Browsing Nursing and midwifery - Collected Works by Title
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Can oral healthcare for older people be embedded into routine community aged care practice? A realist evaluation using normalisation process theory
(Elsevier, 2018-12-31)Background An intervention ‘Better Oral Health in Home Care’ was introduced (2012–2014) to improve the oral health of older people receiving community aged care services. Implementation of the intervention was theoretically ... -
Cardiac Patients’ Experiences and Perceptions of Social Media: Mixed-Methods Study
(JMR, 2017-09-15)Background: Traditional in-person cardiac rehabilitation has substantial benefits for cardiac patients, which are offset by poor attendance. The rapid increase in social media use in older adults provides an opportunity ... -
Care planning for consumers on community treatment orders: an integrative literature review
(BioMed Central, 2016-11-16)Background: Case management is the established model for care provision in mental health and is delivered within current care philosophies of person-centred and recovery-oriented care. The fact that people with a mental ... -
Carers' experiences of accessing and navigating mental health care for older people in a rural area in Australia
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-08-25)Objectives: Mental health care for older people is primarily delivered in the community and is largely dependent on informal carers. Mental health policy encourages partnerships between carers and service providers to ... -
The challenges of gaining ethics approval for ethnographic research in the pre-hospital setting
(John Wiley & Sons, 2013)This paper is based on research with currently employed paramedics within the S.A. (South Australian) Ambulance Service. The aim of the research is to explore how paramedics identify, assess and manage psychiatric presentations ... -
Changing patterns in women seeking terminations of pregnancy; a trend analysis of data from one service provider 1996-2006
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2008-06-10)Objectives The purpose of this study was to assess emerging trends in five characteristics: age, first ever pregnancy, contraception at time of conception, contraception choices post-operatively and referral source of women ... -
Characteristics of Effective Interventions Promoting Healthy Eating for Pre-Schoolers in Childcare Settings: An Umbrella Review
(MDPI, 2018-03-01)Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings have a pivotal role in shaping children’s dietary food habits by providing the contextual environment within which they develop these behaviours. This study examines ... -
Characteristics of patients with haematological and breast cancer (1996–2009) who died of heart failure-related causes after cancer therapy
(Wiley, 2016-07-17)Aims To describe the characteristics and time to death of patients with breast or haematological cancer who died of heart failure (HF) after cancer therapy. Patients with an index admission for HF who died of HF-related ... -
The Children of 9/11: 16 Years On
(Psychology Today, 2017-09-12)Perhaps like many people, I find it hard to believe that 16 years have passed since the terrible events that took place in New York City, Arlington County, and Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 2001. Most ... -
Choice of Health Options in Prevention of Cardiovascular Events (CHOICE) Replication Study
(Elsevier, 2017-09-25)Background Globally, attendance at cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is between 15 and 30%. Alternative models of individualised care are recommended to promote participation in CR, however there has been no prospective testing ... -
City slick with country know-how: implications of supporting students from urban backgrounds for the future of rural nursing
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The Clinical Communication Program: An innovation in clinical learning for nursing students
(The Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN), 2008)The Clinical Communication Program (CCP) is an online interactive learning program with multiple components to assist in preparing students, including those for who English is not their first language, for clinical practice ... -
Cochrane Review summary: High flow nasal cannula for respiratory support in preterm infants
(Neonatal Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 2012)In the preterm infant requiring respiratory support for apnoea, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) or chronic lung disease (CLD), a variety of non-invasive ventilation options are available. Nasal continuous positive ... -
Cochrane Review summary: Oral rinses, mouthwashes and sprays for improving recovery following tonsillectomy
(Neonatal Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 2011)Tonsillitis (inflammation or enlargement of the tonsils) occurs mainly in children due to a variety of reasons including chronic illness due to recurrent infection and enlargement of the tonsils, with difficulties in ... -
Cochrane Review summary: Preoperative fasting for preventing perioperative complications in children
(Neonatal Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 2010)During general anaesthetic, in adults and children alike, the protective reflexes that prevent lung aspiration of stomach contents are inhibited. Preoperative fasting is thought to reduce the risk of regurgitation and ... -
Coding, Constant Comparisons, and Core Categories: A Worked Example for Novice Constructivist Grounded Theorists
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., 2016-01)Grounded theory method has been described extensively in the literature. Yet, the varying processes portrayed can be confusing for novice grounded theorists. This article provides a worked example of the data analysis phase ... -
Comments on “The importance of nurse caring behaviours as perceived by Swedish hospital patients and nursing staff”
(Elsevier, 2003)This paper considers the impact of von Essen and Sjoden’s (1991a) study on subsequent research into nurse and patient perceptions of nurse caring behaviours. The influence von Essen and Sjoden and others on the development ... -
Communities for Children Final Report: KidStuff and the use of Communities for Children programs
(Flinders University, 2016)The evaluation of the KidStuff for Young Parents programs provided by the Communities for Children initiative (CfC) is presented here. This report is divided into three sections. The first section presents the background ... -
Communities for Children Final Report: The use of Communities for Children program: Cultural Community Capacity Builder program to improve the Social Determinants of health outcomes in Western Adelaide
(Flinders University, 2016)The evaluation of the programs provided by the Communities for Children initiative (CfC) is presented here. This report is divided into five sections. The first section presents the background information on the CfC ...