Preparing for Trust status–an investigation into the morale of nurses undergoing change

The morale of nurses is a phenomenon often open to public comment without substantiated evidence. This study objectively explored the morale of nurses in a large district general hospital preparing for transition to National Health (NHS) Trust status. Information was sought using a 72-item questionnaire. The investigation was firmly centred around a structured theory which construes morale in terms of nine dimensions. The notion of morale being a construct synthesized of nine dimensions adds to the uniqueness of the study. Other studies fail to differentiate between the dynamic morale construct and the more complacent attitudes of job satisfaction.     

Collegiality, adaptation and nursing faculty

Many nurse educators in the United Kingdom are currently faced with the challenge of change, of leaving the culture of the British National Health Service and integrating into the culture of tertiary education This paper reports on a study of the process of developing collegial relationships in the context of a new collaboration to develop a combined curriculum for nurses within a tertiary institution The aims of the study were to analyse this process of integration and to identify the conditions that enhanced the development of collegiality between members of the nursing group The case study centred on the analysis of data collected on video during unstructured interviews with the five members of the group Data were analysed using Burnard's method of thematic content analysis The paper argues that during the transition from the National Health Service to tertiary education, individual nurse educators and their managers must address problems related to issues such as 'ingroupism', nursing the students, perceived difference between nurse academics and other academics, and expectations of power-relationships     

Pandemic planning at the coal face: responsibilities of the public health unit

Responding to an infectious disease pandemic requires a coordinated approach from all essential services. Public health units across NSW will play an important role in a range of control activities. These include: surveillance, education, communication, case ascertainment, case management (excluding clinical management), infection control, contact tracing, monitoring contacts in home quarantine, surveillance at borders, epidemiological studies and immunisation. Public health units are currently planning for such an emergency and these plans will need to be tested and refined under simulated conditions.     

长效甾体避孕药RP-HPLC流动相选择性优化与定量分析

采用极角混合设计技术,模拟溶质色谱保留行为的数学模型,用预测优化流动相实验,对溶质色谱保留行为的数学模型进行修正。通过数次预测、迭代、修正数学模型,提高模型的拟合精度,采用多目标优化指标,计算机辅助,寻求三元流动相的最佳组成。首次利用可编程序紫外检测器的时间程序检测功能,提高微量组分的检测灵敏度,成功地解决了两种长效避孕药制剂的定量分析。