Dimensions of clinical leadership among pre-registration nursing students: A cross-sectional study between two countries.

Aims: To explore a) pre-registration students' self-perceptions of clinical leadership behaviours and b) differences in students' self-perceptions of leadership behaviours between two countries (UK and Israel).

Background: Effective leadership has been associated with high-quality and compassionate care provision in health and social care contexts. This has led to a common acceptance that teaching leadership in nursing education is essential if students are to develop competencies in this area.

The animal and cell models that uncovered FKBP51 as a regulator of glucocorticoid receptor function.

Many New World primates are glucocorticoid-resistant secondary to expression of low affinity glucocorticoid receptors. We identified the role of FKBP51 in hormone responsiveness by showing that multiple cell lines derived from New World primates share the same activities: (1) soluble cell extracts conferred low binding affinity to high affinity glucocorticoid receptors; (2) FK506 increased receptor binding in soluble cell extracts; and (3) cellular FKBP51 was elevated and FKBP52 was lower. Details of these cell lines and their availability are described.

Nurses' perceptions of supporting a 'good death' in intensive care units.

Background: Death in the intensive care unit (ICU) is an unavoidable aspect of nursing practice. Nurses are the primary front-line healthcare professionals (HCPs) which care for dying patients in this setting. Facilitating 'good deaths' in the ICU has become increasingly debated due to the challenges involved, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The changing role of Advanced Clinical Practitioners working with older people during the COVID- 19 pandemic: A qualitative research study.

Background: COVID-19 was identified as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in December 2020. Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) in England working with older people with frailty, experienced their clinical role changing in response to the emergency health needs of this complex population group. In contrast to other countries, in England Advanced Clinical Practitioners are drawn from both nursing and allied health professions.

Clinical leadership in nursing students: A concept analysis.

Objectives: To undertake a concept analysis of clinical leadership in nursing students.

Design: Concept analysis.

Data Sources: A comprehensive search was conducted using the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline and PsychINFO using the following search terms: clinical leadership AND management AND preregistration OR pre-registration OR undergraduate AND nursing student* OR student nurse*.

FAK Activation Promotes SMC Dedifferentiation via Increased DNA Methylation in Contractile Genes.

Rationale: Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) exhibit remarkable plasticity and can undergo dedifferentiation upon pathological stimuli associated with disease and interventions.

Objective: Although epigenetic changes are critical in SMC phenotype switching, a fundamental regulator that governs the epigenetic machineries regulating the fate of SMC phenotype has not been elucidated.

Methods And Results: Using SMCs, mouse models, and human atherosclerosis specimens, we found that FAK (focal adhesion kinase) activation elicits SMC dedifferentiation by stabilizing DNMT3A (DNA methyltransferase 3A).

Nursing students' evolving professional values: Capturing their journey through co-operative inquiry.

Aim/objective And Background: Despite a worldwide emphasis in nursing codes of practice that state nurses must uphold professional values to be caring and compassionate, evidence continues to emerge of poor-quality care standards. Existing literature attests to a tendency to deteriorating caring values as students' progress through their nursing programme. In response, one university in England exposed pre-registration nursing students to a values-based curriculum which embedded Todres et al.

A critical realist evaluation of advance care planning in care homes.

Aims: To evaluate care planning in advance of end-of-life care in care homes.

Design: A qualitative study.

Methods: Qualitative data were collected from January 2018-July 2019 (using focus groups and semi-structured interviews) from three care homes in the South West of England.

Multidisciplinary Provision of Food and Nutritional Care to Hospitalized Adult In-Patients: A Scoping Review.

Purpose: Multidisciplinary approaches to nutritional care are increasingly emphasized and recommended. However, there is little evidence of how different disciplines work together collaboratively to deliver optimum quality care to adult in-patients. This scoping review aimed to describe the existing literature on multidisciplinary collaboration to identify the various disciplines involved and the features that influence collaborative working in implementing multidisciplinary food and nutritional care with adult in-patients.

Nurses' experiences of pain management in end-of-life dementia care: a literature review.

Background: Nurses play an important role in assessing and managing pain. However, this is often poorly managed for people living with dementia.

Aim: To explore nurses' experiences of pain management in end-of-life dementia care.

Pressure to place patients at the centre of care has humanised health research.

The tone of research has changed, says , Associate Professor (Nursing), Bournemouth University, and it is important that nurses consider the extent of user involvement when undertaking or citing research.

S100A6 is a positive regulator of PPP5C-FKBP51-dependent regulation of endothelial calcium signaling.

I is a cation current permeating the ISOC channel. In pulmonary endothelial cells, I activation leads to formation of inter-endothelial cell gaps and barrier disruption. The immunophilin FK506-binding protein 51 (FKBP51), in conjunction with the serine/threonine protein phosphatase 5C (PPP5C), inhibits I .

Learning to lead: A scoping review of undergraduate nurse education.

Aim: To explore undergraduate student's preparation for leadership roles upon registration.

Background: Effective leadership is vital when promoting positive workplace cultures and high-quality care provision. However, newly registered nurses are not always well-prepared for leadership roles.

Systematic critical realist review of interventions designed to improve end-of-life care in care homes.

The demand for high-quality end-of-life care is rising. Frequently evidenced concerns about the provision of end-of-life in care homes relate to inter-disciplinary communication and engagement in advance care planning. A number of interventions employing different mechanisms have been designed to address these issues.

The Interim NHS People Plan: implications for nurse education.

Proposals to tackle nursing recruitment and retention issues centre on addressing workplace culture and improving leadership, as , Associate Professor (Nursing), Bournemouth University, explains.

Closing the gap on nurse retention: A scoping review of implications for undergraduate education.

Objectives: Newly qualified nurses leave the profession at a higher rate than any other year of experience. Undergraduate education influences nurse retention following qualification. However, it is unclear if the factors associated with intent to leave are included within programmes to aid retention once qualified.

Caring values in undergraduate nurse students: A qualitative longtitudinal study.

Introduction: Given the emerging evidence internationally of poor care within the healthcare sector, a recent report in the United Kingdom recommended the need for education to produce nurses who are prepared both intellectually and with compassion.

Aim: This paper aims to understand the beliefs and values of caring, held by student nurses from entry to completion of their education programme.

Methods: Using a prospective qualitative longtitudinal approach, two cohorts of nursing students (February 2013 and 2014) each following a different undergraduate curriculum (the February 2013, based on a philosophy of person-centred care and the February 2014, based on the philosophy of humanisation) were followed throughout their programme leading to Registration.

The implications of nurse shortages.

Janet Scammell, Associate Professor (Nursing), Bournemouth University, discusses the effects of registered nurse shortages on the education of nursing students.

Improving end-of-life care.

Janet Scammell, Associate Professor (Nursing), Bournemouth University, considers the importance of education in ensuring nurses have the knowledge and skills to deliver person-centred care at the end of life.

CPD: a priority for nurse retention?

Janet Scammell, Associate Professor (Nursing), Bournemouth University, discusses whether prioritising the provision of continuing professional development would help improve nurse retention levels.

Valuing carers: rhetoric or reality?

Janet Scammell, Associate Professor (Nursing), Bournemouth University, examines a survey from Carers UK that found carers often felt unsupported and underappreciated, and looks at possible solutions.