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In nursing, a commitment to continuing education appears to be a relatively new concept. There have always been nurses who are continuing learners throughout their professional lives. Too often, this is incidental, rather than planned. There appears to be a need to re-examine current approach in continuing nursing education.
In examining the clinical environment that may influence the first-year college graduate's attitudes toward continuing learning, four case studies were conducted in hospitals within the Illawarra Area Health Service, New South Wales. The exploratory research attempts to determine the extent to which desired educational changes occur and where improvements could be made to the educational process. This paper reports the research findings.
Curriculum development is an issue of continuing concern to nurse educators. For the planning model to be effective, it must be compatible with, and actually facilitate, the implementation of the particular programme or practice that is to be used. In nursing, the process of curriculum construction is predominantly influenced by the linear approach. This planning model which has taken over nursing education at all levels and in all content areas seems neutral, but it is not. It carries with it a particular value position on human nature. This paper examines the value position of the linear model and its limitation, and proposes a multi-dimensional model as a possible alternative.
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The decline in the number of inpatients in psychiatric hospitals over the last decade has resulted in a strong demand for community based mental health services, and a search for alternative accommodation for ex-psychiatric patients. However, for any comprehensive planning for residential services for ex-psychiatric patients to be effective, there must be a recognition of the variety of patient needs and resources and the range of service models available. This paper attempts to review aftercare residential facilities in America and Australia, to identify the underlying care philosophy and to propose various supervision approaches.
The difficulty in developing clinical assessment tools for the clinical evaluation of nursing students which will motivate the students is a problem faced by all nurse educators. At the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, the lecturing staff in the new Diploma of Applied Science (Nursing) programmes have formulated a Student Competence Profile (SCP) for the clinical evaluation of students. This SCP, which they describe here, has been organized to reflect the objectives of the course curriculum.