Biomedical subjects

M J Morison

Publications and source records attributed to M J Morison.

17 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1998

Parents' and young people's attitudes towards bedwetting and their influence on behaviour, including readiness to engage in and persist with treatment.

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Adolescent↗

PubMed1998

Family attitudes to bed-wetting and their influence on treatment.

Bed-wetting can have far-reaching social consequences for the whole family. Seven types of attitude towards bed-wetting have been identified that can be strongly predictive of behaviour, including the readiness to engage in and persist with treatment. Understanding the family's perspective enables a dialogue to be engaged in which takes account of the reality of the family's circumstances.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1992

Quality assurance and wound care in the community.

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Community Health Nursing↗

PubMed1992

Promoting the motivation to change. The role of facilitative leadership in quality assurance.

Quality assurance initiatives depend on the motivation of committed clinically-based staff to succeed. A bottom-up approach encourages staff to identify priorities and goals in the knowledge that significant and valid changes can be made.

Humans↗

PubMed1991

The Stirling model of nursing audit. Its relationship to standard setting and quality assurance.

Setting up nursing audit can be a daunting prospect. Once done, however, it can provide information about the effectiveness and quality of care. This article describes how audit can be integrated into quality assurance and standard setting initiatives already underway.

Humans↗

PubMed1989

Managing pressure sores: local treatment.

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Bandages↗

PubMed1989

Pressure sores: removing the causes of the wound.

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Beds↗

PubMed1989

Pressure sore management: the patient's role.

Patient education can lead to better healing of pressure sores, but it is essential that education programmes are tailored to the needs of the individual.

Humans↗

PubMed1989

Early assessment of pressure sore risk.

If they are to prevent at-risk patients developing pressure sores, and ensure optimum healing time for those already existing, it is vital that nurses understand the aetiology of pressure sores and employ a system of risk assessment.

Humans↗

PubMed1989