{"title":"European collaboration in nursing research: Looking to the future","authors":"K. Gerrish","doi":"10.1177/136140960400900314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/136140960400900314","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177021,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Times Research","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122906992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RCN Research Society Colloquium","authors":"A. Mcmahon","doi":"10.1177/136140960400900307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/136140960400900307","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177021,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Times Research","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121216843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The next steps for nursing research: A policy perspective from one European country","authors":"A. Rafferty, M. Traynor","doi":"10.1177/136140960400900309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/136140960400900309","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177021,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Times Research","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125147861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining the benefits of aromatherapy massage as a pain management strategy for patients with multiple sclerosis","authors":"A. Howarth, D. Freshwater","doi":"10.1177/136140960400900206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/136140960400900206","url":null,"abstract":"The pain experienced by patients who have multiple sclerosis (MS), remains a poorly understood phenomenon, although it is becoming more clearly defined. It is often the case that the pain patients with MS experience does not easily respond to traditional therapeutic treatments, and may therefore remain unrelieved. Patients may be reluctant to take additional medication to that they are taking for their MS-related symptoms, which means that many choose complementary therapies to help them manage their pain. However, like the pain experience, the nature of complementary therapies and their effectiveness in treating illness and alleviating symptoms is also poorly understood. Thus, while many patients choose treatments such as aromatherapy, there is little research evidence to support its application in a systematic and rigorous way. This paper reports the progress of a qualitative research study that aims to examine the benefits of aromatherapy massage in the management of chronic pain in patients diagnosed with MS. Patients were recruited to the study from a group of individuals attending a specialist pain management clinic led by the researcher (AH). The paper outlines the methods and processes undertaken, and points to the preliminary findings.","PeriodicalId":177021,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Times Research","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122778404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Complementary and alternative medicine and rheumatology nurses: A survey of current use and perceptions","authors":"C. Osborn, G. Baxter, P. Barlas, J. Barlow","doi":"10.1177/136140960400900205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/136140960400900205","url":null,"abstract":"A questionnaire-based survey of rheumatology nurses was undertaken to investigate the use, and perceptions, of the effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) in the management of patients with rheumatic diseases (RD). A total of 192 rheumatology nurses (response rate 76.2%) completed the questionnaire, which included sections on qualifications and clinical experience, perceptions of, training in, and use of CAM in the management of RD patients. CAM was provided by 8.3% of respondents, principally aromatherapy, massage and reflexology. Furthermore, over half of respondents (51.6%) provided advice to patients about CAM, primarily to patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Perceptions of the benefits of CAM are overwhelmingly positive: 89.8% of respondents considered it to have a role in the NHS. Current barriers to wider use of CAM include budgetary constraints in the health service, limited availability of published evidence, and the current lack of a clear and adequate regulatory framework for its practice.","PeriodicalId":177021,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Times Research","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126300853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Authors in this Issue","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/136140960400900213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/136140960400900213","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177021,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Times Research","volume":"198 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121191393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The changing role of NHS libraries: How you can access the new services","authors":"R. Marriott, Scott Gibbens","doi":"10.1177/136140960400900210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/136140960400900210","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177021,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Times Research","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129407163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The re-casualisation of the nursing labour force at the end of the 20th century: A comparison with the end of the 19th century","authors":"C. Maggs","doi":"10.1177/136140960400900211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/136140960400900211","url":null,"abstract":"The development and definition of the profession of nursing required, inter alia, the extinction of a casual nursing workforce that, in the main, provided the nursing staff of the hospitals in England up to the 1860s. That process was a 'moral crusade' as well as an attempt at organizational efficiency. As the end of the 20th century approached, the picture appeared to have turned full circle, and many more nursing staff are employed on anything but full-time contracts. There are major implications for the way the profession defines itself and for the future of nursing work.","PeriodicalId":177021,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Times Research","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132257730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Challenges of collecting data in the clinical setting","authors":"D. Casey","doi":"10.1177/136140960400900208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/136140960400900208","url":null,"abstract":"Undertaking a piece of research in the clinical setting is often far more difficult than it appears from descriptions in textbooks. This paper describes some of the challenges faced in the course of completing a non-participant observational study that examined how health promotion practice was carried out by hospital-based nurses in an acute setting. The challenges included deciding which observational role to adopt, whether to use structured or unstructured observations, which observational position to adopt, how long observation sessions should be and how to deal with ethical issues when the researcher is also a nurse. It is concluded that the answers to some dilemmas and challenges are not always found in the literature and that decisions taken often depend on the researcher's morality and pure common sense.","PeriodicalId":177021,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Times Research","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123106469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating complementary therapies: the need for funded research that is relevant to practice","authors":"P. Mackereth, J. Stringer","doi":"10.1177/136140960400900202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/136140960400900202","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177021,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Times Research","volume":"306 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132028652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}