Female genital mutilation and transcultural nursing: adaptation of the Rising Sun Model.

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：:This article argues that a primary health care approach is an appropriate conceptual framework for addressing the health needs of Indigenous people. Primary health care is strategic, focusing on equity, access, empowerment and intersectoral partnerships as essential elements for maintaining health. Stereotypical notio...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： McMurray A,Param R

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Career paths selected by completing nursing students are of significant interest to educators and professional agencies. This paper presents part of a larger study which investigated students' influences and motivations for selecting nursing as a career path. The aim of this study was to identify career goals of compl...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Bosco AM,Ward C,Styles I

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In March 2002 The Northern Clinical Research Centre, Epping implemented a six week outpatient based pulmonary rehabilitation program for people with COPD. This paper outlines the establishment, underlying philosophy, marketing, coordination and personnel necessary for a successful program, as identified by the researc...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Murphy MC,Campbell M,Saunders JE,Berlowitz DJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to identify how healthcare clients achieve and maintain a sense of control over their health. The literature review conducted refers to: (i) key definitions of control, (ii) locus of control, and (iii) control and wellbeing. Participants with a range of acute and chronic health conditions...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Fiveash B,Nay R

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Motivations for selecting nursing as a career are usually explored through direct questions to candidates and students. PURPOSE:The present article aims to uncover ties between the demand structure for the profession and broader socio-demographic and economic processes. METHOD:Data covering a ten year peri...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Birenbaum-Carmeli D

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focus by child health professionals on the well-being of young Australian children and their families has intensified in the past decade, with particular attention drawn to the importance of the early detection and intervention of developmental problems. While many children with developmental difficulties are detected...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Williams J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interprofessional practice is a way of practicing that is based on collaboration. We cannot assume that health professionals have either the skills or attributes required for interprofessional practice. They may need to learn how to collaborate. Developing interprofessional practice requires a commitment to engage in ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： McCallin A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical education is an essential part of every undergraduate nursing curriculum. The main benefits are that it allows students to put theory into practice and experience the realities of the practice-based nursing profession. Limitations include the unstable nature of the clinical area as a learning environment and ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Elliott M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe what is currently known about nurses' assessment decisions when providing care to patients at home or in their usual place of residence. METHODS:In August 2018, an integrative literature review using a systematic approach was conducted using specific search terms to search Informit, MEDLINE and Cumulat...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Gray E,Currey J,Considine J

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:Although contemporary nursing literature urges clinicians to embrace the principles of evidence-based practice and utilise research to guide professional activity, this challenge has frequently gone unheeded by mental health nurses. Indeed the reality of merging research and practice is a complex process impeded by si...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： McCloughen Andrea

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amid tremendous changes in contemporary health care stimulated by shifts in social, economic and political environments, health care managers are challenged to provide new structures and processes to continually improve health service delivery. The general public and the media are becoming less tolerant of poor levels...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Trajkovski S,Schmied V,Vickers M,Jackson D

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

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：:Critical care hospitalisation is emotionally overwhelming for the relatives of patients. Research has shown that religiosity is an effective coping resource for people with health related problems and has been correlated with better health outcomes. However the processes by which religiosity is utilized and its effect...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Plakas S,Boudioni M,Fouka G,Taket A

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:The young people of today are the greatest investment we as adults have in our future. The care and nurturing we afford the adolescent is just as important as that which we afford to children or the elderly. Although most adolescents have a preoccupation with their bodies, they do not always engage in activities that ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Nicol MJ,Manoharan H,Marfell-Jones MJ,Meha-Hoerara K,Milne R,O'Connell M,Olliver J,Teekman B

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a requirement for the first year nursing subject 'Health Assessment' at Flinders University of South Australia, the task was given of examining Ethics and how this relates to the health assessment interview. Due to the negative stereotypes of older people and the subsequent treatment of the older patient, focus is ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Funnell C

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of birthing on country for Aboriginal people means having babies born on traditional lands, and more recently the term is used to indicate the desire of Aboriginal communities to have our babies born in our communities. Being born on country connects an Aboriginal person to the land and community in a deep...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Felton-Busch C

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The generic competency domains of advanced nursing practice have been reported on in numerous countries, but rather few studies have examined competencies specific to pediatric nurse practitioners (PNPs). OBJECTIVES:We identified the core clinical competencies of PNPs in South Korea and related these identi...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Lee H,Kim A,Meong A,Seo M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite assertions of the importance of family in Indigenous cultures and its impact on psychological and physical health, there remains a paucity of research and a lack of measurement on Indigenous families' worldviews and their respective impact on well-being. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the r...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： McCubbin LD

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A shift to the practice of team-based models of nursing care has occurred as a response to skill mix changes in acute health care settings. Little is known about nurses' experience of working in team-based models of nursing care delivery. This paper reports the findings of a qualitative study of the experiences of nur...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Cioffi J,Ferguson L

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to increase an awareness of caring for Saudi families by non-Saudi nurses to improve their understanding of culturally competent care from a Saudi perspective. Healthcare providers have a duty of a care to deliver holistic and culturally specific health care to their patients. As a consequence of 'du...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Mutair AS,Plummer V,O'Brien AP,Clerehan R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Food regulations exist to protect older people in residential aged care, leading to the restriction of potentially hazardous foods. The impacts of malnutrition, resident centred care and the importance of maintaining individual autonomy for older people are well documented. By contrast, there is scant litera...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Bailey A,Bailey S,Bernoth M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The very act of withdrawing dialysis places renal nurses in a unique practice setting requiring a sudden shift in care delivery from one of providing Ife-sustaining, active treatment to that of palliation. The impact of this act on the renal nurse remains largely invisible. Minimal research has been conducted that exp...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Johnson A,Bonner A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health literacy is critical to effective communication between individuals and their health care providers. However there is little consistency in conceptualization and measure of health literacy. The objective of this review is to examine existing health literacy models and measures to assess their application to lim...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Yip MP

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of technological devices today is widespread. One of these devices is the smartphone. It can be argued that when smartphones are thought of as a means of communication, they can influence communication skills. AIM:The aim of this study is to determine the effect of nursing students' smartphone addic...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Cerit B,Çıtak Bilgin N,Ak B

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Health Professionals are required to balance care practices against patient risk to optimise safety. Communicating clinical risk with the patient requires confidence.Objective: The objective was to explore health professionals understanding and confidence of patient-centred communication during conversatio...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Kilpatrick J,Elliott R,Fry M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract The aim of the study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of an instrument which measures clinical teaching competencies of nursing preceptors. It is necessary to investigate what kinds of teaching competencies are required in modern, more student-centered higher education teaching contexts. Nu...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Hsu LL,Hsieh SI,Chiu HW,Chen YL

更新日期：2013-08-04 00:00:00