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Developing initial programme theories for a realist synthesis on digital clinical consultations in maternity care: contributions from stakeholder involvement (2024)
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Evans, C., Clancy, G., Evans, K., Booth, A., Nazmeen, B., Timmons, S., …Spiby, H. (2024). Developing initial programme theories for a realist synthesis on digital clinical consultations in maternity care: contributions from stakeholder involvement. Journal of Research in Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871241226911

Background: The COVID pandemic prompted an increase in the use of digital clinical consultations (telephone or video calls) within midwifery and nursing care. This paper reports on a realist review project related to maternity care that seeks to illu... Read More about Developing initial programme theories for a realist synthesis on digital clinical consultations in maternity care: contributions from stakeholder involvement.

Surveillance system for Healthcare-associated endophthalmitis at state level in a middle-income country: preliminary results (2023)
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Luz, R., Brandão de Assis, D., Madalosso, G., Timmons, S., & Padoveze, M. C. (2023). Surveillance system for Healthcare-associated endophthalmitis at state level in a middle-income country: preliminary results. Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, 87(4), https://doi.org/10.5935/0004-2749.2022-0181

Purpose: To describe the implementation process and the preliminary results of a surveillance system for healthcare-associated endophthalmitis. Methods: This is a case study of the implementation of a surveillance system for healthcare-associated end... Read More about Surveillance system for Healthcare-associated endophthalmitis at state level in a middle-income country: preliminary results.

Exploring the role of advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) and their contribution to health services in England: A qualitative exploratory study (2023)
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Mann, C., Timmons, S., Evans, C., Pearce, R., Overton, C., Hinsliff-Smith, K., & Conway, J. (2023). Exploring the role of advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) and their contribution to health services in England: A qualitative exploratory study. Nurse Education in Practice, 67, Article 103546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103546

BACKGROUND: An extended role being explored globally is the advanced clinical practitioner (ACP). In England this is an extended role for allied health professions, nurses and midwives in a range of settings. OBJECTIVES: This paper focuses on three r... Read More about Exploring the role of advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) and their contribution to health services in England: A qualitative exploratory study.

“We Just Don’t Know Where They Are”: The Geographical Distribution of Exercise Classes for Older People, Including Those Living with Dementia in the East Midlands (2023)
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Long, A., Timmons, S., Di Lorito, C., Booth, V., & Logan, P. (2023). “We Just Don’t Know Where They Are”: The Geographical Distribution of Exercise Classes for Older People, Including Those Living with Dementia in the East Midlands. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), Article 2142. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032142

Older people living with dementia are advised to exercise to remain independent. Although several exercise classes for older people take place across the UK, there is limited information about the geographical distribution of these classes. This stud... Read More about “We Just Don’t Know Where They Are”: The Geographical Distribution of Exercise Classes for Older People, Including Those Living with Dementia in the East Midlands.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in UK healthcare: Dichotomies in a new ‘multi-professional’ profession (2023)
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Timmons, S., Mann, C., Evans, C., Pearce, R., Overton, C., & Hinsliff-Smith, K. (2023). The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in UK healthcare: Dichotomies in a new ‘multi-professional’ profession. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 3, Article 100211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100211

Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) work in a wide range of settings across the English National Health Service. ACPs come from a wide range of health professional backgrounds. This paper explores the ACP as a multi-professional role, and the impl... Read More about The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in UK healthcare: Dichotomies in a new ‘multi-professional’ profession.

Approaches to co-production of research in care homes: a scoping review (2022)
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Bowles, F. V., Logan, P. A., Timmons, S., & Robinson, K. R. (2022). Approaches to co-production of research in care homes: a scoping review. Research Involvement and Engagement, 8(1), Article 74. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-022-00408-z

Background: Using the technique of co-production to develop research is considered good practice. Co-production involves the public, practitioners and academics working together as equals throughout a research project. Co-production may help develop... Read More about Approaches to co-production of research in care homes: a scoping review.

A qualitative study exploring the influence of a talent management initiative on registered nurses' retention intentions (2022)
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Fisher, N., Bramley, L., Cooper, J., Field-Richards, S., Lymn, J., & Timmons, S. (2022). A qualitative study exploring the influence of a talent management initiative on registered nurses' retention intentions. Journal of Nursing Management, 30(8), 4472-4479

Aim The aim of this study is to explore the influence of a talent management scheme in an English National Health Service (NHS) Trust on registered nurses' retention intentions. Background The retention of nurses is a global challenge, and talen... Read More about A qualitative study exploring the influence of a talent management initiative on registered nurses' retention intentions.

Lessons learned from a failed implementation: Effective communication with patients in transmission-based precautions (2022)
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Juskevicius, L. F., Luz, R. A., Felix, A. M. D. S., Timmons, S., & Padoveze, M. C. (2023). Lessons learned from a failed implementation: Effective communication with patients in transmission-based precautions. American Journal of Infection Control, 51(6), 687-693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2022.09.029

Background: Patient engagement with transmission-based precautions can be an important strategy to prevent adverse events related to isolation. Most patient education is still highly prescriptive and is thus unlikely to help. Effective communication... Read More about Lessons learned from a failed implementation: Effective communication with patients in transmission-based precautions.

Discourses of compassion from the margins of health care: the perspectives and experiences of people with a mental health condition (2022)
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Bond, C., Hui, A., Timmons, S., Wildbore, E., & Sinclair, S. (2024). Discourses of compassion from the margins of health care: the perspectives and experiences of people with a mental health condition. Journal of Mental Health, 33(1), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2022.2118692

Background: Evidence supports the positive influence of compassion on care experiences and health outcomes. However, there is limited understanding regarding how compassion is identified by people with lived experience of mental health care. Aim: To... Read More about Discourses of compassion from the margins of health care: the perspectives and experiences of people with a mental health condition.

Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol (2022)
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Evans, C., Evans, K., Booth, A., Timmons, S., Jones, N., Nazmeen, B., …Spiby, H. (2022). Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(9), Article e062106. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062106

INTRODUCTION: One of the most commonly reported COVID-19-related changes to all maternity services has been an increase in the use of digital clinical consultations such as telephone or video calling; however, the ways in which they can be optimally... Read More about Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol.

A technical solution to a professional problem: The risk management functions of prognosticators in the context of prognostication post-cardiac arrest (2022)
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Field-Richards, S. E., & Timmons, S. (2022). A technical solution to a professional problem: The risk management functions of prognosticators in the context of prognostication post-cardiac arrest. Frontiers in Sociology, 7, Article 804573. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.804573

Cardiac arrest (CA) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity globally. Two-thirds of deaths among patients admitted to intensive care units following out-of-hospital CA are due to neurological injury, with most as a consequence of withdrawing life... Read More about A technical solution to a professional problem: The risk management functions of prognosticators in the context of prognostication post-cardiac arrest.

Exploring the influence of health management processes on health outcomes among internally displaced persons (IDPs) (2022)
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Ekezie, W., Siebert, P., Timmons, S., Murray, R. L., & Bains, M. (2022). Exploring the influence of health management processes on health outcomes among internally displaced persons (IDPs). Journal of Migration and Health, 6, Article 100124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2022.100124

Background: Despite global action and policy initiatives, internally displaced persons (IDPs) experience poor living conditions and lack healthcare access compared to refugees. This study sought to understand the relationship between health managemen... Read More about Exploring the influence of health management processes on health outcomes among internally displaced persons (IDPs).

‘You're on show all the time’: Moderating emotional labour through space in the emergency department (2022)
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Kirk, K., Cohen, L., Edgley, A., & Timmons, S. (2022). ‘You're on show all the time’: Moderating emotional labour through space in the emergency department. Journal of Advanced Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15315

Aims: This is the second of two papers conceptualizing emotional labour in the emergency department (ED). This paper aims to understand the environmental ‘moderators’ of ED nurses’ emotional labour. Design: Ethnography, through an interpretivist phil... Read More about ‘You're on show all the time’: Moderating emotional labour through space in the emergency department.

Mental health nurses' constructions of compassion: A discourse analysis (2022)
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Bond, C., Hui, A., Timmons, S., & Charles, A. (2022). Mental health nurses' constructions of compassion: A discourse analysis. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 31(5), 1186-1197. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13026

Compassion is an important element of contemporary nursing work. Compassion has been recognized as necessary for improving health outcomes. However, very little is known about how compassion is understood in the mental health practice setting. We con... Read More about Mental health nurses' constructions of compassion: A discourse analysis.

Action request episodes in trauma team interactions in Japan and the UK - A multimodal analysis of joint actions in medical simulation (2022)
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Tsuchiya, K., Coffey, F., Nakamura, K., Mackenzie, A., Atkins, S., Chałupnik, M., …Fuyuno, M. (2022). Action request episodes in trauma team interactions in Japan and the UK - A multimodal analysis of joint actions in medical simulation. Journal of Pragmatics, 194, 101-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2022.04.009

Grounding is a fundamental human practice for cooperation and collaboration in a joint activity, when more than two people interact. Emergency care is one such interactive situation, and whether a trauma team can efficiently establish and increment t... Read More about Action request episodes in trauma team interactions in Japan and the UK - A multimodal analysis of joint actions in medical simulation.

Migrant NHS nurses as ‘tolerated’ citizens in post-Brexit Britain (2022)
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Spiliopoulos, G., & Timmons, S. (2023). Migrant NHS nurses as ‘tolerated’ citizens in post-Brexit Britain. Sociological Review, 71(1), 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261221092199

With this article we present European Union (EU) and non-EU nurses’ lived experiences of feeling ‘unwelcomed’ and ‘unsettled’ in a heightened xenophobic environment, in the workplace and elsewhere, following the 2016 EU Referendum. Brexit has exposed... Read More about Migrant NHS nurses as ‘tolerated’ citizens in post-Brexit Britain.

Overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minorities: A systematic review of UK studies (2022)
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Hussain, B., Latif, A., Timmons, S., Nkhoma, K., & Nellums, L. B. (2022). Overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minorities: A systematic review of UK studies. Vaccine, 40(25), 3413-3432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.030

Ethnic minority communities in the UK have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, with increased risks of infection, severe disease, and death. Hesitancy around the COVID-19 vaccine may be contributing to disparities in vaccine delivery to... Read More about Overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minorities: A systematic review of UK studies.

Qualitative study exploring factors affecting the implementation of a vocational rehabilitation intervention in the UK major trauma pathway (2022)
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Kettlewell, J., Radford, K., Kendrick, D., Patel, P., Bridger, K., Kellezi, B., …Timmons, S. (2022). Qualitative study exploring factors affecting the implementation of a vocational rehabilitation intervention in the UK major trauma pathway. BMJ Open, 12(3), Article e060294. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060294

Objectives This study aimed to: (1) understand the context for delivering a trauma vocational rehabilitation (VR) intervention; (2) identify potential barriers and enablers to the implementation of a VR intervention post-trauma. Design Qualitative st... Read More about Qualitative study exploring factors affecting the implementation of a vocational rehabilitation intervention in the UK major trauma pathway.

Ethnic mental health inequalities and mental health policies in England 1999-2020 (2022)
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Hussain, B., Hui, A., Timmons, S., & Nkhoma, K. (2022). Ethnic mental health inequalities and mental health policies in England 1999-2020. Journal of Public Mental Health, 21(2), 162-173. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPMH-06-2021-0080

Background: Despite many policy initiatives in the last two decades, ethnic mental health inequalities have persisted in England. Aim & method: This paper presents a thematic synthesis of mental health policies published in England from 1999 to 2... Read More about Ethnic mental health inequalities and mental health policies in England 1999-2020.