Biomedical subjects

D A Hennessy

Publications and source records attributed to D A Hennessy.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2001

Further validation of the driving vengeance questionnaire.

The present study further validated the Driving Vengeance Questionnaire (DVQ), assessing the frequency of past acts of severe and dangerous violent driving behaviors, as well as milder driver aggression measured in actual driving conditions. DVQ scores were predicted by driver violence, where vengeful drivers reported greater acts of past violence. DVQ scores were also predicted by mild driver aggression measured in high traffic congestion, such that vengeful drivers were more likely to exhibit mild aggression in high congestion conditions. Finally, the DVQ demonstrated high internal consistency (alpha = 0.81), demonstrating the DVQ to be a reliable and valid measure of driving vengeance.

Adult↗

PubMed1994

Identifying and developing tomorrow's trust nursing directors.

The recent National Health Service (NHS) reforms are having a fundamental impact upon the culture, structure and financing of the NHS, and the way in which patients receive care. The challenges this presents for the future of nursing practice, management and leadership are profound. This paper provides an account of how one NHS region, South West Thames, has sought to identify and develop the competencies required of future NHS trust nursing directors, and other top managers within the region, by participation in a sophisticated diagnostic process known as the Development Centre. The paper firstly explores the background to the Region's Career Development and Planning System (CDPS), then outlines the process of the identification of competencies, before exploring in detail the six stages of the Development Centre diagnostic process.

Career Mobility↗

PubMed1991

Effects of reduction of acute hospital services on district nursing services: implications for quality assurance.

Two questions of importance to those concerned with maintaining standards and increasing the efficiency of Community Nursing are: (1) does reducing hospital provision alter the number of patients referred for Community Nursing or the type of care provided; (2) are Community Nursing Services directed towards those who most require them? A base-line study was carried out in the first quarter of 1988, before the closure of one of two general hospitals in an inner London Health Authority and was replicated in the same quarter of 1989, after all acute inpatient services had been transferred to the other hospital. Comparison of patients discharged before and after closure showed no significant differences in patients' age, sex, proportion living alone, length of stay in hospital, readmissions or deaths within one month of discharge. There was some decline in general nursing care. Total discharges declined by 20% while the number of referrals remained the same, indicating that proportionately more patients were discharged with a referral. Comparing referred and unreferred patients showed that Community Nursing Services were already being directed towards those most in need both before and after hospital closure. Results suggest that Community Nursing helps to maintain patients in the community.

Adolescent↗