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M Mulder

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PubMed1992

A model for clinical evaluation.

After grappling for years with the problems associated with clinical evaluation in nursing, and becoming increasingly aware of the importance of this aspect of the clinical teaching process, the researcher resolved to make an in-depth study of the state of clinical evaluation in nursing. The study was undertaken in the second semester of 1990. The most important findings of this research were discussed in a previous article (Mulder, M. and Viljoen, JJ. 1992. Die stand van kliniese evaluering aan Suider-Afrikaanse Universiteite. CURATIONIS, Vol. 15, No. 1, 29-41). The second aim of the study, i.e. the development of a proto-theoretical model for clinical evaluation, is discussed in this article. Since there was no existing model for Southern Africa which reflected the researcher's philosophy and view of clinical evaluation, she constructed one as an implicit part of the main recommendations of the research. This model is presented as the ideal for clinical evaluation. The model can be used by evaluators and researchers to assess, plan, implement, remedy and to solve problems of clinical evaluation. It can also be used to direct future research.

Clinical Competence↗
PubMed1992

[The status of clinical evaluation at South African universities].

The fact that clinical evaluation is a difficult and complex task of nursing education has been emphasized in the nursing literature since the early seventies. It is, nevertheless, a most important component of the teaching-learning process of nursing students and it has definite advantages. It: contributes to the improvement of the standard of nursing care; helps to identify problem areas for research; and contributes to high level professional preparation. In the light of these factors the aims of the study were to: determine and describe the position of clinical evaluation as a component of the teaching of undergraduate students in departments of nursing at universities in Southern Africa; draw up a proto-theoretical model for clinical evaluation. The second aim will be fully discussed in a follow-up article. The empirical data showed that nursing educationists in Southern Africa are not entirely up to standard regarding the skills required for clinical evaluation.

Clinical Competence↗
PubMed1978

Non-electrolyte permeability as a tool for studying membrane fluidity.

1. The reflection coefficient for the permeation of thiourea through bilayers of phosphatidylcholine is a function of the fatty-acid composition of the lipid molecules. By means of these reflection coefficients an index for membrane fluidity has been given to each of those lipids, relative to that of egg phosphatidylcholine. 2. The maximum number of water molecules that can copermeate with each molecule of solute by means of solute-solvent interaction is a function of the packing of the lipid molecules in the bilayer. This parameter has been used in this paper for characterizing the fluidity of cholesterol-containing membranes and for membranes with their lipids in the gel state.

Chemical Phenomena↗