Publications by authors named "H McConnell"
Background: Delirium is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome characterised by an acute state of confusion, with a substantial impact on medical inpatients. Despite its growing recognition as a global healthcare concern, delirium remains underdiagnosed, partly due to a lack of awareness among healthcare professionals. The aim of this study was to explore how healthcare professional students experience caring for individuals experiencing delirium, the influence of their current pre-registration healthcare education, and importance of interprofessional teamwork in their role.
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- - Doll therapy is a long-used psychosocial intervention in dementia care that involves patients interacting with therapeutic dolls, leading to improvements in their wellbeing and behavior.
- - A recent scoping review analyzed 12 studies from the last decade, revealing that doll therapy is linked to reduced behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, better communication skills, and less caregiver distress.
- - The findings suggest that doll therapy is a promising person-centered approach that can significantly enhance the quality of life for those living with dementia in care homes.
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- Interprofessional education is essential for healthcare students to learn teamwork and improve patient care, but it's often underrepresented in curricula, leading to the study that engaged students from various health professions in creating a resource on delirium management.* -
- Two workshops were held with students from medical, nursing, pharmacy, and occupational therapy programs, involving activities like resource creation and discussions, with follow-up focus groups to assess experiences during the co-design process.* -
- Key outcomes included enhanced relationships among students, a deeper understanding of interprofessional collaboration, and boosted professional confidence, resulting in valuable peer learning and skill development in managing delirium.*
Telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assemblies reveal new insights into the structure and function of the previously 'invisible' parts of the genome and allow comparative analyses of complete genomes across entire clades. We present here an open collaborative effort, termed the 'Ruminant T2T Consortium' (RT2T), that aims to generate complete diploid assemblies for numerous species of the Artiodactyla suborder Ruminantia to examine chromosomal evolution in the context of natural selection and domestication of species used as livestock.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a digital serious game intervention about COVID-19 on pre-registration nursing student knowledge.
Method: This study included 282 nursing students from a university in Northern Ireland, with 210 students providing comparable pre-test and post-test results. The 'serious game' aimed to debunk common COVID-19 myths and provide accurate information about the virus.