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This book is a resource for using the internet as a tool in all aspects of nursing research--conducting it, teaching it, and using it. From searching online databases to creating surveys and recruiting research subjects online, the internet opens new possibilities in the research process, as well as new problems. Experienced researchers describe internet-based research methods, information on online methods for teaching research, and accessing the research of others. The appendixes include samples of existing research projects that use internet-based methodologies, as well as a listing of online resources for researchers.

To analyze the effect of continuous nursing intervention based on network interactive platform on improving blood glucose level and self-efficacy in patients with early diabetic kidney disease. The control group received basic routine nursing, and the study group received continuous nursing based on the network interactive platform. The blood glucose level, renal function, inflammatory factors, self-efficacy, self-management behavior, nursing efficacy and adverse reactions were compared. There was no significant difference in baseline data between the two groups. After the application of continuous nursing based on network interactive platform, the blood glucose level and renal function of patients were significantly decreased, and those of the study group were lower than those of the control group. The inflammatory factors in the study group were significantly lower than those in the control group. In the nursing of patients with early-onset diabetic kidney disease, the application of continuous nursing based on network interactive platform can effectively reduce the level of inflammatory factors, improve the level of blood glucose and renal function, improve the self-efficacy and self-management behavior of patients, and reduce the occurrence of adverse reactions. It is worthy of promotion and application in nursing.

This book is a thorough and appealing investigation into the health and welfare of abandoned babies and children in eighteenth-century England. It uses a variety of approaches to examine health, mortality and welfare practices, including family fostering, wet-nursing, disease and the impact of abandonment on survivorship.

In this article, the author surveys established psychiatric nurses' opinions of the content of advanced practitioner nursing roles by sending a questionnaire to a random sample of 100 members of the Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research (NPNR) network, receiving a response rate of 78%. The results identified elements of the ‘normal’ nursing roles (e.g. basic psychotherapeutic practices), and elements of the ‘advanced’ nursing role (e.g. enhanced autonomy in admission and discharge). The study concluded that an advanced psychiatric nursing role was supported by psychiatric nurses and recommended that pilot sites, to test the acceptability and effectiveness of the role, should be established.

This article attempts to investigate the relationship between alcohol/drug abuse and the frequency of religious service attendance in adolescents within south eastern USA. The authors used a survey to collect data from a total sample of 217 adolescents aged between 12 and 19 years. The sample comprised both a non-clinical and clinical group. The results indicate that as attendance at religious services increased, alcohol and drug abuse decreased. The authors conclude that spirituality is a concept that warrants further study in order to determine if its inclusion within treatment programmes could help enhance recovery or reduce recidivism.

This article reports on an exploratory study that attempted to identify aspects of the care organization that may affect the violent behaviour of clients. Having noted that violence in psychiatric settings is a significant problem, the authors pointed out that there was a dearth of literature that examined the influence of the organization in relation to violent client behaviour.

This article reported on a survey which was designed to measure aspects of community psychiatric nursing (CPN) education in the UK. Thirty-two of the 39 course leaders who ran postqualifying programmes in CPN responded to a nine-page postal questionnaire. Findings indicated that the majority of courses are now run at degree level, and that most appear to include education in key areas of specialist content pertinent to contemporary CPN practice (e.g. collaborative working with service users). Overall, however, the article reported that courses for CPN appeared to be characterized by considerable variation in specialist content. The article concluded by offering possible explanations for this variation and some suggestions for future research.

The above article describes a cyclic model of violence to psychiatric nurses and reports on a partial test of the model. It argues that stress induced by exposure to violence leads to impaired staff performance and adoption of behaviours which make the reoccurrence of violence more likely. It proposes that certain staff behaviours (e.g. expressing verbal hostility) would be associated with an increased risk of assault. It reports that there was some evidence of the proposed association and discusses the implications of these findings for psychiatric nursing.

Review and discussion of 'The process of constant observation: perspectives of staff and suicidal patients' in J Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing. 1999. 6(1). p9-14. [(BNI unique abstract)] 28 references

Cutcliffe JR (1999) Qualified nurses' lived experience of violence perpetrated by individuals suffering from enduring mental health problems: a hermeneutic study. Int J Nurs Studies 36: 105–116