Browsing by Person "Cameron, Shona"

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A qualitative study of hospital patients' understanding of health promotion
(John Wiley & Sons, 2013-10) Shoqirat, N.; Cameron, Shona
Aims and objectives: To examine hospital patients' understanding of health promotion in Jordan. Background: Increasingly, hospital nurses are urged to promote patients' health and meet their needs. Yet, internationally, little is known about how patients themselves understand health promotion, and no Jordanian study has been undertaken in this area. Design: A qualitative design was used. Methods: Focus group discussions (n = 4) were undertaken with hospital patients. All discussions were digitally recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using qualitative thematic analysis. Results: Three images of health promotion emerged. These include health promotion as having adequate health knowledge, economic independency and good environment. It was also found that gender and spirituality affected patients' conceptualisations. Conclusions: Hospital patients' understanding and expectations of health promotion are complex and go beyond the disease management approach. Therefore, if health promotion is to meet patients' needs and operate at empowerment and socio-economic levels, the images identified in this article should be considered. The study limitations and recommendations for practice and future research are also outlined. Relevance to clinical practice: There is a need for a framework of health promotion that integrates patients' beliefs in general and particularly those related to religion and gender roles within the daily philosophy of care. Having achieved this, hospital nurses will be able to deliver culturally competent and wide-reaching health promotion. 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Arabic-speaking students' primary care experiences in Scotland
(2010-02) Ahmed, Amel Ibrahim; Cameron, Shona; Dickson, Caroline; Mountain, Kristina
Internationalisation of the higher education sector has resulted in greater ethnic and cultural diversity within the student population throughout the UK and European Union. There is limited knowledge about the burden of poor health and health care utilisation among minority ethnic groups in higher education. Scottish health policy is directed toward proactive care delivered within primary care settings. The community of one university in Scotland was chosen to explore the perceptions of accessibility and acceptability of primary care among one minority group, namely Arabic speakers. The research methodology was of an exploratory descriptive design, with a convenience sample of Arabic speakers studying at one university. Quantitative and qualitative data were provided by 20 respondents. A questionnaire elicited demographic data and information about any primary care services used, while semi-structured interviews gathered more in-depth data. Participants were generally satisfied with primary health services. The majority were satisfied with the availability of a healthcare professional of their preferred gender, and their communication with and attitudes of healthcare professionals, as well as the health information provided. Recommendations include greater availability of written information in Arabic, and further research concerning cultural competence for healthcare professionals.
Debating the use of work-based learning and interprofessional education in promoting collaborative practice in primary care: a discussion paper
(Radcliffe Publishing Ltd, 2012-07) Cameron, Shona; Rutherford, Ishbel; Mountain, Kristina
Background: The context of primary care in the UK is changing rapidly, underpinned by continuing policy drivers to ensure person-centred safe and effective practice. Undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for healthcare practitioners are increasingly using interprofessional education (IPE) as one route to engender greater understanding of others' roles and contributions to health care, with the suggestion that IPE leads to better integration and teamwork, and thus stronger collaborative practice. Access to education and professional development for those working in primary care is difficult, and individuals need the focus of learning to be clearly relevant to their practice. Aims: To review and debate the evidence on the role of work-based learning and IPE in enhancing collaborative practice in primary care. Method: Literature search and critique of key papers relevant to primary care practice. Results: The three themes emerged of IPE, workbased learning (WBL) and collaborative practice. There is a growing body of literature to support the positive outcomes of IPE and the utilisation of WBL in developing practice. A range of practitioners in a variety of work settings have used WBL approaches in the implementation of innovations and the development of communities of practice. However, little evidence exists to support these approaches in primary care. Conclusion: The application of WBL across primary care teams can support a positive and collaborative learning culture, resulting in changes to professional practice.
Exploring leadership in community nursing teams
(Blackwell, 2012-07) Cameron, Shona; Harbison, Jean; Lambert, Vicky; Dickson, Caroline
Aims.- This article is a report on a study investigating how leadership is perceived in community nursing teams and how these perceptions are translated into working practices of team leaders. Background.- The consensus in community nursing literature is that leadership is important, and especially so in a time of change. However, little empirical evidence exists on how leadership works in practice. Method.- The study adopted an exploratory descriptive design, utilising individual semi-structured interviews and focus groups in four case-studies, with a total of 54 participants. Two case-studies focussed on district nursing teams and two involved public health nursing teams, located in two geographical areas. Participants debated their understanding of the concept of leadership, its associated practices and behaviours in teams, if they saw themselves as leaders, and what preparation was required. The study was undertaken in 2009. Framework analysis techniques were employed to analyse the data. Findings.- A 'quasi-family' model of leadership emerged, with significant emphasis on the importance of personal relationships and support. Nursing grade had a greater impact on perceptions of leadership than geographical context or professional and clinical focus. Conclusion.- No clear fit with any existing theoretical framework was identified. However, nurses in the highest grade banding, in particular, demonstrated practices associated with transformational leadership. Nurses expressed the very clear need to be acknowledged, respected and valued, and that those who provided this support were regarded as good leaders.
Leadership in Community Nursing - Report of a study carried out by Queen Margaret University Edinburgh, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Forth Valley
(Queens Nursing Institute in Scotland, 2010-02-28) Cameron, Shona; Harbison, Jean; Lambert, Vicky; Rutherford, Ishbel; Dickson, Caroline; Astbury, R.; Russell, M.; Lindesay, S.
In response to national and local agendas, both NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Forth Valley maintain a strong commitment to the development of those in clinical leadership positions. Queen Margaret University programmes in Nursing incorporate leadership as a core element in preparation for practice, and QMU have accredited NHS Lanarkshire's leadership educational programme for several years. This project emerged from that collaboration, from ideas about the nature of leadership and the recognition that few empirical studies exist in nursing in general, and fewer specifically in community nursing. The two data collection sites were not involved in pilot work of the Review of Nursing in the Community (SEHD 2006) although all staff were working in this context of policy drivers encouraging change (SE 2005a, SE 2005b, Pollock 2007, Kennedy et al 2009, RCN 2009a 2009b).
Review of Community Nursing: baseline study research findings
(Scottish Government, 2009) Kennedy, Catriona; Elliott, Laurie; Rush, Robert; Hogg, Rhona; Cameron, Shona; Currie, Margaret; Hall, Steph; Miller, Martine; Plunkett, Charlene; Lauder, William
This research findings outlines the key findings from a study designed to provide quantitative and qualitative evidence of the views and satisfaction of community health nurses with their current role and their views on a proposed new model of community nursing in Scotland. It also gathered data on the views of their clients, particularly their experiences of receiving care and support from nurses in the community. The study will be used in a subsequent evaluation of the new model.
Review of Nursing in the Community: Baseline Study
(Scottish Government, 2009-04) Kennedy, Catriona; Elliott, Laurie; Rush, Robert; Hogg, Rhona; Cameron, Shona; Currie, Margaret; Hall, Steph; Miller, Martine; Plunkett, Charlene; Lauder, William
During 2006 the Scottish Executive began a far reaching review of community nursing. It was decided to test a new model of community nursing in four development sites. This report outlines the key findings from a study designed to provide quantitative and qualitative evidence of the views and satisfaction of community health nurses in these four sites with their current role and their views on a proposed new model of community nursing in Scotland. 1. This baseline study was commissioned by the Scottish Government in order to collect information which will be used in the subsequent evaluation of the new model of community nursing proposed in Scotland (Scottish Executive Health Department 2006). 2. The baseline study was designed to provide quantitative and qualitative evidence of the views and satisfaction of community health nurses with their current role and their views on the proposed model. It also gathered data on the views of their clients, particularly their experiences of receiving care and support from nurses in the community.
Study of the Implementation of a New Community Health Nurse Role in Scotland
(The Scottish Government, 2012-03) Elliott, Lawrie; Kennedy, Catriona; Rome, A.; Cameron, Shona; Currie, Margaret; Pow, Janette; Mackenzie-Baker, Maheshika
The role of Jordanian hospital nurses in promoting patients' health
(VDM Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, 2011-06-23) Cameron, Shona; Leppard, Margaret; Shoqirat, Noordeen
Background/Rationale: In recent years growing attention has been given to health and the development of health promotion within the hospital setting. This is in order to tackle the soaring medical costs and foster health improvement in the population. Given their unique relationship with patients, hospital nurses are urged to promote the patient's health, yet internationally, little is known about their role in health promotion and, specifically, no Jordanian study was found that examines such a role. Purpose of the Study/ Setting: To understand the nature of nurses' roles in heath promotion in a large teaching hospital in Jordan. Study Design/Methods: An in-depth constructivist case study design using a multiple method triangulation strategy was used. The study involved four phases. The first phase examined nurses' role in health promotion using focus group discussions (n=8), non-participant observations and semi-structured questionnaires. The second phase focused on patients' understanding of health and health promotion using focus group discussions (n=8). The third phase examined health promotion from the perspective of hospital stakeholders and a nursing educator. .