A self-efficacy enhancement alcohol reduction intervention for men on-remand in prison: the APPRAISE feasibility pilot RCT.

Background: As many as 70% of remand prisoners have admitted to being under the influence of alcohol when committing the crime leading to their imprisonment. Providing support and advice regarding alcohol consumption can be effective in some groups of people. There is little evidence regarding this for men on remand in prison.

Challenges and possible solutions for accessing scholarly literature among medical and nursing professionals and students in low-and-middle income countries: A systematic review.

Background: Access to high quality research literature is essential for educating nursing and healthcare students to promote evidence-based practice. Within Low- and Middle-Income countries (LMICs) access is limited due to financial and structural constraints within countries and institutions. Reduced access to research literature limits the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals through its impact on the education of healthcare staff and on the development of contextually appropriate evidence for practice.

Men's perspectives of caring for a female partner with cancer: A longitudinal narrative study.

Increasing evidence on men's involvement in informal, unpaid care has not transferred to the research literature around men's experiences. The aim was to explore the perspectives of men who are caring for a female partner with cancer over 1 year. Longitudinal narrative interviews (n = 22) were conducted with eight men in the UK from 2018 to 2019.

'Fix the issues at the coalface and mental wellbeing will be improved': a framework analysis of frontline NHS staff experiences and use of health and wellbeing resources in a Scottish health board area during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Frontline healthcare staff working in pandemics have been reported to experience mental health issues during the early and post-peak stages. To alleviate these problems, healthcare organisations have been providing support for their staff, including organisational, cognitive behavioural and physical and mental relaxation interventions. This paper reports the findings of a study commissioned by a Scottish NHS health board area during the initial outbreak of COVID-19.

'It was quite a shock': A qualitative study of the impact of organisational and personal factors on newly qualified nurses' experiences.

Aims And Objectives: To explore how newly qualified nurses' work experiences are constructed through the interplay between self, workplace and home-life influencing their retention.

Background: Nurses are critical to achieving the goal of universal health coverage. However, shortages of nursing staff are endemic.

A two-arm parallel-group individually randomised prison pilot study of a male remand alcohol intervention for self-efficacy enhancement: the APPRAISE study protocol.

Introduction: The prevalence of at-risk drinking is far higher among those in contact with the criminal justice system (73%) than the general population (35%). However, there is little evidence on the effectiveness of alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) in reducing risky drinking among those in the criminal justice system, including the prison system and, in particular, those on remand. Building on earlier work, A two-arm parallel group individually randomised Prison Pilot study of a male Remand Alcohol Intervention for Self-efficacy Enhancement (APPRAISE) is a pilot study designed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of an ABI, delivered to male prisoners on remand.

Understanding equality and diversity in nursing practice.

Equality and diversity are terms that are used frequently in nursing, healthcare and workplace settings. Nurses' professional standards of practice and behaviour are underpinned by values of equality and diversity. This means that nurses must treat people as individuals, avoid making assumptions about them, recognise diversity and individual choice, and respect and uphold their dignity and human rights.

Understanding HIV-positive drug users' experiences of taking highly active antiretroviral treatment: Identity-Values-Conscious engagement model.

Aim: To explore HIV-positive drug users' experiences of taking antiretroviral medications in Taiwan and further develop a conceptual model that can be used to understand their adherence to the long-term treatment.

Background: The global vision of ending AIDS by 2030 cannot be achieved without addressing HIV-positive drug users' experience of taking antiretroviral treatment. There remains a paucity of qualitative evidence on HIV-positive drug users' experiences of taking antiretroviral medications globally and in East Asia.

What do HIV-positive drug users' experiences tell us about their antiretroviral medication-taking? An international integrated literature review.

Background And Aims: HIV-positive drug users' poor adherence to antiretroviral regimens can pose a significant and negative impact on individual and global health. This review aims to identify knowledge gaps and inconsistencies within the current evidence base and to measure HIV-positive drug users' adherence rates and the factors that influence their adherence.

Methods: A search of quantitative and qualitative studies in relation to HIV-positive drug users' adherence to antiretroviral treatment was performed using five databases: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstract (ASSIA), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline, Embase and PsycINFO (Ovid interface).

Emotional intelligence among nursing students: Findings from a cross-sectional study.

Background: Emotional intelligence in nursing is of global interest. International studies identify that emotional intelligence influences nurses' work and relationships with patients. It is associated with compassion and care.

The relationship between emotional intelligence, previous caring experience and successful completion of a pre-registration nursing/midwifery degree.

Aim: To examine the relationship between baseline emotional intelligence and prior caring experience with completion of pre-registration nurse and midwifery education.

Background: Selection and retention of nursing students is a global challenge. Emotional intelligence is well-conceptualized, measurable and an intuitive prerequisite to nursing values and so might be a useful selection criterion.

Do emotional intelligence and previous caring experience influence student nurse performance? A comparative analysis.

Background: Reports of poor nursing care have focused attention on values based selection of candidates onto nursing programmes. Values based selection lacks clarity and valid measures. Previous caring experience might lead to better care.

Mental health nurses' experiences of managing work-related emotions through supervision.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore emotion cultures constructed in supervision and consider how supervision functions as an emotionally safe space promoting critical reflection.

Background: Research published between 1995-2015 suggests supervision has a positive impact on nurses' emotional well-being, but there is little understanding of the processes involved in this and how styles of emotion interaction are established in supervision.

Design: A narrative approach was used to investigate mental health nurses' understandings and experiences of supervision.

Exploring the compassion deficit debate.

Several recent high profile failures in the UK health care system have promoted strong debate on compassion and care in nursing. A number of papers articulating a range of positions within this debate have been published in this journal over the past two and a half years. These articulate a diverse range of theoretical perspectives and have been drawn together here in an attempt to bring some coherence to the debate and provide an overview of the key arguments and positions taken by those involved.

Emotional Intelligence and Nurse Recruitment: Rasch and confirmatory factor analysis of the trait emotional intelligence questionnaire short form.

Aim: To examine the construct validity of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Short form.

Background: Emotional intelligence involves the identification and regulation of our own emotions and the emotions of others. It is therefore a potentially useful construct in the investigation of recruitment and retention in nursing and many questionnaires have been constructed to measure it.

The relationship between emotional intelligence, previous caring experience and mindfulness in student nurses and midwives: a cross sectional analysis.

Background: Emotional Intelligence (EI), previous caring experience and mindfulness training may have a positive impact on nurse education. More evidence is needed to support the use of these variables in nurse recruitment and retention.

Objective: To explore the relationship between EI, gender, age, programme of study, previous caring experience and mindfulness training.

Recruitment, selection and retention of nursing and midwifery students in Scottish Universities.

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 universities providing pre-registration programmes in Scotland was conducted.