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Volume contents Contents Volume 16 Number 1 January 2007 EDITORIAL 1 R WATSON, M ANNELLS, E AMELLA AND T WONG What makes a JCN paper international? ARTICLES Reviews 34 H OH AND W SEO Meta-analysis of the effects of respiratory rehabilitation programmes on exercise capacity in accordance with programme characteristics 16 LJ WHITEHORN A review of the use of insulin protocols to maintain normoglycaemia in high dependency patients 28 S MANTZOUKAS AND S$ WATKINSON Review of advanced nursing practice: the international literature and developing the generic features T SKYBO AND B POLIVKA Health promotion model for childhood violence prevention and exposure JG HOOGERDUIJN, MJ SCHUURMANS, MS DUIJNSTEE, SE DE ROOIJ AND MFH GRYPDONCK A systematic review of predictors and screening instruments to identify older hospitalized patients at risk for functional decline T KIDD AND S KENDALL Review of effective advanced cardiac life support training using experiential learning C STEPHENS AND TN FAWCETT Nitric oxide and nursing: a review G LEE A review of the literature on atrial fibrillation: rate reversion or control? M PROWSE Postoperative pain in older people: a review of the literature A BRADSHAW AND L PRICE Rectal suppository insertion: the reliability of the evidence as a basis for nursing practice MN KIRSHBAUM A review of the benefits of whole body exercise during and after treatment for breast cancer M COURTENAY AND N CAREY A review of the impact and effectiveness of nurse-led care in dermatology B HODGKINSON, R NAY AND J WILSON A systematic review of topical skin care in aged care facilities Issues in clinical nursing 137 LESER, L KHORSHID, UY GUNE$ AND Y DEMIR The effect of different body positions on blood pressure 141 JULFVARSON, C BARDAGE, RA-M WREDLING, C VON BAHR AND J ADAMI Adherence to drug treatment in association with how the patient perceives care and information on drugs 149 G JOHANSSON, I PORN, T THEORELL AND B GUSTAFSSON A first-line nurse manager’s goal-profile Women’s health 160 F MEDDINGS, FM PHIPPS, M HAITH-COOPER AND J HAIGH Vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC): exploring women’s perceptions 168 K HJELM, K BARD, P NYBERG AND J APELQVIST Management of gestational diabetes from the patient’s perspective - a comparison of Swedish and Middle-Eastern born women 179 K SVARDBY, L NORDSTROM AND E SELLSTROM Primiparas with or without oxytocin augmentation: a prospective descriptive study Intensive care 185 K-S CHAN AND S TWINN An analysis of the stressors and coping strategies of Chinese adults with a partner admitted to an intensive care unit in Hong Kong: an exploratory study 194 R WATTS, J PIERSON AND H GARDNER Co-ordination of the discharge planning process in critical care 203 RHOV,BHEDELIN AND E ATHLIN Being an intensive care nurse related to questions of withholding or withdrawing curative treatment Research in brief 212 SY CHAIR, DR THOMPSON AND SK LI The effect of ambulation after cardiac catheterization on patient outcomes 215 COMMENTARIES AND RESPONSES 220 BOOK REVIEWS Volume 16 Number 2 February 2007 EDITORIAL 223 MANNELLS What’s common with qualitative nursing research these days? ARTICLES Issues in clinical nursing 225. JJOLLEY Choose your doctorate 34. JRATTRAY AND MC JONES Essential elements of questionnaire design and development 44 K BLOMBERG AND E SAHLBERG-BLOM Closeness and distance: a way of handling difficult situations in daily care 55 F-K SUN, ALONG AND J BOORE The attitudes of casualty nurses in Taiwan to patients who have attempted suicide Neurological nursing 264 P DRAPER AND H BROCKLEHURST The impact of stroke on the well-being of the patient’s spouse: an exploratory study 272 JW SIT, VYB YIP, SKK KO, APC GUN AND JSH LEE A quasi-experimental study on a community-based stroke prevention programme for clients with minor stroke 282 M ARIAS AND LN SMITH Early mobilization of acute stroke patients 289 SD STONE Patient concerns posthaemorrhagic stroke: a study of the Internet narratives of patients with ruptured arteriovenous malformation 298 HOHAND WSEO Alterations in fluid, electrolytes and other serum chemistry values and their relations with enteral tube feeding in acute brain infarction patients Older people 308 MH YANG,SC WU,JGLIN ANDLCLIN The efficacy of acupressure for decreasing agitated behaviour in dementia: a pilot study 316 TA WILLIAMS, G KING, A-M HILL, M RAJAGOPAL, T BARNES, A BASU, G PASCOE, K BIRKETT AND H KIDD Evaluation of a falls prevention programme in an acute tertiary care hospital Volume contents 325 K VANDERWEE, M GRYPDONCK AND T DEFLOOR Non-blanchable erythema as an indicator for the need for pressure ulcer prevention: a randomized-controlled trial 336 CY LEE, LPL LOW AND S$ TWINN Older men’s experiences of sleep in the hospital Families and carers 344 § YEUNG, MH-L LUI, F ROSS AND T MURRELLS Family carers in stroke care: examining the relationship between problem-solving, depression and general health K ZIEGERT, B FRIDLUND AND E LIDELL Professional support for next of kin of patients receiving chronic haemodialysis treatment: a content analysis study of nursing documentation 362 SEM KNUTSSON AND IL BERGBOM Custodians’ viewpoints and experiences from their child’s visit to an ill or injured nearest being cared for at an adult intensive care unit 372 WY-Y CHUI AND SW-C CHAN Stress and coping of Hong Kong Chinese family members during a critical illness 382 OHLEN, B ANDERSHED, C BERG, I FRID, C-A PALM, B-M TERNESTEDT AND K SEGESTEN Relatives in end-of-life care — part 2: a theory for enabling safety Cardiovascular nursing 391 M-LKRISTOFFERZON, RLOFMARK AND MCARLSSON Striving for balance in daily life: experiences of Swedish women and men shortly after a myocardial infarction 402 H BAGHERI, R MEMARIAN AND F ALHANI Evaluation of the effect of group counselling on post myocardial infarction patients: determined by an analysis of quality of life Renal nursing 407 B-OLEE, C-CLIN, W CHABOYER, C-L CHIANG AND C-CHUNG The fatigue experience of haemodialysis patients in Taiwan 414 DDE ANDRADE AND V FERREIRA Central venous access for haemodialysis: prospective evaluation of possible complications 419 COMMENTARIES AND RESPONSES 428 BOOK REVIEWS Volume 16 Number 3 March 2007 EDITORIAL 429 CHALLETT A ‘gallop’ through history: nursing in social context ARTICLES Issues in clinical nursing 431 A AKYOL Hand hygiene among nurses in Turkey: opinions and practices 438 U ERIKSSON AND M SVEDLUND Struggling for confirmation — patients’ experiences of dissatisfaction with hospital care 447 F-I TANG, S-J SHEU, S YU, I-L WEI AND C-H CHEN Nurses relate the contributing factors involved in medication errors Older people 458 K STENZELIUS, A WESTERGREN AND IR HALLBERG Bowel function among people 75+ reporting faecal incontinence in relation to help seeking, dependency and quality of life 469 FMcKEOWN The experiences of older people on discharge from hospital following assessment by the public health nurse 477 K MURPHY A Qualitative study explaining nurses’ perceptions of quailty care for older people in long-term care settings in Ireland 486 Y-H CHUANG AND H-T HUANG Nurses’ feelings and thoughts about using physical restraints on hospitalized older patients 495 C HEINZE, RJG HALFENS AND T DASSEN Falls in German in-patients and residents over 65 years of age 502 M-F LOU, Y-T DAI, G-S HUANG AND P-J YU Identifying the most efficient items from the Mini-Mental State Examination for cognitive function assessment in older Taiwanese patients Women and children 509 LLINDH-ASTRAND, M HOFFMANN, MHAMMARAND KI KJELLGREN Women’s conception of the menopausal transition — a qualitative study P LEE What does partnership in care mean for children’s nurses? B CARTER, J CUMMINGS AND L COOPER An exploration of best practice in multi-agency working and the experiences of families of children with complex health needs. What works well and what needs to be done to improve practice for the future? D PONTIN AND S JONES Children’s nurses and nurse prescribing: a case study identifying issues for developing training programmes in the UK A WILLIAMS, S HERRON-MARX AND R KNIBB The prevalence of enduring postnatal perineal morbidity and its relationship to type of birth and birth risk factors M ALUS, H OKUMUS, § METE AND S GUCLU The effects of different maternal positions on non-stress test: an experimental study Health promotion 569 K KELLEY Health promotion for people aged over 65 years in hospitals: nurses’ perceptions about their role 580 DCASEY Findings from non-participant observational data concerning health promoting nursing practice in the acute hospital setting focusing on generalist nurses 593 F IRVINE Examining the correspondence of theoretical and real interpretations of health promotion 603 A HENDERSON AND W-T CHIEN Health beliefs and expectations implicit in decision-making in a Hong Kong Chinese surgical population Research in brief 610 FL WAI, LPL LOW AND DTF LEE Chinese women’s experiences in coping with urinary incontinence 613 COMMENTARIES 618 BOOK REVIEW Volume contents Volume 16 Number 4 April 2007 EDITORIAL 619 R WATSON, I ATKINSON AND K ROSE Pilot studies: to publish or not? 620 ERRATUM ARTICLES Issues in clinical nursing 621 AM TOD, B BOND, N LEONARD, IJ GILSENAN AND S PALFREYMAN Exploring the contribution of the Clinical Librarian to facilitating evidence-based nursing 630 MJM SAHLSTEN, IE LARSSON, B SJOSTROM, CSC LINDENCRONA AND KAE PLOS Patient participation in nursing care: towards a concept clarification from a nurse perspective 638 Y RANA, A KANIK, A OZCAN AND S YUZER Nurses’ approaches towards s::xuality of adolescent patients in Turkey 646 S AKINANDSERDOGAN The Turkish version of the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Care Scale used on medical and surgical patients Cardiovascular nursing 654 E DE LAAT, L SCHOONHOVEN, M GRYPDONCK, A VERBEEK, R DE GRAAF, P PICKKERS AND T VAN ACHTERBERG Early postoperative 30° lateral positioning after coronary artery surgery: influence on cardiac output 662 J SMITH AND C LILES Information needs before hospital discharge of myocardial infarction patients: a comparative, descriptive study Y-J SON Hostility and serum homocysteine as cardiovascular risk factors in Korean patients with coronary artery disease AD AKYOL, Y CETINKAYA, G BAKAN, S YARALI AND S AKKUS Self-care agency and factors related to this agency among patients with hypertension K KOIVUNEN, AISOLA AND HLUKKARINEN Rehabilitation and guidance as reported by women and men who had undergone coronary bypass surgery E LEHANE AND G MCCARTHY An examination of the intentional and unintentional aspects of medication non-adherence in patients diagnosed with hypertension Cancer and palliative care 707 MT SOYER, M CICEKLIOGLU AND E CEBER Breast cancer awareness and practice of breast self examination among primary health care nurses: influencing factors and effects of an in-service education C WILLARD AND KLUKER Working with the team: strategies employed by hospital cancer nurse specialists to implement their role K BEAVER, O CRAVEN, G WITHAM, M TOMLINSON, S SUSNERWALA, D JONES AND KA LUKER Patient participation in decision making: views of health professionals caring for people with colorectal cancer 734 DE BAILEY, M WALLACE AND MH MISHEL Watching, waiting and uncertainty in prostate cancer 742 MJ EVANS AND CE HALLETT Living with dying: a hermeneutic phenomenological study of the work of hospice nurses 752 E BERGDAHL, B-M WIKSTROM AND BANDERSHED Esthetic abilities: a way to describe abilities of expert nurses in palliative home care Complementary and alternative medicines 761 B ERCI Attitudes towards holistic complementary and alternative medicine: a sample of healthy people in Turkey 769 JY-M SIU, H-C SUNG AND W-L LEE Qigong practice among chronically ill patients during the SARS outbreak 777 TJ GUNNARSDOTTIR, H JONSDOTTIR Does the experimental design capture the effects of complementary therapy? A study using reflexology for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery EA CHAN, JWY CHUNG, TKS WONG, ASY LIEN AND JY YANG Application of a virtual reality prototype for pain relief of pediatric burn in Taiwan S-H MAA, T-S TSOU, K-Y WANG, C-H WANG, H-C LIN AND Y-H HUANG Self-administered acupressure reduces the symptoms that limit daily activities in bronchiectasis patients: pilot study findings 805 COMMENTARY 807 BOOK REVIEWS Volume 16 Number 5 May 2007 EDITORIAL 809 R WATSON Nazis, rats and whales in the aquarium: the experience of delirium ARTICLES Older people GS DUPPILS AND K WIKBLAD Patients’ experiences of being delirious P VOYER, J McCUSKER, MG COLE, S$ ST-JACQUES AND L KHOMENKO Factors associated with delirium severity among older patients AK EKWALL AND IR HALLBERG The association between caregiving satisfaction, difficulties and coping among older family caregivers K-M CHEN, Y-C HSU, W-T CHEN AND H-F TSENG Well-being of institutionalized elders after Yang-style Tai Chi practice L-E OLSSON, AEM NYSTROM, J KARLSSON AND I EKMAN Admitted with a hip fracture: patient perceptions of rehabilitation R ELEY, D HEGNEY, E BUIKSTRA, T FALLON, A PLANK AND V PARKER Aged care nursing in Queensland - the nurses’ view K MURPHY Nurses’ perceptions of quality and the factors that affect quality care for older people living in long-term care settings in Ireland Volume contents A FRANZEN-DAHLIN, J LARSON, V MURRAY, R WREDLING AND E BILLING Predictors of psychological health in spouses of persons affected by stroke AL MAULEON, L PALO-BENGTSSON AND S-L EKMAN Patients experiencing local anaesthesia and hip surgery K JOSEFSSON, L SONDE AND T-B ROBINS WAHLIN Violence in municipal care of older people in Sweden as perceived by registered nurses MMY TSE Nursing home placement: perspectives of community-dwelling older persons S§ TEERI, M VALIMAKI, J KATAJISTO AND H LEINO-KILPI Maintaining the integrity of older patients in long-term institutions: relatives’ perceptions Z KACMAZ AND M KASIKCI Effectiveness of bran supplement in older orthopaedic patients with constipation M BLAND Betwixt and between: a critical ethnography of comfort in New Zealand residential aged care J BOOTH, D TOLSON, R HOTCHKISS AND ISCHOFIELD Using action research to construct national evidence-based nursing care guidance for gerontological nursing NA RODRIGUEZ, CM SACKLEY AND FJ BADGER Exploring the facets of continence care: a continence survey of care homes for older people in Birmingham H-D YU AND MA PETRINI A survey of Chinese nurses’ current knowledge of pain in older people AKM MAK, A MACKENZIE AND MHL LUI Changing needs of Chinese family caregivers of stroke survivors H-H TSAI AND Y-F TSAI Problem-solving experiences among elders living alone in eastern Taiwan A-G MAMHIDIR, I KARLSSON, ANORBERG AND MKIHLGREN Weight increase in patients with dementia, and alteration in meal routines and meal environment after integrity promoting care Volume 16 Number 6 June 2007 GUEST EDITORIAL 997 JERATTRAY AND J TAYLOR Models for developing young nurse researchers: a discussion ARTICLES Review 1000 EJ HALCOMB, L GHOLIZADEH, M DIGIACOMO, J PHILLIPS AND PM DAVIDSON Literature review: considerations in undertaking focus group research with culturally and linguistically diverse groups Issues in clinical nursing 1012 B WILSON Nurses’ knowledge of pain 1021 MR SIMPSON, P STEVENS AND CR KOVACH Nurses’ experience with the clinical application of a research-based nursing protocol in a long-term care setting 1029 N KILCULLEN An analysis of the experiences of clinical supervision on Registered Nurses undertaking MSc/graduate diploma in renal and urological nursing and on their clinical supervisors 1039 D CASEY Nurses’ perceptions, understanding and experiences of health promotion 1050 R KOENIGER-DONOHUE Nurse practitioner-client interaction as resource exchange: the nurse’s view (NP-client interaction) 1061 M-CLIN,1I-C LI AND K-CLIN The relationship between personal traits and job satisfaction among Taiwanese community health volunteers 1068 SW PASCOE,RD NEAL, YE BEDFORD AND SS MCMAIN Initiation, choice and satisfaction of nursing appointments in general practice: a cross-sectional survey of patients and nurses Innovations in clinical nursing 1072 B WALSH, L YARDLEY, M DONOVAN-HALL AND H SMITH Implementation of nurse-delivered vestibular rehabilitation in primary care: a qualitative study of nurses’ views on involvement in an innovative service 1082 H-S KIM AND H-S JEONG A nurse short message service by cellular phone in type-2 diabetic patients for six months Nurse specialists 1088 UCHANEY, F HASSON,S KEENEY, M SINCLAIR, B POULTON AND HP McKENNA Stoma coloproctology nurse specialist: a case study 1099 A WHILE, R ULLMAN AND A FORBES Development and validation of a learning needs assessment scale: a continuing professional education tool for multiple sclerosis specialist nurses Surgical nursing 1109 J GILMARTIN Contemporary day surgery: patients’ experience of discharge and recovery 1118 S ERKAL Patients’ experiences at home after day case cystoscopy 1125 E-R YLINEN, K VEHVILAINEN-JULKUNEN AND A-M PIETILA Nurses’ knowledge and skills in colonoscopy patients’ pain management 1134 C MACKINTOSH Making patients better: a qualitative descriptive study of registered nurses’ reasons for working in surgical areas Mental health nursing 1141 F-H HSIAO, T-T YANG, C-C CHEN, S-Y TSAI, K-C WANG, Y-M LAI, C-J TSAI AND W-Y CHANG The comparison of effectiveness of two modalities of mental health nurse follow-up programmes for female outpatients with depression in Taipei, Taiwan 1151 W-T CHIEN, SWC CHAN AND J MORRISSEY The perceived burden among Chinese family caregivers of people with schizophrenia Women and children 1162 M CAROLAN Health literacy and the information needs and dilemmas of first-time mothers over 35 years 1173 Y-CCHEN ANDL-C CHIANG Effectiveness of hand-washing teaching programs for families of children in paediatric intensive care units 1180 H-H CHIANG, Y-MY CHAO AND Y-S YUH The maternal self in pregnant women undergoing maternal serum screening 1186 COMMENTARIES 1194 BOOK REVIEW Volume contents Volume 16 Number 7 July 2007 EDITORIAL 1195 R WATSON Prison health care ARTICLES Issues in clinical nursing 1196 L SHIELDS AND J PEARN Inducements for medical and health research: issues for the profession of nursing 1201 LCONDON,GHEK AND F HARRIS A review of prison health and its implications for primary care nursing in England and Wales: the research evidence 1210 CMcKEOWN AND F GIBSON Determining the political influence of nurses who work in the field of hepatitis C: a Delphi survey 1222 S NANCARROW The impact of intermediate care services on job satisfaction, skills and career development opportunities Skin care nursing 1230 N CAREY, M COURTENAY AND J BURKE Supplementary nurse prescribing for patients with skin conditions: a national questionnaire survey 1238 HVANOS-MEDENDORP, PCM ELAND-DE KOK, WJGROS, CAFM BRUIJNZEEL-KOOMEN AND MGRYPDONCK The nursing programme ‘Coping with itch’: a promising intervention for patients with chronic pruritic skin diseases 1247 M COURTENAY, N CAREY AND J BURKE Independent extended nurse prescribing for patients with skin conditions: a national questionnaire survey 1256 MCORALLINO, A NICO, GKOURTIS, MF CAIAFFA ANDL MACCHIA Skin testing technique and precision in stinging insect allergy 1265 JSUGAMA, Y MATSUI, HSANADA, CKONYA, M OKUWA AND A KITAGAWA A study of the efficiency and convenience of an advanced portable Wound Measurement System (VISITRAK™) 1270 H VERMEULEN, DT UBBINK, $M SCHREUDER AND MJ LUBBERS Inter- and intra-observer (dis)agreement among nurses and doctors to classify colour and exudation of open surgical wounds according to the Red-Yellow-Black scheme Cardiac nursing 1278 SY CHAIR, SF LEE, V LOPEZ AND EM LING Risk factors of Hong Kong Chinese patients with coronary heart disease 1285 KM PADILHA, MCBJ GALLANI AND RCR COLOMBO Validity of an instrument to measure the impact of valve heart disease on the patient’s daily life 1292 JW ALBARRAN, BA CLARKE AND J CRAWFORD ‘It was not chest pain really, I can’t explain it!’ An exploratory study on the nature of symptoms experienced by women during their myocardial infarction Mental health 1302 S MANEESAKORN, D ROBSON, K GOURNAY AND R GRAY An RCT of adherence therapy for people with schizophrenia in Chiang Mai, Thailand 1313 C BROOKER, T RICKETTS, § BENNETT AND F LEMME Admission decisions following contact with an emergency mental health assessment and intervention service 1323 AMJINKS AND GCHALDER Consensus and diversity: an action research study designed to analyse the roles of a group of mental health consultant nurses 1333 I ENGQVIST, A NILSSON, K NILSSON AND B SJOSTROM ‘Strategies in caring for women with postpartum psychosis — an interview study with psychiatric nurses 1343 F BADGER AND P NOLAN Use of self-chosen therapies by depressed people in primary care 1353 FGOZ,SKARAOZ,MGOZ,SEKIZANDICENTIN Effecotf sth e diabetic patients perceived social supporton their quality-of-life Diabetes 1361 H-S KIM Impact of web-based nurse’s education on glycosylated haemoglobin in type 2 diabetic patients 1367 M-S SONG AND H-S KIM Effect of the diabetes outpatient intensive management programme on glycaemic control for type 2 diabetic patients Research in brief 1374 ZYEAND J WANG The success of a nursing peer support programme in China 1377 COMMENTARIES AND RESPONSES 1389 BOOK REVIEWS Volume 16 Number 8 August 2007 EDITORIAL 1393 GM FEALY AND MS McNAMARA Scholarship, interdisciplinarity and academic identity 1397 ERRATUM ARTICLES Issues in clinical nursing 1398 TLONGANDD FALLON Ethics approval, guarantees of quality and the meddlesome editor 1405 K AKERJORDET AND E SEVERINSSON Emotional intelligence: a review of the literature with specific focus on empirical and epistemological perspectives 1417 SS ZEITOUN, ALBL DE BARROS, JLM MICHEL AND ARC DE BETTENCOURT Clinical validation of the signs and symptoms and the nature of the respiratory nursing diagnoses in patients under invasive mechanical ventilation 1427 K HOLBROOK A triangulation study of the clinician and patient experiences of the use of the immunosuppressant drugs azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine for the management of inflammatory bowel disease 1435 A OUDSHOORN, C WARD-GRIFFIN AND C McWILLIAM Client-nurse relationships in home-based palliative care: a critical analysis of power relations 1444. A YILDIRIM AND D YILDIRIM Mobbing in the workplace by peers and managers: mobbing experienced by nurses working in healthcare facilities in Turkey and its effect on nurses Volume contents 1454 A CHALMERS, C MITCHELL, M ROSENTHAL AND D ELLIOTT An exploration of patients’ memories and experiences of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a multiplace chamber Family nursing 1460 H-FS KAO, ML McHUGH AND SS TRAVIS Psychometric tests of Expectations of Filial Piety Scale in a Mexican-American population 1468 M KARA KASIKCI AND J ALBERTO Family support, perceived self-efficacy and self-care behaviour of Turkish patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 1479 UKELLETT Seizing possibilities for positive family caregiving in nursing homes 1488 STL VERHAEGHE, FJ VAN ZUUREN, T DEFLOOR, MSH DUIJNSTEE AND MHF GRYPDONCK How does information influence hope in family members of traumatic coma patients in intensive care unit? 1498 MKANERVISTO, E PAAVILAINEN AND J HEIKKILA Family dynamics in families of severe COPD patients 1506 H TAKEMOTO, A HAGIHARA, M KINOSHITA, M MATSUOKA, M BABA AND K NOBUTOMO Predictors of recognition and practice of family nursing among healthcare professionals in Japan Students and newly qualified nurses 1516 MS McNAMARA IIluminating the essential elements of the role of the clinical placement co-ordinator: a phenomenological inquiry 1525 L-L HSU Conducting clinical post-conference in clinical teaching: a qualitative study 1534. M O’SHEA AND B KELLY The lived experiences of newly qualified nurses on clinical placement during the first six months following registration in the Republic of Ireland 1543 FF BOURBONNAIS AND E KERR Preceptoring a student in the final clinical placement: reflections from nurses in a Canadian Hospital Midwifery 1550 C-M CHEN, S-F KUO, Y-H CHOU AND H-C CHEN Postpartum Taiwanese women: their postpartum depression, social support and health-promoting lifestyle profiles 1561 J FENWICK, J GAMBLE AND Y HAUCK Believing in birth —- choosing VBAC: the childbirth expectations of a self-selected cohort of Australian women 1571 MZ HUANG, S-C KUO, MD AVERY, W CHEN, K-C LIN AND M-L GAU Evaluating effects of a prenatal web-based breastfeeding education programme in Taiwan Research in brief 1580 LYKLEE,DTFLEEANDJ WOO Effect of Tai Chi on state self-esteem and health-related quality of life in older Chinese residential care home residents 1583 COMMENTARIES AND RESPONSE 1589 BOOK REVIEWS Volume 16 Number 9 September 2007 EDITORIAL 1591 R WATSON Intervention studies in JCN 1592. ERRATUM ARTICLES Issues in clinical nursing 1593 N FRASER, JR SNYMAN, F WESSELS AND G NEL Intravenous fluid therapy: a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness of the [V7™ flow medical device 1602 A McMURRAY, P JOHNSON, M WALLIS, E PATTERSON AND S GRIFFITHS General surgical patients’ perspectives of the adequacy and appropriateness of discharge planning to facilitate health decision-making at home 1610 M MOONEY Newly qualified Irish nurses’ interpretation of their preparation and experiences of registration 1618 SK EGGENBERGER AND TP NELMS Being family: the family experience when an adult member is hospitalized with a critical illness 1629 DJ MILNE, M KRISHNASAMY, L JOHNSTON AND S ARANDA Promoting evidence-based care through a clinical research fellowship programme Critical care 1640 CM RICKARD, BL ROBERTS, J FOOTE AND MR McGRAIL Job satisfaction and importance for intensive care unit research coordinators: results from binational survey 1651 A ENGSTROM AND S SODERBERG Close relatives in intensive care from the perspective of critical care nurses 1660 ARICHARDSON, W CROW, ECOGHILL AND C TURNOCK A comparison of sleep assessment tools by nurses and patients in critical care 1669 BL ROBERTS, CM RICKARD, D RAJBHANDARI AND P REYNOLDS Factual memories of ICU: recall at two years post- discharge and comparison with delirium status during ICU admission — a multicentre cohort study Emergency care 1678 MSOWNEY AND O BARR The challenges for nurses communicating with and gaining valid consent from adults with intellectual disabilities within the accident and emergency care service 1687 J CONSIDINE AND D BRENNAN Effect of an evidence-based education programme on ED discharge advice for febrile children 1695 M COOKE, K HOLZHAUSER, M JONES, C DAVIS AND J FINUCANE The effect of aromatherapy massage with music on the stress and anxiety levels of emergency nurses: comparison between summer and winter 1704 TV McCANN, E CLARK, § McCCONNACHIE AND I HARVEY Deliberate self-harm: emergency department nurses’ attitudes, triage and care intentions Older people 1712 I ANDERSSON, E PETTERSSON AND B SIDENVALL Daily life after moving into a care home — experiences from older people, relatives and contact persons Volume contents 1719 P-C LIN, H-H WANG AND H-T HUANG Depressive symptoms among older residents at nursing homes in Taiwan 1726 I SCHOFIELD, S KERR AND D TOLSON An exploration of the smoking-related health beliefs of older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 1736 P OLIVE Care for emergency department patients who have experienced domestic violence: a review of the evidence base 1749 EHAGGSTROM, A KIHLGREN, M KIHLGREN AND V SORLIE Relatives’ struggle for an improved and more just care for older people in community care Research in brief 1758 DSF YU, DTF LEE AND J WOO The revolving door syndrome: the Chinese COPD patients’ perspectives 1761 COMMENTARIES AND RESPONSES 1787 BOOK REVIEWS Volume 16 Number 10 October 2007 GUEST EDITORIAL 1789 J TAYLOR In praise of the feasibility study ARTICLES Issues in clinical nursing 1792 AHUMPHREYS,S JOHNSON, J RICHARDSON, ESTENHOUSE AND M WATKINS A systematic review and meta-synthesis: evaluating the effectiveness of nurse, midwife/allied health professional consultants 1809 IW GRAHAM Consultant nurse-consultant physician: a new partnership for patient-centred care? 1818 J CARRYER, G GARDNER, § DUNN AND A GARDNER The core role of the nurse practitioner: practice, professionalism and clinical leadership 1826 A THORODDSEN AND M EHNFORS Putting policy into practice: pre- and posttests of implementing standardized languages for nursing documentation 1839 MLANSELMI, M PEDUZZI AND CBDOS SANTOS Errors in the administration of intravenous medication in Brazilian hospitals 1848 M MALLIK AND JA HUNT Plugging a hole and lightening the burden: a process evaluation of a practice education team 1858 WF CHAN AND TKS WONG Preparing for pandemic influenza: revisit the basics 1865 I HOLMSTROM AND ATHOGLUND The faceless encounter: ethical dilemmas in telephone nursing Cardiac nursing 1872 CST MATSUBA, MGR DE GUTIERREZ AND IY WHITAKER Development and evaluation of standardized protocol to prevent nasoenteral tube obstruction in cardiac patients requiring enteral nutrition with restricted fluid volumes 1878 SMALE, A COULL AND T MURPHY-BLACK Preliminary study to investigate the normal range of Ankle Brachial Pressure Index in young adults 1886 X JIANG, JW SIT AND TKS WONG A nurse-led cardiac rehabilitation programme improves health behaviours and cardiac physiological risk parameters: evidence from Chengdu, China 1898 A-L BERGH, C-H BERGH AND F FRIBERG How do nurses record pedagogical activities? Nurses’ documentation in patient records in a cardiac rehabilitation unit for patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass surgery 1908 JM O’DRISCOLL, R SHAVE AND CJ CUSHION A National Health Service Hospital’s cardiac rehabilitation programme: a qualitative analysis of provision Women and children 1919 HCW LI Evaluating the effectiveness of preoperative interventions: the appropriateness of using the children’s emotional manifestation scale 1927 BERCI Psychometric evaluation of Self-Assessed Support Needs of women with breast cancer Scale 1936 K GETLIFFE, M FADER, A COTTENDEN, K JAMIESON AND N GREEN Absorbent products for incontinence: ‘treatment effects’ and impact on quality of life 1946 D HAGGLUND AND G AHLSTROM The meaning of women’s experience of living with long-term urinary incontinence is powerlessness 1955 J IBARRA, F FRY, C WICKENDEN, A OLSEN, RH VANDER STICHELE, H LAPEERE, M JENNER, A FRANKS AND JL SMITH Overcoming health inequalities by using the Bug Busting ‘whole-school approach’ to eradicate head lice 1966 H EDWARDS, A WALSH, M COURTNEY, S MONAGHAN, J WILSON AND J YOUNG Promoting evidence-based childhood fever management through a peer education programme based on the theory of planned behaviour 1980 COMMENTARIES AND RESPONSE 1985 BOOK REVIEWS Volume 16 Number 11 November 2007 GUEST EDITORIAL 1987 GBYRNE Unlocking potential — coaching as a means to enhance leadership and role performance in nursing ARTICLES Review 1989 J KELLY Literature review: decision-making regarding slow resuscitation Nutrition and older people 1997 USODERHAMN, M BACHRACH-LINDSTROM AND A-C EK Nutritional screening and perceived health in a group of geriatric rehabilitation patients 2007 MBACHRACH-LINDSTROM, S JENSEN, RLUNDIN AND L CHRISTENSSON Attitudes of nursing staff working with older people towards nutritional nursing care 2015 CC-H CHEN, Y-Y BAI, G-H HUANG AND ST TANG Revisiting the concept of malnutrition in older people 2027 B OLOFSSON, M STENVALL, M LUNDSTROM, O SVENSSON AND Y GUSTAFSON Malnutrition in hip fracture patients: an intervention study Volume contents Issues in clinical nursing 2039 M-L YEH, H-J YANG, H-H CHEN AND M-Y TSOU Using a patient-controlled analgesia multimedia intervention for improving analgesia quality 2047 C HUTCHISON AND M McCREADDIE The process of developing audiovisual patient information: challenges and opportunities 2056 K GEBRU, E AHSBERG AND A WILLMAN Nursing and medical documentation on patients’ cultural background 2066 RMcSHERRY,D MUDD ANDS CAMPBELL Evaluating the perceived role of the nurse consultant through the lived experience of healthcare professionals Emergency care 2081 A O’BRIEN AND J BENGER Patient dependency in emergency care: do we have the nurses we need? 2088 F-C TSAI, Y-F TSAI, C-C CHIEN AND C-C LIN Emergency nurses’ knowledge of perceived barriers in pain management in Taiwan Cancer nursing 2096 E McCAUGHAN AND H McKENNA Never-ending making sense: towards a substantive theory of the information-seeking behaviour of newly diagnosed cancer patients 2105 EMcCAUGHAN AND H McKENNA Information-seeking behaviour of men newly diagnosed with cancer: a qualitative study 2114 KK-F CHENG Oral mucositis, dysfunction, and distress in patients undergoing cancer therapy Critical care 2122 NA PATTISON, S DOLAN, P TOWNSEND AND R TOWNSEND After critical care: a study to explore patients’ experiences of a follow-up service 2132. P FULBROOK, A BONGERS AND JW ALBARRAN A European survey of enteral nutrition practices and procedures in adult intensive care units 2142 J SIFFLEET, J YOUNG, $ NIKOLETTI AND T SHAW Patients’ self-report of procedural pain in the intensive care unit Long-term care 2149 KS McGILTON AND VM BOSCART Close care provider-resident relationships in long-term care environments 2158 HYL CHAN AND SMC PANG Quality of life concerns and end-of-life care preferences of aged persons in long-term care facilities 2167 K MURPHY, EO SHEA AND A COONEY Quality of life for older people living in long-stay settings in Ireland 2178 COMMENTARY AND RESPONSE 2181 BOOK REVIEWS 2183 CORRIGENDUM Volume 16 Number 12 December 2007 EDITORIAL 2185 P SMITH Overseas-trained nurses, diversity and discrimination: perceptions, practice and policy ARTICLES Migrant labour 2187 JA LARSEN Embodiment of discrimination and overseas nurses’ career progression 2196 L HENRY Institutionalized disadvantage: older Ghanaian nurses’ and midwives’ reflections on career progression and stagnation in the NHS H ALLAN The rhetoric of caring and the recruitment of overseas nurses: the social production of a care gap P SMITH AND M MACKINTOSH Profession, market and class: nurse migration and the remaking of division and disadvantage O ALEXIS, V VYDELINGUM AND I ROBBINS Engaging with a new reality: experiences of overseas minority ethnic nurses in the NHS T O’BRIEN Overseas nurses in the National Health Service: a process of deskilling I ABODERIN Contexts, motives and experiences of Nigerian overseas nurses: understanding links to globalization P RAGHURAM Interrogating the language of integration: the case of internationally recruited nurses B HUNT Managing equality and cultural diversity in the health workforce WwNNwRK w A PALESE, M BARBA, G BORGHI, M MESAGLIO AND S BRUSAFERRO Competence of Romanian nurses after their first six months in Italy: a descriptive study Education and training for clinical practice 2272 L ELLIS Academics’ perceptions of the professional or clinical doctorate: findings of a national survey 2280 LG MOSELEY, MDAVIES AND LE EVANS The training needs of health care support workers: results of a study of workers and their managers 2287 EA MITCHELL, ARYAN, O CARSON AND S McCANN Anexploratory study of web-enhanced learning in undergraduate nurse education 2297 AJONES Putting practice into teaching: an exploratory study of nursing undergraduates’ interpersonal skills and the effects of using empirical data as a teaching and learning resource Children and families F PAUL, MCJONES, CHENDRY AND PM ADAIR The quality of written information for parents regarding the management of a febrile convulsion: a randomized controlled trial S-F LAN, P-F MU AND K-S HSIEH Maternal experiences making a decision about heart surgery for their young children with congenital heart disease A WALSH, H EDWARDS AND J FRASER Influences on parents’ fever management: beliefs, experiences and information sources M HUGHES Parents’ and nurses’ attitudes to family-centred care: an Irish perspective M-Y CHANG AND L-L HSU The perceptions of Taiwanese families who have children with learning disability M-S WONG AND SW-C CHAN The experiences of Chinese family members of terminally ill patients - a qualitative study COMMENTARIES AND RESPONSE BOOK REVIEW