G. J. Melendez-Torres

Aug 18, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Jennifer Baumbusch |Sarah Kagan |G. J. Melendez-Torres

We are delighted to announce our eighth annual International Journal of Older People Nursing (IJOPN) Awards. As editors, we are very conscious that we guide a community of readers, authors, reviewers, social media editors and editorial board members. So many members of our community serve the journal and contribute to our discipline of gerontological nursing in diverse and noteworthy ways. Each year at this time, we acknowledge outstanding contributions and service during the prior year.

Jun 4, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Rhiannon Barker |Chris Bonell |G. J. Melendez-Torres

1 INTRODUCTION In this paper, we explore methodological challenges in conducting qualitative research on sensitive topics with vulnerable young people (YP). Accessing groups deemed vulnerable or whose voices are seldom heard for research purposes may require the use of methods and tools that go beyond conventional qualitative techniques.

Mar 16, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Ciara Thomas |G. J. Melendez-Torres

1 INTRODUCTION Menstruation is a global public health issue, experienced by 1.8 billion girls, women, transgender, and nonbinary persons (Barrington et al., 2021; Bull et al., 2019; UNICEF, 2019). Menstrual health refers to physical, mental, and social well-being in relation to the menstrual cycle (Hennegan et al., 2021).

Nov 20, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | David Richards |Ben Jones |G. J. Melendez-Torres |Jess Bollen

1 INTRODUCTION The SARS-COV-2 pandemic has highlighted the vital importance of nursing care for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19. Nurses inexperienced (Gammon & Hunt, 2018) in pandemic-specific care procedures for infection prevention and control (World Health Organization, 2016) were redeployed from their usual workplaces, requiring them to nurse critically unwell patients (Bagnasco et al., 2020) and to implement practices they were unfamiliar with (Verbeek et al., 2020).

Nov 3, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | G. J. Melendez-Torres |Louise Crathorne |Eleanor Hepworth |Vanessa Sloane

1 BACKGROUND Quantitative and qualitative evaluations of health system initiatives to improve the response to domestic abuse (DA) have highlighted the potential value of the Domestic Abuse Coordinator (DAC) role within National Health Service (NHS) acute trusts.1, 2 Because the exact description and title of the DAC role vary between NHS acute trusts, there are no exact estimates of its prevalence; however, evaluations have highlighted some common characteristics of the role.