{"title":"Commentary: A rapid evidence assessment on prevention and reporting in nurses experiences of workplace violence.","authors":"Liz Deutsch","doi":"10.1177/17449871251322096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871251322096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871251322096"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11924053/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring resistance and avoidance behaviours at the research delivery, clinical practice interface: group concept mapping through a critical realist lens.","authors":"Linda Tinkler, Steven Robertson, Angela Tod","doi":"10.1177/17449871241311536","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871241311536","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Clinical research drives health improvement. Perceptions of clinical research by healthcare professionals practising outwith research structures may impact relationships at the research delivery, clinical service, interface and therefore the success of research.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To establish factors generating resistance/avoidance behaviours displayed by healthcare professionals at the clinical research delivery, clinical service interface.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Group Concept Mapping from a critical realist perspective was adopted. Participants responded to an open-ended statement, then sorted, rated and interpreted the resulting dataset.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The final concept map contained 99 statements sorted into six conceptual clusters (1) '<i>We value & understand the importance of research</i>'; (2) '<i>How it should be & how we could work together</i>'; (3) '<i>Behaviours, beliefs & missed opportunities</i>'; (4) '<i>Dissonance & disengagement</i>'; (5) '<i>Time & capacity affects our ability to engage</i>' and (6) '<i>I keep thinking of ways to facilitate research as everyone's business but it is hard</i>'. Three clusters were rated most likely to generate resistance/avoidance (3, 4 and 5). Two clusters were rated most important to address (2, 5).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This paper contributes previously unheard perspectives on clinical research, indicating several factors generate resistance/avoidance behaviours. Time to engage, opportunities to support studies, improved communication between clinical research and clinical service, and improving awareness from earlier in clinical careers were considered pivotal to success.</p>","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871241311536"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11924056/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andy Peters, Heather Cameron, Scott Cunningham, Susan Dawkes, Jayne Donaldson, Liz Hughes, Jan Savinc, Juliet MacArthur
{"title":"Inequalities of provision of nationally funded clinical academic training awards for healthcare professionals: quantitative comparisons across the four nations of the UK.","authors":"Andy Peters, Heather Cameron, Scott Cunningham, Susan Dawkes, Jayne Donaldson, Liz Hughes, Jan Savinc, Juliet MacArthur","doi":"10.1177/17449871241291947","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871241291947","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is a common perception that investment in clinical academic training awards for healthcare professions (not medicine and dentistry) in England outweighs that in the devolved nations (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) of the United Kingdom.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>We aimed to evaluate this perception by gathering data on the number of such awards made and the level of associated expenditure by each of the nations during 2017-2022.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Freedom of Information requests were sent to government agencies that provide nationally funded clinical academic training awards in each UK nation. Data on the number of awards provided, the whole time equivalent salaries and durations applicable and the expenditures entailed in the period 2017-2022 were broken down into six levels of training, from internship through to post-doctoral. Standardised per capita comparisons were made between nations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Large differences were found between nations. Only England provided awards in all categories. Wales made the most awards per capita. Scotland invested less than a sixth of that spent by England per capita and under half of that spent by Wales or Northern Ireland.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Strategic approaches focusing on opportunities across the whole career pathway, particularly in the devolved nations, are recommended to achieve cross-national parity.</p>","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871241291947"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11910738/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary: The professional competence of newly graduated nurses in the transition phase as assessed by nurse managers: a descriptive cross-sectional multi-national study.","authors":"Paul Mahon","doi":"10.1177/17449871251320441","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871251320441","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871251320441"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11910735/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary: Inequalities of provision of nationally funded clinical-academic training awards for healthcare professionals: quantitative comparisons across the four nations of the United Kingdom.","authors":"Ann McMahon","doi":"10.1177/17449871251317507","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871251317507","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871251317507"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11910730/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pia Kukkonen, Sanna Koskinen, Pilar Fuster-Linares, Natalja Istomina, Helena Leino-Kilpi, Eliisa Löyttyniemi, Gabriele Meyer, Leena Salminen, Herdís Sveinsdóttir, Asta Heikkilä
{"title":"The professional competence of newly graduated nurses in the transition phase as assessed by nurse managers: a descriptive cross-sectional multi-national study.","authors":"Pia Kukkonen, Sanna Koskinen, Pilar Fuster-Linares, Natalja Istomina, Helena Leino-Kilpi, Eliisa Löyttyniemi, Gabriele Meyer, Leena Salminen, Herdís Sveinsdóttir, Asta Heikkilä","doi":"10.1177/17449871241311543","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871241311543","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nurse managers' (NMs) assessment of nurses' competences is needed to analyse how well the educational preparation corresponds with the requirements of nursing practice in Europe.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To assess newly graduated nurses' professional competence in the transition phase as perceived by NMs and to identify possible background factors related to their assessments.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A descriptive cross-sectional multinational study. Data were collected in 2019 from NMs (<i>n</i> = 425) in Finland, Germany, Iceland, Lithuania and Spain using the structured Nurse Competence Scale and statistically analysed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>NMs assessed the level of newly graduated nurses' competence as 'good'. However, the overall competence varied between different countries. In all countries, the subcategory 'Managing situations' scored the highest and 'Therapeutic interventions' the lowest. NMs' background factors were related to their assessment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Newly graduated nurses were assessed to have a good level of professional competence to meet the demands of their work in the transition phase, although there is room for improvement. The results can be used for cooperation between working life and nursing education to identify areas where the professional competence of newly qualified nurses can be improved and to promote their transition and continuous professional development in Europe.</p>","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871241311543"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11910741/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary: The person-centred nursing framework: a mid-range theory for nursing.","authors":"Alison Crombie","doi":"10.1177/17449871241301768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871241301768","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871241301768"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11907588/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Articulating your research focus via a capability statement: professional development for early career researchers.","authors":"Amy-Louise Byrne, Shannon Dhollande, Pauline Calleja","doi":"10.1177/17449871241307139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871241307139","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A programme of research (PoR) is a cohesive and succinct expression of a researcher's area of interest, capturing their passions and commitments, as well as their capabilities. A PoR takes the form of a series of related research projects with a specific focus on a knowledge gap, related to the researcher's discipline. One way in which a PoR can be supported is through the articulation of a clear research aim and capability statement.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This paper aims to provide early career researchers (ECRs) with a process to develop their own capability statements, providing examples from a professional development activity undertaken by the authors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This paper provides a five-step process for researchers to develop their own capability statement and gives examples and prompts to support this.</p><p><strong>Conclusion and contribution to nursing: </strong>Reflections on the value of this process are provided, demonstrating a gap in current ECR processes in articulating their own capabilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871241307139"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11907647/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary: Articulating your research focus via a capability statement: professional development for early career researchers.","authors":"Steve Campbell","doi":"10.1177/17449871241313231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871241313231","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871241313231"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11907489/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Person-centred Nursing Framework: a mid-range theory for nursing practice.","authors":"Tanya McCance, Brendan McCormack","doi":"10.1177/17449871241281428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871241281428","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Person-centredness is a global movement in healthcare that prioritises the human experience. Person-centred care has a long association with nursing; however, the implementation of person-centredness as a philosophy of practice remains challenging and requires a sustained focus on the development of healthful workplace cultures.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This is a discussion paper that focuses on the theoretical development of person-centred nursing, drawing out the uniqueness of the Person-centred Nursing Framework (PCNF) to the discipline of nursing and its relevance as a middle-range theory for nursing practice.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The PCNF highlights the complexity of person-centred nursing, and through the articulation of the key constructs, emphasises the contextual, attitudinal and moral dimensions of humanistic caring practices. The development of the framework as a means of operationalising person-centredness in practice has been integral to the establishment of a research programme spanning over two decades. The programme has privileged research that focuses on the implementation of person-centred nursing in a variety of healthcare contexts, illustrating outcomes that focus on enhanced care experience for both patients and nurses.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The theoretical development of nursing through the lens of the PCNF highlights the uniqueness of person-centredness to the discipline of nursing.</p>","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871241281428"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11907491/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}