Thursday 26 March 2009
Concurrent session presentations (where agreed to publish)
6.1 Parkinson's Disease (Chair: Angela Grainger)
6.1.1 Palliative care for people with Parkinsons Disease and their carers
George Kernohan, School of Nursing. Faculty of Life and Health science, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, UK. Co-authors: Felicity Hasson; Mary Waldron; Barbara Cochrane; Dorry McLaughlin; Sue Foster; Helen Chambers; Marian McLaughlin
6.1.2 ‘Bridging’ as a constructivist grounded theory of adjustment and coping through late-stage Parkinson’s disease: A
longitudinal study
Sion Williams, School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK. Co-author: John Keady
6.2 Long term conditions/Patient experience (Chair: Joy Merrell)
6.2.1 Hereditary Haemochromatosis: The lived experience
Elizabeth O Connell, Nursing Studies, University College Cork, Ireland. Co-author: Orla Sheahan
6.2.2 The person’s experience of end stage renal disease and haemodialysis therapy
Aoife Moran, School of Nursing, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland. Co-authors: P Anne Scott; Philip Darbyshire
6.3 Mental health (Chair: Marjorie Lloyd)
6.3.1 The relationship between social support and postnatal depression for first-time mothers: An Irish study
Patricia Leahy-Warren, Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Ireland. Co-author: Geraldine McCarthy
6.3.2 Theory-practice gap: Findings from an evaluative study in CAMHS
Anne Fothergill, Faculty of Health, Sport and Science, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, UK. Co-author: Mair Sinfield
6.4 Service users (Chair: Leslie Gelling)
6.4.1 Ethical practice in nursing research: Managing the shades of grey
Caroline Bradbury-Jones, School of Healthcare Sciences, University of Wales Bangor, Wrexham, UK. Co-author: John Alcock
6.4.2 A qualitative study of the views and preferences of patients who have survived resuscitation and those who have been admitted as emergency cases regarding the presence of family members during resuscitation
John Albarran, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Co-authors: Pam Moule; Jonathan Benger; Kate McMahon-Parkes
6.5 Education/Research context (Chair: Susan Jordan)
6.5.1 Effects of a Masters in Nursing on the professional lives of British and German nurses
Dianne Watkins, School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
6.5.2 Ouch! that hurt – The challenges and lessons learned from undertaking research in an emergency department setting
Rebecca Hoskins, Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
6.6 Experiences (Chair: Sharon Hamilton)
6.6.1 A comparison of carers’ experiences of caring for individuals with dementia or intellectual disability: A longitudinal
grounded theory study
Mei-Chun Lin, Department of Nursing, Cardinal Tien College of Healthcare and Management, Taipei, Taiwan
6.6.2 Nurses’ perception of the quality of care they provide to hospitalized drug addicts: Testing the theory of reasoned action
Merav Ben Natan, Pat Mattews Academic School of Nursing Hadera, Hadera, Israel. Co-authors: Beyil Valery; Okev Neta
6.7 Midwifery (Chair: Debbie Carrick-Sen)
6.7.1 An exploration of the breastfeeding experiences of women in one East Midlands city
Rachael Spencer, School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK. Co-authors: Sheila Greatrex-White; Diane Fraser
6.7.2 Testing the effectiveness of a motivational program to sustain breastfeeding behaviour
Janine Stockdale, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Co-authors: Marlene Sinclair; George Kernohan
6.8 Qualitative Research (Chair: Loretta Bellman)
6.8.1 ‘Dear Sally…’ Reflections on using email correspondence as a method of generating qualitative data in health and social care research
Sally Dowling, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
6.8.2 Mind mapping as a tool in qualitative research
Chris Tattersall, Research and Development, Hywel Dda NHS Trust, Haverfordwest, UK. Co-authors: Ann Watts; Stephen
Vernon
7.1 Children's nursing (Chair: Julie Taylor)
7.1.1 Experiences of same-sex couples when their children require healthcare interventions
Lesley Dibley, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London, UK
7.1.2 Nurse prescribing by children’s nurses: The views of nurses in a specialist children’s hospital
Nicola Carey, School of Health and Social Care, University of Reading, Reading, UK. Co-authors: K Stenner; M Courtenay
7.1.3 A survey of registered nurses knowledge and attitudes regarding paediatric pain assessment and management: An Irish perspective
Eileen Tiernan, PICU, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
7.2 Stroke care/Trauma (Chair: Sharon Hamilton)
7.2.1 A survey of oral care practices in Scottish stroke care settings
Marian Brady, Nursing, Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Glasgow, UK. Co-authors: Ana Talbot; Denise L.C. Furlanetto; Heather Frenkel; Brian O. Williams
7.2.2 Comparing the concept of hope on two units: Trauma and stroke
Liz Tutton, School of Health and Social Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. Co-authors: Kate Seers; Debbie
Langstaff; Martin Westwood
7.2.3 Planning postdischarge needs: Death, dependency and health status 90 days following acute stroke in Australia
Sandy Middleton, School of Nursing, Australian Catholic University National, North Sydney, Australia. Co-authors: Chris Levi: Cate D’Este: Simeon Dale: Rhonda Griffiths: Jeremy Grimshaw: Jeanette Ward: Malcolm Evans: Clare Quinn: Dominique Cadilhac
7.3 Medication management (Chair: Angela Grainger)
7.3.1 Improving the medication reconciliation process: A hospital quality initiative
Moreen Donahue, Nursing Administration, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, USA. C0-author: Matthew Miller
7.3.2 A baseline study of the management of anticoagulant medication in the UK
Annette Lankshear, Nursing, Health and Social Care Research Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK. Co-authors: Karin Lowson; Jane Harden; Cheryl Rogers; Paula Lowson; Ruth Saxby
7.3.3 The professional jurisdictions of nursing and medicine in relation to the supply and prescription of medicines by nurses in the acute setting
Helen Green, QA Team, Skills for Health, Solihull, UK
7.4 Palliative care (Chair: Val Woodward)
7.4.1 Why don’t they die at home? The impact of service provision on end of life care for patients with cancer
Mary O’Brien, Evidence-based Practice Research Centre, Faculty of Health, Edge Hill University, Liverpool, UK. Co-author: Barbara Jack
7.4.2 Living with dying: the experiences of people with lung cancer and their families
Donna Fitzsimons, Central Nursing Team, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, and Institute of
Nursing Research, University of Ulster and Belfast, UK. Co-authors: Lesley Rutherford; Jill McAuley
7.4.3 Dying at home: The impact on informal carers on cancer patients’ place of death
Barbara Jack, Faculty of Health, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK. Co-author: Mary O’Brien
7.5 Cancer (Chair: Annie Topping)
7.5.1 The quality of life, coping behaviours and needs of men who have localised prostate cancer who are receiving radical radiotherapy and androgen deprivation
Oonagh McSorley, Institute of Nursing Research, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, UK. Co-authors: Eilis McCaughan;
Brendan Bunting; Kader Parahoo; Joe O’Sullivan; Hugh McKenna; Sonja McIlfatrick
7.5.2 Adjuvant radiotherapy of women with breast cancer – information, support and side-effects
Katarina Sjövall, Department of Oncology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. Co-authors: Gertrud Strömbeck;
Anette Löfgren; Barbro Gunnars
7.5.3 Continence care for men having prostate surgery: Advice and practical help before and after radical prostatectomy
and TURP
Suzanne Hagen, Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK. Co-authors: Cathryn Glazener; Claire Cochran; Louise Campbell
7.6 Internationality and nursing (Chair: Leslie Gelling)
7.6.1 International relations: What relationships in the work environment mean in terms nursing careers. Learning from the career stories of migrant African nurses living in the UK
Jacqueline Fitzgerald, Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
7.6.2 The experiences of internationally recruited nurses: Implications for retention
Julia Nichols, School of Health, University of Northampton, UK
7.7 Mental health/Ethics/Information systems (Chair: Janet Davies)
7.7.1 A mapping of UK nursing’s e-theses and comparison of electronic search strategies
Colin Macduff, CeNPRaD, School of Nursing, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK. Co-authors: Penny Jones; Sundari Joseph; Colin MacLean
7.7.2 A Cochrane systematic review: Shared decision making interventions for people with mental health conditions
Edward Duncan, Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK. Co-authors: Catherine Best; Suzanne Hagen
7.7.3 A realistic evaluation of the impact of a computerised information system on clinical practice: The nurses’ perspective
Cristina Oroviogoicoechea, Nursing Research and Development Unit, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Co-author: Roger Watson
7.8 Patient and public involvement (Chair: Marjorie Lloyd)
7.8.1 Patient and public involvement in the NHS
Sandy Herron-Marx, National Centre for Involvement, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. Co-authors: Sophie Staniszewska; Helen Bayliss
7.8.2 Developing and evaluating a complex intervention: Engaging with users throughout the process
Faith Gibson, Centre for Nursing and Allied Health Professions Research, Institute of Child Health, London, UK. Co-author: Rachel Taylor
7.8.3 Older people’s decision-making about the use of health and social care services
Josephine Tetley, Department of Nursing, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
8.1 Learning disability (Chair: Andrea Nelson)
8.1.1 ‘Too busy looking after everyone else’s health to worry about my own!’ Health issues facing mothers of children with learning disabilities
Linda Goddard, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia
8.1.2 The Health Empowerment Learning Partnership (HELP) model: Undergraduate nursing students working with
families of children with disabilities to improve their health
Linda Goddard, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia. Co-authors: Patricia Davidson; Sandra Mackey
8.2 Nursing and management (Chair: Val Woodward)
8.2.1 The skills gap in nursing management: A comparative analysis of the public and private sectors in South Africa
Rubin Pillay, School of Business and Finance, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
8.2.2 The Nursing Work Index revised: What is it actually measuring?
Brendan McCormack, Professor of Nursing Research, Institute of Nursing Research University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Belfast, UK. Co-author: Paul Slater
8.2.3 Does the severity of clinical incidents and the managerial support received influence affect in nurses?
Martyn Jones, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK. Co-authors: Derek Johnston; Sharon McCann; Lorna McKee
8.3 Family care (Chair: Julie Taylor)
8.3.1 Moving towards a model of family centred care: The POPPY Study (Experiences of parents with pre-term babies)
Sophie Staniszewska, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK Co-authors: Jo Brett; Mary Newburn; Nicola Jones; Claire Pimm
8.3.2 Parents and child hospitalization: The Portuguese version of the Needs of Parents Questionnaire
Pedro Ferreira, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. Co-authors: Elsa Melo; Débora Mello
8.3.3 The use of the Mosaic approach to elicit the experiences of children with a chronic illlness of being cared for at home by their family and community children’s nurse
Marie Bodycombe-James, University of Wales Swansea, School of Health Science, Swansea, UK. Co-authors: Ruth Davies; Susan Philpin
8.4 Life crisis/Spiritual care (Chair: Annie Topping)
8.4.1 A grounded theory of re-normalising after an abrupt life disruption
Eloise Pearson, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
8.4.2 Transforming life crisis: Stories of metahabilitation after catastrophic life events
Joyce Mikal-Flynn, Division of Nursing, California State University, Sacramento, USA
8.4.3 Professional roles in spiritual caregiving: Territoriality or collaboration?
Sheryl Reimer Kirkham, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Colombia, Canada
8.5 Diabetes (Chair: Debbie Carrick-Sen)
8.5.1 Services for young people with diabetes in metropolitan, urban and rural locations in New South Wales: Equitable
access, comparable uptake and outcomes?
Lin Perry, Newcastle Institute of Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Co-authors: Julia Lowe; Kate Steinbeck; Janet Dunbabin
8.5.2 Participants’ perceptions of the effect of a structured education programme on their management of type 1
diabetes
Dympna Casey, School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
8.5.3 An exploratory trial to assess the efficacy, feasibility and acceptability of a nurse-led telephone follow-up intervention upon weight management in Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Lihua Wu, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London, UK. Co-authors: Alison While; Angus Forbes
8.6 Acute and community / safety and wellbeing (Chair: Susan Jordan)
8.6.1 Paraprofessionals perceptions of patient safety culture
Moreen Donahue, Nursing Administration, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, USA. Co-authors: Joyce Fitzpatrick; Lisa Smith; Patricia Dykes
8.6.2 Sustaining nutrition education in communities: The all Wales dietetics scheme evaluation
Sally-Ann Baker, School of Health, Social Care and Exercise Sciences, Glyndwr University, Wrexham, UK. Co-author: Ros Carnwell
8.6.3 The professional gaze: A study of nurses’ experiences of recognising patients with clinical deterioration in an NHS
Trust in Wales
Desiree Tait, School of Health Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK. Co-authors: Susan Philpin; Hugh Chadderton
8.7 Qualitative research: Theory and practice (Chair: Leslie Gelling)
8.7.1 Choosing between Glaser and Strauss: An example
Adeline Cooney, School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
8.7.2 Developing novice qualitative researcher’s interviewing skills using videorecording
Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Clinical Nursing Research Unit, Horsens Regional Hospital, Horsens, Denmark. Co-authors: Barbara Paterson; Elisabeth OC Hall
8.7.3 Analysing narrative data using McCormack’s Lenses
Lesley Dibley, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London, UK
8.8 Starting in the nursing profession (Chair: Pauline Griffiths)
8.8.1 An evaluation of undergraduate nursing students’ studying abroad
Barbara Wood, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK. Co-author: Pam Cranmer
8.8.2 Identifying potential nurses for the healthcare workforce
Alison While, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London, UK. Co-author: Mary Crawford
8.8.3 Is there a financial penalty for working in a caring occupation?
Elizabeth West, Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Co-author: David N Barron

