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Stephanie Fox-Young

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Validating a scope of nursing practice decision-making framework.

This paper describes processes used to validate the Scope of Nursing Practice Decision-Making Framework developed and implemented by the nurse regulatory authority in Queensland, Australia. Various components of the Framework are also outlined. The validity and usefulness of the Framework were tested through survey research and validation in practice. The majority of participants in both validation processes found all components of the Framework completely or mostly understandable, useful and applicable in practice. Results confirmed that education and experience are used by nurses to explain the advancement in their practice and that the context of nursing practice influences roles and relationships with other health professionals.

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"Holding the child down" for treatment in paediatric haematology: the ethical, legal and practice implications.

Very little has been written about involuntary treatment for adult patients and even less about such treatment for paediatric patients. Ethical dilemmas for nurses in such situations have not been clearly articulated and there are no clear guidelines available in this area. The following findings from a qualitative, longitudinal study on the psycho-social aspects of treatment for childhood leukaemia and related diseases are offered as preliminary work on this important professional issue. The feelings of parents when confronted with the necessity of holding their child down so that they may receive probably curative treatments for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia are described and some of the ethical and legal issues confronting nurses who provide these treatments are explored.

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