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Y Hill

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PubMed1999

Our healthier hospital? The challenge for nursing.

AIM: This paper aims to explore the problems which are currently preventing hospital nurses from fulfilling their health promotion role, and makes recommendations for nursing managers. BACKGROUND: Hospital nurses have a key role to play in meeting recent Government proposals, which aim to enhance health promotion and public health in the NHS. KEY ISSUES: Lack of knowledge and skills, unhealthy hospital environments, poor collaboration, insufficient time and poor nursing management are impediments to hospital nurses promoting health. CONCLUSIONS: Hospital nurse managers need to capitalize on government enthusiasm by supporting health promotion education for nursing staff improving the hospital environment and facilitating better interdisciplinary working.

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice↗
PubMed1998

The health promoting nurse.

This paper suggests that (i) the dominance of an individualistic philosophy of nursing, (ii) nurses' own perceptions of their role and (iii) the hospital:community divide are all obstacles to health promotion being well integrated into nursing practice. It explores how these obstacles need to be overcome in order for the new health promoting nurse to emerge in practice. This is an attempt to clearly demonstrate 'who' the health promoting nurse is, 'what' she/he does, 'how' she/he works and 'where' she/he works.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1998

An enrolled nurse conversion course: does it make a difference?

AIM: This study set out to investigate the effect of a conversion course on the careers of enrolled nurses. BACKGROUND: Funding has been made available for nurses to convert from second level to first level registration. Managers need to know the value of this initiative. METHOD: Questionnaires sent to a sample of 130 enrolled nurses and semi-structured interviews with eight nurses and one manager. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the questionnaires and themes identified from the transcripts of the interviews. FINDINGS: One year after completion, participants identified changes in grade, job and further study. Interviews revealed a developmental change in their personal and professional life. The depth of perceived prejudice towards them remains very powerful. CONCLUSION: Converting to first level registration appears to have positive outcomes for most nurses in the study and has resulted in wider opportunities for their careers and professional development.

Career Mobility↗
PubMed1998

Charting the course of change.

Change and transition are different concepts. Transition for practitioners in the workplace is complex. Transition within roles needs a positive tripartite arrangement with teacher and clinical manager. This paper looks at the findings from a study of 100 enrolled nurses undertaking a part-time conversion programme to RGN, RMN or RSCN. Evidence suggests that student perceptions change over time within a 2-year programme. This conversion programme is seen as a positive experience by participants and employers.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1996

Orientation to higher education: the challenges and rewards.

A new 'starter' course for qualified nurses entering higher education is discussed in this article. The background and aims of this course, which enables traditionally trained nurses to enter a pathway of professional and academic development, are presented. Learning outcomes of the course, identified through a formal evaluation procedure, were categorized into product and process components. Course teachers anticipated that the product outcomes would be evaluated most highly but the participants reported that the process outcomes were more important to them. They believed these process outcomes would empower them not only to undertake further academic studies but also to take a greater part in clinical decision-making. The results of this evaluation demonstrate that for many nurses, who seek to launch themselves into higher education, a 'bridging' programme is necessary to support this transition.

Career Mobility↗
PubMed1996

Converting the image.

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Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate↗
PubMed1995

Miracles take a little longer: project 2000 and the health-promoting nurse.

This paper suggests that the new paradigm for nurse education is being prevented from fulfilling itself because of factors operating within the taught, hidden and wider curriculum. Firstly it is argued that the theoretical components relating to social science, health education/promotion and nursing need to be clearly integrated for nursing students. This integration is demonstrated through the analysis of two nursing models. Secondly it is argued that the taught curriculum needs to be supported by a suitable hidden curriculum both within the educational and clinical setting. Role models which demonstrate integrated theory occurring in practice are a vital component of this. Thirdly it is argued that without the wider social and political context supporting the aims of the 'new' nurse education, meaningful success will be very difficult to achieve.

Curriculum↗
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Is there a place for parents in the retrieval of critically sick children?

Retrieval of critically sick children is becoming commonplace within large paediatric intensive care centres and has gained much publicity. Only limited attention has been paid to the parents of children undergoing emergency transportation. Partnership with parents is central to paediatric nursing, yet parents are not generally welcome to travel with their child in an emergency. This paper argues that it may be possible for parents to be involved with the care of their child during retrieval.

Adult↗