Research ethics committeesThe Department of Health has published 'Governance arrangements for research ethics committees: a harmonised edition'. This document covers the principles, requirements and standards for research ethics committees, including their remit, composition, functions, management and accountability. It also describes the Research Ethics Service in which the research ethics committees operate and the review they provide. This harmonised edition comes into effect on 1 September 2011. It revises and replaces editions of the policy previously issued separately in England and Scotland in 2001. It also applies in Wales and Northern Ireland.
Failure to Rescue Report
“Failure to rescue” refers to a failure to prevent a clinically important deterioration resulting from a complication of an underlying illness (e.g. cardiac arrest in a patient with acute myocardial infarction) or a complication of medical care (e.g. major haemorrhage after surgery). Rates of failure to rescue are widely recognized and used as patient safety indicators but have not been widely used in the NHS.
This report provides a preliminary assessment to determine if it is possible to derive valid “failure to rescue” indicators for surgical patients from Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) or similar datasets based on routinely collected hospital data in England. (National Nursing Research Unit Report).
Official launch of the International Practice Development Journal
The International Practice Development Journal was officially launched at a FoNS Celebratory event at the NMC, London on Thursday 16th June 2011.
The International Practice Development Journal publishes and makes freely accessible, scholarly inquiry into practice development and related fields. The articles will challenge assumptions and provoke new visions and ideas about the contribution that practice development makes to nursing, healthcare and academia. (Access by free registration as a Friend of Fons)
Royal College of Nursing Research Institute newsletter
Volume 3 issue 3: April, May, June 2011.
Royal College of Nursing guidance for nurses Informed consent in health and social care research
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Research Society has developed this guidance for nurses involved in research, regardless of what form that may take or where that research takes place.
Research and diabetes nursing, part 4: qualitative designs.
Coates, V
Journal of Diabetes Nursing, 2011, vol./is. 15/4(142-8).
4th in a series of articles on research and the diabetes specialist nurse, focusing on qualitative approaches to research. The characteristics of qualitative research are outlined, and different types of qualitative research, including general qualitative approaches, grounded theory, phenomenology and ethnography, are described. 17 refs.
(Print copy at Pilgrim Staff Library).
Methodological considerations in cohort study designs.
Healy, P, Devane, D
Nurse Researcher, 2011, vol./is. 18/3(32-6).
Consideration of methodology in the use of cohort studies in quantitative research. Types of study, strengths and weakness of prospective and retrospective designs, potential bias, including in measurement and selection and use of descriptive or analytic data analysis are discussed. 18 refs.
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A nurse manager's reflections on adapting to a research role.
Donaldson, A
Nursing Management UK, March 2011, vol./is. 17/10(14-7).
An operational clinical nurse manager's experiences of secondment to a research role. The aims of the 2-year research project and her role in the research are described, and extracts from a reflective diary illustrate how she adapted to new experiences, her dual role and job sharing. The benefits of writing a diary for personal and professional development are highlighted.
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Developing a nurse-led clinic for patients enrolled in clinical trials.
Winter, H, Lavender, V, Blesing, C
Cancer Nursing Practice, April 2011, vol./is. 10/3(20-4).
Practice development project to establish a nurse-led clinic to assist with increasing demand for patient recruitment to cancer clinical trials. The development of a protocol and a personal development plan, including appropriate competencies for the nurse acting as an advanced nurse practitioner at the clinic, are described. 13 refs.
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Mind mapping in qualitative research.
Tattersall, C, Powell, J, Stroud, J
Nursing Times, May 2011, vol./is. 107/18(20-2).
Research into the use of mind mapping for transcribing and analysing research interviews, illustrated by its application to a study of patients' and carers' perspectives of a community-based chronic conditions nurse practitioner service. Mind mapping was used to examine participants' views of the practical and psychological support provided and results were compared to those derived from traditional methods. 6 refs.
(Print copies of this journal at Lincoln, Louth and Pilgrim Staff Libraries).
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