Meeting the challenges of cultural diversity in the academic setting.

Global trends in internationalisation have influenced the mix of students traditionally occupying classrooms and clinical laboratories in nursing. Nursing faculties are faced with an increased mix of students that represent a diversity of cultures; this presents challenges for students and nurse academics in the resulting transcultural encounters. This paper documents the findings of a systematic literature review exploring the implications of cultural diversity in academia across a number of countries and disciplines.

Cultural diversity: a challenge for community nurses.

Cultural diversity is a challenge for community nurses and can present many difficulties in the provision of quality nursing care and in achieving optimal health outcomes. In this paper seven enabling principles are identified and their application to diverse groups discussed. These include: willingness to recognize expert family skills and knowledge, acknowledging own and other nurses' strengths and weakness, taking time to establish rapport and acceptance, assessing influences on health and health care, providing care that is culturally appropriate, developing cultural competent practice and advocating for CLD appropriate resources and expertise.

Programmed cell death (PCD) processes begin extremely early in Alstroemeria petal senescence.

•  In the Liliaceous species Alstroemeria, petal senescence is characterized by wilting and inrolling, terminating in abscission 8-10 d after flower opening. •  In many species, flower development and senescence involves programmed cell death (PCD). PCD in Alstroemeria petals was investigated by light (LM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) (to study nuclear degradation and cellular integrity), DNA laddering and the expression programme of the DAD-1 gene.

The triumph and continuing struggle of nurse practitioners in New South Wales, Australia.

Finally nurse practitioners in New South Wales, Australia, are legally recognized after more than a decade of struggle. In this article the authors provide an update on the nurse practitioner movement, including the continuing conflict with the medical profession as nursing strives to achieve full implementation and acceptance of the nurse practitioner role in New South Wales. Discussion includes nurse practitioner role legislation and authorization process.