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"Don't experiment with skill mix without rigorous assessment"

scientific article published on 01 October 2011

"Failing to invest in the nursing workforce puts patients at risk"

"Findings about staffing levels are not new but are still unheard".

scientific article published on February 2016

"New forum must focus on the future and not look backwards".

scientific article published on January 2012

"There's No Place Like Home": A Scoping Review on the Impact of Homelike Residential Care Models on Resident-, Family-, and Staff-Related Outcomes.

scientific article

'Care left undone' during nursing shifts: associations with workload and perceived quality of care

scientific article published on 29 July 2013

'I'll put up with things for a long time before I need to call anybody': Face work, the Total Institution and the perpetuation of care inequalities

scientific article published in February 2022

12-hr shifts in nursing: Do they remove unproductive time and information loss or do they reduce education and discussion opportunities for nurses? A cross-sectional study in 12 European countries

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

50th Anniversary Editorial: Building on firm foundations ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

A Japanese version of the Perceived Stress Scale: cross-cultural translation and equivalence assessment

scientific article

A Japanese version of the perceived stress scale: translation and preliminary test.

scientific article published on May 2004

A cross-sectional study of 'care left undone' on nursing shifts in hospitals

scientific article published on 20 April 2016

A fundamental conflict of care: nurses' accounts of balancing sleep with taking vital signs observations at night

scientific article published on 21 December 2017

A global overview of healthcare workers’ turnover intention amid COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review with future directions

scientific article published in 2022

A necessary evil? Nurses and the use of physical restraints in the care of older people

scientific article published in February 2014

A pilot study into the problematic use of opioid analgesics in chronic non-cancer pain patients

scientific article published in January 2002

A protocol to measure the impact of intentional changes to nurse staffing and skill-mix in medical and surgical wards

article by Jonathan Drennan et al published 17 July 2018 in Journal of Advanced Nursing

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over pilot study to assess the effects of long-term opioid drug consumption and subsequent abstinence in chronic noncancer pain patients receiving controlled-release morphine

scientific article published in March 2005

A survey of chronic noncancer pain patients prescribed opioid analgesics.

scientific article published on December 2003

A workplace organisational intervention to improve hospital nurses’ and physicians’ mental health: study protocol for the Magnet4Europe wait list cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article published in 2022

Acupuncture for 'frequent attenders' with medically unexplained symptoms: a randomised controlled trial (CACTUS study).

scientific article

Advanced practice nurse directed transitional care reduced readmission or death in elderly patients admitted to hospital with heart failure

scientific article published in October 2004

An application of the mini review to a complex methodological question: how best to research public health nursing and service quality?

scientific article published in September 2004

An open letter toThe BMJeditors on qualitative research

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Are long nursing shifts on hospital wards associated with sickness absence? A longitudinal retrospective observational study

scientific article published on 5 July 2018

Assessing competence in nursing.

scientific article published on July 2009

Association between 12-hr shifts and nursing resource use in an acute hospital: Longitudinal study

scientific article published on 21 November 2018

Association of 12 h shifts and nurses' job satisfaction, burnout and intention to leave: findings from a cross-sectional study of 12 European countries

scientific article

Authors' response

Calculating skill mix: implications for patient outcomes and costs.

scientific article published in December 2009

Care needs and point prevalence of post-acute patients in the acute medical wards of an Italian hospital.

scientific article

Catheter valves for indwelling urinary catheters: a systematic review.

scientific article

Characteristics of shift work and their impact on employee performance and wellbeing: A literature review.

scientific article published on 3 February 2016

Charlotte Paterson and colleagues respond to Margaret McCartney

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Cognitive impairment is independently associated with mortality, extended hospital stays and early readmission of older people with emergency hospital admissions: A retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 08 February 2019

Compassionate care intervention for hospital nursing teams caring for older people: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 22 February 2018

Corrigendum to ‘Interventions for compassionate nursing care: A systematic review’ International Journal of Nursing Studies (2016) 137-155

scientific article published in July 2018

Costs and consequences of using average demand to plan baseline nurse staffing levels: a computer simulation study

scientific article published on 26 March 2020

Cross-sectional examination of the association between shift length and hospital nurses job satisfaction and nurse reported quality measures.

scientific article

Designing a national clinical audit of nutritional care in health and social care settings: consideration and future directions.

scientific article published on 12 March 2013

Determinants of knowledge gain in evidence-based medicine short courses: an international assessment

scientific article

Determining priorities for research to improve fundamental care on hospital wards.

scientific article

Developing user centred critical care discharge information to support early critical illness rehabilitation using the Medical Research Council's complex interventions framework

scientific article published on 3 March 2012

Development and testing of the patient-reported chemotherapy indicators of symptoms and experience: patient-reported outcome and process indicators sensitive to the quality of nursing care in ambulatory chemotherapy settings.

scientific article published on May 2014

Dirt and disgust as key drivers in nurses' infection control behaviours: an interpretative, qualitative study

scientific article published on 18 April 2014

Do baby walkers delay onset of walking in young children?

scientific article

Do people with cancer comply with oral chemotherapy treatments?

scientific article published on December 2006

Do specialist community public health nurses assess risk factors for depression, suicide, and self-harm among South Asian mothers living in London?

scientific article published in May 2009

Does pacifier use cause ear infections in young children?

scientific article

Does the use of pacifiers shorten breastfeeding duration in infants?

scientific article published in October 2003

Duplicate publication and 'salami slicing': ethical issues and practical solutions.

scientific article published in September 2008

ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF A NURSING-LED INTERMEDIATE CARE UNIT

scientific article published in July 2001

EXPERTS 1-experiences of long-term life-limiting conditions among patients and carers: protocol for a qualitative meta-synthesis and conceptual modelling study

scientific article

Early postoperative feeding and abdominal gynaecological surgery.

scientific article

Economic evaluation of a nursing-led inpatient unit: the impact of findings on management decisions of service utility and sustainability.

scientific article published on September 2005

Economic evaluation of nurse staffing and nurse substitution in health care: A scoping review ⬇️

scientific article published on September 15, 2010

Editorial: Outcomes of variation in hospital nurse staffing in English hospitals

scientific article published in February 2007

Effect of performance feedback on tracheal suctioning knowledge and skills: randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Effectiveness of critical care discharge information in supporting early recovery from critical illness

scientific article published on June 2013

Effectiveness of intermediate care in nursing-led in-patient units

scientific article

Effectiveness of nursing-led inpatient care for patients with post-acute health care needs: secondary data analysis from a programme of randomized controlled trials

scientific article

Ensuring the reporting quality of publications in nursing journals: A shared responsibility?

scientific article published on 18 February 2015

Evaluating a major innovation in hospital design: workforce implications and impact on patient and staff experiences of all single room hospital accommodation

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Evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of a critical care discharge information pack for patients and their families: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Evaluation of a MS specialist nurse programme

scientific article published on 18 January 2006

Evidence shows high-calibre nurses are an investment in safety.

scientific article published on April 2015

Evidence-based practice: a deconstruction and postmodern critique: book review article.

scientific article

Excellence in action

scientific article published on December 1, 2011

Experiences of long-term life-limiting conditions among patients and carers: what can we learn from a meta-review of systematic reviews of qualitative studies of chronic heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic kidney disease

scientific article published on 05 October 2016

Exploring the sustainability of quality improvement interventions in healthcare organisations: a multiple methods study of the 10-year impact of the 'Productive Ward: Releasing Time to Care' programme in English acute hospitals

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

Failure to rescue: improving nursing care for older people

scientific article published in March 2012

Glucosamine therapy compared to ibuprofen for joint pain.

scientific article

Going metric

scientific article published in April 2010

Good practices that address continuity during transition from child to adult care: synthesis of the evidence

scientific article published in September 2004

Health problems and health-related quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis

scientific article published in January 2006

Hospital admissions for asthma, diabetes and COPD: is there an association with practice nurse staffing? A cross sectional study using routinely collected data ⬇️

scientific article published on September 21, 2010

Hospital nurse staffing and staff-patient interactions: an observational study

scientific article published on 27 March 2019

Hospital outcomes of older people with cognitive impairment: An integrative review

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How good is the evidence for using risk assessment to prevent pressure ulcers?

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How many nurses do we need? A review and discussion of operational research techniques applied to nurse staffing

scientific article published on 30 April 2019

Impact of clinical nurse specialists in multiple sclerosis--synthesis of the evidence

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Impact of using data from electronic protocols in nursing performance management: A qualitative interview study

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

Implementing large‐scale quality improvement

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Improving the quality of general practice services in the UK: Surveying the activities of GPs and practice managers (abstract & commentary)*

scientific article published in December 2018

Infection prevention as "a show": a qualitative study of nurses' infection prevention behaviours.

scientific article published in August 2013

Inter-rater reliability of the QuIS as an assessment of the quality of staff-inpatient interactions.

scientific article

Interventions for compassionate nursing care: A systematic review

scientific article

Investigating the dynamics of nurse migration in early career: a longitudinal questionnaire survey of variation in regional retention of diploma qualifiers in England

scientific article published on 13 August 2007

Involving users in the development of effective critical care discharge information: a focus group study.

scientific article published on November 2011

Is a larger specialist nurse workforce in cancer care associated with better patient experience? Cross-sectional study

scientific article published on April 2013

Is it worth it? The value of nursing and the value of educated nurses

scientific article published in January 2008

Is pressure sore prevention a sensitive indicator of the quality of nursing care? A cautionary note

scientific article published in May 2010

Is “failure to rescue” derived from administrative data in England a nurse sensitive patient safety indicator for surgical care? Observational study ⬇️

scientific article published on November 26, 2012

Job satisfaction trends during nurses' early career

scientific article

Keeping to the same old pathways. Seven years after coming up with radical proposals to demolish professional boundaries the government has retired defeated.

scientific article published on March 2007

Longitudinal Study of the Variation in Patient Turnover and Patient-to-Nurse Ratio: Descriptive Analysis of a Swiss University Hospital

scientific article published on 02 April 2020

Measurement decisions in nursing and midwifery research

scientific article published in July 2013

Methodological considerations when translating "burnout"

scientific article

Methodological strategies for the identification and synthesis of 'evidence' to support decision-making in relation to complex healthcare systems and practices

scientific article

Moving elderly inpatients to a transitional care facility reduced hospital stay but increased time to transfer to long term care

scientific article published in July 2006

Moving forward with evidence based indicators and indicator based evidence: a continuing journey. Author's response to Simon et al. (2010).

scientific article published on 10 July 2010

Night work for hospital nurses and sickness absence: a retrospective study using electronic rostering systems

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

No cheap substitutes

scientific article published on 15 June 2016

Nurse forecasting in Europe (RN4CAST): Rationale, design and methodology. ⬇️

scientific article

Nurse led care: Comment in This week in the BMJ is misleading

scientific article published on 5 May 2005

Nurse patient ratios, skill mix and work futures.

scientific article published on 27 November 2013

Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European countries: a retrospective observational study

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Nurse staffing and patient outcomes: Strengths and limitations of the evidence to inform policy and practice. A review and discussion paper based on evidence reviewed for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Safe Staffing guideline d

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Nurse staffing and quality of care in UK general practice: cross-sectional study using routinely collected data

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Nurse staffing levels, missed vital signs and mortality in hospitals: retrospective longitudinal observational study

Nurse staffing, nursing assistants and hospital mortality: retrospective longitudinal cohort study

scientific article published on 04 December 2018

Nurses' 12-hour shifts and missed or delayed vital signs observations on hospital wards: retrospective observational study

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Nurses' job satisfaction in their early career: is it the same for all branches of nursing?

scientific article published in January 2009

Nurses' shift length and overtime working in 12 European countries: the association with perceived quality of care and patient safety

scientific article

Nursing consultations and control of diabetes in general practice: a retrospective observational study.

scientific article

Nursing in psychiatric inpatient wards: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

scientific article published in May 2018

Nursing must acknowledge and address systemic problems which lead to poor care

scientific article published on 27 December 2018

Nursing skill mix in European hospitals: cross-sectional study of the association with mortality, patient ratings, and quality of care.

scientific article

Nursing workload, nurse staffing methodologies and tools: A systematic scoping review and discussion

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

Nursing, midwifery, and the sustainable development goals: An editorial series leading up to the World Health Organization's "Year of the Nurse & Midwife"

scientific article published on 16 March 2019

Nursing-led in-patient units for intermediate care: a survey of multidisciplinary discharge planning practice

scientific article published in May 2002

Observational study of the relationship between nurse staffing levels and compliance with mandatory nutritional assessments in hospital

scientific article published on 06 January 2021

One size does not fit all: a qualitative content analysis of the importance of existing quality improvement capacity in the implementation of Releasing Time to Care: the Productive Ward™ in Saskatchewan, Canada

scientific article

One size fits all? Mixed methods evaluation of the impact of 100% single-room accommodation on staff and patient experience, safety and costs

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

Open access publication & the International Journal of Nursing Studies: all that glitters is not gold.

scientific article

Opioid drugs: a comparative survey of therapeutic and "street" use.

scientific article

Optimising impact and sustainability: a qualitative process evaluation of a complex intervention targeted at compassionate care.

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

Organisational quality, nurse staffing and the quality of chronic disease management in primary care: observational study using routinely collected data

scientific article

Organizing and delivering diabetes education and self-care support: findings of scoping project

scientific article published on April 2011

Outcomes sensitive to nursing service quality in ambulatory cancer chemotherapy: Systematic scoping review ⬇️

scientific article published on July 23, 2011

Patient safety, satisfaction, and quality of hospital care: cross sectional surveys of nurses and patients in 12 countries in Europe and the United States.

scientific article published on 20 March 2012

Patient satisfaction and non-UK educated nurses: a cross-sectional observational study of English National Health Service Hospitals

scientific article

Patient satisfaction with hospital care and nurses in England: an observational study.

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

Peer review—Beyond the call of duty?

scientific article published in January 2011

Performance of the Safer Nursing Care Tool to measure nurse staffing requirements in acute hospitals: a multicentre observational study

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

Pharmacist supplementary prescribing: a step toward more independence?

scientific article published on 23 July 2010

Post-operative mortality, missed care and nurse staffing in nine countries: A cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 24 August 2017

Practice nursing: what do we know?

scientific article published on January 2015

Prevalence of cancer chemotherapy-related problems, their relation to health-related quality of life and associated supportive care: a cross-sectional survey.

scientific article

Preventing blockage of long-term indwelling catheters in adults: are citric acid solutions effective?

scientific article

Progress in measuring nursing outcomes ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 1995

Providing critical care patients with a personalised discharge summary: a questionnaire survey and retrospective analysis exploring feasibility and effectiveness

scientific article published on 7 November 2013

Qualitative or quantitative? Developing and evaluating complex interventions: time to end the paradigm war.

scientific article

Quantity and quality of interaction between staff and older patients in UK hospital wards: A descriptive study

scientific article published on 19 July 2016

RN+RN=better care? What do we know about the association between the number of nurses and patient outcomes?

scientific article published in October 2009

Registered nurse, healthcare support worker, medical staffing levels and mortality in English hospital trusts: a cross-sectional study.

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

Relationships between healthcare staff characteristics and the conduct of vital signs observations at night: Results of a survey and factor analysis

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Reliability assessment and approaches to determining agreement between measurements: Classic methods paper

scientific article published in August 2010

Reliability, feasibility, and validity of the quality of interactions schedule (QuIS) in acute hospital care: an observational study

scientific article

Review: evidence from individually randomised trials shows that hip protectors do not reduce hip fractures in elderly people.

scientific article

Safe staffing for nursing in emergency departments: evidence review

scientific article published on 13 August 2015

Science and art in reviewing literature

scientific article published in May 2005

Screening for autism in pre-school children in primary care: systematic review of English Language tools.

scientific article

Self-assessment of health and social care needs by older people

scientific article published in November 2006

Self-assessment of health and social care needs by older people: a review.

scientific article

Skill mix, roles and remuneration in the primary care workforce: who are the healthcare professionals in the primary care teams across the world?

scientific article published on 19 December 2014

Staffing and education of nurses and hospital mortality in Europe–Authors' reply

scientific article published in September 2014

Staffing levels and patient outcomes

scientific article published in October 2009

Statins and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease.

scientific article published in April 2004

Statistical significance testing and p-values: Defending the indefensible? A discussion paper and position statement

scientific article published on 22 July 2019

Structural characteristics of hospitals and nurse-reported care quality, work environment, burnout and leaving intentions

scientific article published on 19 September 2013

Substitution of a nursing-led inpatient unit for acute services: randomized controlled trial of outcomes and cost of nursing-led intermediate care

scientific article published in November 2001

Telephone follow-up for type 2 diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on 18 July 2007

Telephone follow-up to improve glycaemic control in patients with Type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials

scientific article

Temporary Staffing and Patient Death in Acute Care Hospitals: A Retrospective Longitudinal Study

scientific article published on 10 December 2019

The 10-year impact of a ward-level quality improvement intervention in acute hospitals: a multiple methods study

scientific article published on 16 August 2019

The M–C–M′ cycle and social capital

scientific article published in March 2003

The Quality of Interactions Schedule (QuIS) and person-centred care: Concurrent validity in acute hospital settings

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

The adoption, local implementation and assimilation into routine nursing practice of a national quality improvement programme: the Productive Ward in England

scientific article published on 15 February 2011

The art of losing ….? A response to the question ‘is caring a lost art?’

scientific article published in March 2008

The association between nurse staffing and omissions in nursing care: A systematic review.

scientific article published on 23 April 2018

The association between nurse staffing levels and a failure to respond to patients with deranged physiology: A retrospective observational study in the UK

scientific article published on 13 January 2020

The association between nurse staffing levels and the timeliness of vital signs monitoring: a retrospective observational study in the UK

scientific article published on 27 September 2019

The disappearing sample: researcher and research ability

scientific article published in May 2002

The impact of "Brexit" on nursing and health services: Editorial debate

scientific article published in January 2018

The impact of foot massage and guided relaxation following cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published in January 2002

The impact of nursing – a self-evident truth?

scientific article published in February 2018

The measurement frequency and completeness of vital signs in general hospital wards: An evidence free zone?

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

The metrics of care.

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The relationship between cognitive impairment, mortality and discharge characteristics in a large cohort of older adults with unscheduled admissions to an acute hospital: a retrospective observational study

scientific article published on 25 February 2017

The rise and rise of the systematic review.

scientific article published on 25 October 2013

The role of the dementia specialist nurse in acute care: a scoping review

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The size, extent and nature of the learning disability nursing research base: a systematic scoping review

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The sustaining effects of Tai chi Qigong on physiological health for COPD patients: a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 8 October 2013

To whom are we writing?

scientific article published in September 2009

Towards safe nurse staffing in England's National Health Service: Progress and pitfalls of policy evolution

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Traditional acupuncture for people with medically unexplained symptoms: a longitudinal qualitative study of patients' experiences

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Treatment-related problems experienced by cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a scoping review

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Twelve-hour shifts: burnout or job satisfaction?

scientific article published on March 2016

Use of strong opioids for non-cancer pain in the community: a case study

scientific article published in February 2004

Vital signs monitoring in hospitals at night.

scientific article published on September 2015

What does "international" mean for an "international" journal?

scientific article published on 8 November 2008

What impact does nursing care left undone have on patient outcomes? Review of the literature

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

What is a nursing research journal?

scientific article published in November 2011

What is the nursing time and workload involved in taking and recording patients' vital signs? A systematic review

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

What motivates people to enter professional nursing?

scientific article published on 6 September 2008

Why was my paper rejected? Editors’ reflections on common issues which influence decisions to reject papers submitted for publication in academic nursing journals

scientific article published in May 2016

Workforce characteristics and interventions associated with high-quality care and support to older people with cancer: a systematic review

scientific article published on 31 July 2017

‘… And midwifery’: Time for a parting of the ways or a closer union with nursing?

scientific article published in May 2007

“Somebody else’s problem?” Staff perceptions of the sources and control of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ⬇️

scientific article published on October 28, 2010

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