{"title":"A profile of undergraduate/graduate entrants from non-nursing discipline to the pre-registration nursing programme at Royal Adelaide Hospital from 1987-1990.","authors":"M M Korczak","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77177,"journal":{"name":"Inforum (Adelaide, S. Aust.)","volume":"12 ","pages":"17-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12927787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is choice of catheter size an important factor in patient discomfort?","authors":"R Moyle, D White","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper describes a study which was undertaken in order to assess nurses' knowledge regarding catheter size and determine whether the size of the catheter chosen related to patient discomfort. The results presented are those of the pilot study. The knowledge level of nurses regarding criteria for selection of catheter size was variable and demonstrated deficits reported by other studies. The patients included in the sample (n = 23) did not experience significant discomfort, leaking or pain as a result of catheter size which varied from 14-2Ch.</p>","PeriodicalId":77177,"journal":{"name":"Inforum (Adelaide, S. Aust.)","volume":"12 ","pages":"9-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12927795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Principles of prevention: economics of prevention.","authors":"A Lange","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77177,"journal":{"name":"Inforum (Adelaide, S. Aust.)","volume":"11 ","pages":"13-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13362807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Where has all the money gone? Funding a study tour.","authors":"M Leaver","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77177,"journal":{"name":"Inforum (Adelaide, S. Aust.)","volume":"11 ","pages":"22-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13362808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predicting success in a pre-registration nursing program.","authors":"M Paech","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article describes a pilot study which was carried out to determine whether, a relationship existed between either the matriculation scores or the biological science background of beginning student nurses, and their academic success in the three year pre-registration nursing program at Royal Adelaide Hospital. Information was obtained from the academic record cards of students who commenced the program in 1985. Statistical analysis using the Pearson r and Two-sample T-test indicated a positive correlation between matriculation scores and academic results in each of the three years of the course. Surprisingly only 6 of the total number of students (N = 119) had not studied biology at matriculation level and hence analysis of this subject as a predictor of success was not possible.</p>","PeriodicalId":77177,"journal":{"name":"Inforum (Adelaide, S. Aust.)","volume":"11 ","pages":"33-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13362812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hyperbaric oxygen therapy at Royal Adelaide Hospital--an historical perspective.","authors":"C Pitone","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77177,"journal":{"name":"Inforum (Adelaide, S. Aust.)","volume":"11 ","pages":"30-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13362811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of the transplant co-ordinator.","authors":"K Herbertt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77177,"journal":{"name":"Inforum (Adelaide, S. Aust.)","volume":"11 ","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13362815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computerised nursing care plans: an integral part of hospital information systems.","authors":"D White","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77177,"journal":{"name":"Inforum (Adelaide, S. Aust.)","volume":"11 ","pages":"16-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13362809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}