Nursing & Allied Health, Clinical Medicine
Division
Nursing and Allied Health Division
The Nursing and Allied Health Division represents the professions that deliver much of everyday care: nursing, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation, laboratory science and other allied health fields. It ensures their evidence and perspectives shape institutional work.
6publications
2books
4registered studies
51credited people
Overview and scope
Key subject areas
Nursing, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation, laboratory and allied health perspectives.
Nursing practice and patient safety
Respiratory therapy
Rehabilitation and physiotherapy
Medical laboratory science
Interprofessional education
Quality of care
Staff and contributors
All people in this division People
Verified Sterling IMRES staff will be listed here. Until then, these are the people credited on this division’s library works (not institute staff).
Linda H Aiken
Works (2)
- Effects of nurse-to-patient ratio legislation on nurse staffing and patient mortality, readmissions, and length of stay: a prospective study in a panel of hospitals(2021)
- Nursing skill mix in European hospitals: cross-sectional study of the association with mortality, patient ratings, and quality of care(2016)
Nursing & Allied Health, Clinical Medicine
Nursing & Allied Health, Clinical Medicine
Nursing & Allied Health, Clinical Medicine
Nursing & Allied Health, Clinical Medicine
Nursing & Allied Health, Clinical Medicine
Jane Ball
Works (1)
Nursing & Allied Health
Nursing & Allied Health, Clinical Medicine
Active research
Research hub Registered studies
In progressInterventional
Evaluation of Nurse-led Integrated Care of Complex Patients Facilitated By Telemonitoring: The SMaRT Study
The SMaRT study in Ontario, Canada, evaluates a model in which nurses coordinate the care of patients with multiple chronic conditions using home telemonitoring. Patients send home measurements through the Medly platform so the care team can spot problems between visits. The study compares early death and readmission outcomes with usual care.
2022
UpcomingInterventional
Family-centred Pulmonary Rehabilitation to Empower Carers
This Portuguese randomised trial, led by the University of Aveiro, will bring family members and other informal carers into pulmonary rehabilitation programmes alongside patients with chronic lung diseases. The comparison is against standard rehabilitation without carer involvement. The main outcome is carers' preparedness for caregiving after the programme.
2026
RecruitingInterventional
Examining the Efficacy of a Digital Media Intervention to Increase Recruitment Rates
WHEAT-Boost is a Study Within A Trial embedded in the WHEAT International Trial in Canadian neonatal units. Families approached about the host trial are randomised to receive a video-based explanation or the usual information. The main measure is the opt-in rate to the host trial.
2025
Completed and published
PublishedInterventional
Heart Failure Exercise And Resistance Training Camp (HEART Camp)
HEART Camp was a nurse-led feasibility trial at the University of Nebraska, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research. Participants with heart failure exercised in small groups guided by a nurse and an exercise physiologist, with support tapering off over six months to build self-management. Results were published in nursing and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation journals.
2005
Publications and books
All publications Reference library
Effects of nurse-to-patient ratio legislation on nurse staffing and patient mortality, readmissions, and length of stay: a prospective study in a panel of hospitalsOPEN ACCESS
The Lancet · DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00768-6
2021
Burnout in nursing: a theoretical reviewOPEN ACCESS
Human Resources for Health · DOI: 10.1186/s12960-020-00469-9
2020
Nurse staffing, nursing assistants and hospital mortality: retrospective longitudinal cohort studyOPEN ACCESS
BMJ Quality & Safety · DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008043
2018
Nursing skill mix in European hospitals: cross-sectional study of the association with mortality, patient ratings, and quality of careOPEN ACCESS
BMJ Quality & Safety · DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2016-005567
2016
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart diseaseOPEN ACCESS
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001800.pub3
2016
Pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseOPEN ACCESS
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003793.pub3
2015
Books
Visual resources
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Educational activities
Education Planned teaching
Focus areas: Nursing research literacy, Respiratory care, Interprofessional practice.
In developmentcourse
Evidence-based practice and critical appraisal
How to find, appraise and apply evidence, including risk-of-bias tools and certainty-of-evidence ratings.
- Appraise trials and systematic reviews
- Interpret GRADE certainty ratings
- Apply evidence to a clinical decision
Not yet enrolling · no accredited award
Related resources
courseFree with registration
ICH Good Clinical Practice E6(R3)
An eight-module e-learning course, taking about three hours, on the updated ICH E6(R3) Good Clinical Practice guideline across the life of a trial. It is offered in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, and learners who score at least 80% on the final quiz receive a certificate.
Self-paced online
courseFree with registration
OpenWHO
WHO's open learning platform, with self-paced courses on outbreaks, emergency response, infection prevention and control, clinical management and other public health topics. The courses are multilingual, work on low bandwidth, and many offer a certificate.
Self-paced online
courseFree
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) distance learning modules
A WHO self-study package from 2014 with nine modules on assessing and treating sick children, covering danger signs, cough, diarrhoea, fever, malnutrition, HIV and more. It also includes a facilitator guide, implementation guidance and a logbook.
PDF
guidelineFree
WHO Guidelines for Safe Surgery: Safe Surgery Saves Lives
WHO's 2009 guidance on patient safety in surgery, which supports the Safe Surgery Saves Lives initiative. The 124-page document can be downloaded free in several languages.
PDF
textbookFree
Anatomy and Physiology 2e
An openly licensed (CC BY 4.0) two-semester textbook of human anatomy and physiology, organised by body system. It is free to read online or as a PDF, and its figures can be reused with attribution.
Online and PDF
Collaborate with the Nursing & Allied Health division
Opportunities: Practice-based research with nursing and allied health teams; Handbooks and clinical skills resources; Interprofessional education projects.