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L A Whyte

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PubMed1996

Factors influencing the branch choice of students on a nursing undergraduate programme.

This study considered the factors that influenced the branch choice of students on a nursing undergraduate programme. On entry to the course students had to choose to pursue a programme either in adult general nursing or mental health nursing to honours degree level. A review of the literature on Project 2000 and factors influencing students' choice of nursing, and of particular specialisms identified, indicated factors which may have relevance to branch choice. Quantitative data were obtained through questionnaire (n = 28). Second qualitative data were collected by semistructured interview (n = 12). The findings of the study suggest that factors influencing branch choice are multiple, complex, inter-related and individual. Whilst the size of the sample groups were small some tentative implications for nurse education are examined.

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Medication cards for elderly people: a study.

This study describes the benefits of providing patients aged 60 years and over with supplementary written information about their medication regimes. The aim of the study was to measure the effect of a personal medication record card on the information patients could recall about their medication following discharge from hospital. The results demonstrated that the card was favoured by patients and proved effective in assisting them to recall correctly information relating to the name, purpose and special instructions attached to their medicines, as well as helping to reduce errors in administration. The study also found that a significant number of patients from the control group reported difficulties in opening child-resistant medicine containers and to a lesser extent foil and blister packaging.

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