Search filters

List of works by Hugh McKenna

"Quality quarantine": a call for less professional isolation

scientific article published on December 1992

"Role drift" to unlicensed assistants: risks to quality and safety

scientific article published in December 2004

'Familiarity' as a key factor influencing rural family carers' experience of the nursing home placement of an older relative: a qualitative study

scientific article

'It's the little things that count'. Families' experience of roles, relationships and quality of care in rural nursing homes

scientific article published on 10 May 2014

'Straight from the horse's mouth': rethinking and reconfiguring services in Northern Ireland in response to suicidal young men.

scientific article

A comparative study of the attitudes of nursing and medical students to aspects of patient care and the nurse's role in organizing that care.

scientific article published in January 1994

A concept analysis of the sensoristrain experienced by intensive care patients

scientific article

A critical review of the Delphi technique as a research methodology for nursing

scientific article

A delphi survey of midwives and midwifery students to identify non-midwifery duties

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

A national survey of community psychiatric nurses and their client care activities in Ireland.

scientific article published on April 2007

A qualitative study exploring the impact of student nurses working part time as a health care assistant.

scientific article

A study of skill mix issues in midwifery: a multimethod approach

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

A survey of community mental health nurses' perceptions of clinical supervision in Northern Ireland

article

An examination of touch between nurses and elderly patients in a continuing care setting in Northern Ireland

scientific article published in May 1993

An exploration of community psychiatric nursing: a Northern Ireland perspective.

scientific article published on October 2000

An exploration of public knowledge of warning signs for cancer

scientific article

An exploration of the choices of patients with chronic kidney disease.

scientific article

An exploration of the experience of cancer cachexia: what patients and their families want from healthcare professionals

article

Analysis of international content of ranked nursing journals in 2005 using ex post facto design

scientific article

Assistant or substitute: exploring the fit between national policy vision and local practice realities of assistant practitioner job descriptions

scientific article published on 3 December 2008

Attitudes to cancer and cancer prevention: what do people aged 35-54 years think?

scientific article

Autism trait prevalence in treatment seeking adolescents and adults attending specialist gender services

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Barriers to evidence-based practice in primary care

scientific article published in January 2004

Benchmarks for effective primary care-based nursing services for adults with depression: a Delphi study

scientific article published in February 2010

Capacity building in nursing and midwifery research and development: an old priority with a new perspective

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Caring: dealing with a difficult concept

scientific article published on August 1997

Challenges and opportunities associated with the introduction of assistant practitioners supporting the work of registered nurses in NHS acute hospital trusts in England.

scientific article published in April 2011

Challenges to quality monitoring systems in care homes

scientific article published in December 2001

Clinical academic research careers in nursing: towards global nursing

Commentary on Back-Pettersson S, Hermansson E, Sernert N and Bjorkelund C (2008) Research priorities in nursing - a Delphi study among Swedish nurses.Journal of Clinical Nursing17, 2221-2231

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

Comments on “Home care versus institutionalization: family caregiving and senile brain disease”

Community nursing: health professional and public perceptions.

scientific article

Concept analysis of recovery in mental illness in young adulthood.

scientific article

Consulting the oracle: ten lessons from using the Delphi technique in nursing research.

scientific article

Critical care: does profusion of evidence lead to confusion in practice?*

article

Delegating and supervising unregistered professionals: the student nurse experience

scientific article published on 8 March 2012

Discharge planning: an exploratory study

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Doctoral Education in Nursing

Doctoral Education: some treasonable thoughts

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Editorial. Trouble with the troubles: a reflection on nursing and politics in Northern Ireland

article

Elisions in the field of caring.

scientific article published in July 2002

Euroquan. Quality across frontiers

scientific article published on 01 May 1995

Expert qualitative researchers and the use of audit trails

scientific article published on January 2004

Exploring and comparing the experience and coping behaviour of men and women with colorectal cancer after chemotherapy treatment: a qualitative longitudinal study

scientific article published on 2 December 2010

Exploring and comparing the experience and coping behaviour of men and women with colorectal cancer at diagnosis and during surgery

scientific article published on 18 February 2011

Exploring caring using narrative methodology: an analysis of the approach.

scientific article

Exploring the actual and potential role of the primary care nurse in the prevention of cancer: a mixed methods study

scientific article published on 4 September 2013

Exploring the ethical issues of the research interview in the cancer context.

scientific article

Exploring the patient's experience of a day hospital chemotherapy service: preliminary fieldwork.

scientific article

Family care-giving and decisions about entry to care: a rural perspective

Fighting Over Food: Patient and Family Understanding of Cancer Cachexia

scientific article published on 01 July 2009

Global quality criteria, standards, and indicators for doctoral programs in nursing; literature review and guideline development.

scientific article

Health care assistants-An oxymoron?

article

Health care assistants: the views and perceptions of course co-ordinators in the Republic of Ireland

scientific article published in March 2005

Health care assistants: the views of managers of health care agencies on training and employment

article

Health care managers’ perspectives on new nursing and midwifery roles: perceived impact on patient care and cost effectiveness

article

Homophobia: an evolutionary analysis of the concept as applied to nursing.

scientific article

Illicit drug users in Northern Ireland: perceptions and experiences of health and social care professionals

scientific article

Impact of community care in enabling older people with complex needs to remain at home

scientific article published on 19 January 2009

Information-seeking behaviour of men newly diagnosed with cancer: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

International content of high-ranking nursing journals in the year 2000.

scientific article published in January 2004

Investigating the role of the general practitioner in cancer prevention: a mixed methods study

scientific article

Learning disabilities. A computer assisted learning package

scientific article published in December 1993

Loss: an analysis of a concept of particular interest to nursing

scientific article published on April 1998

Managing chronic disease: a case study of an innovative role in respiratory nursing practice

Mapping the introduction of assistant practitioner roles in acute NHS (hospital) trusts in England

scientific article published in July 2009

Mental disorder among a homeless population in Belfast: an exploratory survey.

scientific article

Mental health--reward and punishment.

scientific article published in March 1990

Mental health. A pill for every ill.

scientific article published in March 1990

Mental health. Blaming society.

scientific article published in March 1990

Mental health: back to the nest

scientific article

Mental health: treat with caution

scientific article published in March 1990

Newcastle Clinical Audit Toolkit: Mental Health

scientific article published in September 1996

Nurses and politics—laurels for the hardy

scientific article published on 08 November 2009

Nurses', midwives' and patients' perceptions of trained health care assistants

article

Nursing and Interdisciplinary Research: Phoenix or Dodo?

scientific article published on 30 September 2020

Nursing and the wider R&D agenda: Influence and contribution

Nursing research: a key to quality care

scientific article

Nursing skill mix substitutions and quality of care: an exploration of assumptions from the research literature

scientific article published on 01 March 1995

Nursing the clinic vs. nursing the patient: nurses' experience of a day hospital chemotherapy service

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

On the precipice of great things: the current state of UK nurse education

scientific article published on April 2010

Patient safety and quality of care: the role of the health care assistant

article

Perceptions of the unregistered healthcare worker's role in pre-registration student nurses' clinical training

scientific article published on 27 September 2012

Primary nursing. The heart of communication

scientific article published on July 8, 1992

Providing Meaningful Care: Learning From the Experiences of Suicidal Young Men

scientific article (publication date: 11 July 2012)

Qualified nurses' smoking prevalence: their reasons for smoking and desire to quit

scientific article published in September 2001

Quality and evidence in nursing

scientific article published on December 1998

Quality assurance. DySSSy on the equator.

scientific article

Quality of care: a comparison of perceptions of health professionals in clinical areas in the United Kingdom and the United States

scientific article published in October 2006

Quality of doctoral nursing education in the United Kingdom: exploring the views of doctoral students and staff based on a cross-sectional questionnaire survey.

scientific article

Quality of life in men receiving radiotherapy and neo-adjuvant androgen deprivation for prostate cancer: results from a prospective longitudinal study

scientific article published on 27 March 2012

Quality of nursing doctoral education in seven countries: survey of faculty and students/graduates.

scientific article published on 28 January 2015

RAE and ERA—Spot the difference

scientific article published on 16 December 2011

RCN Research Society International Conference, Gateshead, May 2010

Research assessment: The impact of impact

scientific article published on 01 January 2015

Research priorities for the therapy professions in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland: a comparison of findings from a Delphi consultation

scientific article

Review

Review

Review: Health care assistants' and mental attendants' daily work tasks in acute hospital care

article

Risks to mental health patients discharged into the community

article

Sensoristrain: an exploration of nursing interventions in the context of the Neuman systems theory

scientific article published on October 1997

Stoma coloproctology nurse specialist: a case study

scientific article published on 24 April 2007

The "professional cleansing" of nurses. The systematic downgrading of nurses damages patient care

scientific article published on November 1998

The Delphi Technique in Nursing and Health Research

article

The Experience of the Family Caregivers' Role: A Qualitative Study

The attitudes of traditional and undergraduate nursing students towards nursing models: a comparative survey

scientific article published on 01 March 1994

The challenges associated with providing community care for people with complex needs in rural areas: a qualitative investigation

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

The characterisation of selected antidepressant drugs using electrospray ionisation with ion trap mass spectrometry and with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry and their determination by high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray io

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

The essential elements of a practitioners' nursing model: a survey of psychiatric nurse managers

article

The evaluation of a nursing model for long-stay psychiatric patient care. Part 1--Literature review and methodology.

scientific article published on February 1995

The evaluation of a nursing model for long-stay psychiatric patient care. Part 2--Presentation and discussion of findings

scientific article published on February 1995

The experience of cancer cachexia: A qualitative study of advanced cancer patients and their family members

scientific article published on 10 December 2008

The experience of the family caregivers' role: a qualitative study.

scientific article published on January 2003

The future of nurse education in Ireland

scientific article published on 01 August 2001

The good old days of nurse training: Rose-tinted or jaundiced view?

article by Hugh McKenna et al published February 2006 in International Journal of Nursing Studies

The implementation and evaluation of a quality improvement initiative at Oaklands

scientific article published in January 1996

The introduction of innovative nursing and midwifery roles: the perspective of healthcare managers

scientific article published on December 2006

The managerial and development issues of nurses and midwives in new roles

scientific article published in June 2008

The perception of psychiatric-hospital ward sisters/charge nurses towards nursing models

scientific article published in November 1990

The perceptions and aspirations illicit drug users hold toward health care staff and the care they receive

article

The relationship between involvement in activities and quality of life for people with severe and enduring mental illness

scientific article published in April 2001

The role of an outreach oncology nurse practitioner: a case study evaluation

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

The role of reflection in the development of practice theory: a case study

scientific article published in April 1999

The role of stress, peer influence and education levels on the smoking behaviour of nurses.

scientific article

The role of the public health nurse in meeting the primary health care needs of single homeless people: a case study report

article

The selection by ward managers of an appropriate nursing model for long-stay psychiatric patient care

scientific article published on 01 September 1989

The use of physical restraints as a safety measure in the care of older people in four rehabilitation wards: findings from an exploratory study

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

Theory and research: a linkage to benefit practice ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 1997

Training needs of midwifery assistants

scientific article published in November 2003

Users, carers and professionals experiences of treatment and care for heroin dependency: Implications for practice. A preliminary study

article published in 2010

Victimization of people with enduring mental illness in the community

scientific article published on June 1997

Views on the ground: teaching and clinical assessors' views on vocational training for healthcare assistants in Ireland.

scientific article

What about the carers?: Exploring the experience of caregivers in a chemotherapy day hospital setting

scientific article

What does it mean to engage in mental health promotion: does one size fit all?

scientific article published on 31 May 2011

What does the Cooksey report hold for nursing research in the UK?

What work do assistant practitioners do and where do they fit in the nursing workforce?

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

When do we know that we know? Considering the truth of research findings and the craft of qualitative research

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Writing for Publication in Nursing and Healthcare

article

[No Title]

scientific article published on 01 December 2008

Paulina is supported by:

About Paulina

Help