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Thursday, January 29, 2009

New issue of Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

The February issue of this freely accessible journal has just been published online.
Key research papers include:
  • "Mature learners becoming registered nurses: a grounded theory model". This study describes how mature aged people reconstruct themselves as nursing students. Author: Vicki Drury.
  • "The Australian diabetes educators’ skills and readiness for the tsunami of diabetes in the 21st century" by Pauline Hill, whose objective was to identify the knowledge, skills and practices of diabetes educators as this disease becomes more prevalent.
  • "Palliative care in a multicultural society: a challenge for western ethics" by Keri Chater. This paper examines the notion of truth telling and its place in palliative care nursing with a particular focus on nursing people from minority cultures.

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