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How nurses and carers can avoid the slippery slope to abuse

28 May 2014

Learning Disability Practice

Art & Science

This article contends that, in the care of people with learning disabilities, there can be a ‘slippery slope’ in which complex interacting behaviours, attitudes and...

Communication and collaboration in person-centred care planning

29 April 2012

Learning Disability Practice

Feature

Learning disability affects up to 1.5 million people in the UK, about 2 per cent of the population, and people vary widely in their abilities. To ensure they, and...

Approaches to acute pain management in older people

31 October 2017

Nursing Older People

CPD

Pain is a diverse, individual experience and is associated with distress and suffering. Uncontrolled acute pain has been linked to delayed recovery and prolonged...

Storytelling: an approach that can help to develop resilience

01 April 2010

Nurse Researcher

General

Stories convey values and emotions, and can reveal the differences and similarities between people’s experiences. Elucidating personal stories involves sharing which...

Navigating the grounded theory terrain. Part 1

15 July 2011

Nurse Researcher

General

Aim The decision to use grounded theory is not an easy one and this article aims to illustrate and explore the methodological complexity and decision-making process....

Helping service users to take control of their health

30 March 2015

Learning Disability Practice

Art & Science

People with learning disabilities have more health needs than the general population, but their cognitive impairments can inhibit them from recognising ill health,...

Application of discourse analysis to nursing inquiry

01 December 2004

Nurse Researcher

Discourse analysis

Discourse analysis (DA) has frequently been misapplied within nursing research, demonstrating a lack of understanding among some nurse researchers of theoretical/...

Critical, post-structural, interpretive interactionism: an update on Denzin’s methodology

01 October 2008

Nurse Researcher

A&S Science

Many years of practice as critical care nurses indicated to us that doctors, nurses and relatives suffer because they are involved in, or are affected by,...

Navigating the grounded theory terrain. Part 2

21 October 2011

Nurse Researcher

General

Aim In this paper, the choice of classic grounded theory will be discussed and justified in the context of the first author’s PhD research. Background The...

Methodological challenges in the study of psychological recovery from modern surgery

01 July 2004

Nurse Researcher

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Most cases of elective surgery in the UK are now undertaken in day-case facilities, and the trend is set to increase. Surgical and anaesthetic health care is...