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Kelly, Jennifer. "Socialization of the new graduate : the lived experiences of new graduate nurses /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18718.pdf.

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Chia, Linda Su Yin. "Investigating the role of affective and normative commitment between psychological contract breach and performance : evidence from Singapore nurses /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19348.pdf.

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Carlsson, Dru. "School health services, health promotion and health outcomes: an investigation of the Health Promoting Schools approach as supported by school nurses." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2005. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16192/1/Dru_Carlsson_Thesis.pdf.

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Health promotion interventions in schools have grown in popularity and have demonstrated varying degrees of effectiveness on the health of the school and its individuals. The School Based Youth Health Nurse (SBYHN) Program introduced in 1999 by Queensland Health into state secondary schools supports and encourages use of the Health Promoting Schools (HPS) approach in addressing health issues, in addition to providing individual health consultations to the school community. This Program is unique in that a health service is entering into the education system with a role of supporting implementation of a comprehensive approach to addressing health issues. The study investigates how SBYHNs support the implementation of the HPS approach in the secondary school setting and explores the health outcomes for the school community. A statewide survey of SBYHNs examines the variety of health promotion and HPS work being undertaken within schools and identifies key implementation and practice issues. Qualitative case studies of three schools further investigates the barriers faced by nurses in supporting HPS implementation, and explores the perceived outcomes of implementing the HPS approach that have begun to emerge within the school community. Results found that nurses have the capacity to support the implementation of whole-of-school health promotion, with the presence of enablers influencing the comprehensiveness with which schools address health issues or decide to adopt the HPS approach. The study also indicated several outcomes of nurse and school-supported, comprehensive school health promotion across three major areas corresponding with the HPS framework (curriculum, teaching and learning; school organisation, ethos and environment; partnerships and services) and the addition of outcomes in specific health issues. Implications for future developments in health promotion-orientated, school health service interventions and research into the evidence of effectiveness of the HPS approach are discussed.
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Carlsson, Dru. "School health services, health promotion and health outcomes: an investigation of the Health Promoting Schools approach as supported by school nurses." Queensland University of Technology, 2005. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16192/.

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Health promotion interventions in schools have grown in popularity and have demonstrated varying degrees of effectiveness on the health of the school and its individuals. The School Based Youth Health Nurse (SBYHN) Program introduced in 1999 by Queensland Health into state secondary schools supports and encourages use of the Health Promoting Schools (HPS) approach in addressing health issues, in addition to providing individual health consultations to the school community. This Program is unique in that a health service is entering into the education system with a role of supporting implementation of a comprehensive approach to addressing health issues. The study investigates how SBYHNs support the implementation of the HPS approach in the secondary school setting and explores the health outcomes for the school community. A statewide survey of SBYHNs examines the variety of health promotion and HPS work being undertaken within schools and identifies key implementation and practice issues. Qualitative case studies of three schools further investigates the barriers faced by nurses in supporting HPS implementation, and explores the perceived outcomes of implementing the HPS approach that have begun to emerge within the school community. Results found that nurses have the capacity to support the implementation of whole-of-school health promotion, with the presence of enablers influencing the comprehensiveness with which schools address health issues or decide to adopt the HPS approach. The study also indicated several outcomes of nurse and school-supported, comprehensive school health promotion across three major areas corresponding with the HPS framework (curriculum, teaching and learning; school organisation, ethos and environment; partnerships and services) and the addition of outcomes in specific health issues. Implications for future developments in health promotion-orientated, school health service interventions and research into the evidence of effectiveness of the HPS approach are discussed.
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Neil, Marjorie H. "Mapping the ethical journey of experienced nurses now practising in rural and remote hospitals in central and south-west Queensland and in domiciliary services in Brisbane : a grounded theory approach." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2010. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41844/1/Marjorie_Neil_Thesis-.pdf.

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The aim of this thesis has been to map the ethical journey of experienced nurses now practising in rural and remote hospitals in central and south-west Queensland and in domiciliary services in Brisbane. One group of the experienced nurses in the study were Directors of Nursing in rural and remote hospitals. These nurses were “hands on”, “multi-skilled “ nurses who also had the task of managing the hospital. Also there were two Directors of Nursing from domiciliary services in Brisbane. A grounded theory method was used. The nurses were interviewed and the data retrieved from the interviews was coded, categorised and from these categories a conceptual framework was generated. The literature which dealt with the subject of ethical decision making and nurses also became part of the data. The study revealed that all these nurses experienced moral distress as they made ethical decisions. The decision making categories revealed in the data were: the area of financial management; issues as end of life approaches; allowing to die with dignity; emergency decisions; experience of unexpected death; the dilemma of providing care in very difficult circumstances. These categories were divided into two chapters: the category related to administrative and financial constraints and categories dealing with ethical issues in clinical settings. A further chapter discussed the overarching category of coping with moral distress. These experienced nurses suffered moral distress as they made ethical decisions, confirming many instances of moral distress in ethical decision making documented in the literature to date. Significantly, the nurses in their interviews never mentioned the ethical principles used in bioethics as an influence in their decision making. Only one referred to lectures on ethics as being an influence in her thinking. As they described their ethical problems and how they worked through them, they drew on their own previous experience rather than any knowledge of ethics gained from nursing education. They were concerned for their patients, they spoke from a caring responsibility towards their patients, but they were also concerned for justice for their patients. This study demonstrates that these nurses operated from the ethic of care, tempered with the ethic of responsibility as well as a concern for justice for their patients. Reflection on professional experience, rather than formal ethics education and training, was the primary influence on their ethical decision making.
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Fox, Robyn-Louise. "The role and contribution of the Queensland public sector employed nurse educator : a grounded theory study." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2014. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/66867/1/Robyn_Fox_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis applied a grounded theory methodology to generate a theoretical understanding of the challenging and ambiguous dimensions of the contemporary role of the public-sector nurse educator within Australia. New knowledge provides a useful structure to examine nurse educator support and mechanisms to foster constructive workplace learning, collaborative relationships and effective contributions to better health care.
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Meager, Justin J. "The microhabitat distribution of juvenile banana prawns, Penaeus merguiensis de Man in subtropical Eastern Australia and processes affecting their distribution and abundance." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2003.

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(12873187), Mee Yong Ho. "The study of Queensland nurses' attitude and behaviour towards computerisation in the workplace." Thesis, 2004. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_study_of_Queensland_nurses_attitude_and_behaviour_towards_computerisation_in_the_workplace/20069591.

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The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the attitude, intention and behaviour of Queensland nurses towards computerisation in their workplace using quantitative and qualitative survey methods. It also identifies possible mediators and moderators of this relationship using the Theory of Reasoned Action in a path model. Other moderating variables such as age group, previous computing experience, computing ability, computer usage, educational levels and gender were used in this study.

The Theory of Reasoned Action is used by Fishbein and Ajzen to predict volitional behaviour and to assist in understanding psychological determinants. One thousand questionnaires were distributed to registered nurses in Queensland and 330 (33%) valid responses were received. A qualitative telephone survey (n = 40) was also employed to validate the quantitative survey. The results of this study found that positive attitudes were found to influence the intention of nurses to use computers in the workplace.

Although normative beliefs and motivation to comply were found to have a direct influence on subjective norm, subjective norm was not found to be significantly associated with one's intention to perform the behaviour. However, a positive outcome evaluation and behavioural beliefs were found to be directly associated with one's behaviour which were mediated through positive attitudes. It was also demonstrated that all positive intentions produced positive behaviour (action of using computers at work).

The study demonstrated the positive effect of prior computing experiences before starting nursing and the effect of high computer usage frequency on one's intention. An inverse effect was demonstrated between nurses who had good experiences with computer and their intention to use computer. In addition, the study found that older, less educated female nurses demonstrated a higher intention to use computers in the workplace. The qualitative study also supported the quantitative study. The qualitative study provided the researcher with reasoning as to why nurses behave a certain way towards computerisation in the workplace. It was used as a reasoning tool to confirm some of the respondents' actions.

This research has its own limitations. It was conducted in late 1999 and computerisation has since then penetrated Australian hospitals to a greater extent than ever before. In addition, the survey tool could also be tested for its construct and criterion related validity. This would improve the sensitivity of the survey tool. Notwithstanding that, the results from this study would significantly benefit management in the identification of groups of nurses who are likely to resist the computerisation process in the workplace.

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(9807182), Lynnette Jamieson. "The 'realities' of part-time nursing in regional Queensland." Thesis, 2005. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_realities_of_part-time_nursing_in_regional_Queensland/13421057.

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(9794399), Pamela Ellem. "Professional challenges and support mechanisms for Specialist Breast Care Nurses in regional, rural and remote Queensland." Thesis, 2018. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Professional_challenges_and_support_mechanisms_for_Specialist_Breast_Care_Nurses_in_regional_rural_and_remote_Queensland/13450433.

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Specialist Breast Care Nurses (SBCNs) provide essential support and treatment for women experiencing breast cancer and their families (Cruickshank, Kennedy, Lockhart, Dosser & Dallas, 2008; Liebert, Parle, White & Rodger, 2001; Rogers-Clark, 2002; Yates et al., 2007). The broad role of the SBCN is to coordinate care and provide ongoing psychological support to women with breast cancer and their families during diagnosis, treatment rehabilitation, follow-up and palliative care (Yates et al., 2007). This study addressed the gap in practice and research around support for SBCNs working in regional, rural and remote Queensland.
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Aitken, Ann. "Too close to home: the lived experiences of rural Queensland nurses who have cared for people with cancer who have died." Thesis, 2016. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/49721/1/49721-aitken-2016-thesis.pdf.

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Rural nurses are not specialist oncology nurses; rather they are specialist– generalists. Specialist oncology nurses working in specialist units accept that the loss of a patient from cancer is something that will happen as a regular part of their working experience. Specialist nurses also enjoy a large degree of anonymity away from their workplace that allows them to leave their work and patients behind them at the end of their working day. Anecdotal evidence suggests that many rural nurses would not choose to care for patients with cancer as a long-term career choice, but because of the nature of their work they accept the task of meeting the often advanced needs of these patients and their families. In many instances rural and remote nurses caring for patients with cancer may be caring for friends and in some cases, family. For the past 25 years I have worked alongside nurses caring for patients with cancer in both metropolitan and rural and remote settings. More recently I have observed rural nursing colleagues caring for their friends and supporting them with compassion and skilled care to a good death. Many staff experience this several times in a year, and many times over during their time in that rural setting. Anecdotally, there is little opportunity to recover from the stress of providing that care or from the loss of a friend, before nurses are called on to support another. This study used the phenomenological methodology of van Manen to examine and understand the lived experience of rural nurses who have cared for people with cancer who have died. In-depth interviews were conducted with nurses from across Queensland, providing them with the opportunity to share their feelings and experiences of caring for people with cancer, and of the effect of the death of their patient. Common themes have been highlighted and explored, with the three main phenomenological themes being: 1. Accepting the need to adopt progressive ways of delivering nursing care. 2. Learning different ways of relating to patients and families. 3. Seeking to achieve a work–life balance. There are several sub-themes in each main theme. The results of this research will lead to recommendations relating to staff support in rural settings for nurses caring for patients with cancer. This will provide team leaders and members alike in rural settings with information that may be used to identify and manage situations that may lead to staff distress. Among other aspects, recommendations relate to grief management, ways to separate home and work situations to ensure that staff members receive time apart from the care of the patient, and ways to manage the expectations of the patient, their family and the community in general in the rural setting. The identification of themes relating to this subject may also provide reassurance for nursing staff in similar situations who may have in the past struggled with their own feelings and reactions to the loss of a patient with cancer. The themes raised in this research might also be applied to areas outside of the care of patients with cancer, to include the support of nursing staff in rural settings who care for patients with chronic and complex illness who also have extended or frequent stays in hospital.
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(9844970), Nicola Whiteing. "The practice of registered nurses in rural and remote areas of Australia: Case study research." Thesis, 2019. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_practice_of_registered_nurses_in_rural_and_remote_areas_of_Australia_Case_study_research/13409945.

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This study aimed to delineate the roles and responsibilities of Registered Nurses (RNs) working in rural and remote areas of Australia and to explore the clinical and educational preparation required to fulfil such roles and responsibilities. Whilst much research exists surrounding rural and remote nursing, few studies have looked in depth at the roles and responsibilities and necessary preparation for rural and remote nursing. Indeed, much of the literature encompasses rural and remote nurse data within the wider metropolitan workforce. There is limited research which clearly defines the rural and remote populations being studied. This study, however, clearly delineates those nurses working in rural and remote locations by the Australian Standard Geographical Classification – Remote Areas system (ASGC-RA). It is known that nursing is facing a workforce crisis with many nurses due to retire in the next ten to 15 years. It is also known that this is worse in rural and remote areas in which the average age of the workforce is higher and there are issues with recruitment and retention of nurses. Thus, there is a need to understand the practice of RNs, preparation for the role and challenges that need to be addressed in order that such workforce issues can be addressed. The study was carried out utilising Yin’s case study research design. A multiple embedded case study design was selected as appropriate to explore and explain in greater detail the practice of Registered Nurses. The study was undertaken in two States of Australia, Queensland (QLD) and New South Wales (NSW). The philosophical paradigm in which the study is situated is that of social constructivism in which there is a belief that knowledge is generated through experiences and interactions with the social world. The study comprised three phases of data collection and analysis. The first, a content analysis of documents relating to the context of nursing and more specifically rural andremote nursing, second, a content analysis of an online questionnaire and third, a thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews revealing five major themes. Data from the three phases were converged through pattern matching and empirical propositions were derived from the data. Alongside many replicated findings the study also generated new findings. Major new findings included the influence of expectation on practice, perceived inadequate managerial understanding and support of the rural and remote RN role, an inability to fulfil the Primary Health Care (PHC) model of practice, the level of experience necessary to work in rural and remote areas, lack of preparation in mental health and maternity, an inability to access professional development, limited collaboration and networking opportunities, and misperceptions held by metropolitan staff. The Theory of Cognitive Dissonance was applied to the findings to explain the practice of the RN working in rural and remote areas. Through this theory it is evident that a number of implications and recommendations can be proposed in the areas of practice, organisation, education, policy and future research.
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(9832781), Pamela Savage. "Registered nurse perceptions of legal consequences in clinical practice." Thesis, 2010. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Registered_nurse_perceptions_of_legal_consequences_in_clinical_practice/13457564.

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"The research documented in this thesis explored the way registered nurses currently working in regional Queensland health environments have learnt about legal issues and it describes their experiences of applying legal theory in the clinical environment. Further the study explored if there is a clinical culture, that is the beliefs and attitudes held about the law in practice, that are transmitted to colleagues and student nurses and what effects this might have. Thirty (30) registered nurses were interviewed for this study ..."--Abstract.
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(9793739), Trudy Dwyer. "A shock in time saves lives: Theory of planned behaviour and nurse-initiated defibrillation." Thesis, 2004. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/A_shock_in_time_saves_lives_Theory_of_planned_behaviour_and_nurse-initiated_defibrillation/13423697.

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"The time from onset of a cardiac arrest to defibrillation is crucial hence access to and use of a defibrillator by all nurses essential. The purpose of this study was to use an established theoretical framework to examine and describe the defibrillation practices and beliefs of rural registered nurses in the Australian state of Queensland. The Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) guided the research processes for this two phase study. In the first phase, focus group (n = 13) discussions identified the salient beliefs of the population. By eliciting nurses' beliefs, the subsequent quantitative study (n = 434) was conducted to determine the influences of these beliefs on nurses' use or non-use of defibrillators. The results showed that: (1) less than half of the cohort of participants were permitted to defibrillate; (2) the defibrillation beliefs of those nurses permitted to defibrillate were significantly more positive than those not permitted to do so; (3) the direct measures of TPB and selected variables external to the model predicted a significant portion of the variance in the measure of nurse-initiated defibrillation intention; and, (4) subjective norm emerged as the strongest predictor of intention. In conclusion, Queensland rural hospital nurses and employers still have some distance to travel down the path of nurse-initiated defibrillation. The TPB is a viable framework on which to base interventions designed to promote defibrillation by rural nurses. Understanding the role of social norms is of central importance to ensure all nurses can initiate the chain of survival expeditiously whenever the need arises."

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Lheknim, Vachira. "An evaluation of the relative nursery value of sandy shore surf zones and estuary mouths in tropical North Queensland, Australia." Thesis, 1995. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/33777/1/33777-lheknim-1995-thesis.pdf.

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This study attempts to assess the relative nursery value of tropical intertidal habitats. A new definition of a nursery habitat is proposed, based on persistence, growth and survival. Based on this definition, this thesis examines the relative nursery value of two intertidal habitats based on analyses of temporal and spatial abundance patterns, feeding success and growth rates. The relative value of these parameters for determining nursery area value is also evaluated. Fishes were sampled bimonthly with seine nets (5 mm mesh) in three selected sandy shore surf zones and three estuary mouths from the summer of 1992 to the winter of 1994. The presence of the juvenile stage of 126 species in intertidal collections from both habitats indicated that these areas are potentially important habitats for young fishes. Nested ANOVAs for species richness, total abundance and total fish biomass revealed no significant differences between sandy shore surf zones and estuary mouths. However, marked seasonal differences between summer and winter assemblages were apparent, with higher total abundance and species richness in early summer which were likely to be related to recruitment episodes. Cluster analysis suggested there were relatively strong similarities between sandy shore surf zones and estuary mouths, with little similarity between seasons. Four selected species which occur at both habitats were selected for detailed analyses of abundance, biomass, feeding success and growth rate determination: Stolephorus nelsoni, Sillago analis, Leiognathus splendens and Valamugil seheli. Analysis of variance detected no significant differences in numbers of individuals or biomass of each species between sandy shore surf zones and estuary mouths. The stomach contents of S. nelsoni, S. analis and L. splendens were examined. For all species, estuary mouth fishes had a relatively high proportion of stomachs which contained food, and a greater gut fullness than fishes taken from sandy shore surf zones. It is suggested that there may be a potential for food limitation or sub-optimal feeding conditions in sandy shore surf zones. Age-length relationships for S. nelsoni, S. analis, L. splendens and V. seheli were determined by using otolith increment counts. Daily deposition was validated in S. analis, L. splendens and V. seheli and assumed for S. nelsoni. A similar age at length relationship in both estuary mouths and sandy shore surf zones was evident in all selected species. This suggests that habitat differences may not account for growth rate in these selected species. In conclusion, for the study species examined, estuary mouths have a relatively higher nursery value than sandy shore surf zones. The relative value of nursery habitats in the tropics is likely to be species and age specific. Food accessibility may influence the value of nursery areas, but alone it is a poor predictor of nursery function.
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