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Fischinger, Janez, Duša Fischinger, and Aleš Fischinger. "Badges/Pins of Nursing and Midwifery Schools in Slovenia From 1925 Until Early 1980s." Acta medico-historica Adriatica 18, no. 2 (2021): 317–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.31952/amha.18.2.6.
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Introduction: Many nursing and midwifery schools in many countries around the world awarded or still award graduation badges or pins to their graduates. All graduates from different parts of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia and later the Republic of Yugoslavia educated in Slovenian healthcare schools received badges from these schools. Some of the graduates later employed in medical institutions across former Yugoslavia wore these badges on their uniforms. The main purpose of this historical research was to establish which Slovenian health care schools awarded the graduation badges and what they looked like. It was also investigated why the badges ceased to be awarded and what motivated Angela Boškin Faculty of Health Care in Jesenice to reintroduce awarding the badges. Methods: Due to a lack of written sources, we conducted 393 face to face and telephonic interviews with former badge recipients across Slovenia. Their existing badges were photographed. On the authors’ initiative, a private collection of badges was started.Results: It has been established that in the 20th century all Slovenian secondary health schools awarded badges. The Nursing College, Ljubljana also awarded graduation badges. Five different types of badges in many variants were issued. The first badges were awarded to graduates by Slovenian oldest Nursing School, Ljubljana in 1925. The badges ceased to be awarded in the late 1970s and the early 1980s. Some questions about probable reasons for cessation of awarding badges remain unanswered. Less than a fifth of interviewees kept their badges. Graduating nursing badges were reintroduced in Slovenia in 2017 with a new badge which is presented and depicted in this article. The motivation for the reintroduction of graduating badges is also investigated.Discussion and conclusion: Unfortunately, many Slovenian nurses and midwives are not sufficiently aware of the meaning and importance of their badges. Although badges are important for professional image and identity of nurses, badges as a symbol of nursing have become almost completely forgotten. Graduation badges are miniature works of art and are proof of the existence and development of Slovenian healthcare schools. Nursing badges present a part of nursing history as well as being our cultural heritage. The badges deserve to be written and talked about and should be displayed in a planned future Slovenian Health Care Museum.
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Russell, Kylie P., and Tracey H. Coventry Coventry. "Transition to practice: Supporting first year nurses within a collaborative faith based graduate program." Journal of Nursing Education and Practice 11, no. 5 (December 31, 2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v11n5p1.
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Objective: Faith-based organisations play a major role in health care in Australia providing a unique service supported by compassionate and concerned staff. In response to the changing Australian health care landscape the increasing demands placed on first year registered nurses, a graduate program provided in partnership with a Catholic University, engages students in academic and clinical learning. The study aimed to determine if the provision of nursing care in the context of catholic faith and values provides first year nurses with a supportive learning environment.Methods: This study used a mixed method explanatory sequential design in two phases: (1) quantitative online surveys sent to graduate nurses (n = 60) to report on their perceptions of work integrated learning prior to and during their first year of nursing at the private catholic hospital; and (2) focus groups were conducted to explore key themes in further detail. The evaluation occurred at both the halfway and the end point of the 12-month Graduate Program. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and theming of the text data to identify emergent ideas.Results: The findings suggest that the graduate nurses felt engaged with the programs academic and clinical learning outcomes. This was achieved in a supportive pastoral care environment underpinned by catholic faith and values.Conclusions: The Graduate Program in collaboration with a Catholic University School of Nursing and Midwifery has provided a positive learning experience and support structure for its first year registered nurses with the achievement of a formally recognised qualification.
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Mamie, MUJINGA KALENGA, MUNUNG NGWEJ Freddy, KAFUTSHI MUKEMO Dora, KITAMBO BELINDA, MUSANGU SUNGULIYA Mathilde, MAYENA KADITSHI Daniel, MUMBA WA MUMBA Emmanuel, MWINKEU Narcisse Fortunat, and KATUMBO MUKEM. "Challenge of the Massification in Teaching of Health Science (Preliminary Approach at Nursing High School of Lubumbashi)." EAS Journal of Nursing and Midwifery 4, no. 2 (March 9, 2022): 38–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.36349/easjnm.2022.v04i02.002.
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Introduction: The increasing of the number of the students remains a problem in high colleges in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Confronted to a big number of students, diverse challenges are raised up in order to reach the level that we normally have to attend. This approach had fixed the inventory of fixtures on the number of the students is concerned and yet identify the challenge on it. Method: A transversal descriptive approach has been applied. Different data had been collected in the honors lists and in the register-book. From 1992 to 2016, 33.690 students were enrolled. Besides, 18 teachers have participated to our research. Results: In nursing, a sensitive increasing of a peak of 400 students from 2007 has been observed. In 2008, 1167 students in G1, 769 students in G2 and 539 students in G3 have been enrolled as a peak. In midwife section, in spite of the reformation, the number of students in different degrees remains high with a peak of 110 students in G1 in2009; of 137 students in G2 in 2010 and of 130 students in G3 in 2011. In EASI, the graduate cycle has enrolled more students in 2003 (a peak of more than 200 students). In the path of laboratory, nutrition and Management health Institution, the number of students was increasing every year. In the degrees where the approach of competency is applied, the ratio between teacher and students was of 1/13 in nursing and 1/29 in midwife. In training, the ratio was of 1/33. Conclusion: As far as the challenge is concerned, we have noticed the increasing of the number of students, the weak number of head of training and educated teachers in approach of competency, difficulty in applying teaching methods when the group of students to teach is increased and overweight in work.
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RN, EGWUENU, and G. I. NSHI RN. "NIGERIAN NURSES AND MIDWIVES UNEMPLOYMENT SURVEY." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 8, no. 6 (June 30, 2020): 92–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v8.i6.2020.340.
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Background: The quacking controversy that trailed the Nursing & Midwifery Council of Nigeria’s (N&MCN) release of a “License Community Nurse (LCN)” circular (Ref No. N&MCN/SG/RO/CIR/24/VOL.4/152 dated March 3, 2020) which conveyed the intention of the council to lower the existing standard of nursing education for the LCN programme that will take secondary school leavers at least a credit in English and Biology to be admitted into and two years to complete, and inter alia blamed the crude situation and abysmal performance of the Nigerian Primary Healthcare (PHC) system in the community settings on mass migration of Nurses & Midwives to urban areas and to other countries prompted UGONSA to initiate this survey to empirically determine whether there are indeed a shortage of Nurses & Midwives to fill the manpower need of the Nigerian PHC system in the community settings or not, or whether the shortage is as a result of the deliberate age-long policy of attrition and displacement of Nurses & Midwives from the PHC system in the community settings and their replacement with Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) [who do not have nursing education, training, skills or the ethical leaning to be responsible and accountable for nursing & midwifery services] by the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA).
Objective: The main aim of the study was to determine if there is a shortage of nurses that could fill the nursing needs of the PHC system in the community settings. The study also sought to compile the list of unemployed and underemployed Nurses & Midwives and to find out if unemployed Nurses & Midwives are willing to work in the community settings if the opportunity to serve the PHC system in the community setting is offered to them by the NPHCDA. The study further sought to determine the ratio of unemployed Nurses & Midwives in relation to the possible number of graduates that can be licensed by the N&MCN in a session.
Methods: Using Google forms an online compilation was carried out from March 7 to April 08, 2020, in a descriptive survey of unemployed Nurses & Midwives that could be reached online within the timeline. Names, Phone numbers, State of Residence, Year of Graduation, Qualification(s), and how long they have remained unemployed after graduation were compiled. In addition, two questions were asked about the objective of the study. Analysis of data was done via Google forms statistical tools.
Results: A total of 3317 unemployed Nurses & Midwives responded to the survey. Among these unemployed Nurses & Midwives – 38% holds RN only, 19% holds both RN & RM, 15.4% holds RM only, while 27.6% holds BNSc plus another qualification. For the year they have remained unemployed after graduation 57.1% have spent 0–2 years, 29.9% have been unemployed for 3–5 years, 7% have been unemployed for 6 – 8 years and 6.1% have been unemployed for more than 8 years. To the question, “Do you think there is a shortage of Nurses and Midwives in Nigeria?” – 47.5% said yes, 43.5% said no whereas 9% were undecided (said maybe). Furthermore, the result showed that while 95% of the unemployed Nurses & Midwives are willing to work in the rural community settings, 1% was not willing to work in the rural community settings and 4% were undecided (.i.e. said maybe) on whether they will work in the rural community settings or not. The result also revealed that the 3317 unemployed Nurses & Midwives captured in the survey represents graduates of 66 Nursing & Midwifery schools per session out of a total of 162 schools that are currently accredited by the N&MCN. This represents 41% of the possible number of graduates that can be turned out of the accredited Nursing & Midwifery Schools (excluding Post-basic schools) in a session.
Conclusion: Despite the reported migration of Nurses to urban areas and other countries, at least 41% of Nigerian Nurses & Midwives produced in a session remain unemployed and 95% of them are willing to work in the rural community settings if given the opportunity. These unemployed Nurses & Midwives can bridge the Nursing & Midwifery manpower needs in the Primary Healthcare System should the NPHCDA engage their services with a commensurate or higher payment to what their employed counterparts receive in Federal Government-owned establishments and hospitals. There is no current shortage of Nurses that necessitates the lowering of the existing standard of nursing education. Nurses & Midwives are not responsible for the design, implementation, and delivery of healthcare services at the PHC level and therefore are not culpable for the deplorable condition and abysmal performance of the Nigerian PHC System.
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Karaca Sivrikaya, Sibel, and Hülya Türkmen. "Traditional Practices in Relation to Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum Period, and Newborns in Turkey From an Interregional Perspective." International Journal of Childbirth 12, no. 4 (November 16, 2022): 201–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/ijc-2021-0053.
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AIMThe aim of this study was to identify the level of knowledge of students on traditional practices related to pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period and the newborn in Turkey and present the geographical regions of Turkey where traditional practices are more common.METHODSThis cross-sectional study was performed with the participation of 375 students enrolled at the Midwifery and Nursing Departments of the Faculty of Health Sciences of a university in the Marmara Region located in northwestern Turkey. The data were collected through a Personal Information Form and a Traditional Beliefs and Practices Form created by the researchers. Means, standard deviations, minimum and maximum values, frequencies, and percentages were utilized in the statistical analyses.RESULTSThe mean age of the participants was 20.51 ± 2.44 years, 44.5% of them lived in the Marmara Region of Turkey, and most of their parents were primary school graduates. In this study, it was found that most students were not familiar with traditional practices in relation to pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborns in Turkey. It was also ascertained that the beliefs held by the students about pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborns differed across regions. It was found that most students did not know the harmful traditional practices performed for making childbirth easier. Most students were knowledgeable about harmful traditional practices about postpartum. Some of the harmful traditional practices applied to the newborn were determined to be unknown to the students.CONCLUSIONIn conclusion, in this study, it was identified that most students were not familiar with traditional practices related to pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period and newborns in Turkey. Before student midwives and nurses have started their careers, they should be informed about traditional beliefs and practices of the society in which they live, and they should be capable of making holistic and comprehensive evaluations. Because of this study, it is recommended that traditional beliefs and practices be included in the curricula of midwifery and nursing schools with particular emphasis on the geographical regions of Turkey.
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Haczyński, Józef, Kazimierz Ryć, and Zofia Skrzypczak. "“Zdrowie 2017” [Health 2017] Nurses and Doctors in the Polish Healthcare System." Journal of Management and Financial Sciences, no. 32 (July 27, 2019): 115–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.33119/jmfs.2018.32.8.
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Healthcare systems operate properly as long as there are enough skilful health professionals available. This paper compares the population of doctors and nurses in the healthcare system in Poland and in other European countries. We used statistical data gathered by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Statistics Poland, Ministry of Health, as well as materials from the General Medical Council, and the Nursing and Midwifery Council in Poland. We made an attempt to find out why Poland ranks so low in the lists showing the number of practising doctors and nurses per 1,000 population. We identified the main sources of “inflows” (graduates of medical and nursing schools) and “outflows” (retirement, migration, people leaving medical professions) into/ from the pool of health professionals. Our goal was also to specify which areas necessitate systemic changes to increase the number of practising doctors and nurses. We decided that institutional changes are also needed: increasing the number of students admitted to medical schools, better working conditions for medical professionals, incentives to return to Poland, etc. Such changes combined with rising public expenditure may improve the performance of the healthcare system in Poland.
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NM, &NA;. "Manual of School Health." MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing 12, no. 5 (September 1987): 316–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005721-198709000-00013.
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McCARTNEY, PATRICIA R. "School Nurses Network About Child Health." MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing 24, no. 3 (May 1999): 156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005721-199905000-00010.
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Hajian, Sepideh, Marzieh Bagherinia, and Fereshteh Yazdani. "Evaluation of Scientific and Research Productions of Reproductive Health Graduates for social Accountability: An Auditory Study." Journal of Holistic Nursing And Midwifery 33, no. 1 (January 1, 2023): 78–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.32598/jhnm.33.1.2333.
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Introduction: An educational system that responds to the needs of society, besides needs assessment and community-based education, should allocate part of its research to society’s needs and priorities. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the scientific and research products of reproductive health graduates in the field of social accountability in Iran. Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted as an auditory study on all submitted dissertations in the field of reproductive health from 6 schools of midwifery nursing in Iran from 2010 to 2021. The first outcome of this study was the evaluation of scientific and research products of reproductive health graduates in the field of social accountability and the second one was the evaluation of these dissertations in three levels of responsibility, responsiveness, and accountability. The standardized and localized social accountability scale was used to evaluate the social responsiveness of the dissertations. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data. Results: In this study, 235 PhD reproductive health dissertations were assessed. The obtained score for social accountability was 34.5 (range: 30-40). Regarding social responsiveness, the obtained score was 63.8 (range: 50-70), and regarding the social responsibility dimension, the obtained score was 90 (range: 70-100). Conclusion: It is necessary to qualitatively evaluate the titles and objectives of the dissertations in this field before their approval and implementation. It is increasingly emphasized to achieve the research priorities of the field and, more importantly, the logic of this research to meet the health needs of the target community.
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Cottrell, Randall R., and Joanna Hayden. "The Why, When, What, Where, and How of Graduate School." Health Promotion Practice 8, no. 1 (October 4, 2006): 16–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524839906295943.
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Bree, Caroline. "Lesbian mothers: queer families the experience of planned pregnancy : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Science (Midwifery), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, 2003." Full thesis. Abstract, 2003.
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Griffiths, Debra. "Agreeing on a way forward management of patient refusal of treatment decisions in Victorian hospitals /." full-text, 2008. http://eprints.vu.edu.au/2036/1/griffiths_debra_thesis.pdf.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate and develop a substantive theory, of the processes adopted by nurses and medical practitioners when patients with serious illness refuse medical treatment. The study seeks to identify the main constraints confronting nurses and medical practitioners and to explain the key factors that moderate the processes of dealing with refusal decisions. Using a grounded theory method, a sample of 18 nurses and 6 medical practitioners from two public hospitals in Melbourne were interviewed. In addition, observations and documentary evidence were utilised. The basic social psychological problem shared by nurses and medical practitioners is conceptualized as Competing Perspectives: Encountering Refusal of Treatment, which reflects the diverse perceptions and beliefs that confront participants when patients decide to forgo therapy. In utilizing the grounded theory method of analysis, it is recognised that participants deal with this problem through a basic social psychological process conceptualized as Endeavouring to Understand Refusal: Agreeing on a Way Forward. This core variable represents the manner in which participants, to varying extents, deal with the situations they face and it incorporates the various influences which moderate their activities. Endeavouring to Understand Refusal: Agreeing on a Way Forward comprises a series of three transitions. The first involves a struggle for participants to come to terms with, or even recognize that patients are rejecting treatment. The second transition illustrates the varied responses of participants as they interact with patients, relatives and each other, in order to clarify and validate decisions made during episodes of care. The third transition reflects the degree to which patients and family members are incorporated into treatment decisions, and highlights a shift in emphasis, from a focus on the disease state, to the patient as a person with individualistic thoughts and wishes. The remaining social processes evident in the study consist of four categories. The first, Seeking Clarification, embodies exploration undertaken by participants and their recognition that treatment is actually being refused. The second category, Responding to Patients and Families, demonstrates the level of expertise of participants communicating, and their ability to encourage reciprocity in the professional-patient relationship. The third category, Advocating, highlights the extent and manner in which patient and family wishes are promoted to members of the treating team. The fourth category, Influencing, reveals the ability of participants to utilize a degree of authority or power in order to shape particular outcomes. The findings also indicate that over arching the core variable and categories are various contextual determinants that moderate the way nurses and medical practitioners deal with patient refusal of treatment. These determinants are categorized into three main influences: The Context of Work, describes the of the environment and organisational factors pertinent to public hospitals; Beliefs and Behaviours, illustrates the perceptions of, and values held, by four key groups involved in decisions, namely, nurses, medical practitioners, patients, and family members; and Legal and Ethical Frameworks, examines the existing principles that support or guide professional practice in situations where patients with serious illness refuse medical treatment.
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Griffiths, Debra. "Agreeing on a way forward: management of patient refusal of treatment decisions in Victorian hospitals." Thesis, full-text, 2008. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/2036/.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate and develop a substantive theory, of the processes adopted by nurses and medical practitioners when patients with serious illness refuse medical treatment. The study seeks to identify the main constraints confronting nurses and medical practitioners and to explain the key factors that moderate the processes of dealing with refusal decisions. Using a grounded theory method, a sample of 18 nurses and 6 medical practitioners from two public hospitals in Melbourne were interviewed. In addition, observations and documentary evidence were utilised.
The basic social psychological problem shared by nurses and medical practitioners is conceptualized as Competing Perspectives: Encountering Refusal of Treatment, which reflects the diverse perceptions and beliefs that confront participants when patients decide to forgo therapy. In utilizing the grounded theory method of analysis, it is recognised that participants deal with this problem through a basic social psychological process conceptualized as Endeavouring to Understand Refusal: Agreeing on a Way Forward. This core variable represents the manner in which
participants, to varying extents, deal with the situations they face and it incorporates the various influences which moderate their activities. Endeavouring to Understand
Refusal: Agreeing on a Way Forward comprises a series of three transitions. The first involves a struggle for participants to come to terms with, or even recognize that
patients are rejecting treatment. The second transition illustrates the varied responses of participants as they interact with patients, relatives and each other, in order to clarify and validate decisions made during episodes of care. The third transition reflects the degree to which patients and family members are incorporated into
treatment decisions, and highlights a shift in emphasis, from a focus on the disease state, to the patient as a person with individualistic thoughts and wishes.
The remaining social processes evident in the study consist of four categories. The first, Seeking Clarification, embodies exploration undertaken by participants and
their recognition that treatment is actually being refused. The second category, Responding to Patients and Families, demonstrates the level of expertise of participants communicating, and their ability to encourage reciprocity in the professional-patient relationship. The third category, Advocating, highlights the extent and manner in which patient and family wishes are promoted to members of
the treating team. The fourth category, Influencing, reveals the ability of participants to utilize a degree of authority or power in order to shape particular outcomes.
The findings also indicate that over arching the core variable and categories are various contextual determinants that moderate the way nurses and medical practitioners deal with patient refusal of treatment. These determinants are
categorized into three main influences: The Context of Work, describes the of the environment and organisational factors pertinent to public hospitals; Beliefs and
Behaviours, illustrates the perceptions of, and values held, by four key groups involved in decisions, namely, nurses, medical practitioners, patients, and family
members; and Legal and Ethical Frameworks, examines the existing principles that support or guide professional practice in situations where patients with serious
illness refuse medical treatment.
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Mountford, Suzanne Kristine Blume. "A therapeutic nursing relationship." Thesis, 1997. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15451/.
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The relationship between nurse and patient is important to nursing care and health outcomes. This relationship can be therapeutic for both nurse and patient. However, the current lack of conceptual consensus and descriptive clarity in nursing theory has precluded the relationship from the realms of therapy and healing. The goal of this study was to discern, from descriptions given by nurses and
patients, the essential structure, dynamics, practical application and advantages to nursing practice of a therapeutic relationship between nurse and patient.
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Li, Ke. "A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of Acupuncture on Increasing Milk Supply of Lactating Mothers." 2003. http://eprints.vu.edu.au/241/1/02thesis.pdf.
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Breastfeeding benefits the mother as well as the baby. Breast milk is a complete food for newborn human infants, adequately supplying all nutritional needs for at least the first 4- 6 months of life (Kramer & Kakuma, 2002). In 1993, the Commonwealth of Australia recommended the following goals for promoting breastfeeding by the year 2000 and beyond (Nutbeam, Wise, Bauman, Harris & Leader, 1993): For infants to the age of three months, 60% should be fully breastfed or 80% should be partially breastfed. For infants to the age of six months, 50% should be fully breastfed or 80% should be partially breastfed. However, according to the most recent national survey, these targets have not been met (Donath, 2000). In effect, breastfeeding figures have not changed in the last ten to fifteen years (Mortensen, 2001). Research indicates that the largest decrease in breastfeeding occurs between two weeks and six weeks after birth (Binns & Scotts, 2002; Stamp & Crowther, 1995; Mogan 1986), with women giving Insufficient Milk Supply (IMS) as the major reason for stopping. Despite research in the field of physiology, biochemistry, psychology and socioeconomics, this phenomenon of IMS remains an 'enigma' (Hill, 1991, p. 312). However, failure to thrive in infancy can be seen in babies who do not achieve an adequate weight gain within the normal time span. According to lactation consultants at the Royal Womenâs Hospital Breastfeeding Assessment Service in Melbourne, some babies who are breastfed present with inadequate weight gain due to IMS. Women with low breastmilk supply who wish to persist with breastfeeding often look for some means to increase their milk supply. There are very few alternative treatment to assist them. For over a thousand years mothers in China have used acupuncture to increase their supply of breast milk. Within the last decade, several authors have published results of studies on the effect of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture (TCA) on lactation (Wu, 2002; Huang & Huang, 1994; Tureanu, 1994; Dong, 1988; Kang, 1990). These study all indicated improvement in lactation after TCA therapy. However, all these studies have been uncontrolled clinical trials. This research is a first single blind controlled clinical trial to investigate the effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture for the treatment of IMS. The aim of the study is to find out whether a course of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture treatment would help mothers diagnosed with insufficient breast milk supply produce more milk. This clinical trial was conducted by a qualified Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner. The researcher gained a Bachelor of Medicine degree in TCM after completing the five years program at the Beijing College of TCM in China. The researcher has been in clinical practice for more than 15 years. This is a pilot study. The final number of subjects in the study was 27,: 9 in the Traditional Chinese Acupuncture (TCA) Group; 6 in the Sham Acupuncture (SA) Group and 12 in the Non-Treatment Control Group. The major finding of the study was that - 'Other things being equal, infants whose mothers received TCA weighed 160.13 grams more on average than those whose mothers received SA. This effect is marginally significant (p less than 0.1)'. The finding generally confirms that the Traditional Chinese Acupuncture intervention to the mother is effective in increasing infant weight gain.
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Joyce, Patricia. "An Interpretive Phenomenological Exploration of Quality of Life Issues in Autologous Blood Cell Transplant Recipients." 2005. http://eprints.vu.edu.au/528/1/528contents.pdf.
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Autologous blood cell transplantation (ABCT) has been successfully used to treat a variety of haematological cancers and some solid tumours. The number of patients who are long term survivors and free of disease following this treatment is growing rapidly. To enable nurses and health care workers to provide optimal supportive care for these patients, an understanding of how the transplant has affected their quality of life (QOL) is essential. In the last two decades numerous studies have focused on QOL issues in this patient group. However, the majority of these studies tend to approach QOL from a bio-physiological perspective, generating knowledge about the treatment and its side effects. Little is known about the patients' experiences and how they interpret their QOL in the years following their transplants. The purpose of this study was to explore QOL issues from the perspectives of 12 patients who had undergone an ABCT. Heideggerian phenomenology (interpretive phenomenology) was chosen as the theoretical framework for the study, as it allows for the transparent world of people's everyday lived experiences to be illuminated, and so reveal how they interpret their QOL. The aims of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of QOL issues through the participants interpretations of their experiences, and to uncover themes and different patterns of meaning which embody the participants' QOL. Data was collected through in-depth, unstructured interviews with each participant. Thematic analysis, exemplars and paradigm cases were utilised to present the participants' interpretations of their QOL. The findings showed that the participants' QOL was influenced by their interpretations of embodiment, being in time, being in society and re-appraisal of life. The findings also revealed that QOL following an ABCT is a highly individualised, dynamic experience that depends on the challenges the participants confront in their everyday lives. As the participants re-interpreted their lives following their transplants, their perspectives on their QOL changed. For some this was a positive experience, but for others their QOL diminished. The implication of this study is that nurses must be committed to providing individualised, patient focused care following an ABCT. The findings of this study offer a deeper understanding of patients' everyday lived experiences and their QOL following an ABCT, and will enable nurses and other health professionals to develop supportive care infrastructure to assist patients during their recoveries, thus improving their QOL.
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Crozier, Rosemarie. "The 48 hour patient - who reaps the rewards?" 2008. http://eprints.vu.edu.au/1577/1/R_Crozier_Thesis_May_08_g_THE_48_HOUR_PATIENT_-_WHO_REAPS_THE_REWARDS.pdf.
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The purpose of this evaluative case study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a 48 hour Medical Unit in relation to Patient Satisfaction, Patient Care, Nursing Staff Job satisfaction and the Average Length of Stay for patients' Pre and Post a Rapid Assessment Medical Unit's (RAMU) inception. The study used a combination of Patient Satisfaction Survey's, Interviews, and data of the average length of stay of patients pre and post RAMU. This report aims to provide a comprehensive description of the research process and the results obtained from the collection of data throughout this research project. An evaluative case study using Yin (2003), as a framework of this study was deemed appropriate, as no research to date had been conducted on 48 hours Medical Wards, because of their uniqueness. A case study allowed for "multiple sources of evidence gathering", thus ensuring that the findings to this study are more likely to be accurate if based on several different sources of information. Despite the study's limitations, the results to this study were surprisingly supportive and positive of those patients who had participated in this research project. Nursing Staff on both wards that participate in the interviews had a positive attitude in relation to how well RAMU is functioning. The findings indicate there are a few minor changes that are required and further research is recommended, however the hospital and staff have managed to find a formula that works extremely well in providing patient satisfaction, patient care and job satisfaction in a short period of time.
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Li, Ke. "A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of Acupuncture on Increasing Milk Supply of Lactating Mothers." Thesis, 2003. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/241/.
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Breastfeeding benefits the mother as well as the baby. Breast milk is a complete food for newborn human infants, adequately supplying all nutritional needs for at least the first 4- 6 months of life (Kramer & Kakuma, 2002). In 1993, the Commonwealth of Australia recommended the following goals for promoting breastfeeding by the year 2000 and beyond (Nutbeam, Wise, Bauman, Harris & Leader, 1993): For infants to the age of three months, 60% should be fully breastfed or 80% should be partially breastfed. For infants to the age of six months, 50% should be fully breastfed or 80% should be partially breastfed. However, according to the most recent national survey, these targets have not been met (Donath, 2000). In effect, breastfeeding figures have not changed in the last ten to fifteen years (Mortensen, 2001). Research indicates that the largest decrease in breastfeeding occurs between two weeks and six weeks after birth (Binns & Scotts, 2002; Stamp & Crowther, 1995; Mogan 1986), with women giving Insufficient Milk Supply (IMS) as the major reason for stopping. Despite research in the field of physiology, biochemistry, psychology and socioeconomics, this phenomenon of IMS remains an 'enigma' (Hill, 1991, p. 312). However, failure to thrive in infancy can be seen in babies who do not achieve an adequate weight gain within the normal time span. According to lactation consultants at the Royal Women's Hospital Breastfeeding Assessment Service in Melbourne, some babies who are breastfed present with inadequate weight gain due to IMS. Women with low breastmilk supply who wish to persist with breastfeeding often look for some means to increase their milk supply. There are very few alternative treatment to assist them. For over a thousand years mothers in China have used acupuncture to increase their supply of breast milk. Within the last decade, several authors have published results of studies on the effect of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture (TCA) on lactation (Wu, 2002; Huang & Huang, 1994; Tureanu, 1994; Dong, 1988; Kang, 1990). These study all indicated improvement in lactation after TCA therapy. However, all these studies have been uncontrolled clinical trials. This research is a first single blind controlled clinical trial to investigate the effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture for the treatment of IMS. The aim of the study is to find out whether a course of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture treatment would help mothers diagnosed with insufficient breast milk supply produce more milk. This clinical trial was conducted by a qualified Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner. The researcher gained a Bachelor of Medicine degree in TCM after completing the five years program at the Beijing College of TCM in China. The researcher has been in clinical practice for more than 15 years. This is a pilot study. The final number of subjects in the study was 27,: 9 in the Traditional Chinese Acupuncture (TCA) Group; 6 in the Sham Acupuncture (SA) Group and 12 in the Non-Treatment Control Group. The major finding of the study was that - 'Other things being equal, infants whose mothers received TCA weighed 160.13 grams more on average than those whose mothers received SA. This effect is marginally significant (p less than 0.1)'. The finding generally confirms that the Traditional Chinese Acupuncture intervention to the mother is effective in increasing infant weight gain.
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Georgiou, Helen. "Reasons for use and disclosure of complementary medicine by people with haemoglobinopathy." 2006. http://eprints.vu.edu.au/1479/1/Georgiou.pdf.
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An increasing number of people with chronic illness use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) (Metz, 2000) and rarely disclose such use to treating biomedical physicians [B/M] (Adler & Fosket, 1999). Although the incidence of CAM use amongst people with chronic illness has been investigated (Nader et al., 2000; Sharon & Mark, 2006; Yang et al., 2002) research specifically examining that section of people who require ongoing biomedical treatment from a very early age until death has never before been conducted. This thesis examined the patterns of self-prescribed and CAM practitioner prescribed CAM use, reasons for CAM use and disclosure of CAM use to treating physicians, among people with a lifelong medical condition, thalassaemia major (TM). To examine the reasons for use and disclosure of CAM in this population, 21 people (eight males, 13 females) aged between 24 and 43 years volunteered for the three-phase study, which forms the thesis. The participants were English speakers whose physical and cognitive capacities did not prevent participation in the study. Interviews were conducted in the participants’ homes and followed standard consent procedures. All phases were conducted face-to-face. In Phase 1, using an in-depth unstructured questionnaire and two structured questions, participants were asked about their medical history, CAM use and whether they disclosed such use to their biomedical physician/s. In addition, the participants were asked to nominate any CAM practices they had heard of, that people might use. A written list was devised as the participants mentioned CAM therapies/treatments. The participants were then asked which of these CAM therapies/treatments they had used. In Phase 1, all of the participants reported having multiple co-morbidities and at least one major surgical procedure. Twelve of the participants reported using CAM when asked a dichotomous choice question. All participants were found to be CAM users when CAM was estimated according to the substances and therapies that participants reported using. Phase 1 showed that CAM estimates varied according to which CAM definition was applied to analyse the data. In Phase 1 there was only one participant out of 21 (4.76%) who reported CAM disclosure and disclosure was ongoing in that case. The reasons for CAM use and disclosure were elicited using in-depth conversational interviews, which constituted Phases 2 and 3 respectively. The operational definition of CAM devised for this thesis was based on the intent of CAM use and not prescribed by a biomedical physician. Based on the operational definition of CAM proposed for thesis there were 21 CAM users. Examination of the reasons the participants gave for CAM use confirmed there were 21 CAM users. Phase 2 showed the participants wanted safe and effective treatment to manage and cure the primary illness and co-morbidities. Phase 2 also indicated that CAM was used, at times in lieu of biomedicine, to prevent illnesses and to enhance quality of life (QoL) and to increase life expectancy. Phase 2 showed biomedical failure and adverse outcomes from biomedicine motivated CAM use. These reasons shaped perceptions of dissatisfaction with biomedical treatment and the prescribers of such treatment. Phase 3, addressed CAM disclosure, showed most of the participants considered they had disclosed their CAM use when they asked their treating biomedical physician about CAM. Phase 3 demonstrated most participants attempted to disclose CAM use and whilst they felt it was important for the treating physician to know about such use, they abandoned disclosure because of dissatisfaction with biomedical practitioners’ responses to their attempts to disclose. Other reasons for non-disclosure or aborted disclosure included a desire to maintain privacy and a belief that CAM was harmless. Phases 2 and 3 showed core reasons for CAM use and CAM non-disclosure were dissatisfaction and a loss of confidence in biomedicine. The one person who did disclose CAM use stated disclosure symbolised their dissatisfaction with biomedicine. This thesis showed people with a serious life-long illness used CAM because biomedicine was often ineffective, frequently palliative and sometimes considered deleterious to health. These aspects of biomedical care instigated dissatisfaction and a loss of confidence in biomedicine treatment and practitioners. The negative perceptions held by the participants of biomedical treatment and biomedical physicians were the primary motivators for CAM use and disclosure. All participants were found to be CAM users and this might have serious implications for their on-going biomedical treatment because some CAM products have a pharmacological effect that might interact with prescribed biomedicine medication. The findings suggest CAM was beneficial in an environment in which biomedicine could only offer palliative care, but this finding requires further research. This thesis showed that CAM use and disclosure are complex issues, deserving indepth examination in people with a range of medical conditions, as well as in the general population.
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Watson, Lesley A. "The relationship between informatics in the undergraduate nursing curricula and the preparation of nurses for practice." Thesis, 2005. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15728/.
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At a time when quality health care is increasingly dependent on the use of information and computer based technologies, Nursing Informatics, which encompasses the use of such technologies, is of increasing importance as it facilitates practitioners' access to current information on which to base such care. The purpose of this study was to investigate the congruence between the informatics competencies educators believe should be included in the undergraduate nursing curriculum and those identified
by newly registered nurses as relevant to their clinical practice. This two-phased study used the Delphi Technique, a research methodology for determining group opinion. In Phase One a purposively selected group of nurses experienced in the informatics domain generated a list of informatics competencies. In Phase Two a panel of nurse educators and a panel of newly registered nurses reviewed these competencies to establish their relevance to the areas
of education and practice.
Books on the topic "School: Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health"
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Ashcroft, Margaret. Provisions of library and information services to nursing professionals: "NURLIS" phase II : management guidelines for English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Visiting. London: English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Visiting, 1993.
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Cruz, Felicitas A. Dela. High risk home health nursing clinical specialty program: Phase I final report. Azusa, Calif: Azusa Pacific University School of Nursing, 1992.
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Pegg, Peggy Geraldine. MID-CAREER PASSAGE: FACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER CHANGE IN REGISTERED NURSES RETURN TO GRADUATE SCHOOL. 1993.
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Oregon Health Sciences University. School of Nursing., ed. International perspectives & implications for doctoral education in nursing: June 22-26, 1987, Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Nursing, Portland, Oregon. Portland, Or: The School of Nursing, 1987.
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A, Dela Cruz Felicitas, and Azusa Pacific University. School of Nursing., eds. Final report of the high risk home health nursing clinical specialty program. Azusa, Calif: Azusa Pacific University, School of Nursing, 1994.
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Morgan, Rosemary, and Kate Hawkins. "Interview with Penina Ochola Odhiambo, Former Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery and Current Principal of the College of Health Sciences at the Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kenya." In Women and Global Health Leadership, 197–205. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84498-1_19.
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Garland, Ann F. "Choosing a Discipline and Degree to Pursue." In Pursuing a Career in Mental Health, 46–66. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780197544716.003.0005.
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One of the biggest challenges for someone interested in pursuing a career in mental health is to determine which discipline and degree path is the best fit for their particular interests, academic background, timeline, and budget. The goal of this chapter is to provide the information needed to make this decision. A summary of each of the following major disciplines is provided: counseling, marital/couples and family therapy, psychology, psychiatry, psychiatric nursing, and social work. For each discipline there is an overview of what makes it distinct from the others, as well as details on graduate school admissions criteria for that discipline, licensure pathways, subspecialties, and suggestions regarding the best fit with specific interests. Implications of master’s versus doctoral degrees are also presented. Finally, resources for learning more about each discipline and the associated professional organizations are recommended.
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Holland, Karen, and Deborah Roberts. "Principles of Decision Making." In Nursing: Decision-Making Skills for Practice. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199641420.003.0008.
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The focus of this book is decision-making skills for practice and, as such, it will become apparent not only that it is essential for student nurses to learn about what these skills are, but also that it is equally important that they learn to become competent in making the decisions that are an essential part of becoming a qualified nurse. As individuals, we make decisions of one form or another on a daily basis. We have to make basic decisions such as what time to get up in the morning, what to wear that day, who is going to take the children to school, or what to have for breakfast. These decisions do not appear, on their surface, to require major consideration when it comes to decision making, but for some people even these seemingly basic decision-making situations can cause immense stress, resulting either from the act of decision making itself or from having to take into account the context, or impact on others, of any decision taken. Some of you will come across patients or clients in whom this has developed into a health-related problem and we will be considering these issues in later chapters. Your ability to become a confident decision maker in practice will, however, be dependent on the decisions that you make as a student in the university and as a person. Some of the situations in which making decisions impacts on all aspects of your learning to become a nurse will be discussed in Chapter 2 . This chapter is initially concerned with the underlying principles of decision making as a student nurse. It explores why it is important and necessary to learn about decision making, and how to make decisions; it will also focus on what has been shown in the literature about decision making as both a student nurse and a qualified nurse, and most importantly what you need to achieve to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) competencies. Later chapters will focus on the application of some of this learning to specific practice contexts and situations.
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Cummings, Elizabeth, and Paul Turner. "Considerations for Deploying Web and Mobile Technologies to Support the Building of Patient Self-Efficacy and Self-Management of Chronic Illness." In End-User Computing, 1053–64. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-945-8.ch076.
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This chapter examines issues relating to the introduction of information and communication technologies that have emerged as part of planning for the Pathways Home for Respiratory Illness project. The project aims to assist patients with chronic respiratory conditions (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis) to achieve increased levels of self-management and self-efficacy through interactions with case mentors and the deployment of ICTs. The chapter highlights that in deploying ICTs, it is important to ensure that solutions implemented are based on a detailed understanding of users, their needs and complex interactions with health professionals, the health system, and their wider environment. Achieving benefits from the introduction of ICTs as part of processes aimed at building sustainable self-efficacy and self-management is very difficult, not least because of a desire to avoid simply replacing patient dependency on health professionals with dependency on technology. More specifically, it also requires sensitivity toward assumptions made about the role, impact, and importance of information per se given that it is often only one factor among many that influence health attitudes, perceptions, actions, and outcomes. More broadly, the chapter indicates that as ICT-supported patient-focused interventions become more common, there is a need to consider how assessments of benefit in terms of a cohort of patients inform us about an individual patient’s experience and what this implies for terms like individualized care or patient empowerment (Muir Gray, 2004). At this level, there are implications for clinical practice and one-size-fits-all care-delivery practices. This collaborative project involves a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Tasmania’s School of Medicine, School of Nursing and Midwifery, and School of Information Systems. The project is supported by the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services and funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, and is due for completion in June 2008.
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Lee, Mark J. W., and Catherine McLoughlin. "Supporting Peer-to-Peer E-Mentoring of Novice Teachers Using Social Software." In Cases on Online Tutoring, Mentoring, and Educational Services, 84–97. IGI Global, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-876-5.ch007.
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The Australian Catholic University (ACU National at www.acu.edu.au) is a public university funded by the Australian Government. There are six campuses across the country, located in Brisbane, Queensland; North Sydney, New South Wales; Strathfield, New South Wales; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT); Ballarat, Victoria; and Melbourne, Victoria. The university serves a total of approximately 27,000 students, including both full- and part-time students, and those enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Through fostering and advancing knowledge in education, health, commerce, the humanities, science and technology, and the creative arts, ACU National seeks to make specific and targeted contributions to its local, national, and international communities. The university explicitly engages the social, ethical, and religious dimensions of the questions it faces in teaching, research, and service. In its endeavors, it is guided by a fundamental concern for social justice, equity, and inclusivity. The university is open to all, irrespective of religious belief or background. ACU National opened its doors in 1991 following the amalgamation of four Catholic tertiary institutions in eastern Australia. The institutions that merged to form the university had their origins in the mid-17th century when religious orders and institutes became involved in the preparation of teachers for Catholic schools and, later, nurses for Catholic hospitals. As a result of a series of amalgamations, relocations, transfers of responsibilities, and diocesan initiatives, more than twenty historical entities have contributed to the creation of ACU National. Today, ACU National operates within a rapidly changing educational and industrial context. Student numbers are increasing, areas of teaching and learning have changed and expanded, e-learning plays an important role, and there is greater emphasis on research. In its 2005–2009 Strategic Plan, the university commits to the adoption of quality teaching, an internationalized curriculum, as well as the cultivation of generic skills in students, to meet the challenges of the dynamic university and information environment (ACU National, 2008). The Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) Program at ACU Canberra Situated in Australia’s capital city, the Canberra campus is one of the smallest campuses of ACU National, where there are approximately 800 undergraduate and 200 postgraduate students studying to be primary or secondary school teachers through the School of Education (ACT). Other programs offered at this campus include nursing, theology, social work, arts, and religious education. A new model of pre-service secondary teacher education commenced with the introduction of the Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) program at this campus in 2005. It marked an innovative collaboration between the university and a cohort of experienced secondary school teachers in the ACT and its surrounding region. This partnership was forged to allow student teachers undertaking the program to be inducted into the teaching profession with the cooperation of leading practitioners from schools in and around the ACT. In the preparation of novices for the teaching profession, an enduring challenge is to create learning experiences capable of transforming practice, and to instill in the novices an array of professional skills, attributes, and competencies (Putnam & Borko, 2000). Another dimension of the beginning teacher experience is the need to bridge theory and practice, and to apply pedagogical content knowledge in real-life classroom practice. During the one-year Graduate Diploma program, the student teachers undertake two four-week block practicum placements, during which they have the opportunity to observe exemplary lessons, as well as to commence teaching. The goals of the practicum include improving participants’ access to innovative pedagogy and educational theory, helping them situate their own prior knowledge regarding pedagogy, and assisting them in reflecting on and evaluating their own practice. Each student teacher is paired with a more experienced teacher based at the school where he/she is placed, who serves as a supervisor and mentor. In 2007, a new dimension to the teaching practicum was added to facilitate online peer mentoring among the pre-service teachers at the Canberra campus of ACU National, and provide them with opportunities to reflect on teaching prior to entering full-time employment at a school. The creation of an online community to facilitate this mentorship and professional development process forms the context for the present case study. While on their practicum, students used social software in the form of collaborative web logging (blogging) and threaded voice discussion tools that were integrated into the university’s course management system (CMS), to share and reflect on their experiences, identify critical incidents, and invite comment on their responses and reactions from peers.
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"A study of 207 graduate business students found that 80% had engaged in at least one of 15 unethical academic practices as a graduate student (Brown, 1995). These students also perceived themselves as more ethical than their undergraduate counterparts, although they had similar rates of academic dishonesty. Because the research conducted among various graduate schools has been lim-ited in scope, we systematically investigated the definition, prevalence, perceived prevalence, and severity of, as well as justifications for and expected responses to, academic dishonesty at the graduate level using the same approach as LaGrange (1992). These issues were assessed and compared from the perspectives of students and faculty representing multiple disciplines within the university. Students', fac-ulty members', and administrators' ideal and realistic expectations of how cheating would be handled were also examined. Finally, the relation between academically dishonest behavior and student demographic variables was examined. METHOD Procedure A sample of students, faculty, and administrators at the graduate and professional school level was obtained from a large, private, religiously affiliated Midwestern university. All programs were invited to participate in this research, and 22 pro-grams agreed to participate. Students, faculty, and administrators all received pack-ets that contained a recruitment letter, a survey, two answer sheets, and an envelope for returning the survey via intercampus mail. Respondents were asked to return the surveys unmarked if they did not want to complete them. Surveys were placed in the campus mailboxes of 2,669 graduate students. One department did not have mailboxes and consequently 83 surveys were distributed via U.S. mail. Surveys were distributed to 387 faculty and 50 administrators via intercampus mail. Participants Survey instruments were sent to 2,752 students, with 246 students returning com-pleted surveys for a return rate of 8.9%. The student group is made up of students representing all year levels, working toward a variety of graduate degrees (MA, MS, JD, MD, and PhD), and representing the social sciences, natural sciences, hu-manities, health sciences, nursing, law, and medicine. Survey instruments were sent to 387 faculty, with 49 faculty returning com-pleted surveys for a return rate of 12.6%. The faculty sample was 61.2% men, and included 34 (69.4%) tenured faculty and 15 (30.6%) nontenure-track faculty. Sev-enty-seven percent of the faculty were either associate or full professors. The ma-." In Academic Dishonesty, 75–80. Psychology Press, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781410608277-13.
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