RCN research series
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Ashworth, P. (1980) Care to communicate: an investigation into problems of communication betwen patients and nurses in intensive therapy units, Harrow: Scutari. (RCN research series)
Astbury, C. and Sklaroff S, A. (1988) Stress in theatre nursing, Harrow: Scutari. (RCN research series)
Atkinson, F. I. and Sklaroff, F I.(1987) Acute hospital wards and the disabled patient: a survey of the experiences of patients and nurses, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Auld, M. G.(1976) How many nurses?: a method of estimating the requisite nursing establishment for a hospital, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Birch, J. A. (1975) To nurse or not to nurse: an investigation into the causes of withdrawal during nurse training, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Boore, J. R. P.(1978) Prescription for recovery: the effect of pre-operative preparation of surgical patients on post-operative stress, recovery and infection, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Bradshaw, A.(1994) Lighting the lamp: the spiritual dimension of nursing care, Harrow: Scutari.(RCN research series)
Brearley, S.(1990) Patient participation: the literature, Harrow: Scutari. (RCN research series) (Submitted towards the degree of BSc (Hons) in nursing studies from King's College, London.)
Brown, R. A.(1989) Individualised care: the role of the ward sister, Harrow: Scutari. (RCN research series) (Submitted for the degree of MPhil from the University of Warwick)
Clark, J.(1973) A family visitor: a descriptive analysis of health visiting in Berkshire, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Clark, J.(1981) What do health visitors do?: a review of the research 1960-1980, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Coates, V. E.(1985) Are they being served?: an investigation into the nutritional care given by nurses to acute medical patients and the influence of ward organisational patterns on that care, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Cormack, D.(1976) Psychiatric nursing observed: a descriptive study of the charge nurse in acute admission wards of psychiatric hospitals, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Crow, J.(1980) Effects of preparation on problem solving: investigation into student nurses' ability to identify problems and to suggest nursing intervention, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Dean A.(1985) Prelude to practice: a study of fieldwork teaching and the needs of the health visitor student, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Fretwell, J. E. (1982) Ward teaching and learning: sister and the learning environment, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Fretwell, J. E.(1985) Freedom to change: the creation of a ward learning environment, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Gallego, A. P.(1983) Evaluating the school: a case study in the evaluation of a school of nursing, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Grant, N. K.(1979) Time to care: a method of calculating nursing workload based on individualised patient care, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Hale, C. A.(1987) Innovations in nursing care: a study of a change to patient centred care, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Harrison, S. P.(1977) Families in stress: a study of the long-term medical treatment of children and parental stress, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Hayward, J. and Boore, J. R P. (1994) Information - a prescription against pain, by Jack Hayward; [and] Prescription for recovery, by Jennifer R. P. Boore, Harrow: Scutari. (RCN research classics Volume 1) (J. Hayward's study first published 1975. J. R. P. Boore's study first published 1978)
Hector, W.(1973) The work of Mrs. Bedford Fenwick and the rise of professional nursing, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Hobbs, P.(1973) Aptitude or environment: a study of the group teaching activities of health visitors, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Hollingworth, S.(1985) Preparation for change: preparing nurse tutors in initial training for a change to nursing process, London: RCN. (RCN research series)
Kitson, A. L.(1991) Therapeutic nursing and the hospitalised elderly, Harrow: Scutari. (RCN research series) (Dissertation submitted for PhD at the University of Ulster)
Lamond, N.(1974) Becoming a nurse: the registered nurses' view of general student nurse education, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Luker, K. A.(1982) Evaluating health visiting practice: an experimental study to evaluate the effects of focused health visitor intervention on elderly women living alone at home, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Manley, K.(1989) Primary nursing in intensive care, Harrow: Scutari. (RCN research series)
Marks, I. M., Hallam, R.S., Connolly, J., Philpott, R. (1977) Nursing in behavioural psychotherapy: an advanced clinical role for nurses, London: RCN. (RCN research series)
Marks, I. M. (1985) Psychiatric nurse therapists in primary care: the expansion of advanced clinical roles in nursing, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Martin, L.(1989) Clinical education in perspective, Harrow: Scutari. (RCN research series)
O'Connell, P. E.(1978) Health visitor education at university: a developmental study of schemes of community nurse education at Southampton University 1948-1974, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Ogier, M. E.(1982) An ideal sister?: a study of the leadership style and verbal interactions of ward sisters with nurse learners in general hospitals, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Orr, J.(1980) Health visiting in focus: a consumer view of health visiting in Northern Ireland, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Orton, H. D.(1981) Ward learning climate: a study of the role of the ward sister in relation to student nurse learning on the ward, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Paykel, E. S. and Griffith, J. H.(1983) Community psychiatric nursing for neurotic patients: the Springfield controlled trial, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Pearson, A.(1987) Living in a plastercast: how nursing can help, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Pearson, A. Punton, S, Durant, I.(1992) Nursing beds: an evaluation of the effects of therapeutic nursing, Harrow: Scutari. (RCN research series)
Pembrey, S. E.(1980) The ward sister - key to nursing: a study of the organisation of individualised nursing, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Pirie, S. (1987) Nurses and mathematics, London, Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Pollock, L. C.(1989) Community psychiatric nursing: myth and reality, Harrow: Scutari. (RCN research series)
Powell, D.(1982) Learning to relate?: a study of student psychiatric nurses' views of their preparation and training, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Rathbone, B.(1973) Focus on new mothers: a study of antenatal classes, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Redfern, S. J.(1981) Hospital sisters: their job attitudes and occupational stability, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Reid, N. G.(1985) Wards in chancery?: nurse training in the clinical area, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Robertson, C. M.(1987) A very special form of teaching: the development and practice of clinical teaching, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Rodin, J.(1983) Will this hurt?: preparing children for hospital and medical procedures, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Senior, O. E.(1979) Dependency and establishments: nursing establishments in general hospital wards - the changeover from a non-teaching to a teaching hospital, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Spouse, J.(1990) An ethos for learning, Harrow: Scutari. (RCN research series)(Dissertation submitted for the degree of MSc in Educational Studies from the University of Surrey)
Stapleton, M. F.(1983) Ward sisters - another perspective: their ongoing educational needs, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Thompson, D. R.(1990) Counselling the coronary patient and partner, Harrow: Scutari. (RCN research series) (Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of DPhil from Loughborough University of Technology)
Thurmott, P.(1976) Health and the school: an exploratory survey of the school nursing service in an English county, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Towell, D.(1975) Understanding psychiatric nursing: a sociological study of modern psychiatric nursing practice, London, Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Watts, M. H.(1988) Shared learning, Harrow: Scutari. (RCN research series)
Wilkie, E.(1984) A singular anomaly: a case study of the Council for the Education and Training of Health Visitors, 1962-74, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Williams, M. M. D. (1981) Counselling in occupational health nursing: how much time? for whom? about what? how do they say it is done?, London: Royal College of Nursing. (RCN research series)
Compiled by Hazel Atlass, 26 November 2004, updated July 2008