Published: 01-05-2006

EDITORIAL

Is nursing becoming a political minefield of the unachievable?
Dr Jackie Jones

 

GUEST EDITORIAL

Health choices for an ageing population
Professor Jennifer Abbey

 

RESEARCH PAPERS

Shrouds of silence: three women's stories of prenatal loss
Annette St John, Marie Cooke, Suzanne Goopy

Parents' preferred child health information sources: implications for nursing
Diana Keatinge

Warfarin use in the elderly: the nurse's perspective
Beata V Bajorek, Ines Krass, Susan J Ogle, Margaret J Duguid

Predictors of dietary and health supplement use in older Australians
Sonya Brownie

 

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

Medication administration errors: understanding the issues
Karen McBride-Henry, Maralyn Foureur

Mismanagement of delirium places patients at risk
Dr Chantal Ski, Professor Bev O'Connell

Beyond the rhetoric: what do we mean by a 'model of care'?
Associate Professor Patricia Davidson, Elizabeth Halcomb, Hickman L, Phillips J, Graham, B

Editorial

IS NURSING BECOMING A POLITICAL MINEFIELD OF THE UNACHIEVABLE?

Dr Jackie Jones RN PhD
Abstract 29 | view PDF Downloads 7

HEALTH CHOICES FOR AN AGEING POPULATION

Professor Jennifer Abbey
Abstract 30 | view PDF Downloads 4

Research Papers

SHROUDS OF SILENCE: THREE WOMEN’S STORIES OF PRENATAL LOSS

Annette St John, RN, Marie Cooke RN, MSPD, PhD, Suzanne Goopy RN, PhD
Abstract 34 | view PDF Downloads 12

PARENTS’ PREFERRED CHILD HEALTH INFORMATION SOURCES: IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE

Diana Keatinge, RN, RSCN, M. Admin, PhD
Abstract 27 | view PDF Downloads 5

WARFARIN USE IN THE ELDERLY: THE NURSES’ PERSPECTIVE

Beata V Bajorek, BPharm, DipHPharm, PhD, Ines Krass BPharm DipHPharm PhD, Susan J Ogle, MBBS, FRACP , Margaret J Duguid, BPharm, , Gillian M Shenfield, DM, FRCP, FRACP
Abstract 25 | view PDF Downloads 7

PREDICTORS OF DIETARY AND HEALTH SUPPLEMENT USE IN OLDER AUSTRALIANS

Sonya Brownie Grad Dip Science, PhD candidate
Abstract 27 | view PDF Downloads 6

Scholarly Papers

MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ERRORS: UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES

Karen McBride-Henry, BScN(hons), MN, PhD , Maralyn Foureur, BA, GradDipClinEpidem, PhD
Abstract 50 | view PDF Downloads 11

MISMANAGEMENT OF DELERIUM PLACES PATIENTS AT RISK

Dr Chantal Ski BA (Hons), PhD, , Professor Bev O’Connell RN, MSc, PhD, FRCNA
Abstract 34 | view PDF Downloads 12

BEYOND THE RHETORIC: WHAT DO WE MEAN BY A ‘MODEL OF CARE’?

Associate Professor Patricia Davidson RN BA MEd, PhD, , Elizabeth Halcomb RN BN (Hons) , Hickman L RN BN MPH , Phillips J RN B App Sci (Nurs) Grad Dip Health Promotion, Graham, B RN RM MMGMT (Pub Health)
Abstract 43 | view PDF Downloads 10