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The objects of transformation in higher education (2008)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (2008). The objects of transformation in higher education. Social Dynamics, 34(1), 74-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/02533950802078962

This paper reviews the purposes of higher education in South Africa through to lens the 1997 Education White Paper. It is argued that, while the principles of the White Paper have shaped the development of the higher education system over the followi... Read More about The objects of transformation in higher education.

Workplace physical activity interventions: a systematic review (2008)
Journal Article
Dugdill, L., Brettle, A., Hulme, C., McCluskey, S., & Long, A. (2008). Workplace physical activity interventions: a systematic review. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 1(1), 20-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/17538350810865578

Purpose – This paper aims to report a synopsis of a recent systematic review of the literature
regarding the effectiveness of workplace physical activity interventions, commissioned by the
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE... Read More about Workplace physical activity interventions: a systematic review.

Starting young? children’s experiences of trying smoking during pre-adolescence (2008)
Journal Article
Milton, B., Woods, S., Dugdill, L., Porcellato, L., & Springett, R. (2008). Starting young? children’s experiences of trying smoking during pre-adolescence. Health Education Research, 23(2), 298-309. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cym027

Although the risks smoking poses to health are now well known, many young people continue to take up the habit. While numerous crosssectional studies of adolescents have identified correlates of smoking initiation, much less prospective, longitudinal... Read More about Starting young? children’s experiences of trying smoking during pre-adolescence.

Language to describe seizures (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Featherstone, V. (2008, January). Language to describe seizures. Presented at Department of Neurology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Academic Meeting, Hull

Teaching students to apply a five stage process to systematically evaluate quantitative psychological research articles (2008)
Journal Article
Tidd, J., Allbutt, J., Becker, S., & Haigh, M. (2008). Teaching students to apply a five stage process to systematically evaluate quantitative psychological research articles. Psychology Learning and Teaching, 7(2), 6-15. https://doi.org/10.2304/plat.2008.7.2.6

Details of a single activity are presented to introduce undergraduate psychology students to basic critical evaluation criteria for quantitative psychological research articles and to assess students’ critical evaluation ability. The activity could e... Read More about Teaching students to apply a five stage process to systematically evaluate quantitative psychological research articles.

Self-report imagery questionnaire scores and subtypes of social-desirable responding (2008)
Journal Article
Allbutt, J., Ling, J., Heffernan, T., & Shafiullah, M. (2008). Self-report imagery questionnaire scores and subtypes of social-desirable responding. Journal of Individual Differences, 29(4), 181-188. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001.29.4.181

Allbutt, Ling, and Shafiullah (2006) and Allbutt, Shafiullah, and Ling (2006) found that scores on self-report measures of visual imagery experience correlate primarily with the egoistic form of social-desirable responding. Here, three studies are re... Read More about Self-report imagery questionnaire scores and subtypes of social-desirable responding.

Identifying the attributes of threshold and higher level nursing practice for children's cancer and palliative care nurses : the views of children, their parents and other stakeholders (2008)
Journal Article
Hale, C., Long, T., Sanderson, L., & Carr, K. (2008). Identifying the attributes of threshold and higher level nursing practice for children's cancer and palliative care nurses : the views of children, their parents and other stakeholders. Journal of Research in Nursing, 13(1), 9-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/+1744987107086099

This paper presents the findings of the third stage of a research study,
the overall aim of which was to evaluate the educational preparation for cancer
and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents in England. The specific
aim of this... Read More about Identifying the attributes of threshold and higher level nursing practice for children's cancer and palliative care nurses : the views of children, their parents and other stakeholders.

A description of the characteristics of patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes admitted to different settings in the 1990s (2008)
Journal Article
Jones, I., Flather, M., Johnson, M., Barrow, S., & Thompson, D. (2008). A description of the characteristics of patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes admitted to different settings in the 1990s. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 24(5), 286-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2008.01.005

Background: Little is known about the characteristics of patients who were admitted
to the coronary care unit (CCU) in the 1990s with non-ST elevation acute coronary
syndromes (ACS) compared with those admitted to medical and cardiology wards in
h... Read More about A description of the characteristics of patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes admitted to different settings in the 1990s.

Evaluation of the British Heart Foundation. (2008)
Journal Article
Jones, I., McNulty, L., Iley, K., Yorke, J., & Johnson, M. (2008). Evaluation of the British Heart Foundation

An evaluation of an innovative 'blended learning' (on line and workshops) approach to the provision of advanced cardiac care training to non-specialist and specialist cardiac care nurses

What is the role of the coronary care nurse? A review of the literature (2008)
Journal Article
Jones, I., & Johnson, M. (2008). What is the role of the coronary care nurse? A review of the literature. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 7(3), 163-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2007.09.005

Background: The role of the coronary care nurse has often been described based on anecdotal evidence. However in a research conscious
society it is vital that this important role is able to be defined using research findings. This paper explores the... Read More about What is the role of the coronary care nurse? A review of the literature.

Evaluation of educational preparation for cancer and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents in England (2008)
Journal Article
Long, T., Hale, C., Sanderson, L., Tomlinson, P., & Carr, K. (2008). Evaluation of educational preparation for cancer and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents in England. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 12(1), 65-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2007.05.003

This paper reports the findings of a study which was carried out to evaluate the
educational preparation of cancer and palliative care nurses in England. The study was
carried out in three stages and covered the following areas; documentary analysi... Read More about Evaluation of educational preparation for cancer and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents in England.

A review of curriculum evaluation in United Kingdom nursing education (2008)
Journal Article
Roxburgh, M., Watson, R., Holland, K., Johnson, M., Lauder, W., & Topping, K. (2008). A review of curriculum evaluation in United Kingdom nursing education. Nurse Education Today, 28(7), 881-889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2008.03.003

Recently we have witnessed several significant changes to the nursing
curriculum in the United Kingdom (UK). This review forms part of a larger study
evaluating the ‘fitness for practice’ elements of the nursing curriculum in Scotland.
Systematic... Read More about A review of curriculum evaluation in United Kingdom nursing education.

The nurse teacher in clinical practice : developing the new sub-dimension to the clinical learning environment and supervision (CLES) scale (2008)
Journal Article
Saarikoski, M., Isoaho, H., Warne, T., & Leino-Kilpi, H. (2008). The nurse teacher in clinical practice : developing the new sub-dimension to the clinical learning environment and supervision (CLES) scale. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45(8), 1233-1237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.07.009

Background

Building on previous work undertaken in developing the clinical learning environment and supervision (CLES) scale this report outlines the development of a new sub-dimension to the CLES scale.
Objectives

The aim was to develop an ad... Read More about The nurse teacher in clinical practice : developing the new sub-dimension to the clinical learning environment and supervision (CLES) scale.