Browsing Nursing and midwifery - Collected Works by Title
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Assessing levels of student nurse learning in community based health placement with vulnerable families: Knowledge development for future clinical practice
(Elsevier, 2018)Background: Community services work with vulnerable families to assist them to link with health, education and welfare services. Community placements provide nursing students with understandings of the health impacts of ... -
Assistants in nursing working with mental health consumers in the emergency department
(Wiley, 2018-03-15)Nursing students, regardless of setting, require skills in working with people with mental health issues. One way to provide students with learning opportunities within the context of limited undergraduate mental health ... -
The association between ethnicity and the delay time in seeking medical care for chest pain: a systematic review
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., 2016-07)Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, and chest pain is one of the most common symptoms of ACSs. A rapid response to chest pain by patients and appropriate ... -
Attitudes of clinical staff toward the causes and management of aggression in acute old age psychiatry inpatient units
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2014)Background In psychiatry, most of the focus on patient aggression has been in adolescent and adult inpatient settings. This behaviour is also common in elderly people with mental illness, but little research has been ... -
The Australian and New Zealand dialysis workforce
(Renal Society of Australasia, 2009)This research aimed to capture a “snapshot” of the current Australian and New Zealand dialysis workforce in order to contribute to the future renal workforce challenges. A web-based survey of dialysis managers (n=221) were ... -
Autonomous private midwifery practice: a retrospective 1994-2000
(Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, 2000-11)This paper provides an overview of an independent midwifery practice conducted in metropolitan Adelaide for the years 1994-2000. The solo caseload practice provides prenatal, intrapartum and postnatal services for approximately ... -
Barriers and enablers to good communication and information-sharing practices in care planning for chronic condition management
(CSIRO Publishing, 2013-11-01)Our aim was to document current communication and information-sharing practices and to identify the barriers and enablers to good practices within the context of care planning for chronic condition management. Further aims ... -
Becoming a nurse preceptor, the challenges and rewards of novice registered nurses in high acuity hospital environments
(Elsevier, 2019-03-06)Precepting is a common and expected role of nurses in clinical settings worldwide. This research explored novice nurse's experiences of precepting undergraduate nursing students in high-acuity hospital environments. An ... -
Being safe practitioners and safe mothers: a critical ethnography of continuity of care midwifery in Australia
(Elsevier, 2014)Objective To examine how midwives and women within a continuity of care midwifery program in Australia conceptualised childbirth risk and the influences of these conceptualisations on women’s choices and midwives’ practice. ... -
The benefits of sensory modulation on levels of distress for consumers in a mental health emergency setting
(Sage Journals, 2018-02-08)Objectives: This paper reports a pilot study exploring the benefits of offering sensory modulation within a mental health emergency setting for consumers experiencing distress during a psychiatric presentation. Metho ... -
Better Living Through Empathy: How we can improve our ability to understand others
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Birth of a very low birth weight preterm infant and the intention to breastfeed 'naturally'.
(Elsevier, 2008-03)Summary An interpretive phenomenological study involving 17 Australian parents was under- taken to explore parents’ experiences of breastfeeding very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants from birth to 12 months of age. ... -
Birthing in water: supporting women with midwifery knowledge and skill
(Maternity Coalition, 2011)Birth in water is not some new-age, hippy fad or alternative for modern childbirth fundamentalists who want to push the boundaries of normal birth. Rather, it is a small part of a much bigger and more sophisticated idea. ... -
Born before arrival in NSW, Australia (2000–2011): a linked population data study of incidence, location, associated factors and maternal and neonatal outcomes
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-03-14)Objectives To determine incidence, associated factors, outcomes and geographical occurrence of born before arrival (BBA) in New South Wales, Australia. Design A linked population data study involving population-based ... -
Breastfeeding a preterm infant and the objectification of breastmilk
(Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA), 2006)This paper presents the theme of objectification of breastmilk, which results from long-term breast expression by parents of hospitalised very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants. An interpretive phenomenological study, ... -
Breastfeeding initiation and support: A literature review of what women value and the impact of early discharge
(Elsevier, 2017-04)Problem Early discharge following birth has become an emerging phenomenon in many countries. It is likely early discharge has an impact on the establishment of breastfeeding. Objective To critically appraise the ... -
Breastfeeding throughout legal separation: women's experiences of the Australian Family Law system
(SAGE Publications, 2010)In 2006, the Australian Government introduced the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 (Cth), which put in place a legal presumption of shared parental responsibility for children after separation ... -
Building a family tree: donor-conceived people, DNA tracing and donor 'anonymity'
(Australian Journal of Adoption, 2013)Genealogy is the tracing of a line of descent continuously from an ancestor. When conducted by individuals or families, it has been said to be a narrative of how outside forces shape an individual, a journey to ... -
Building resilience: a preliminary exploration of women's perceptions of the use of acupuncture as an adjunct to In Vitro Fertilisation
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2009)In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) is now an accepted and effective treatment for infertility, however IVF is acknowledged as contributing to, rather than lessening, the overall psychosocial effects of infertility. Psychological ...