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Autor:
Andrew Retsas, Jaya Pinikahana
Publikováno v:
Journal of Advanced Nursing. 31:875-883
The aims of this study were to identify patterns of manual handling activities and their associated injuries and consequences among nurses working at a large teaching and referral medical centre in Melbourne, Australia. A self-report 140-item questio
Autor:
Andrew Retsas, Melodie Heland
Publikováno v:
Collegian. 6:10-13
At the Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre (A&RMC) an innovative approach was taken to improve the reliability of ICU bed availability for elective cardiac surgery patients. A cardiac surgery recovery unit (CSRU), a dedicated three bed area, was est
Autor:
Andrew Retsas, Joan Saunders
Publikováno v:
Collegian. 5:16-19
The epistemological basis for nursing knowledge and practice is now well established. However, the ontological dimensions of nursing have not been as fully considered. Although the spirituality of people is receiving attention in nursing literature,
Autor:
Janice M. Wilson, Andrew Retsas
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Nursing. 6:269-276
Summary • Repertory grids were completed by gerontological nurses (N= 60) to elicit the personal constructs they used to characterize gerontological nurses, effective gerontological nurses and the extent to which participants believed themselves to
Personal constructs of nursing practice: a comparative analysis of three groups of Australian nurses
Autor:
Andrew Retsas, Janice M. Wilson
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Nursing Studies. 34:63-71
Repertory grid technique was used to compare the personal constructs that three groups of nurses (critical care nurses, gerontology nurses and general nurses) used to characterize effective nursing within their areas of practice. To seek differences
Autor:
Heather Crabbe, Andrew Retsas
Publikováno v:
Collegian. 4:14-21
A survey was completed by 123/203 (61%). Directors of Nursing of Queensland's nursing homes, to obtain information about the use of physical restraints. Of a total of about 6500 (4693 females; 1807 males) nursing home residents in Queensland, Austral
Autor:
Andrew Retsas, Wendy Chaboyer
Publikováno v:
Australian Critical Care. 9:10-13
In 1993 a Graduate Diploma in Critical Care Nursing was developed by the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences Griffith University - Gold Coast Campus, in collaboration with hospitals in the South Coast and Brisbane regions of Queensland and the Que
Autor:
Andrew Retsas
Publikováno v:
Journal of advanced nursing. 31(3)
Barriers to using research evidence in nursing practice The nursing profession has long recognized the importance of research as an essential basis for its development. More recently, the movement supporting evidence-based practice has brought this p
Publikováno v:
Journal of pastoral care. 53(2)
Reports on a research project that describes the unique activities in which chaplains engage as they provide pastoral care and counseling and spiritual direction to patients in a large, acute tertiary referral medical center in Melbourne, Australia.
Autor:
Andrew Retsas, Joan E. Thomas
Publikováno v:
International journal of nursing studies. 36(3)
This study describes the spiritual meanings people with terminal cancer give to their everyday life-experiences. Transcriptions from semi-structured, in-depth interviews of 19 adults who had a diagnosis of cancer and who were living in Queensland and