Nursing students' perceptions of barriers to addressing patient sexuality concerns.

Little is known about nursing students' perceptions of barriers to addressing patient sexuality concerns. The twofold purpose of this study was to identify and describe attitudes and beliefs that might act as barriers to addressing patient sexuality concerns and to determine the extent to which these attitudes and beliefs are influenced by personal factors such as age, gender, and education. The Sexuality Attitudes and Beliefs Survey was used to assess students (N = 341) enrolled in either a traditional or accelerated second-degree baccalaureate program.

What nurse leaders should know about complex adaptive systems theory.

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of key concepts in understanding complex adaptive systems theory (CAS) and its application to nursing management. CAS concerns altering management practice and revolutionizing how nurse leaders think, behave, and problem solve. CAS discards former beliefs and embraces the concepts of self-organization and attractors (catalysts that allow new behaviors to emerge spontaneously) that enable order and creativity to emerge.

Measurement of nurse practitioner job satisfaction in a Midwestern state.

Purpose: To describe the current level of job satisfaction of nurse practitioners (NPs) in one Midwestern state.

Data Sources: This study utilized descriptive correlation design to examine factors that lead to job satisfaction and dissatisfaction among a randomized sample of licensed NPs from a Midwestern state. The sample of 147 NPs (63% return rate) completed self-administered questionnaires about various characteristics of their jobs.

Managing increased demand for mental health services in a public hospital emergency department: a trial of 'Hospital-in-the-Home' for mental health consumers.

Increasing demand from mental health consumers for crisis assessment and intervention in public Emergency Departments (ED) has placed considerable strain on the resources of the ED and long delays awaiting admission are experienced. At Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia, the Psychiatry Department trialled a 'hospital-in-the-home' service to relieve the pressure on the ED and enhance inpatient capacity. The trial has been successful in diverting mental health consumers directly to intensive home-based services from the ED and freeing up beds in the inpatient unit.

King's conceptual system and theory of goal attainment: past, present, and future.

Imogene King is universally recognized as a pioneer of nursing theory development. Her interacting conceptual system for nursing and her theory of goal attainment have been included in every major nursing theory text, are taught to thousands of nursing students, form the basis of nursing education programs, and are implemented in a variety of service settings.