Sheila Rodgers

• Head of Department at University of Edinburgh

Purpose ERAS is a holistic and multidisciplinary pathway that incorporates various evidence-based interventions to accelerate recovery and improve clinical outcomes. However, evidence on cost benefit of ERAS in pancreaticoduodenectomy remains scarce. This review aimed to investigate cost benefit, compliance, and clinical benefits of ERAS in pancrea...

Background A significant proportion of the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) healthcare workforce comprises people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds. Evidence shows that this population is under-represented at senior management levels. A collaborative leadership development initiative for BME nurses and midwives, by involving their line manage...

Aims To explore nurse's, physician's and family member's experiences of withholding or withdrawing life‐sustaining treatment in an intensive care unit. Background In South Korea, withholding or withdrawing life‐sustaining treatment is legalised by the enforcement of the Hospice, Palliative Care and Life‐sustaining Treatment Decision‐making Act (20...

Early mobilisation of mechanically ventilated patients has been suggested to be effective in mitigating muscle weakness, yet it is not a common practice. Understanding staff experiences is crucial to gain insights into what might facilitate or hinder its implementation. In this constructivist grounded theory study, data from two Scottish intensive...

2. HPB unit, The Royal London Hospital (Barts Health NHS Trust), Whitechapel, London o ERAS is a holistic and multidisciplinary pathway that incorporates various evidence-based interventions to accelerate recovery and improve clinical outcomes o ERAS has been demonstrated to improve clinical outcomes and patients' experience. o Evidence on cost-eff...

Aims and Objective This systematic literature review explores and maps what we know about survivorship to understand how survivorship can be theoretically defined. Background Survivorship of critical illness has been identified as a challenge for the 21st Century. Whilst the use of the term ‘survivorship’ is now common in critical care, it has bee...

Background Postoperative delirium is a major complication associated with anaesthesia and surgery, more commonly seen in older people. Aims The aims of this study were to explore the knowledge and understanding of anaesthetists and nurses involved in anaesthesia through their responses to two case scenarios of postoperative delirium experienced by...

Background: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols are evidence-based, multimodal and patient-centred approach to optimize patient care and experience during their perioperative pathway. It has been shown to be effective in reducing length of hospital stay and improving clinical outcomes. However, evidence on its effective in liver surge...

Background Direct patient care is a term used within nursing and healthcare to help quantify and qualify care delivery. Direct patient care time is considered as a valuable measure by healthcare providers to indicate efficiency and to quantify nursing work, however little is understood of the patient experience and care delivery in haemodialysis se...

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols are an evidence-based, multimodal and patient-centred approach to optimise patient care and experience during their peri-operative pathway. It has been shown to be effective in reducing length of hospital stay (LOS) and improving clinical outcomes. Evidence on its effectiveness in liver surgery remai...

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols are an evidence-based, multimodal and patient-centred approach to optimise patient care and experience during their peri-operative pathway. It has been shown to be effective in reducing length of hospital stay (LOS) and improving clinical outcomes. Evidence on its effectiveness in liver surgery remai...

The aims of this study were to explore the knowledge and understanding of anaesthetists and anaesthetic nurses on POD in older people using an online survey.

Background Mechanically ventilated patients often develop muscle weakness post-intensive care admission. Current evidence suggests that early mobilisation of these patients can be an effective intervention in improving their outcomes. However, what constitutes early mobilisation in mechanically ventilated patients (EM-MV) remains unclear. We aimed...

Aim To contribute insight into health and social care integration through an exploration of the care experiences of adults with degenerative neuromuscular conditions who use a mechanical ventilator at home. Design Descriptive qualitative research. Methods Seventeen semi‐structured interviews were conducted with patients and family carers living i...

Open access the paper from https://www.athensjournals.gr/health/2018-5-3-2-Zhu.pdf

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore factors that affact nursing students’ decisions of whether to take rural jobs in China. Methods: An exploratory interview study was conducted in China during May and June 2011. Eleven final year nursing students were purposively recruited from four nursing schools in one eastern area in China. The s...

Nursing Studies at Edinburgh University. This important anniversary has been celebrated both within the university (see www.ed.ac.uk/nursing) and during the International RCN Research Society Conference in Edinburgh held in April 2016 to coincide with Nursing Studies’ Diamond Jubilee year. HRH the Princess Royal and University of Edinburgh Chancell...

The paper aims to understand how the Chinese nursing education and recruitment policy impacts nurses to leave nursing practice. There is a lack of feasible strategies to maintain a sustainable effective nursing workforce with an increasing trend of nurses' leaving clinical care. In its efforts to resolve the nursing shortage, the Chinese government...

AimThis paper reports a theoretical understanding of nurses leaving nursing practice by exploring the processes of decision-making by registered nurses in China on exiting clinical care.Background The loss of nurses through their voluntarily leaving nursing practice has not attracted much attention in China. There is a lack of an effective way to u...

The University of Edinburgh offers the longest-established university nursing programme in the UK. For the past ten years, the Guardian has ranked it top in its league table of undergraduate nursing studies.

The aim of the study was to understand why nurses leave nursing practice in China by exploring the process from recruitment to final exit. This report examines the impact of safety and quality of health care on nursing career decision-making from the leavers' perspective. The nursing shortage in China is more serious than in most developed countrie...

Background: High attrition rates from pre-registration nursing and midwifery programmes have been reported in both the UK and in other countries. Objectives: A study was conducted to identify best practice in recruitment, selection and retention across Scottish Universities providing pre-registration programmes. Design: A survey of all univers...

Aims and objectives: To examine the relationship between patient satisfaction and the incidence of severe and enduring pain through a health board wide hospital satisfaction questionnaire. Background: The incidence and management of acute postoperative pain and its relationship to patient satisfaction have been of great interest to clinicians ov...

IntroductionThe Impact of NHS PoliciesEffectiveness and EfficiencyNurses and Nursing ResearchThe Dissemination of ResearchSources of InformationCritical Appraisal SkillsNursing Research UtilisationInfluences on the Utilisation of ResearchSummaryAppendix 12.1: Contact DetailsReferences

The extent of nursing research utilization in general medical and surgical wards There has been extensive speculation about the lack of research utilization in nursing but little attempt to quantify this phenomenon outside of North America. The current demands for evidence-based practice necessitate research utilization as one element of the proces...

This paper reports part of a multi-phase study which aimed to investigate the extent to which nurses utilize research and to identify factors associated with research utilization. The findings presented examine the influence of education upon research utilization. Firstly, a survey of registered nurses working in general medical and surgical wards...

An exploratory study into research utilization is described. Firstly an agreed definition of research utilization was arrived at through consultation with a range of nurses in both academia and clinical practice. Potential factors that may influence research utilization were identified through a review of current research on research utilization an...