Activities in the adolescent ward environment.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally, many nurses and midwives are working at an advanced practice level. The role of a Nurse and/or Midwife Consultant encompasses a diverse and complex interaction between five specified domains namely Clinical Service and Consultancy, Clinical Leadership, Research, Education, and Clinical Services Pla...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Fernandez RS,Sheppard-Law S,Manning V

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper reports on a research study to inform the development of a specialist role to support front line public health nurses (PHNs) working with vulnerable families and at risk children in Ireland. AIMS:This study aimed to investigate the position of a leading role and explore the implications of such c...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Austin J,Holt S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper concerns a study exploring the salience of a 'job description' for the effective self-management of a long-term condition to the experiences of a group of women living with difficult asthma. This is a life-threatening disease. It has been claimed that sufferers are a marginalised, misunderstood, mistreated ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Deacon M,Rickards E

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract In this paper, we consider the potential and implications of using social networking sites such as Facebook® in nurse education. The concept of social networking and the use of Facebook will be explored, as will the theoretical constructs specific to the use of online technology and Web 2.0 tools. Theories ar...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Green J,Wyllie A,Jackson D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many nurses are burned out, exhausted and have a high intent to leave their jobs. These factors, when experienced over a period of time, are consistent with the development of mental illness. This study takes a collective autoethnographical approach to mental illness in the nursing workplace by focusing on the stories...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Kidd JD,Finlayson MP

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feelings of powerlessness have been reported to affect nurses' perceived ability to provide competent quality care and have contributed to moral dilemmas and burnout among nurses. Burns nurses are a specific group of nurses who are more likely to experience feelings of powerlessness due to performing traumatic, painfu...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Kornhaber RA,Wilson A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyse the literature regarding the context and experiences of internationally qualified registered nurses, particularly Filipino and Indian nurses, who have transitioned to New Zealand. BACKGROUND:Internationally qualified nurses are a significant proportion of the nursing workforce in many developed countrie...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Jenkins BL,Huntington A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health professionals in health-care organisations are frequently challenged to strategise their services, reshape patterns of care delivery and to adapt to changing environments. Relocation of services into new hospital buildings is one example of a situation that generates these challenges. In this paper the authors ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Moss C,Walsh K,Mitchell J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are several reasons postulated for undergraduate nursing students discontinuing their studies; one being the experiences exposed to during clinical placement. This research explores and describes the experiences of second year undergraduate nursing students at one University in Victoria, Australia unde...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： James A,Chapman Y

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Abstract Background: Little is known about which diversity characteristics if any, impact on nursing students' clinical placements or how these may affect the quality of their learning experiences. There is therefore a need to better understand these effects not only from the student's perspective but also f...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Koch J,Everett B,Phillips J,Davidson PM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of undergraduate nursing education throughout Australia has had serious implications for the position of psychiatric nursing in attracting graduates into this field. There is some evidence from the results of limited research that a more positive view of psychiatric nursing can emerge as the result of...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Happell B

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing numbers of nurses seek to undertake doctoral education as nursing continues to develop as a discrete area of clinical and theoretical scholarship. Effective supervision is a crucial aspect of doctoral education and has been identified as essential to successful completion of doctoral training. Relatively li...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Jackson D,Darbyshire P,Luck L,Peters K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the feasibility and the effects of a multi-component education toolkit that used the Aged Care Funding Instrument behaviour (ACFI-BEH) scores to trigger care planning for older people experiencing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). METHOD:Forty-six older people and 209 staff and m...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Jeon YH,Govett J,Low LF,Chenoweth L,McNeill G,Hoolahan A,Brodaty H,O'Connor D

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Studies that establish the indicators of clinical status deterioration of Ineffective airway clearance remain scarce. Prognostic studies provide data for nurses identify clinical indicators that suggest a higher chance of early development of a nursing diagnosis. Objective: To identify the prognostic indic...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Pascoal LM,Lopes MVO,Silva VMD,Chaves DBR,Beltrão BA,Nunes MM,de Castro NB

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent debate has centred around a perceived discrepancy between employment skills required and skills acquired of doctorally prepared employees. There is a perception there might be a substantial shortfall between both current and future skill requirements. While much research has been undertaken into employer requir...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Borbasi S,Emden C

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with incarcerated mothers experience adverse health, social and emotional circumstances, and are a particularly vulnerable group. Mothers in custody face significant challenges in parenting their children. AIMS:The study aimed to identify participants' views on impact of a parenting support program...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Rossiter C,Power T,Fowler C,Jackson D,Hyslop D,Dawson A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Competency standards' is by now a familiar term to most nurses, and the rate at which many nursing organisations are developing their own set of standards would seem to suggest that competencies are an unproblematic, natural and indeed essential pursuit for us all. However, a review of the literature reveals that the...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： McAllister M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To outline and discuss the challenges inherent in providing clinical education for undergraduate nursing students.Design: Discussion paper.Discussion: The primary goal of undergraduate nursing education is the preparation of graduates able to function as newly registered nurses in acute hospital, primary ca...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Spence D,Zambas S,Mannix J,Jackson D,Neville S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although men's health literature has developed rapidly over the last decade and covers a plethora of issues, almost no attention has been paid to understanding the transmission of health knowledge from men to boys in Australian society. This paper identifies a paucity of literature on the topic and offers explanations...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Laws TA,Bradley H

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Abstract Background: Increasing numbers of children with complex health needs (CWCHN) are being cared for in their own homes. Caring for a child with complex health needs is an enormous task for a family and so access to suitable respite is critical for the wellbeing of all members of the family. AIM:The ai...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Welsh R,Dyer S,Evans D,Fereday J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been significant growth in communication technologies. However, it is unknown to what extent RACFs accommodate such technologies. AIM:To explore the use and availability of communication technologies for use by residents within RACFs in Queensland, Australia. METHODS:A descriptive, structured tel...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Moyle W,Jones C,Murfield J,Dwan T,Ownsworth T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the development and pilot testing of the School Entrant Health Questionnaire (SEHQ) for the School Nursing Program in Victoria, Australia to provide a health profile of primary school children. Items likely to discriminate between healthy children and children having health concerns were generat...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Avant KC,Edgecombe G,Griffin P,Corneille K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The body alterations of men with prostate cancer affect their sexual functioning and raise common issues for men with this disease. This study examines these issues with the use of in-depth interviewing to collect sensitive data. The intention here is not to report the findings of the main study but to discuss broad m...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Yong VT

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the importance of critical thinking in clinical and educational settings, little is known about its role in evidence-based practice (EBP). AIM:This study examined whether critical thinking disposition (CTD) mediates the relationship between perceived barriers to research use and EBP in clinical nurs...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Kim SA,Song Y,Sim HS,Ahn EK,Kim JH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nurses and midwives of Australia now is the time for change! As powerfully placed, Indigenous and non-Indigenous nursing and midwifery professionals, together we can ensure an effective and robust Indigenous curriculum in our nursing and midwifery schools of education. Today, Australia finds itself in a shifting tide ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Geia L,Baird K,Bail K,Barclay L,Bennett J,Best O,Birks M,Blackley L,Blackman R,Bonner A,Bryant Ao R,Buzzacott C,Campbell S,Catling C,Chamberlain C,Cox L,Cross W,Cruickshank M,Cummins A,Dahlen H,Daly J,Darbyshire

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whilst the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in acute care services has been well documented, less is known about the impact of computerising community-based primary care such as child and family health nursing services. This self-complete survey of 606 nurses working in the Victorian Maternal and ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Ridgway L,Mitchell C,Sheean F

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global nursing shortage has caused competition and cooperation between countries desperate for registered nurses (RNs), and has led to an increase in migration and international recruitment of nurses. Some nursing diplomas or degrees earned in one country may not be transferable to another. As a result, there is g...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Thobaben M,Roberts DA,Badir A,Wang H,Murayama H,Murashima S,Taguchi A

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In my final semester as a third year Bachelor of Nursing student, I undertook my practicum placement in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). During this time I cared for Alex, a 10 year old boy with Cerebral Palsy, who presented to the ICU unit in with acute respiratory failure. This paper takes the form of a clinical inquir...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Movric D

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Delphi study was undertaken to identify paediatric cancer nursing research priorities at the sole paediatric tertiary referral centre in Western Australia. Thirty one responses were received from the first Delphi round and 22 from the second round. The top 10 priorities identified were different from those identifie...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Monterosso L,Dadd G,Ranson K,Toye C

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the frequency of physical and emotional health problems associated with labor and their relationship with self-rated health measures. METHODS:Four hundred women were enrolled. Data collection was accomplished through the completion of a form on sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics, a que...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Aksu S,Varol FG,Hotun Sahin N

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00