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A Study Of Clinical Behaviour In Intensive Care Unit, Vivienne-Marie Smith
A Study Of Clinical Behaviour In Intensive Care Unit, Vivienne-Marie Smith
Research outputs pre 2011
In order to support the needs of the staff working in discrete areas of nursing, the attitudes, behaviors and needs of the group must first be articulated. Unfortunately, there has been little research conducted to understand the culture of what it is that health care workers think and feel and why they make the choices they do in their working environment and also why they chose to leave the environment. Specifically, what do intensive care clinicians think about the work they do when managing end-of-life care in this technical, highly skilled environment. The focus of an ethnographic study conducted in …
The Impact Of Nurses On Patient Morbidity And Mortality - The Need For A Policy Change In Response To The Nursing Shortage, Diane Twigg, Christine Duffield, Peter L. Thompson, Pat Rapley
The Impact Of Nurses On Patient Morbidity And Mortality - The Need For A Policy Change In Response To The Nursing Shortage, Diane Twigg, Christine Duffield, Peter L. Thompson, Pat Rapley
Research outputs pre 2011
Context. Workforce projections indicate that by 2012 there will be a shortfall of 61 000 registered nurses in Australia. There is a growing body of evidence that links registered nurse staffing to better patient outcomes. Purpose. This article provides a comprehensive review of the research linking nurse staffing to patient outcomes at a time of growing shortages, highlighting that a policy response based on substituting registered nurses with lower skilled workers may have adverse effects on patient outcomes. Method. An electronic search of articles published in English using the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Journals @ …
The Impact Of The Nursing Hours Per Patient Day (Nhppd) Staffing Method On Patient Outcomes: A Retrospective Analysis Of Patient And Staffing Data, Diane Twigg, Christine Duffield, Alex Bremner, Pat Rapley, Judith Finn
The Impact Of The Nursing Hours Per Patient Day (Nhppd) Staffing Method On Patient Outcomes: A Retrospective Analysis Of Patient And Staffing Data, Diane Twigg, Christine Duffield, Alex Bremner, Pat Rapley, Judith Finn
Research outputs pre 2011
In March 2002 the Australian Industrial Relations Commission ordered the introduction of a new staffing method – nursing hours per patient day (NHPPD) – for implementation in Western Australia public hospitals. This method used a ‘‘bottom up’’ approach to classify each hospital ward into one of seven categories using characteristics such as patient complexity, intervention levels, the presence of high dependency beds, the emergency/elective patient mix and patient turnover. Once classified, NHPPD were allocated for each ward. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of implementing the NHPPD staffing method on 14 nursing-sensitive outcomes: central nervous system …
A Leadership Program In An Undergraduate Nursing Course In Western Australia: Building Leaders In Our Midst, Joyce M. Hendricks, Vicki C. Cope, Maureen Harris
A Leadership Program In An Undergraduate Nursing Course In Western Australia: Building Leaders In Our Midst, Joyce M. Hendricks, Vicki C. Cope, Maureen Harris
Research outputs pre 2011
This paper discusses a leadership program implemented in the School of Nursing at Edith Cowan University to develop leadership in fourth semester nursing students enrolled in a three year undergraduate nursing degree to prepare them for the dynamic ‘changing world’ environment of healthcare. Students were invited to apply to undertake the program in extracurricular time. Nineteen students applied to the program and ten were chosen to participate in the program. The numbers were limited to ten to equal selected industry leader mentors. The leadership program is based on the belief that leadership is a function of knowing oneself, having a …
The Decision Making Process Involved When Changing Career: A Qualitative Study Of Registered Nurses Who Have Left The Profession, Katherine S. Gallager
The Decision Making Process Involved When Changing Career: A Qualitative Study Of Registered Nurses Who Have Left The Profession, Katherine S. Gallager
Theses : Honours
Career choice is an important decision an individual has to make during their lifetime. Personal, environmental and organisational factors all assist this decision process as individuals strive for a work-life balance within careers that meet their needs and realise their potential. This research study investigated which factors contributed to the decision process of Registered Nurses (RNs) who have left the profession for a career change. There is currently a global shortage of RNs, which is of major concern to healthcare policy makers in most countries, including Australia. This qualitative study examined the narrative interviews often females over the age of25 …