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The history of ministerial workforce policy and planning in British nursing, 1939-1960
No full textThis thesis examines the government's tripartite
approach to
workforce policy and
planning in British nursing from 1939 until
1960. Emerging histories have
placed
emphasis on the ministries and their effect upon the
development
of nursing.
However,
there remains no examination of their
distinctive
and
interrelated
roles
in
managing
nursing workforce policy and planning,
This thesis
examines the
contribution
of
three
of
these ministries from initial workforce
involvement in the
early
1940s, through to the
1950s and the advent of the Committee on
Senior
Nursing
Staff Structure
(the Salmon
Report). It concludes that three distinct roles
emerged
from
each of
the
ministries.
The
Ministry of Labour and National Service (MLNS)
dealt
with nurse
recruitment,
the
Ministry of Health addressed retention through
conditions
of service,
while
the
Colonial
Office represented replenishment. Such division
of ministerial
roles
and
any
limited
collaboration, however, did not appear to
be
a
part of
any
conscious workforce
policy.
The thesis argues that although the Ministry of
Health
and the
MLNS
viewed
nursing
as
less prestigious than a traditional profession, strategies
appealing to
nurses'
aspirations
were used to promote a sense of professional value
in
an
occupation
of
many
countervailing tensions. Nursing appeared to
occupy
its
own
unique
space
between
professions and industrial labour.
i The post-war management of the nursing workforce emerges as a
highly
reactive
policy,
focusing upon diverse groups for recruitment.
It
covered the
use
of part-time
nurses
to fit
into the social expectations of post-war women,
the
recruitment
of male
nurses and
a
manipulation of colonial legislation to the
clear
benefit
of
British
nursing.
Nurse
shortages are explored against government unease
in the immediate
post-war period with
the effects of increasing colonial immigration of
black
workers,
which
was uncontrolled
due to their status as British subjects.
The
ultimate
inadequacy
of
workforce
policies
in
nursing to deal with the recruitment of
black
nurses
remains
a
current
and controversial
workforce issue
I am a teacher and I will do what I can: some speculations on the future of the dance technique class and its possible transformation
No full textRafferty, S and Stanton, E. 2017. in Research in Dance Education <br/
Protecting Animals 36: Author Witi Ihimaera
No full textIn this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens through which to think about the human/nonhuman relationship
Are teamwork and professional autonomy compatible, and do they result in improved hospital care?
No full textA postal questionnaire survey of 10 022 staff nurses in 32 hospitals in England was undertaken to explore the relationship between interdisciplinary teamwork and nurse autonomy on patient and nurse outcomes and nurse assessed quality of care. The key variables of nursing autonomy, control over resources, relationship with doctors, emotional exhaustion, and decision making were found to correlate with one another as well as having a relationship with nurse assessed quality of care and nurse satisfaction. Nursing autonomy was positively correlated with better perceptions of the quality of care delivered and higher levels of job satisfaction. Analysis of team working by job characteristics showed a small but significant difference in the level of teamwork between full time and part time nurses. No significant differences were found by type of contract (permanent v short term), speciality of ward/unit, shift length, or job title. Nurses with higher teamwork scores were significantly more likely to be satisfied with their jobs, planned to stay in them, and had lower burnout scores. Higher teamwork scores were associated with higher levels of nurse assessed quality of care, perceived quality improvement over the last year, and confidence that patients could manage their care when discharged. Nurses with higher teamwork scores also exhibited higher levels of autonomy and were more involved in decision making. A strong association was found between teamwork and autonomy; this interaction suggests synergy rather than conflict. Organisations should therefore be encouraged to promote nurse autonomy without fearing that it might undermine teamwork
Toward the indigenization of the nursing workforce in Saudi Arabia comaparative study of three gulf states Saudi Arabia, bahrain and Oman
No full textFor the last three decades, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, comprising
Bahrain, Kuwait, Sultanate of Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) have relied heavily on doctors, nurses and allied health professionals
recruited from other countries. Globally, there is a persistent shortage of doctors and
nurses and the GCC countries are no longer able to meet their human resource
requirements through international recruitment. They have thus pursued policies that
aim to increase the supply of qualified indigenous health-care professionals -
indigenization.
This study aims to understand and examine why and how an indigenization policy has
been formulated and implemented in a purposively selected sample of three Gulf
States. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman have many commonalities and the structures
of their health-care services, labour force and indigenization policies confront similar
broad issues and challenges. However, they were selected to represent different social,
cultural and policy environments in the region and different levels of success in
creating an indigenous nursing workforce.
This study employs a qualitative research approach to generate an in-depth
understanding of the factors that facilitate or inhibit the implementation of
indigenization policies in nursing. This includes semi-structured interviews with 78
stakeholders comprising current and former policy-makers, human resource
managers, religious leaders and nursing officials living and working in one of the
three Gulf States. Document analysis provided the historical and technical
background for understanding the mechanism of the indigenization policy process and
practices. Findings reveal that cultural, economic and political issues play important
roles, as do society's views on education, the role of women and the image of nursing.
The recommendations to address these issues, particularly in respect of increasing
women's participation in the workforce, may contribute to the development of nursing
in the Gulf
I Think I Am Philip K. Dick
No full textFor years, noted writer Laurence A. Rickels often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. Dickthough in fact Rickels had never read any of the science fiction writers work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, while researching for his recent book The Devil Notebooks , it prompted a prolonged immersion in Dicks writing as well as a recognition of Rickelss own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick , a profound thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick explores the science fiction authors meditations on psychic reality and psychosis, Christian mysticism, Eastern religion, and modern spiritualism. Covering all of Dicks science fiction, Rickels corrects the lack of scholarly interest in the legendary Californian author and, ultimately, makes a compelling case for the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. Dicks popular and influential science fiction.Intro -- Contents -- Introjection -- Part I -- Endopsychic Allegories -- Schreber Guardian -- Belief System Surveillance -- Part II -- Deeper Problems -- Veil of Tears -- Go West -- Dick Manfred -- Timing -- Glimmung -- Part III -- Spiritualism Analogy -- Imitating the Dead -- Indexical Layer -- Ilse -- Hammers and Things -- Crucifictions -- Over There -- Martyrology -- Can't Live, Can't Live -- Lola -- Umwelt, Mitwelt, and Eigenwelt -- Outer Race -- The German Introject -- Part IV -- Materialism, Idealism, and Cybernetics -- Startling Stories -- A Couple of Years -- Android Empathy -- Homunculus and Robot -- ALL OF YOU ARE DEAD. I AM ALIVE. -- Go with the Flow -- Part V -- Room for Thought -- Caduceus -- Jump -- Still -- A Wake -- Spätwerk -- Let the Dead Be -- Play Bally -- Das Hund -- Notes -- BibliographyFor years, noted writer Laurence A. Rickels often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. Dickthough in fact Rickels had never read any of the science fiction writers work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, while researching for his recent book The Devil Notebooks , it prompted a prolonged immersion in Dicks writing as well as a recognition of Rickelss own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick , a profound thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick explores the science fiction authors meditations on psychic reality and psychosis, Christian mysticism, Eastern religion, and modern spiritualism. Covering all of Dicks science fiction, Rickels corrects the lack of scholarly interest in the legendary Californian author and, ultimately, makes a compelling case for the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. Dicks popular and influential science fiction.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Liftings for noncomplete probability spaces
No full textThe current state of knowledge concerning liftings for noncomplete probability spaces is discussed. This is a somewhat expanded version of the author's talk given at the 1991 Summer Conference on General Topology and Applications in Honor of Mary Ellen Rudin and Her Work.PT: S; CR: BURKE MR, IN PRESS P AM MATH S BURKE MR, 1991, ISRAEL J MATH, V73, P33 BURKE MR, 1992, ISRAEL J MATH, V79, P289 CARLSON T, THEOREM LIFTING CHRISTENSEN JPR, 1974, TOPOLOGY BOREL STRUC FREMLIN DH, 1989, HDB BOOLEAN ALGEBRAS, P877 INOESCUTULCEA A, 1966, 5TH P BERK S MATH ST, V2 IONESCUTULCEA A, 1967, CONTRIBUTIONS PROB 1, P63 IONESCUTULCEA A, 1969, TOPICS THEORY LIFTIN JECH TJ, 1978, SET THEORY JOHNSON RA, 1980, P AM MATH SOC, V80, P234 JUST W, IN PRESS T AM MATH S KUPKA J, 1983, INDIANA U MATH J, V32, P717 LOSERT V, 1983, LNM, V1080, P95 MAHARAM D, 1958, P AM MATH SOC, V9, P987 SHELAH S, 1983, ISRAEL J MATH, V45, P90 TALAGRAND M, 1982, P AM MATH SOC, V84, P379 VONNEUMANN J, 1931, CRELLES J MATH, V165, P109; NR: 18; TC: 0; J9: ANN N Y ACAD SCI; PG: 4; GA: BZ86BSource type: Electronic(1
The AM Canum Venaticorum binary SDSS J173047.59+554518.5
No full textThe AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) binaries are a rare group of hydrogen-deficient, ultrashort period, mass-transferring white dwarf binaries and are possible progenitors of Type Ia supernovae. We present time-resolved spectroscopy of the recently discovered AM CVn binary SDSS J173047.59+554518.5. The average spectrum shows strong double-peaked helium emission lines, as well as a variety of metal lines, including neon; this is the second detection of neon in an AM CVn binary, after the much brighter system GP Com. We detect no calcium in the accretion disc, a puzzling feature that has been noted in many of the longer period AM CVn binaries. We measure an orbital period, from the radial velocities of the emission lines, of 35.2 ± 0.2 min, confirming the ultracompact binary nature of the system. The emission lines seen in SDSS J1730 are very narrow, although double-peaked, implying a low-inclination, face-on accretion disc; using the measured velocities of the line peaks, we estimate i ≤ 11°. This low inclination makes SDSS J1730 an excellent system for the identification of emission lines
sj-docx-1-hpq-10.1177_13591053221140255 – Supplemental material for ‘You get looked at like you’re failing’: A reflexive thematic analysis of experiences of mental health and wellbeing support for NHS staff
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-hpq-10.1177_13591053221140255 for ‘You get looked at like you’re failing’: A reflexive thematic analysis of experiences of mental health and wellbeing support for NHS staff by Corinne Clarkson, Hannah R Scott, Siobhan Hegarty, Emilia Souliou, Rupa Bhundia, Sam Gnanapragasam, Mary Jane Docherty, Rosalind Raine, Sharon AM Stevelink, Neil Greenberg, Matthew Hotopf, Simon Wessely, Ira Madan, Anne Marie Rafferty and Danielle Lamb in Journal of Health Psychology</p
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