Published: 01-05-2009

Editorial

AJAN Online: http://www.ajan.com.au
Jill Iliffe

Guest Editorial

Reflections on nursing
Lesley Wilkes

RESEARCH PAPERS

Development of a questionnaire to access health care students' hand hygiene knowledge, beliefs and practices
Thea van de Mortel

Exploration of interaction and shared care arrangements of generalist community nurses and external nursing teams in a rural health setting
Gay Woodhouse

Comorbid illness affects health-related quality of life after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Geraldine Lee

Cardiac patients' knowledge and use of sublingual glyceryl trinitrate (SLGTN)
Ming-I Fan, Marion Mitchell, Marie Cooke

Distress levels in Turkish parents of children with congenital heart disease
Aynur Yildiz, Ayda Celebioglu, Haşim Olgun

The evaluation of the impact of the use of wool in patients with fibromyalgia on life quality
Emine Kiyak, Nuran Akdemir, Hatice Fesci

Implementing clinical guidelines for acute stroke management: do nurses have a lead role?
Kelvin Hill, Sandy Middleton, Elizabeth O'Brien, Erin Lalor

Using the 'six thinking hates' model of learning in a surgical class: sharing the experience and student opinions
Mevlüde Karadağ, Serdar Saritaş, Ergin Erginer

Cancer patients' sensemaking of conversations with cancer nurses in outpatient clinics
Owen Hargie, Hildfrid Brataas, Sigris Thorsnes

The effect of a nursing presence program on reducing stress in older adults in two Korean nursing homes
Gyeong-Ju An, Kae-Hwa Jo

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

Population ageing and the politics of demographic alarmism: implications for the nursing profession
Megan-Jane Johnstone, Olga Kanitsaki

Barriers that inhibit nurses reporting suspected cases of child abuse and neglect
Anne Piltz, Tracey Wachtel

Surviving survival: nursing care at Bergen-Belsen 1945 
Ellen Ben-Sefer

Editorial

AJAN online: http://www.ajan.com.au

Jill Iliffe
Abstract 41 | view PDF Downloads 19

Reflections on nursing

Lesley Wilkes, RN, CM RenalCert, BSc(Hons), GradDipEd(Nurs), MHPEd, PhD
Abstract 37 | view PDF Downloads 7

Research Papers

Exploration of interaction and shared care arrangements of generalist community nurses and external nursing teams in a rural health setting

Gay Woodhouse RN, CM, GradCert Community Nursing, GradCert Advanced Rural Nursing, Master of Clinical Nursing
Abstract 54 | view PDF Downloads 0

Cardiac patients’ knowledge and use of sublingual glyceryl trinitrate (SLGTN)

Ming‑I Fan MAP, MHSM, BS, RN , Marion Mitchell PhD, BN(Hon), GradCert HigherEd, RN, RM, CHN , Marie Cooke PhD, MSPD, RN
Abstract 46 | view PDF Downloads 14

Distress levels in Turkish parents of children with congenital heart disease

Aynur Yildiz Msc, RN , Ayda Celebioglu PhD, RN , Haşim Olgun MD
Abstract 58 | view PDF Downloads 26

The evaluation of the impact of the use of wool in patients with fibromyalgia on life quality

Emine Kiyak PhD, RN , Nuran Akdemir PhD, RN , Hatice Fesci PhD, RN
Abstract 51 | view PDF Downloads 20

Implementing clinical guidelines for acute stroke management: do nurses have a lead role?

Kelvin Hill , Sandy Middleton , Elizabeth O'Brien, Erin Lalor
Abstract 41 | view PDF Downloads 43

Using the ‘six thinking hats’ model of learning in a surgical nursing class: sharing the experience and student opinions

Mevlüde Karadağ PhD, MSc, BSc, RN , Serdar Saritaş MSc, BSc, Ergin Erginer PhD, MSc, BSc
Abstract 70 | view PDF Downloads 23

Cancer patients’ sensemaking of conversations with cancer nurses in outpatient clinics

Owen Hargie PhD, BA, DipEd, AFBPsS, CPsychol , Hildfrid Brataas PhD, MEd, BN , Sigrid Thorsnes MSc, BN, RN
Abstract 40 | view PDF Downloads 18

Scholarly Papers

Population ageing and the politics of demographic alarmism: implications for the nursing profession

Megan‑Jane Johnstone PhD, BA, RN, FRCNA , Olga Kanitsaki AM, PhD, MEdStud, BAppSc (AdvNsg), RN, FRCN
Abstract 39 | view PDF Downloads 18

Barriers that inhibit nurses reporting suspected cases of child abuse and neglect

Anne Piltz, RN, BN , Tracey Wachtel RN, Master Nursing, Grad Cert Nursing, MRCNA
Abstract 59 | view PDF Downloads 32

Surviving survival: nursing care at Bergen‑Belsen 1945

Ellen Ben‑Sefer RN,BS, MN, PhD
Abstract 43 | view PDF Downloads 30