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How emergency nurses cope and motivate themselves to sustain their caring work: An integrative literature review

Gilny Rantung, Debra Griffiths, Virginia Plummer, Cheryle Moss

Journal of Clinical Nursing > 31 > 7-8 > 843 - 859

Aims and objectives The aim of this integrative review was to assess how emergency nurses cope and motivate themselves to sustain their caring work. Background The need to enhance sustainability of the workforce creates a demand to consolidate contemporary evidence related to emergency nurses’ motivations, how they cope and sustain themselves for caring work. Design and methods The integrative...

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Materials matter: Understanding the importance of sociomaterial assemblages for OSCE candidate performance

Charlotte E. Rees, Ella Ottrey, Peter Barton, Samantha Dix, more

Medical Education > 55 > 8 > 961 - 971

Introduction The OSCE is a sociomaterial assemblage—a meshing together of human and material components producing multiple effects. Materials matter because they shape candidate performance, with potentially calamitous career consequences if materials influence performance unjustly. Although the OSCE literature refers to materials, few papers study the sociomateriality of OSCEs. Therefore, we explored...

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Managers’ experiences of prevention and management of workplace violence against health care staff: A descriptive exploratory study

Julia Morphet, Debra Griffiths, Jill Beattie, Kelli Innes

Journal of Nursing Management > 27 > 4 > 781 - 791

Aim To examine health care managers’ and health and safety staff experiences of prevention and management of workplace violence against staff. Background Employers have a responsibility to protect employees from workplace violence. The varied care settings present challenges for those responsible for ensuring safety. Method Descriptive exploratory study using semi‐structured interviews with 99...

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The trouble with reporting and utilization of workplace violence data in health care

Julia Morphet, Debra Griffiths, Kelli Innes

Journal of Nursing Management > 27 > 3 > 592 - 598

Aim The study aimed to evaluate the reporting, monitoring and use of workplace violence data in Victorian health services. Background Surveillance of workplace violence is important in understanding the circumstances in which workplace violence occurs and development of relevant and appropriate prevention and intervention strategies. Method A descriptive exploratory approach was used. Fifteen...

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Space Trumps Time When Talking About Objects

Debra Griffiths, Andre Bester, Kenny R. Coventry

Cognitive Science > 43 > 3 > n/a - n/a

The nature of the relationship between the concepts of space and time in the human mind is much debated. Some claim that space is primary and that it structures time (cf. Lakoff & Johnson, 1980) while others (cf. Walsh, 2003) maintain no difference in status between them. Using fully immersive virtual reality (VR), we examined the influence of object distance and time of appearance on choice of...

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Workplace violence perpetrated by clients of health care: A need for safety and trauma‐informed care

Jill Beattie, Debra Griffiths, Kelli Innes, Julia Morphet

Journal of Clinical Nursing > 28 > 1-2 > 116 - 124

Aims To examine the relationship between workplace violence perpetrated by clients, their innate neurophysiological response to dis‐ease and the resulting interactions with healthcare providers. Background Client‐on‐worker violence remains a problem globally. Workplace violence risk factors have been documented. A gap remains in understanding what has happened to clients that perpetrate violence,...

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What do clinicians understand about deaths reportable to the coroner – Use of clinical scenarios to enhance learning

Amanda Charles, Wendy Cross, Debra Griffiths

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine > 2018 > 56 > C > 37-41

•There is variable understanding of which deaths are reportable to the coroner by clinicians and coroners.•Lack of clarity and confusion in criteria for reportable deaths.•Broad ongoing education opportunity.

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Roles and functions of enrolled nurses in Australia: Perspectives of enrolled nurses and registered nurses

Ruth Endacott, Margaret O'Connor, Allison Williams, Pamela Wood, more

Journal of Clinical Nursing > 27 > 5-6 > e913 - e920

Aims and objectives To determine, from the perspectives of enrolled nurses and registered nurses, the current scope of enrolled nurse practice and to identify the activities that most enrolled nurses frequently performed in their workplace. Background Enrolled nurse scope of practice in Australia has evolved and expanded over the past decade. However, the unclear role, function and competency differentiation...

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Children’s and adults’ understanding of death: Cognitive, parental, and experiential influences

Georgia Panagiotaki, Michelle Hopkins, Gavin Nobes, Emma Ward, more

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology > 2018 > 166 > C > 96-115

This study explored the development of understanding of death in a sample of 4- to 11-year-old British children and adults (N=136). It also investigated four sets of possible influences on this development: parents’ religion and spiritual beliefs, cognitive ability, socioeconomic status, and experience of illness and death. Participants were interviewed using the “death concept” interview that explores...

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What do clinicians understand about deaths reportable to the Coroner?

Amanda Charles, Wendy Cross, Debra Griffiths

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine > 2017 > 51 > C > 76-80

The study setting is a tertiary referral hospital of over 980 beds, in Victoria, Australia. The hospital is a long established major academic public health service providing healthcare, health professional education and health research. The hospital has 103,756 in-patient admissions, 190,756 outpatient attendances and over 82,000 presentations to the Emergency Department annually.22 clinicians completed...

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Envisaging the use of evidence‐based practice (EBP): how nurse academics facilitate EBP use in theory and practice across Australian undergraduate programmes

Gulzar Malik, Lisa McKenna, Debra Griffiths

Journal of Clinical Nursing > 26 > 17-18 > 2669 - 2679

Aims and objectives This paper is drawn from a grounded theory study that aimed to investigate processes undertaken by academics when integrating evidence‐based practice into undergraduate curricula. This paper focuses on how nurse academics facilitated students to apply evidence‐based practice in theory and practice. Background Facilitating undergraduate nursing students to develop skills within...

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Using pedagogical approaches to influence evidence‐based practice integration – processes and recommendations: findings from a grounded theory study

Gulzar Malik, Lisa McKenna, Debra Griffiths

Journal of Advanced Nursing > 73 > 4 > 883 - 893

Aims The study aimed to explore the processes undertaken by nurse academics when integrating evidence‐based practice (EBP) into their teaching and learning practices. This article focuses on pedagogical approaches employed by academics to influence evidence‐based practice integration into undergraduate programs across Australian universities. Background Nursing academics are challenged to incorporate...

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Mental health recovery: A review of the peer-reviewed published literature

Sini Jacob, Ian Munro, Beverley Joan Taylor, Debra Griffiths

Collegian > 2017 > 24 > 1 > 53-61

The concept of mental health recovery promotes collaborative partnership among consumers, carers and service providers. However views on mental health recovery are less explored among carers and service providers. The aim of this review was to analyse contemporary literature exploring views of mental health consumers, carers and service providers in relation to their understanding of the meaning of...

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How do nurse academics value and engage with evidence-based practice across Australia: Findings from a grounded theory study

Gulzar Malik, Lisa McKenna, Debra Griffiths

Nurse Education Today > 2016 > 41 > C > 54-59

Integrating evidence-based practice (EBP) into undergraduate education and preparing future nurses to embrace EBP in clinical practice becomes paramount in today's complex and evolving healthcare environment. The role that EBP plays in the practical lives of nursing students will depend on the degree to which it is promoted by academics, how it is incorporated into courses and its application to clinical...

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Aged care residents in the emergency department: the experiences of relatives

Julia Morphet, Kelly Decker, Kimberley Crawford, Kelli Innes, more

Journal of Clinical Nursing > 24 > 23-24 > 3647 - 3653

Aims and objectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate the experiences of relatives who had a family member in an aged care facility subsequently transferred to an emergency department. BackgroundThe provision of timely and relevant patient information is vital for assessment and management of older patients presenting to the emergency department from aged care facilities. Older people are commonly...

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Complementary and alternative medicine: Interaction and communication between midwives and women

Helen G. Hall, Debra Griffiths, Lisa G. McKenna

Women and Birth > 2015 > 28 > 2 > 137-142

Many pregnant women use complementary and alternative medicine. Although midwives are often supportive, how they communicate with women about the safe use of these therapies has received limited research attention.The aim of this study was to explore how midwives interact with women regarding use of complementary and alternative medicine during pregnancy.We utilised grounded theory methodology to...

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An Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice Curriculum Integration in Australian Undergraduate Nursing Programs

Gulzar Malik, Lisa McKenna, Debra Griffiths

GSTF Journal of Nursing and Health Care (JNHC) > 2015 > 3 > 1 > 1-7

Evidence-based practice (EBP) remains a relatively new concept to nursing, creating many challenges in relation to curriculum evaluation. Most of the available literature on EBP focuses to a great extent on clinical practice. There is limited literature available addressing the incorporation of EBP into nursing curricula, particularly at the undergraduate level. Existing literature highlights discrepancies...

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Initiatives to reduce overcrowding and access block in Australian emergency departments: A literature review

Kimberley Crawford, Julia Morphet, Tamsin Jones, Kelli Innes, more

Collegian > 2014 > 21 > 4 > 359-366

Australian emergency departments are experiencing an increasing demand for their services. Patient throughput continues to expand resulting in overcrowding and access block where patients cannot gain entry to appropriate hospital beds. This is despite both state and federal governments implementing numerous schemes to address the complex causes of stress on emergency departments. This paper explores...

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Communication between residential aged care facilities and the emergency department: A review of the literature

Debra Griffiths, Julia Morphet, Kelli Innes, Kimberley Crawford, more

International Journal of Nursing Studies > 2014 > 51 > 11 > 1517-1523

Western countries have encountered an increase in elderly patients transferred from residential aged care facilities to emergency departments. This patient cohort frequently experiences impaired physical and cognitive function. Emergency department staff require important clinical and personal patient information to provide quality care. International studies show that documentation and handover deficiencies...

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Spatial demonstratives and perceptual space: Describing and remembering object location

Kenny R. Coventry, Debra Griffiths, Colin J. Hamilton

Cognitive Psychology > 2014 > 69 > Complete > 46-70

Spatial demonstratives – terms including this and that – are among the most common words across all languages. Yet, there are considerable differences between languages in how demonstratives carve up space and the object characteristics they can refer to, challenging the idea that the mapping between spatial demonstratives and the vision and action systems is universal. In seven experiments we show...

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Search results for: Debra Griffiths

How emergency nurses cope and motivate themselves to sustain their caring work: An integrative literature review

Materials matter: Understanding the importance of sociomaterial assemblages for OSCE candidate performance

Managers’ experiences of prevention and management of workplace violence against health care staff: A descriptive exploratory study

The trouble with reporting and utilization of workplace violence data in health care

Space Trumps Time When Talking About Objects

Workplace violence perpetrated by clients of health care: A need for safety and trauma‐informed care

What do clinicians understand about deaths reportable to the coroner – Use of clinical scenarios to enhance learning

Roles and functions of enrolled nurses in Australia: Perspectives of enrolled nurses and registered nurses

Children’s and adults’ understanding of death: Cognitive, parental, and experiential influences

What do clinicians understand about deaths reportable to the Coroner?

Envisaging the use of evidence‐based practice (EBP): how nurse academics facilitate EBP use in theory and practice across Australian undergraduate programmes

Using pedagogical approaches to influence evidence‐based practice integration – processes and recommendations: findings from a grounded theory study

Mental health recovery: A review of the peer-reviewed published literature

How do nurse academics value and engage with evidence-based practice across Australia: Findings from a grounded theory study

Aged care residents in the emergency department: the experiences of relatives

Complementary and alternative medicine: Interaction and communication between midwives and women

An Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice Curriculum Integration in Australian Undergraduate Nursing Programs

Initiatives to reduce overcrowding and access block in Australian emergency departments: A literature review

Communication between residential aged care facilities and the emergency department: A review of the literature

Spatial demonstratives and perceptual space: Describing and remembering object location

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