Development and reliability testing of the quality clinical placement evaluation tool.

Aims And Objectives: To develop and test the content and face validity, and reliability of the quality clinical placement evaluation tool.

Background: The importance of clinical experience during undergraduate nursing degrees is undisputed. To date, tools available to measure quality of clinical placements have focused on single perspectives, that of the undergraduate or that of the supervising nurse.

More than just clowns--Clown doctor rounds and their impact for children, families and staff.

Admission to hospital is recognised as a difficult time for children and families. This study explored clown doctor activities in an acute paediatric setting and the impact their activities have on children, their families, other health professionals and clown doctors themselves. We used observation, semi-structured interviews and focus groups with children and parents and staff and clown doctors and results provide a rich description of the work of clown doctors.

Investigating the feasibility of promoting and sustaining delivery of cardiac rehabilitation in a rural community.

Introduction: Members of rural communities face the dual burden of high rates of cardiovascular disease and barriers to accessing cardiac rehabilitation programs (CRPs). While rural healthcare providers recognise the need for local delivery of such programs, they are constrained by funding and resource limitations.

Methods: This research sought to explore the feasibility, acceptance and support for the delivery of a secondary prevention CRP in a rural community.