Browsing Nursing and midwifery - Collected Works by Title
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Raising the Awareness of Undergraduate Nurses to the Psychosocial Impact of Living with Cancer: A Consumer Engagement in Teaching Initiative
(Wolters Kluwer, 2016)This article reflects on the development and implementation of a consumer engagement in teaching initiative by the authors. The authors highlight the challenges of engaging undergraduate nursing students on the psychosocial ... -
Rationed or missed nursing care: Report to the ANMF (Victorian Branch)
(Flinders University, 2015)In May to July 2015, 1683 nurses, midwives and personal care workers (PCW) and Assistants in Nursing (AiN) employed in public and private health facilities in Victoria completed the MISSCARE survey. This represents around ... -
A realist review of infant feeding counselling to increase exclusive breastfeeding by HIV-positive women in sub Saharan-Africa: what works for whom and in what contexts
(BMC Public Health, 2019-05-14)The most recent World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and infant feeding promotes exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in resource limited settings for the prevention of mother to child ... -
Reducing occupational stress among registered nurses in very remoteAustralia: A participatory action research approach
(Elsevier, 2017-04-27)tBackground: Nurses in very remote areas of Australia (RANs), work in complex and isolated settings forwhich they are often inadequately prepared, and stress levels are high. This paper, based on the ‘Backfrom the edge’ ... -
Research-based design of a medical vocabulary videogame
(eContent Management Pty Ltd, 2012)This article discusses the research-based design choices and general rationale underpinning the creation of a video game called Medicina. This game is designed to broadly foster better language skills among international ... -
Reshaping curricula: Culture and mental health in undergraduate health degrees
(Wiley, 2017-08-20)Australia is a country rich in cultural diversity, with Indigenous Australians having specific cultural values and a variety of spoken languages. In addition, the increasing number of people from migrant and refugee ... -
Restraint use in acute and extended mental health services for older persons
(John Wiley & Sons, inc., 2013)Restraint of older persons in inpatient and residential care is used to control aggression, and prevent falls and other adverse outcomes. Initiatives to reduce these practices are being implemented worldwide. However, there ... -
A Retrospective Study of Moderate Risk Pregnancies: Midwifery Group Practice & Standard Hospital Care [POSTER]
(27th Japan Academy of Midwifery Conference, Kanazawa., 2013)This study shows Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) improves clinical outcomes and resource use in women whose pregnancies are classified as moderate obstetric risk. Further, MGP is cost effective care and MGP can be a safe ... -
Risk assessment and absconding: perceptions, understandings and responses of mental health nurses
(John Wiley & Sons, 2014-09-11)Aims and objectives This paper reports mental health nurses' perspectives of absconding. The aims of the study were to explore nurses' perceptions of risk assessment and management practices regarding absconding from acute ... -
Risk Factors, Health Effects and Behaviour in Older People during Extreme Heat: A Survey in South Australia
(MDPI, 2013-12-03)Older people had a high incidence of hospitalisation during the 2009 heat wave in South Australia. We sought to explore resilience, behaviours, health risk factors and health outcomes during recent heat waves for a ... -
The Role of Empathy in Anger Arousal in Violent Offenders and University Students
(SAGE Publications, 2011)A lack of empathic responsiveness toward others has been consistently identified as an important antecedent to aggressive behavior and violent crime, with many rehabilitation programs for violent offenders incorporating ... -
Role of the pharmacist for improving self-care and outcomes in heart failure
(Springer, 2017-02-23)Purpose of Review This review highlights the current and emerging approaches for the role of the pharmacist for improving self-care and outcomes in heart failure management. Recent Findings Pharmacists are contributing ... -
Rural Health Systems Change
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Rural pharmacy: Teaching remote area nurses
(Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, 2014)Australians in rural and remote areas have shorter lives and higher rates of disease and injury than people in urban centres.1 In addition to having a greater burden of disease, populations in rural and remote areas face ... -
A school-based approach to developing the English proficiency of EAL university students
(Association for Academic Language and Learning, 2015)This paper provides a case study of a school-based approach to language de-velopment and support for English as an additional language (EAL) students within the School of Nursing & Midwifery at Flinders University. The ... -
A scoping study: children, policy and cultural shifts in homelessness services in South Australia: are children still falling through the gaps?
(John Wiley & Sons, 2015-11-25)Homeless families are the fastest growing segment of the homelessness population. Homelessness services are often the first to know when children are at risk of disengagement with health, welfare and education services. ... -
Seclusion and restraint use in adult inpatient mental health care: An Australian perspective
(Elsevier, 2015-04-16)Background Australia is committed to reduce or eliminate the use of containment measures (seclusion and restraint) in mental health care. International research suggests that number of containment events and hours spent ... -
Security guards in mental health settings: Starting the conversation
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Sex differences in macronutrient intake and adherence to dietary recommendations: findings from the UK Biobank
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-04-24)Objectives To characterise sex differences in macronutrient intakes and adherence to dietary recommendations in the UK Biobank population. Design Cross-sectional population-based study. Setting UK Biobank ...