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European Midwifery Regulators Strengthen Co-operation At A Second Summit
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0800
Working together to protect the wellbeing of women and babies was the aim of a summit of European midwifery regulators held in Brussels last week (20 November 2009). Hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee, the event was designed to strengthen co-operation between European regulators of midwives with a view to improving the care provided to women using the services of midwives.
Royal College Of Nursing Film Scoops International Award For Inclusion And Diversity
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0800
An educational film commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has won the award for best corporate video at the inaugural Ability Media International (AMI) Awards 2009, which celebrates inclusion and diversity in the creative industries. The I-Motus produced film was commissioned as part of the RCN's national Dignity: at the heart of everything we do campaign.
Landmark Pay Equity Report Highlights Double Jeopardy Of Caring For The Elderly, Australia
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0800
Nurses are experiencing a double-barrel of discrimination through both the gender wage gap and their employment in the Government-funded aged care sector, a new Federal Government report has found. Australian Nursing Federation Federal Secretary Ged Kearney has applauded the pay equity report Making it Fair, released yesterday, which acknowledges the inequality experienced by nurses, especially those in the aged care sector.
Journal of Research in Nursing current issue
The professional obligation; speaking out to improve care
Stevens, J.
Fifty years of endeavour, prevention and health in mental health policy
Appleby, L., Butterworth, T.
Mental health policy to practice; too much loose change?
McGonagle, I., Jackson, C., Baguley, I.Mental health, cancer care and coronary heart disease were identified as the three priorities for the National Health Service, and National Service Frameworks were developed for each area. This prioritisation was reinforced when the NHS Plan was published and a programme of systemic change in the National Health Service was embarked upon to support this new agenda. This paper describes the major policy decisions and systemic changes and how they affected mental health care. The end of the 10-year National Service Framework programme provides an opportune time to review and reflect on the changes, successes and areas for on-going improvement in the years ahead. Clearly there have been significant developments, and perhaps the successes of the last 10 years have been lost in the clutter that often results as a consequence of major change.
Evidence-Based Nursing current issue
Purpose and procedure
New beginnings
Ciliska, D., Jull, A., Thompson, C.
Accessing pre-appraised evidence: fine-tuning the 5S model into a 6S model
DiCenso, A., Bayley, L., Haynes, R B.
Research in Nursing & Health
Additional evidence for the affective dimension of dyspnea in patients with COPD
Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman, DorAnne Donesky-Cuenco, Soo Kyung Park, Lynda Mackin, Huong Q. Nguyen, Steven M. Paul Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:30:00 -0000
The primary purpose of this secondary analysis was to determine whether 103 participants with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease rated the affective dimension of dyspnea (dyspnea-related anxiety and dyspnea-related distress) separately from the sensory dimension (intensity) during baseline exercise testing conducted as part of a randomized clinical trial. A secondary purpose was to determine if dyspnea-related anxiety and distress were rated distinctly different from other measurements of anxiety. At the end of a 6-minute walk and an incremental treadmill test, participant ratings of the magnitude of dyspnea-related anxiety and distress on the Modified Borg Scale were significantly different from their ratings of the intensity of dyspnea. Dyspnea-related anxiety and distress also appeared to be concepts independent from measures of state anxiety, negative affect, and anxiety before a treadmill test. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health
Depression in family caregivers of elders: A theoretical model of caregiver burden, sociotropy, and autonomy
Michele C. Clark, Pamela M. Diamond Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:26:00 -0000
To test the diathesis-stress model for family caregivers, two structural equation models were developed to explain depression measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. A cross-sectional convenience sample of 112 caregivers completed questionnaires to measure burden, personality traits, dysfunctional attitudes, and depression. The final model included direct paths from caregiver burden to autonomy and sociotropy, and indirect paths from burden to depression through sociotropy and autonomy. The final model fit adequately ([chi]2 [224, N = 112] = 308.60, p < .00; CFI = .951; RMSEA = .058). Levels of burden influenced caregiver depression scores. One pathway to depression was though the personality traits of sociotropy and autonomy; both had a larger influence on depression scores than burden alone. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health
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