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    • Staff contact details
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  • RCN Research Society
    • Regional networking
      • Regional research society groups
        • Northern Ireland
          • Annual report and action plan
          • Events
          • Steering committee
          • Minutes from meetings
        • Scotland
          • Annual report and action plan
          • Events
          • Steering committee
          • Minutes from meetings
        • Wales
          • Annual report and action plan
          • Events
          • Steering committee
          • Minutes from meetings
        • East Midlands
          • Annual report and action plan
          • Events
          • Steering committee
          • Minutes from meetings
        • Eastern
          • Annual report and action plan
          • Events
          • Steering committee
          • Minutes from meetings
        • London
          • Annual report and action plan
          • Events
          • Steering committee
          • Loretta Bellman
          • Angela Grainger
          • Alison Tingle
          • Minutes from meetings
        • North West
          • Annual report and action plan
          • Events
          • Steering committee
          • Minutes from meetings
        • Northern
          • Annual report and action plan
          • Events
          • Minutes from meetings
        • South East
          • Annual report and action plan
          • Events
          • Steering committee
          • Minutes from meetings
        • South West
          • Annual report and action plan
          • Events
          • Steering committee
          • Minutes from meetings
        • West Midlands
          • Annual report and action plan
          • Events
          • Steering committee
          • Minutes from meetings
        • Yorkshire & Humber
          • Annual report and action plan
          • Events
          • Steering committee
          • Minutes from meetings
      • Doctoral student network
    • Steering committee
      • Leslie Gelling
      • Carol Haigh
      • Annie Topping
      • Tracey Williamson
      • Andrea Nelson
      • Julie Taylor
      • Lorraine N Smith
      • Hugh McKenna
      • Ann McMahon
      • Kathryn Clark
    • Action plan and annual report
    • 2009- annual conference
      • Call for abstracts
      • Keynote speakers
        • David Benton
      • Fringe programme
      • Registration
      • Programme
      • Exhibitors
      • Organising committee
      • Scientific committee
      • International scientific advisory panel
        • ISAP criteria for inclusion
      • Conference dinner
      • Poster award
      • Marjorie Simpson new researchers' award
      • Akinsanya Award
    • Guidance for annual research conference
    • Publications and position statements
      • Informed consent
      • RCN research series
      • RCN study in nursing care project
      • Research ethics guidance
      • User involvement
    • Biannual newsletter
    • Winifred Raphael memorial lecture
    • Annual conference archive
      • 2008 - Liverpool
        • Call for abstracts
        • Keynote speakers
        • Fringe programme
        • Registration
        • Programme
        • Organising committee
        • Scientific committee
        • International scientific advisory panel
        • Exhibitors
        • Poster award
        • Marjorie Simpson new researchers' award
        • Akinsanya Award
        • Abstracts
          • Tuesday 8 April 2008
            • Concurrent Session 1 and Workshop 1
              • 1.1.1
              • 1.1.2
              • 1.1.3
              • 1.2.1
              • 1.2.2
              • 1.2.3
              • 1.3.1
              • 1.3.2
              • 1.3.3
              • 1.4.1
              • 1.4.3
              • 1.4.2
              • 1.5.1
              • 1.5.2
              • 1.5.3
              • 1.6.1
              • 1.6.2
              • 1.6.3
              • 1.7.1
              • 1.7.2
              • 1.7.3
              • 1.8.1
              • 1.8.2
              • 1.8.3
              • 1.9.1
              • 1.9.2
              • 1.9.3
              • Workshop 1
            • 15.30 - 17.00 Symposium
              • Symposium 1
              • Symposium 2
              • Symposium 3
              • Symposium 4
              • Symposium 5
              • Symposium 6
              • Symposium 7
              • Symposium 8
          • Wednesday 9 April 2008
            • Concurrent Session 2 and Workshop 2
              • 2.1.1
              • 2.1.2
              • 2.2.1
              • 2.2.2
              • 2.3.1
              • 2.3.2
              • 2.4.1
              • 2.4.2
              • 2.5.1
              • 2.5.2
              • 2.6.1
              • 2.6.2
              • 2.7.1
              • 2.7.2
              • Workshop 2
            • 11.30 - 13.00 Symposium
              • Symposium 9
              • Symposium 10
              • Symposium 11
              • Symposium 12
              • Symposium 13
              • Symposium 14
              • Symposium 15
              • Symposium 16
            • Concurrent Session 3 and Workshop 3
              • 3.1.1
              • 3.1.2 OUT
              • 3.1.3
              • 3.2.1
              • 3.2.2
              • 3.2.3
              • 3.3.1
              • 3.3.2
              • 3.3.3
              • 3.4.1
              • 3.4.2
              • 3.4.3
              • 3.5.1
              • 3.5.2
              • 3.5.3
              • 3.6.1
              • 3.6.2
              • 3.6.3
              • 3.7.1
              • 3.7.2
              • 3.7.3
              • 3.8.1
              • 3.8.2
              • 3.8.3
              • 3.9.1
              • 3.9.2
              • 3.9.3
              • Workshop 3
            • Concurrent Session 4
              • 4.1.1
              • 4.1.2
              • 4.2.1
              • 4.2.2
              • 4.3.1
              • 4.3.2
              • 4.4.1
              • 4.4.2
              • 4.5.1
              • 4.5.2
              • 4.6.1
              • 4.6.2
              • 4.7.1
              • 4.7.2
              • 4.8.1
              • 4.8.2
          • Thursday 10 April 2008
            • Concurrent Session 5 and Workshop 4
              • 5.1.1
              • 5.1.2
              • 5.2.1
              • 5.2.2
              • 5.3.1
              • 5.3.2
              • 5.4.1
              • 5.4.2
              • 5.5.1
              • 5.5.2
              • 5.6.1
              • 5.6.2
              • 5.7.1
              • 5.7.2
              • 5.8.1
              • 5.8.2
              • 5.9.1
              • 5.9.2
              • Workshop 4
            • 11:30 - 13:00 Symposium
              • Symposium 17
              • Symposium 18
              • Symposium 19
              • Symposium 20
              • Symposium 21
              • Symposium 22
              • Symposium 23
            • Concurrent Session 6
              • 6.1.1
              • 6.1.2
              • 6.1.3
              • 6.2.1
              • 6.2.2
              • 6.2.3
              • 6.3.1
              • 6.3.2
              • 6.3.3
              • 6.4.1
              • 6.4.2
              • 6.4.3
              • 6.5.1
              • 6.5.2
              • 6.5.3
              • 6.6.1
              • 6.6.2
              • 6.6.3
              • 6.7.1
              • 6.7.2
              • 6.7.3
              • 6.8.1
              • 6.8.2
              • 6.8.3
              • 6.9.1
              • 6.9.2
              • 6.9.3
            • Concurrent Session 7 and Workshop 5
              • 7.1.1
              • 7.1.2
              • 7.1.3
              • 7.2.1
              • 7.2.2
              • 7.2.3
              • 7.3.1
              • 7.3.2
              • 7.3.3
              • 7.4.1
              • 7.4.2
              • 7.4.3
              • 7.5.1
              • 7.5.2
              • 7.5.3
              • 7.6.1
              • 7.6.2
              • 7.6.3
              • 7.7.1
              • 7.7.2
              • 7.7.3
              • 7.8.1
              • 7.8.2
              • 7.8.3
              • 7.9.1
              • 7.9.2
              • 7.9.3
              • workshop 5
          • Friday 11 April 2008
            • Concurrent Session 8 and Workshop 6
              • 8.1.1
              • 8.1.2
              • 8.1.3
              • 8.2.1
              • 8.2.2
              • 8.2.3
              • 8.3.1
              • 8.3.2
              • 8.3.3
              • 8.4.1
              • 8.4.2
              • 8.4.3
              • 8.5.1
              • 8.5.2
              • 8.5.3
              • 8.6.1
              • 8.6.2
              • 8.6.3
              • 8.7.1
              • 8.7.2
              • 8.7.3
              • 8.8.1
              • 8.8.2
              • 8.8.3
              • workshop 6
            • Concurrent Session 9
              • 9.1.1
              • 9.1.2
              • 9.1.3
              • 9.2.1
              • 9.2.2
              • 9.2.3
              • 9.3.1
              • 9.3.2
              • 9.3.3
              • 9.4.1
              • 9.4.2
              • 9.4.3
              • 9.5.1
              • 9.5.2
              • 9.5.3
              • 9.6.1
              • 9.6.2
              • 9.6.3
              • 9.7.1
              • 9.7.2
              • 9.7.3
              • 9.8.1
              • 9.8.2
              • 9.8.3
              • 9.9.1
              • 9.9.2
              • 9.9.3
          • Posters
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            • 81
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            • 86
            • 87
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      • 2007 - Dundee
        • Keynote speakers
        • Marjorie Simpson new researchers' award
        • Akinsanya Award
      • 2006 - York
      • 2005 - Belfast
      • 2004 - Cambridge
      • 2003 - Manchester
      • 2002 - Exeter
        • Call for abstracts
        • Keynote speakers
    • RCN congress
      • Congress Attendance Criteria
    • Awards
      • Marjorie Simpson New Researcher Award
      • Akinsanya
      • Annual poster award at the RCN international nursing research conference
    • competencies
  • News and events
    • Weekly bulletin 2008
      • 2008 timetable
    • Weekly bulletin 2007
      • 2007 timetable
    • Weekly electronic bulletin - submissions for inclusion
      • Call for papers - guidance for inclusion
      • Diary dates - guidance for inclusion
    • Join weekly bulletin
    • Weekly bulletin archive
    • Events - diary dates
      • Guidance for inclusion
      • International
      • Northern Ireland
      • Scotland
      • Wales
      • England
    • Events - call for papers
  • Governance and policy
    • Research governance/ethics
    • Research policy
    • Priorities for R&D in nursing
      • Care and caring practices
      • The health environment
      • The health care workforce
      • The organisation and management of services
      • Priorities for research
      • Catalogue of reviews
      • Publications and presentations
    • Consultations
    • Promoting excellence
      • Background
      • Working party
      • Position statement
      • Example of good practice
        • Barts and The London NHS Trust
        • Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust
        • Christie Hospital NHS Trust
        • City hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust
        • East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust
        • Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust
        • Hull & East Riding Community Health NHS Trust
        • Royal Hospitals Trust, Belfast
        • Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
        • West Hull Primary Care Trust
    • RCN research & development - towards a strategy
      • Background
      • Project board
      • Project timetable
      • Research policy for nursing task and finish group
        • Statement of aims/ purpose
        • Terms of reference/working principals
        • Strategic direction
        • TFG members
        • How to engage
      • Knowledge generation by the RCN task and finish group
        • Terms of reference
        • Workplan
        • TFG members
        • Expert reference group members
        • Progress reports
        • How to engage
      • Knowledge use for policy and practice task and finish group
        • Statement of aims
        • Terms of reference/ways of working
        • Workplan
        • TFG members
        • Expert reference group members
        • Progress reports
        • How to engage with this work
      • Mapping of current RCN R&D activity
      • Key Date 15 February 2007
      • Key date 29 May 2007
  • Funding
    • Funding opportunities
    • Current research commissions
    • Fellowships and studentships
  • Research Careers
    • Career opportunities
      • criteria jobs
    • A career in research
    • Peer reviewers/Board membership
  • Training
    • Research and development support units
    • Government training
    • Postgraduate training
      • Criteria for inclusion
    • e-learning/online learning resources
    • Specific training dates
  • Research networks
    • Overarching
    • Overarching - Europe and international
    • Clinical research
    • Research methodologies
    • Clinical focus or field of research
      • NPNR
        • Background
        • Aims and objectives
        • Who are we
        • Newsletter
        • Notice board
        • Diary dates
        • 2007 conference
        • NPNR award
        • Links
        • Membership form(MS Word, 44K)
        • Contact us
      • PCNR
        • News archive
        • Contact information
        • Discussion group
        • Links
      • NEBPOT
        • Statement of purpose, aims & objectives
        • What's new
        • Pin site care project
        • Contact information
        • Diary dates
        • Links
  • Research in progress
    • Academic departments
  • Completed research
    • Databases of completed research
    • RCN sources - primary research
      • RCN Research Society Research Series
      • RCN Study in Nursing Care Project
    • RCN sources - secondary research
    • NHS sources - primary research
    • NHS sources - secondary research
    • Other resources - primary research
      • University of Sheffield 2004
      • University of Sheffield ENRip
    • Other sources - secondary research
  • Practice Development
  • Disseminating your research
    • Conferences - call for papers