Measuring student nurse professional socialisation: the development and implementation of a new instrument.

The role of the clinical teacher is poorly understood, particularly the role they play in supporting the professional socialisation of student nurses. In part this lack of understanding is due to the inadequacy of existing tools to measure the phenomenon. This paper reports on the development and trial of a tool that attempts to illuminate the effects this role has on the development of the newest members of the profession.

Supporting student nurse professionalisation: the role of the clinical teacher.

This paper reports aspects of the findings from the qualitative component of a mixed methods research study that investigated the role of the Clinical Teacher in student nurse professional socialisation. Graduates and Clinical Teachers were interviewed to identify the domains where the support of a Clinical Teacher was crucial in the students' development of a professional identity. Emergent themes were clustered into seven (7) domains as follows: Professional role concept; Acculturation; Acquisition of Knowledge; Acquisition of Skill; Acquisition of Professional Values; Assimilation into the Organisation; and a seventh domain encompassing the role model attributes of Clinical Teachers.

A comparison of the hand hygiene knowledge, beliefs and practices of Italian nursing and medical students.

Aim: This paper reports a study examining the hand hygiene knowledge, beliefs and practices of Italian nursing and medical students with the aim of informing undergraduate curricula.

Background: In comparison with registered nurses, physician status is a risk factor for non-compliance with hand hygiene guidelines. Little research has been conducted to determine if differences between the professions in relation to hand hygiene are apparent at the undergraduate level.

Evaluation of clinical practice improvement programs for nurses for the management of alcohol withdrawal in hospitals.

The most common alcohol-related chronic condition for hospitalisation is alcohol dependence which can lead to an alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS). The aim of this paper is to report on a quality improvement program in an Australian rural area health service for the screening and management of alcohol withdrawal and the effect of two types of nursing education and training approaches: a self-directed competency training package and a more traditional in-service program. The measure of improvement was compliance to nine clinical standards or core competencies for the assessment and treatment of the AWS derived from the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol-Revised (CIWA-Ar) scale and the NSW drug and alcohol withdrawal clinical practice guidelines.

A study of the effects of social change on health in the Republic of Palau.

This study was conducted in the Republic of Palau. It aimed to examine the impacts of social change on health. Grounded Theory research method was used and data were collected from interviews, observations and archival sources.

Is nurse education sexist? An exploratory study.

A cross-sectional population survey of students enrolled at an Australian university was undertaken using a web-based survey, to examine the perceived prevalence of sexism and gender discrimination in each of their programs, with the aim of determining how nursing student perceptions compare to those of non-nursing students. A total of 221 students participated in the study. Results indicated that there was a perception of sexism involved in a range of programs, as well as perceived gender discrimination.

The natural holistic imperative.

Biodiversity is nature's expression of the principle of holism. This 'natural holistic imperative' is manifested in all aspects of the environment. While environmental health originated through a concern for protecting humans from environmental risks, it is now concerned with protecting the environment from the activities of humans.

The Ultraviolet Spectrum of the FeF Radical: A Study of the (6)Pi-X(6)Delta and (6)Phi-X(6)Delta Band Systems at 330 and 323 nm Respectively.

Two band systems of FeF have been recorded at Doppler-limited linewidths by laser-induced fluorescence. The 330-nm system provided data for three subbands of the (0,0) band of the (6)Pi-X(6)Delta system and showed that levels of the (6)Pi(5/2) and (6)Pi(3/2) components are significantly perturbed. In the 323-nm system, the (0,0) band of the (6)Phi-X(6)Delta system was found to be overlapped by the (1,0) band of the (6)Pi-X(6)Delta system.