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School Nurse Shortages Prompt Teachers, Staff To Substitute
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:00:00 -0700
The AP/San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday examined how "medical duties have become a part of the job" for U.S. teachers as schools reduce nursing staff or require nurses to work at multiple schools. According to the AP/Chronicle, the trend comes as an increasing number of students have serious medical conditions, such as asthma, diabetes and severe allergies.
St. Petersburg Times Examines Debate Surrounding Home Births
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0700
The St. Petersburg Times on Monday examined the controversy surrounding home births, which has pitted some home birth advocates and physicians against each other. While supporters of home births have "flung phrases like 'father knows best' and 'power play,'" opponents have used "trendy" and "the latest cause celebre," according to the Times. Last month, the
TOG Release: Factors Impeding Access To Good Maternal Healthcare For Ethnic Minority Women In The UK
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0700
The lack of a fall in the maternal death rate in the latest report by the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) has been partly attributed to the increasing percentage of births from immigrant women. Women from ethnic minority groups (defined as those other than white British women), immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and those from the gypsy population have been identified as being significantly more at risk of maternal mortality.

Journal of Research in Nursing current issue

Nursing research and the cults of phenomenology
Porter, S. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0000

Commentary
le May, A. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0000

On the constitution and status of 'evidence' in the health sciences
Murray, S. J, Holmes, D., Rail, G. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0000
AbstractDrawing on the philosophy of Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze, this paper interrogates the constitution of ‘evidence' that defines the evidence-based movement in the health sciences. What are the current social and political conditions under which scientific knowledge appears to be ‘true'? Foucault describes these conditions as state ‘science', a regime that privileges economic modes of governance and efficiency. Today, the Cochrane taxonomy and research database is increasingly endorsed by government and public health policy makers. Although this ‘evidence-based' paradigm ostensibly promotes the noble ideal of ‘true knowledge' free from political bias, in reality, this apparent neutrality is dangerous because it masks the methods by which power silently operates to inscribe rigid norms and to ensure political dominance. Through the practice of critique, this paper begins to expose and to politicise the workings of this power, ultimately suggesting that scholars are in a privileged position to oppose such regimes and foremost have the duty to politicise what hides behind the distortion and misrepresentation of ‘evidence'.

Evidence-Based Nursing current issue

[Purpose and procedure] Purpose and procedure
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0000

[EBN notebook] Economic evaluation of healthcare technologies using primary research
Soares, M., Dumville, J. C Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0000

[Treatment] Review: venepuncture is less painful than heel lance for blood sampling in neonates
Mainous, R. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0000


Research in Nursing & Health

Hitting the bull's eye rather than shooting yourself between the eyes
Robin D. Froman Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:45:00 -0000
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Measuring satisfaction with nursing care among hospitalized patients: Refinement of a Spanish version
Jean W. Lange, Elaine Yellen Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:20:00 -0000
This study was designed to improve the psychometrics of English and Spanish measures of hospitalized patients' satisfaction with nursing care. One hundred Spanish-speaking participants in the northeastern and southwestern United States completed a new 20-item Spanish version; 64 of the same participants also completed the English version. Correlations between item pairs (p < .001, r = .56-.96) and total scores of both versions (r = .92, p < .01), and similar factor structures support equivalence of the two versions. Evidence for construct validity is also presented. Results surpass standards for new instruments and support the utility of this much needed, bilingual measure of inpatient satisfaction with nursing care. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health
Development and psychometric testing of the nurses' attitudes toward obesity and obese patients (NATOOPS) scale
Lorraine Watson, Kathleen Oberle, Danielle Deutscher Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:06:00 -0000
This study was designed to develop and test an instrument to measure nurses' attitudes towards obesity and obese adult patients. Items were based on an earlier version of the instrument, obesity discrimination research, and clinical experience. After content validation of items, the instrument was sent to 1,400 randomly selected Registered Nurses. Factor analysis yielded a 5-factor solution, with 36 items reaching loadings of .4 or greater. Cronbach's alpha was .81 for the reduced scale, with a range of .45 to .79 on the five factors. Construct validity was supported by significant differences between contrast groups on three factors and consistency with underlying theory. Overall the instrument demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties and could be used in future research. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health

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