Developing person-centred practice in hip fracture care for older people.

Aim: To facilitate a multidisciplinary collaborative approach to developing person-centred practice in hip fracture care for older people.

Method: Collaborative inquiry, a form of action research, was used to collect data for this study. It involved exploration of dilemmas, questions and problems that are part of human experience.

Improving the experience of hip fracture care: A multidisciplinary collaborative approach to implementing evidence-based, person-centred practice.

Background: Hip fracture care is well supported by national guidelines and audit that provide evidence of safe interventions and an improved process. In the drive for organisational efficiency, complications have been reduced and length of stay shortened. Prioritising targets and performance alone can lead to poor multidisciplinary communication that potentially omits the psychosocial needs of older people recovering from hip fracture.

Establishing the contribution of nursing in the community to the health of the people of Scotland: integrative literature review.

Aim: This paper is a report of an integrative literature review to explore the evidence base for nursing in the community.

Background: The Scottish Executive (2005) in Scotland (UK), announced that a review of nursing in the community should be undertaken to inform implementation of the policy Delivering for Health. This policy called for a fundamental shift in the focus of care away from acute hospitals into the community where health care in the future will be concentrated.

Memory and phonological awareness in children with Benign Rolandic Epilepsy compared to a matched control group.

Purpose: In a previous study we demonstrated children with Benign Rolandic Epilepsy have normal intelligence and language ability. However, difficulties in verbal and visual memory and aspects of phonological awareness were found compared to normative data. To address the methodological limitations related to the use of normative data, we compared the same cohort of children with Benign Rolandic Epilepsy to a matched control group.

Quality of life of children with benign rolandic epilepsy.

The first objective of this study was to determine the quality of life of children with benign rolandic epilepsy. Secondly, this investigation aimed to predict the influence of cognition on quality of life, controlling for the emotional impact of the epilepsy on the parent. Initial recruitment was through the major electroencephalography laboratories of metropolitan Sydney.

Longitudinal assessment of neuropsychologic and language function in children with benign rolandic epilepsy.

Previous studies of benign rolandic epilepsy have reported improvement in cognitive functioning over time. Their focus was the impact of paroxysmal electroencephalographic (EEG) activity on neuropsychologic function. Comprehensive longitudinal language assessment has not previously been undertaken.

The neuropsychological and language profile of children with benign rolandic epilepsy.

Purpose: Benign rolandic epilepsy (BRE) has an excellent prognosis for seizures, but recent research has raised concerns using cognition as an outcome measure. Methodologic problems related to recruitment bias and assessment processes are evident in previous studies. With well-defined criteria for inclusion and comprehensive assessment, the aim of this study was to define the cognitive profile of children with BRE and to assess the effect of interictal EEG activity.