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The learning experiences of student nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Charalambous, L., & Townsend, A. (2023). The learning experiences of student nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Nursing Times, 119(9),

The Covid-19 pandemic restricted access to traditional methods of pedagogical learning. A qualitative study identified that student nurses experienced challenges specifically around relationships, learning, emotions, and safety versus risks. They nav... Read More about The learning experiences of student nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Managing volunteers who support patients with dementia or cognitive impairment on acute hospital wards: The NURTURe model (2021)
Journal Article
Charalambous, L. (2021). Managing volunteers who support patients with dementia or cognitive impairment on acute hospital wards: The NURTURe model. Nursing Management, 28(2), https://doi.org/10.7748/NM.2021.E1981

Volunteers are widely used to support patients with dementia or cognitive impairment on acute hospital wards. However, it appears that traditional volunteer management models do not fully address the challenges posed by managing volunteers in that se... Read More about Managing volunteers who support patients with dementia or cognitive impairment on acute hospital wards: The NURTURe model.

A nurse-led youth volunteering project to support older people on acute hospital wards (2020)
Journal Article
Charalambous, L. (2020). A nurse-led youth volunteering project to support older people on acute hospital wards. Nursing Management, 27(4), 21-26. https://doi.org/10.7748/NM.2020.E1926

Young people volunteering on acute hospital wards can provide extra support to older patients, for example with eating and drinking, with mobilising and with therapeutic activities. This extra support can reduce nurses' workload while providing older... Read More about A nurse-led youth volunteering project to support older people on acute hospital wards.