Nuritinga is a special journal. There are many nursing journals but Nuritinga specifically provides a showcase for student work. Nursing students are bright, articulate and seriously concerned with health, this is after all the reason they want to be become nurses. They have important insights to offer to the nursing world. In addition, registered nurses are increasingly expected to publish in order to share knowledge and understandings with colleagues. Publishing is also one way nurses can prove intellectual engagement when seeking advancement within the profession.
For these reasons it is important that students are encouraged to publish their work. Nuritinga accepts papers from all nursing students at all levels of their undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Papers are reviewed and writers are given feedback on their submissions. The quality of submitted work is high and we are delighted to have had the opportunity to publish a solid body of quality student work on a wide range of subjects over the past few years.
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Total: 3 articles
Melanie Jessup, BN Student, Year 2, University of Tasmania
Many is the starry-eyed couple who have pledged their unending love for each other, sealed with those infamous words 'til death do us part', tossing the phrase liberally forth with no concept that death will indeed one day sever the bond between them, and facilitate in that remaining, one of the most momentous changes that they may ever have had to negotiate.
Dr P J Martyr, University of Tasmania
This study was carried out at the Tasmanian School of Nursing - which, together with the Schools of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Rural Health and Pharmacy, make up the Faculty of Health Sciences. The TSON is based at Launceston, in the north-east of the state, with other campuses at Hobart, Burnie, and Launceston General Hospital.
This study is an attempt to establish in part if on-campus nursing student facilities are being used, and what sorts of factors may be assisting or impeding access to computers for nursing students. The Launceston campus of the TSON offers a computer laboratory with 11 terminals for student use. The lab operates on a free-use basis; that is, there is no log-in or password needed to use the facilities. This inhibits tracking of the students' use of the laboratory, and has shaped the data collection for this study. The lab is also accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The hardware consisted in 1997 of three Power-Macintoshes (6300/120) and eight Macintosh LCIIs. All have colour monitors and Ethernet capacity. The software included a range of wordprocessing programs, the Eudora electronic mail program, the Netscape internet browser and a variety of miscellaneous programs.
Tara Ogier, BN Student, Year 2, University of Tasmania
The use of restraints in nursing home settings has become an important issue today. While nurses are striving to keep residents safe, they may be compromising the autonomy of the residents. This paper will review the literature, looking at the types of restraints used, the prevalence of use in the United States, Canada and Australia; as well as the rationale behind the use, the effects of using restraints, as well as look at some suggested alternatives to restraints.
Authorised by Head of School, Nursing and Midwifery
31 March, 2011
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