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Achieving consensus on psychosocial and physical rehabilitation management for people living with kidney disease (2023)
Journal Article

People living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) need to be able to live well with their condition. The provision of psychosocial interventions (psychological, psychiatric and social care) and physical rehabilitation management is variable across Engl... Read More about Achieving consensus on psychosocial and physical rehabilitation management for people living with kidney disease.

Approaches to the identification and management of depression in people living with chronic kidney disease: a scoping review of 860 papers (2023)
Journal Article

Background
Depression is prevalent across the spectrum of Chronic Kidney Disease and associated with poorer outcomes. There is limited evidence regarding the most effective interventions and care pathways for depression in Chronic Kidney Disease.... Read More about Approaches to the identification and management of depression in people living with chronic kidney disease: a scoping review of 860 papers.

Does professional identity impact on the credibility of leaders of integrated health and social care services? (2022)
Thesis
Longshaw, C. Does professional identity impact on the credibility of leaders of integrated health and social care services?. (Thesis). University of Salford

The last two decades has seen a range of government reforms that have involved major changes in the provision of health and social care. The drive towards integration continues with the recent publication of The Health Care Bill (2021). This research... Read More about Does professional identity impact on the credibility of leaders of integrated health and social care services?.

Participating in CaMKIN : impact on patients (2021)
Report
Vasilica, C., Garwood-Cross, L., Finnigan, R., Bashford, T., O’Kane, P., & Ormandy, P. (2021). Participating in CaMKIN : impact on patients

Introduction:
Managing long-term health conditions is a global challenge, which has necessitated developing innovative ways to deliver patient centred care. Social media allow patients to access and share personal experiences and peer support, with... Read More about Participating in CaMKIN : impact on patients.

Maintaining harmony : how religion and culture are interwoven in managing daily diabetes self‑care (2019)
Journal Article
interwoven in managing daily diabetes self‑care. Journal of Religion and Health, 58, 1415-1428. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-019-00819-5

The lingering culture among Javanese people cannot be separated from religion, influencing how they perceive any factors that might play a role in managing any health condition. This present study aimed in exploring the perceptions and experiences of... Read More about Maintaining harmony : how religion and culture are interwoven in managing daily diabetes self‑care.

Mapping the UK renal psychosocial workforce : the first comprehensive workforce survey (2019)
Journal Article
Seekles, M., Ormandy, P., & Coyne, E. (2019). Mapping the UK renal psychosocial workforce : the first comprehensive workforce survey. BMC Nephrology, 20, 100. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-019-1287-0

Background: Emerging evidence of psychosocial problems in CKD patients has led to an acceptance that a focus
on the emotional wellbeing of the patient should be included in the provision of comprehensive CKD care. It is
unclear if an increased atte... Read More about Mapping the UK renal psychosocial workforce : the first comprehensive workforce survey.

An examination of how the ‘Household Model' of care can contribute to positive ageing for residents in the ‘Fourth Age’ (2019)
Journal Article
Ahmed, A., Ormandy, P., & Seekles, M. (2019). An examination of how the ‘Household Model' of care can contribute to positive ageing for residents in the ‘Fourth Age’. OBM geriatrics, 3(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.geriatr.1901030

Background: Promoting a good quality of life for the oldest members of society has become a top priority as evidenced in UK policy. The ‘household’ model is a departure from traditional approaches to care provision since it offers person-centred supp... Read More about An examination of how the ‘Household Model' of care can contribute to positive ageing for residents in the ‘Fourth Age’.

An evidence-based approach to measuring affective domain development (2018)
Journal Article
Stephens, M., & Ormandy, P. (2019). An evidence-based approach to measuring affective domain development. Journal of Professional Nursing, 35(3), 216-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2018.12.004

Background: Educational taxonomies are utilised within nursing programmes to design curriculum, develop
learning objectives, and measure attainments including the assessment of values, behaviours, and attitudes.
Current measurement of the affective... Read More about An evidence-based approach to measuring affective domain development.

The UK renal psychosocial workforce : a mapping exercise (2018)
Report
Seekles, M., Coyne, E., Ormandy, P., Wells, L., Bevin, A., & Danbury-Lee, A. (2018). The UK renal psychosocial workforce : a mapping exercise

This is the first detailed workforce report in the UK that describes the provision of psychosocial care to kidney patients across 84 renal units. It presents an overview of the renal psychosocial workforce (in July 2017) and compares this to results... Read More about The UK renal psychosocial workforce : a mapping exercise.

Does intentional rounding practice improve patient safety and experience? (2017)
Journal Article
Langley, S., Ormandy, P., & Wray, J. (2017). Does intentional rounding practice improve patient safety and experience?. Nursing Times, 113(8), 36-40

Although widely used in UK hospitals, rounding is still a relatively new concept and the available literature fails to capture what it means from the perspective of patients and nurses. This article describes a study conducted to increase understandi... Read More about Does intentional rounding practice improve patient safety and experience?.

Rationale and design of BISTRO: a randomized controlled trial to determine whether bioimpedance spectroscopy guided fluid management maintains residual kidney function in incident haemodialysis patients (2017)
Journal Article

Background: Preserved residual kidney function (RKF) and normal fluid status are associated with better patient
outcomes in incident haemodialysis patients. The objective of this trial is to determine whether using bioimpedance
technology in prescr... Read More about Rationale and design of BISTRO: a randomized controlled trial to determine whether bioimpedance spectroscopy guided fluid management maintains residual kidney function in incident haemodialysis patients.

Child-parent shifting and shared decision-making for asthma management (2016)
Journal Article
Garnett, V., Smith, J., & Ormandy, P. (2016). Child-parent shifting and shared decision-making for asthma management. Nursing Children and Young People, 28(4), 16-22. https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.28.4.16.s20

Aim: To explore and describe child-parent shared decision-making for the management of childhood asthma.
Methods: A qualitative descriptive interview based study was undertaken. Eight children and nine parents participated. The framework approach un... Read More about Child-parent shifting and shared decision-making for asthma management.

Lesbian, gay and bisexual women in the north west: a multi-method study of cervical screening attitudes, experiences and uptake (2011)
Other
Light, B., & Ormandy, P. (2011). Lesbian, gay and bisexual women in the north west: a multi-method study of cervical screening attitudes, experiences and uptake. Salford

The NHS Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP), committed to reducing health inequalities for lesbian and bisexual (LGB) women within cervical screening programmes, funded this research study in response to the Department of Health’s 2007 Cancer Refor... Read More about Lesbian, gay and bisexual women in the north west: a multi-method study of cervical screening attitudes, experiences and uptake.

Evaluation of the organisation and delivery of patient-centred acute nursing care (2011)
Journal Article
Haigh, C., & Ormandy, P. (2011). Evaluation of the organisation and delivery of patient-centred acute nursing care. Contemporary Nurse, 37(2), 253-264

The key driver for this study arose from two serious untoward incidents that occurred in a large district general hospital in the United Kingdom. Following investigation of both these events the Director of Nursing in post at that time believed that... Read More about Evaluation of the organisation and delivery of patient-centred acute nursing care.

Defining information need in health - assimilating complex theories derived from information science (2011)
Journal Article
Ormandy, P. (2011). Defining information need in health - assimilating complex theories derived from information science. Health Expectations, 14(1), 92-104. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1369-7625.2010.00598.x

Key policy drivers worldwide include optimising the patient’s role
in managing their care; focusing services around patient needs and preferences to
facilitate choice; and providing the information to help them make those choices.
The term informa... Read More about Defining information need in health - assimilating complex theories derived from information science.

Comparison of nephrology nursing interventions across five European countries (2009)
Journal Article
Zampieron, A., Ormandy, P., Elseviers, M., De Vos, J., & Kafkia, T. (2009). Comparison of nephrology nursing interventions across five European countries. Journal of Renal Care, 35(1), 24-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-6686.2009.00076.x

Comparing nursing interventions between different countries is helpful towards developing a
common nursing culture within Europe. The aim of the study was to compare the frequency of 14
specific nursing interventions indicators across five European... Read More about Comparison of nephrology nursing interventions across five European countries.

Chronic kidney disease : patient information needs, preferences and priorities (2008)
Thesis
Ormandy, P. Chronic kidney disease : patient information needs, preferences and priorities. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis seeks to explore, identify and describe the information needs and the preferences and priorities for information of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. The premise of the research being that CKD patients will have preferred key inform... Read More about Chronic kidney disease : patient information needs, preferences and priorities.

Do NHS libraries have a role in providing information to patients, carers and the public? (2008)
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Brettle, A., & Ormandy, P. (2008). Do NHS libraries have a role in providing information to patients, carers and the public?

Ten years ago, the UK government outlined a strategy that aimed to ‘ensure that patients, carers and the public have the information necessary to make decisions about their own
treatment and care’ and suggested that the ‘NHS has a major responsibili... Read More about Do NHS libraries have a role in providing information to patients, carers and the public?.