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Exemplary Research for Nursing and Midwifery

01 September 2002

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

This is an innovative text that seeks to celebrate the achievements in nursing research over the past 40 years. It provides insights into the diversity of...

Involving Service Users in Health and Social Care Research

01 June 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is a timely addition to the literature on the involvement of service users and provides the researcher with a ‘toolkit’ of issues...

Stroke care and rehabilitation

01 February 1997

Elderly Care

CE: Stroke care and rehabilitation

Aim and intended learning outcomes The aim of this article is to explore the nurse’s role in the care and rehabilitation of patients who have had a stroke. After...

Validity and reliability of assessment tools

01 June 1995

Nurse Researcher

Outcome measures

The importance of using a tool which is valid and reliable cannot be over-emphasised. In the past, researchers commonly experienced problems in locating an...

Critical reading: making sense of research papers in life sciences and medicine

01 June 2006

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

This text is aimed at those who need to read original research papers in life sciences and medicine and certainly would be an asset to those who need to read...

Selecting healthcare assessment tools: putting issues of validity and reliability into a wider context

01 May 1998

Nurse Researcher

Healthcare assessment tools

Healthcare assessment has always been an important activity for clinical staff, managers and researchers alike. It involves collecting information which can be...

Stroke care and rehabilitation

11 December 1996

Nursing Standard

RCN continuing education

Aim and intended learning outcomes The aim of this article is to explore the nurse’s role in the care and rehabilitation of patients who have had a stroke. After...

Insight into stroke is a star turn

05 February 2002

Nursing Standard

Book Review

This is a great little book by one of the ‘greats’ of the movie world. It is a personal insight into the effects of stroke, as experienced by Kirk Douglas. The...

Stroke care – a practical manual

06 July 2005

Nursing Standard

Book Review

This pocket size manual offers a practical guide to the care of patients following stroke. It follows a pathway approach from diagnosis, through acute care,...

Webwise

24 May 2005

Nursing Standard

Reflections

In a search for evidence relating to patients who have had a stroke the Royal College of Physicians’ website, which hosts the National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke...