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This paper reports on a systematic review of Australian qualitative nursing literature (2004–2014), identifying common features that impact Australian graduate nurses’ transition and integration into the workforce. Two researchers independently and systematically reviewed the literature using strict inclusion criteria. Initially 105 studies were identified, of which 13 met the inclusion criteria and...
The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) role emerged in New South Wales, Australia in 1986 as an advanced practice position. There is a growing body of literature seeking to articulate the multifaceted roles and responsibilities of the CNC within the Australian context. In this paper, we present a clinical case report that demonstrates how high risk medication administration errors via newly implemented...
Rater variability in performance-based assessments is well-documented, yet limited research has explored this in undergraduate nursing programs.A prospective follow up study design was used to determine the extent of assessor stringency in clinical skills assessments in an undergraduate nursing program at a large multi-campus university in Sydney, Australia. Grades for students' clinical skills assessments...
Communication competency, self-leadership, a personal factor, is another important factor influencing organizational performance.This study identified the effects of self-leadership and communication competence on the job performance of general hospital nurses.Study participants were 211 nurses working in hospitals in Gyeonggi and Jeonbuk provinces, South Korea. Data were collected from October to...
Puppets have been used for play and in education with children in a variety of contexts, including health care. There is however a dearth of literature that explains nurses’ experiences when using puppets in a paediatric health care context nor any process to guide how they use puppets. In 2007 an educational framework called the Pup-Ed (KRS Simulation) was developed to assist nurses and educators...
Simulation is an effective teaching method for nursing education.This study evaluated the effects of simulation teaching strategies applied to an integrated nursing practicum based on the Jeffries Simulation framework on the critical thinking disposition, general self-efficacy, and learning motivation of senior nursing students.Using a prospective, one-group, pre- and post-test design, 69 Korean students...
To be without a home and live in public spaces or a rooming house is to experience chaos in one’s daily life with compromised food, medication, income, and physical security. This, in turn, leads to a compromised ability to foster and maintain linkages with mainstream health services. Health outcomes for homeless individuals in Australia are shocking, or at least they should be.How do nurses work...
Student learning of effective care provision for people with chronic illness is an important component of pre-registration nursing curricula and demands specific knowledge and skills. This paper discusses the implementation of the combined pedagogy of unfolding case study and Mask-Ed™ high fidelity simulation within a 12 week unit on chronic illness in an Australian Bachelor of Nursing program. The...
Cultural competence, a relatively new concept in the world of healthcare professionals, has garnered an increasing global attention over the last 20 years. An accurate assessment of baseline knowledge, skills, attitudes, strengths, and limitations of the students in delivering culturally congruent nursing care appears to be a key component in designing teaching strategies.The current study aimed to...
There is an international interest for optimising nursing performance in detecting and responding to deteriorating patients.To explore nurses’ perspective of a web-based educational program on their clinical practice in recognising and responding to deteriorating ward patients.This study used an exploratory descriptive qualitative study design. Five focus groups were conducted with 26 nurses who encountered...
The phenomena of missed nursing care is usually measured through quantitative surveys that detail the specific tasks that are rationed or delayed, and the reasons why this is so. These studies report high levels of agreement within and across countries between the two major measures employed; the Kalisch’s MISSCARE tool and the RN4Cast Basel Extent of Rationing of Nursing Care (BERNCA) instrument...
Overweight and obesity are global health threats and accurate measures of adiposity are essential for monitoring and treatment. Body mass index has traditionally been utilised, however, waist circumference also assesses central adiposity; strongly associated with development of cardiovascular disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Waist circumference can be measured in different locations on the trunk...
There is a paucity of literature detailing the expectations that people with dementia have for the future; therefore the capacity to reflect their views in service provision is limited.This paper reports the findings of research that explored and described experiences of people diagnosed with dementia and their expectations of their support needs and how they wished to live their lives.An application...
Translational and applied health research, and the workforce needed to deliver it, have grown substantially in the last 10 years and this growth is likely to continue. However, there are few good empirical studies of the workforce and only limited evidence on which to base future policy and practice.To provide a better understanding of the workforce that delivers translational and applied health research...
Engagement with a course may improve academic performance, however, appropriate instruments are needed to measure engagement. Using an exploratory factor analysis approach, the 23-item Student Course Engagement Questionnaire (SCEQ) was used to quantify undergraduate nursing (n=102), midwifery (n=64), and paramedicine (n=40) student engagement, in a compulsory anatomy and physiology course. Subscales...
Public mental services in Australia have failed to provide culturally appropriate care for Indigenous Australians despite several national reports and policies that have attempted to promote service improvement in this area.This research focused on the experiences of working as a mental health nurse in an Australian public mental health service as the focal point for an autoethnography.The research...
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