabled one university and its partner healthcare organis... Read More about Innovative placement allocation model for pre-registration student nurses.

What are the supportive care needs of parents caring for a child diagnosed with Ectodermal Dysplasia : a rare genetic disorder? (2014)
Journal Article
Pelentsov, L., O'Shaughnessy, P., Laws, T., & Esterman, A. (2014). What are the supportive care needs of parents caring for a child diagnosed with Ectodermal Dysplasia : a rare genetic disorder?. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development, 7(1), 23-29

Parenting a child with a rare genetic disorder has special difficulties, because diagnosis may be delayed or undetermined, support groups may be small and geographically scattered, and healthcare skills and resources limited. Ectodermal dysplasia (ED... Read More about What are the supportive care needs of parents caring for a child diagnosed with Ectodermal Dysplasia : a rare genetic disorder?.

Randomized controlled trials are needed to close the evidence gap in the prevention of preterm birth (2014)
Journal Article
Kwegyir-Afful, E., Ijaz, S., Räsänen, K., & Verbeek, J. (2014). Randomized controlled trials are needed to close the evidence gap in the prevention of preterm birth. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 40(1), 96-99. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3396

Pregnant women have been advised to avoid heavy lifting during pregnancy due to concerns of adverse pregnancy outcomes including premature delivery. To date there is no evidence on the effectiveness of advice in preventing preterm birth as found i... Read More about Randomized controlled trials are needed to close the evidence gap in the prevention of preterm birth.