• The transition to retirement: A narrative inquiry 

  Renton, Linda (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2020)

  The aim of the study was “To explore how people experience the transition to retirement” and the research question was “How do people experience the transition to retirement”. The literature review aimed to identify and ...

• An exploration of nurse preceptors’ perspectives of a pre-registration nursing clinical preceptorship programme in an acute hospital context in Egypt: A constructivist grounded theory approach 

  Helaly, Omnia (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2020)

  Background: The proposed reforms of Egyptian nursing education are based on competencies to achieve well-educated nurse graduates. There is a shortage of clinical faculty and increasing demands for nurse preceptors to act ...

• AN EXPLORATION OF MIDWIFERY PRACTICE VIEWED THROUGH A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM LENS IN ORDER TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MIDWIVES PROVIDE CARE TO PREGNANT WOMEN WHO ARE OBESE 

  Greig, Yvonne (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2020)

  To enter pregnancy whilst obese carries risk for both mother and baby but obesity rates continue to rise. Community midwives are now the lead carers for all pregnant women and will inevitably encounter women whose health ...

• Doing Mad Studies: A Participatory Action Research Project to explore the experiences and impacts of being part of a Mad People’s History and Identity course and the relationship between critical education, activism and emancipation 

  Ballantyne, Elaine (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2019)

  Mad People’s History and Identity (MPHI) is a Mad Studies course delivered at Queen Margaret University (QMU). The course is a partnership including academics at QMU, Consultancy and Advocacy Promotion Service (CAPS), NHS ...

• A qualitative study exploring healthcare students’ understanding of their moral compass and its influence on practice. 

  Edwards-Horton, Susan (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2019)

  Aims: To explore healthcare students’ understanding of their moral compass. Background: Francis (2010; 2013) highlighted failings within health and social care delivery, identifying themes of poor care, compassion, dignity ...

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