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THE AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing aims to provide a vehicle for nurses to publish original research and scholarly papers about all areas of nursing. Papers will develop, enhance, or critique nursing knowledge and provide practitioners, scholars and administrators with well‑tested debate. The AJAN will: • publish original research on all nursing topics • publish original scholarly articles on all nursing topics • process manuscripts efficiently • encourage evidence‑based practice with the aim of increasing the quality of nursing care • provide an environment to help authors to develop their research and writing skills • provide an environment for nurses to participate in peer review Publisher & Editorial Office Australian Nursing Federation PO Box 4239 Kingston ACT, Australia 2604 tel +61 2 6232 6533 fax +61 2 6232 6610 email: ajan@anf.org.au http://www.ajan.com.au ISSN 1447‑4328 Copyright This journal is published in Australia and is fully copyrighted. All rights reserved. All material published in the Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing is the property of the Australian Nursing Federation and may not be reproduced, translated for reproduction or otherwise utilised without the permission of the publisher. Indexing The AJAN is indexed in the CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) Database, Current Contents, International Nursing Index, UnCover, University Microfilms, British Nursing Index, Medline, Australasian Medical Index and TOC Premier. PRODUCTION Editor Lee Thomas Journal Administrator Rebecca Shaw EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Joy Bickley Asher, RN, RM, Teaching Cert(Sec), BA, Ophthalmic N Dip(Hons), PG Dip(Nurs), PG Dip(Soc), PhD Research Advisor, Royal New Zealand Plunket Society, Wellington, New Zealand. Yu-Mei (Yu) Chao, RN, PhD Adjunct Professor, Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Chairperson, Taiwan Nursing Accreditation Council Mary Courtney, RN, BAdmin(Acc), MHP, PhD, FRCNA, AFCHSE Assistant Dean (Research) Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Karen Francis, RN, PhD, MHlthSc, MEd, Grad Cert Uni Teach/Learn, BHlth Sc Nsg, Dip Hlth Sc Nsg Professor and Head of School, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Churchill, Victoria, Australia. Desley Hegney, RN, RM, CNNN, COHN, DNE, BA(Hons), PhD, FRCNA, FAIM, FCN(NSW) Professor, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Linda Kristjanson, RN, BN, MN, PhD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Postgraduate Medicine, Edith Cowan University, Churchlands, Western Australia, Australia. Anne McMurray, RN, BA (Psych), MEd, Phd, FRCNA Research Chair in Nursing, Murdoch University, Peel Health Campus, Mandurah, Western Australia and Adjunct Professor of Nursing, Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Queensland. Colin Torrance, RN, DipLscN, BSc (Hon), PhD Professor in Health Professional Education; Head of Simulation; Faculty of Health, Sports and Science, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, United Kingdom. Lesley Wilkes, RN, CM RenalCert, BSc(Hons), GradDipEd(Nurs), MHPEd, PhD Professor of Nursing, Sydney West Area Health Service and the University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING Volume 26 Number 4 1
AJAN australian journal of advanced nursing June - August 2009 Volume 26 Number 4 CONTENTS Guest Editorial ‑ Health and the Global Financial Crisis 4 Gerardine (Ged) Kearney RESEARCH PAPERS Living the experience of breast cancer treatment: the younger women's 6 perspective Elisabeth Coyne, Sally Borbasi Verbal, physical and sexual abuse among children working on the street 14 Sevilay Senol Celik, Media Subasi Baybuga Staff perspectives of a cardiac short stay unit 23 Seshasayee Narasimhan, Katrina McKay Spirituality and spiritual engagement as perceived by palliative care 29 clients and caregivers Joy Penman, May Oliver, Ann Harrington Predictors of nurses' commitment to health care organisations 36 Mahmoud Al‑Hussami The relationship between clinical outcomes and quality of life for 49 residents of aged care facilities Mary Courtney, Maria O'Reilly, Helen Edwards, Stacey Hassall Basic life support knowledge of undergraduate nursing and chiropractic 58 students Patricia Josipovic, Michael Webb, Ian McGrath SCHOLARLY PAPERS Nurse practitioners in drug and alcohol: where are they? 64 Stephen Ling E‑portfolios: developing nurse practitioner competence and capability 70 Debra Anderson, Glenn Gardner, Jo Ramsbotham, Megan Tones Couples perception regarding how lifestyle might affect fertility: results 77 of a pilot study Gillian Homan, Robert J Norman Comparison of the predictive validity among pressure ulcer risk 87 assessment scales for surgical ICU patients Eun‑Kyung Kim, Sun‑Mi Lee, Eunpyo Lee, Mi‑Ran Eom AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING Volume 26 Number 4 2
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Page 7 and 8: RESEARCH PAPER Living the experienc
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Page 15 and 16: RESEARCH PAPER Verbal, physical and
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Page 29 and 30: REFERENCES Abenhaim, H.A., Kahn, S.
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Page 45 and 46: commitment and job satisfaction, pe
Page 47 and 48: REFERENCES Al‑Aameri, A.S. 2000.
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Presence of a clinical problem in a
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are from a possible range of 4‑20
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Limitations There were a number of
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Basic life support knowledge of und
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students enrolled in the undergradu
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different groups of health professi
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SCHOLARLY PAPER Nurse practitioners
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area health services failing to see
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close contact with a senior medical
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E-portfolios: developing nurse prac
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the candidate’s current role. Thi
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of the NP role and planning future
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Driessen, E., van der Vleuten, C.,
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INTRODUCTION Lifestyle behaviours h
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one couple thought it would not and
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Although four couples said that it
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state of mind and have suitable res
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Section 2 - Factors that may influe
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INTRODUCTION Pressure ulcers have t
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Song and Choi scale The Song and Ch
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study of a cardiac surgical unit an
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O’ Connell, B. and Myers, H. 2002
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