title: 'Catch it, encode it and measure it'.
abstract: Donna Mead, Head of School, School of Care Sciences, University of Glamorgan, explains how her early experiences as a ward sister gave her the drive and determination to seek research-based solutions to some of the conditions that she encountered.
authors.affiliation: School of Care Sciences, University of Glamorgan, Wales.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mead
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D003248:Constipation / Q000451:nursing; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods; D011340:Problem Solving; D012107:Research Design