The code: standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives and applied ethical principles.
Book Chapter
Horsburgh, D. (2013)
The code: standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives and applied ethical principles. In C. Brooker, & A. Waugh (Eds.), Foundations of Nursing Practice: fundamentals of holistic careMosby: Elsevier
The isolating and insulating affects and effects of Hepatitis C: a substantive grounded theory
Journal Article
McCreaddie, M., Lyons, I., Horsburgh, D., Miller, M., & Frew, J. (2011)
The isolating and insulating affects and effects of Hepatitis C: a substantive grounded theory. Gastroenterology Nursing, 34, 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1097/SGA.0b013e31820b2254
Hepatitis C has a global prevalence of 3%, causing chronic infection in 75% of cases, and is currently the main cause of liver transplant in the United Kingdom. This study rev...
The NMC code of conduct and applied ethical principles.
Book Chapter
Horsburgh, D. (2007)
The NMC code of conduct and applied ethical principles. In C. Brooker, & A. Waugh (Eds.), Foundations of Nursing Practice: fundamentals of holistic careMosby: Elsevier
Nursing ethics.
Book
Thompson, I. E., Melia, K. M., Boyd, K. M., & Horsburgh, D. (2006)
Nursing ethics. Churchill Livingstone
The fifth edition of this highly popular text offers a lucid and readable account of ethical issues affecting nurses and other health care practitioners, which will be of valu...
Review: How, and when, can i restrain a patient?
Journal Article
Horsburgh, D. (2004)
Review: How, and when, can i restrain a patient?. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 80, 7-12. https://doi.org/10.1136/pmj.2003.007302
The need to restrain service users will vary according to the area of practice within which practitioners are employed. Many of the principles that relate to the issue of rest...
Evaluation of qualitative research.
Journal Article
Horsburgh, D. (2003)
Evaluation of qualitative research. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 12, 307-312. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00683.x
Summary
• It is necessary to subject published research to critical scrutiny, in order to evaluate the robustness of the findings.
• The criteria used in evaluation requir...
The ethical implications and legal aspects of patient restraint.
Journal Article
Horsburgh, D. (2003)
The ethical implications and legal aspects of patient restraint. Nursing Times, 99, 26-27
It is arguable that the association of restraint with people who have severe mental health difficulties may cloud appreciation of its widespread use in other areas of nursing....