Author: receivingconsent

Anyone who is experienced in approaching patients to ask if they are interested in participating in research on a regular basis is likely to be aware of, if not familiar with, this phenomenon. You've assessed capacity, gone through the main points of the study and left an information sheet with a patient. You come back.… Continue reading When saying “Yes” isn’t affirmative

Firstly.  And I state this most emphatically.  I am not an expert on gender.  In fact, the more I learn the more I realise I have so much more to learn.  I do, however, observe and take note of certain things.  I note that when I approach a patient to collect demographic data I am… Continue reading Prefer not to say: How gender inclusive is our research?

"Let's put paternalism in the bin" Nadine Montgomery 4th July 2019   When I wrote my blog post a little over a year ago highlighting the implications for research nurses of the Montgomery ruling in 2015, I had no idea that less than 12 months later I would have the honour of hearing Nadine Montgomery… Continue reading Why are we still not Montgomery Compliant 4 years on?

  I am a huge fan of using Twitter as a health care professional.  Anyone that knows me personally will know this to be true and may even have been along to one of my sessions on using Twitter as a research nurse.  Being a freelance nurse, Twitter is one channel I use to share… Continue reading Scratching beneath the surface of Twitter