All Outputs (9)

Digitizing nursing: A theoretical and holistic exploration to understand the adoption and use of digital technologies by nurses (2023)
Journal Article
Wynn, M., Garwood‐Cross, L., Vasilica, C., Griffiths, M., Heaslip, V., & Phillips, N. (2023). Digitizing nursing: A theoretical and holistic exploration to understand the adoption and use of digital technologies by nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15810

Background: With healthcare undergoing rapid digitalization, the effective integration of new technologies is crucial for nursing professionals, who form the largest group in the healthcare workforce. However, barriers within the nursing profession m... Read More about Digitizing nursing: A theoretical and holistic exploration to understand the adoption and use of digital technologies by nurses.

Where do you stand?: an exploration of perspectives toward feet, foot health, and footwear using innovative digital methods (2023)
Journal Article
Skidmore, S., Prior, Y., Nester, C., Bird, S., & Vasilica, C. (2023). Where do you stand?: an exploration of perspectives toward feet, foot health, and footwear using innovative digital methods. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-023-00621-3

The cost of losing foot health is significant to the person, healthcare systems, and economy, with diabetes related foot health issues alone costing over £1 billion annually in the UK. Yet many foot health problems are preventable through alternative... Read More about Where do you stand?: an exploration of perspectives toward feet, foot health, and footwear using innovative digital methods.

Digital nursing practice theory: A scoping review and thematic analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Wynn, M., Vasilica, C., Garwood‐Cross, L., & Davis, D. (in press). Digital nursing practice theory: A scoping review and thematic analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(11), 4137-4148. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15660

Aims This scoping review aims to identify existing theories associated with digital nursing practice to add a lens on the future use of digital technologies by nurses. Design A review of theories related to digital technology in nursing practice... Read More about Digital nursing practice theory: A scoping review and thematic analysis.

Developing the digital self-determined learner through heutagogical design (2021)
Journal Article
Gillaspy, E., & Vasilica, C. (2021). Developing the digital self-determined learner through heutagogical design. Higher Education Pedagogies, 6(1), 135-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/23752696.2021.1916981

This empirical qualitative study investigates whether the introduction of heutagogy in contemporary nursing education can foster the development of the digital self-determined learner, who is prepared to work and live in the fourth industrial age and... Read More about Developing the digital self-determined learner through heutagogical design.

Identifying information needs of patients with IgA Nephropathy, using an innovative social media stepped analytical approach (2021)
Journal Article
Vasilica, C., Oates, T., Clausner, C., Ormandy, P., Barratt, J., & Graham-Brown, M. (2021). Identifying information needs of patients with IgA Nephropathy, using an innovative social media stepped analytical approach. Kidney International Reports, 6(5), 1317-1325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2021.02.030

Introduction Increasingly people with kidney disease are using social media to search for medical information and to find peer-support. IgA nephropathy (IgAN) predominantly affects young adults, demographically the biggest users of... Read More about Identifying information needs of patients with IgA Nephropathy, using an innovative social media stepped analytical approach.

Female fans and social media : micro-communities and the formation of social capital (2021)
Journal Article
Fenton, A., Gillooly, L., & Vasilica, C. (2021). Female fans and social media : micro-communities and the formation of social capital. European Sport Management Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2020.1868546

Research question: Using the theoretical lens of social capital, this study explores the challenges faced by female football fans in performing their fandom on social media, and how they respond to these challenges in the way they consume and express... Read More about Female fans and social media : micro-communities and the formation of social capital.

Redefining undergraduate nurse teaching during the coronavirus pandemic : use of digital technologies (2020)
Journal Article
Leigh, J., Vasilica, C., Dron, R., Gawthorpe, D., Burns, E., Kennedy, S., …Croughan, C. (2020). Redefining undergraduate nurse teaching during the coronavirus pandemic : use of digital technologies. British Journal of Nursing, 29(10), 566-569. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2020.29.10.566

During the current coronavirus pandemic, undergraduate nurse teaching is facing many challenges. Universities have had to close their campuses, which means that academics are working from home and may be coping with unfamiliar technology to deliver t... Read More about Redefining undergraduate nurse teaching during the coronavirus pandemic : use of digital technologies.

A co-designed social media intervention to satisfy information needs and improve outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease : a longitudinal study (2020)
Journal Article
Vasilica, C., Brettle, A., & Ormandy, P. (2020). A co-designed social media intervention to satisfy information needs and improve outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease : a longitudinal study. JMIR Formative Research, 4(1), e13207. https://doi.org/10.2196/13207

Background The number of people living with a long-term condition is increasing worldwide. Social media offers opportunities for patients to exchange information and experiences with others with the same condition, potentially leading to better self-... Read More about A co-designed social media intervention to satisfy information needs and improve outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease : a longitudinal study.

Study protocol : responding to the needs of patients with IgA nephropathy, a social media approach (2017)
Journal Article
Graham-Brown, M., Vasilica, C., Oates, T., Light, B., Clausner, C., Antonacopoulos, A., …Barratt, J. (2017). Study protocol : responding to the needs of patients with IgA nephropathy, a social media approach. Clinical Kidney Journal, 11(4), 474-478. https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfx131

Background IgA nephropathy is the most common cause of glomerulonephritis in the Western world and predominantly affects young adults. Demographically these patients are the biggest users of social media. With increasing numbers of patients turning... Read More about Study protocol : responding to the needs of patients with IgA nephropathy, a social media approach.