Drama-based education improves student nurses’ attitudes to interprofessional working and nursing advocacy: a pre-test post-test study
Presentation / Conference
Kyle, R., Bastow, F., Harper McDonald, B., & Mahoney, C. (2022, September)
Drama-based education improves student nurses’ attitudes to interprofessional working and nursing advocacy: a pre-test post-test study. Paper presented at NET Conference 2022, Lancaster
In this session we share findings from our study examining the impact of the use of drama-based education on student nurses’ attitudes towards interprofessional working and nu...
Critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning when advanced practitioners assess and treat skin conditions
Journal Article
McPhillips, H., Wood, A. F., & Harper-McDonald, B. (2021)
Critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning when advanced practitioners assess and treat skin conditions. British Journal of Nursing, 30(22), 1278-1286. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2021.30.22.1278
Advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) roles require a broad range of knowledge of both medical and surgical medicine and the ability to work autonomously in a variety of settin...
Conducting a consultation and clinical assessment of the skin for advanced clinical practitioners
Journal Article
McPhillips, H., Wood, A. F., & Harper-McDonald, B. (2021)
Conducting a consultation and clinical assessment of the skin for advanced clinical practitioners. British Journal of Nursing, 30(21), 1232-1236. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2021.30.21.1232
Advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) roles require a broad range of knowledge of both medical and surgical areas and the ability to work autonomously in a variety of settings....
Challenges in achieving immediate skin-to-skin contact following birth by elective caesarean section: a narrative review of the literature
Journal Article
Kelly, L., & Harper-McDonald, B. (2021)
Challenges in achieving immediate skin-to-skin contact following birth by elective caesarean section: a narrative review of the literature. MIDIRS midwifery digest, 31(1), 96-100
Background: The benefits of immediate safe, observed, skin-to-skin contact following birth are well documented and established best practice following vaginal birth in the Unit...
District nurses' experiences with a caseload profiling tool: a service evaluation
Journal Article
Harper-Mcdonald, B. (2020)
District nurses' experiences with a caseload profiling tool: a service evaluation. British Journal of Community Nursing, 25(7), 318-326. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2020.25.7.318
Caseload profiling is being advocated as a method to measure, manage and evidence increasingly complex caseloads in district nursing. However, there is no qualitative work on ...
Expert nurse to novice academic: Reflections on the first year of transition from practitioner to academic
Journal Article
Harper-McDonald, B., & Taylor, G. (2020)
Expert nurse to novice academic: Reflections on the first year of transition from practitioner to academic. Nurse Education Today, 90, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104431
Harper-McDonald, B., & Taylor, G. (2020). Expert nurse to novice academic: Reflections on the first year of transition from practitioner to academic. Nurse Education Today, 90...
Dramatic Effect - enhancing nurse education through performance
Presentation / Conference
Mahoney, C., Bastow, F., & Harper-McDonald, B. (2019, September)
Dramatic Effect - enhancing nurse education through performance. Paper presented at RAISE Annual Conference, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Health and social care integration (HCI) is an important policy priority across the United Kingdom. HCI is a complex process, not least because it results in blurring and rede...
Empowering through authentic experience: dramatic digital, and improvement approaches to enhance learning.
Presentation / Conference
Harper-McDonald, B., Bastow, F., & Smart, A. (2019, September)
Empowering through authentic experience: dramatic digital, and improvement approaches to enhance learning. Presented at 30th International Networking for Healthcare Education Conference
Paper 1 explores the impact of a theatrical production, based on a real story, aimed at enhancing student nurse understanding of the challenges individuals face in accessing s...
CRACKS - A Play about Navigating Health and Social Care Services with Dementia
Digital Artefact
Mahoney, C., Bastow, F., Harper-McDonald, B., & Kyle, R. CRACKS - A Play about Navigating Health and Social Care Services with Dementia. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6A57NJ9LS8&t=1223s])
Mahoney, C., Bastow, F., Harper-McDonald, B., & Kyle, R. CRACKS - A Play about Navigating Health and Social Care Services with Dementia. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6A57NJ9LS8&t=1223s]
Celebrating 70 years of Nursing and Midwifery in our National Health Service (NHS) Scotland
Report
Harper-McDonald, B., Taylor, G., & O'Connor, S. (2019)
Celebrating 70 years of Nursing and Midwifery in our National Health Service (NHS) Scotland. Edinburgh Napier University
No abstract available.