Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing



	THE AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING VOLUME 35 ISSUE 4 Download Complete Issue Effect of an evidence based quality improvement framework on patient safety To investigate the impact of the introduction of The Productive Ward Program™ on two patient safety indicators; patient falls and medication errors. KEY WORDS: The Productive Ward Program™, patient safety, quality, falls, medication errors Amy Montgomery, RN, TNP, BN, Grad Cert Aged Care Nursing, MSc (Dementia Care), Transitional Nurse Practitioner,St. George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia Therese Riley, RN, RM, BSocSc, Grad Dip Bus Stud, MEd (Adult Ed), Nurse Manager Clinical Practice and Development, and Leadership Capabilities, Nursing Education, Research & Leadership Unit, Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia Dr. Shelley Tranter, RN, DNsg, Project Officer, Nursing Education, Research & Leadership Unit, Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia Vicki Manning, B Admin (Nursing), MPH, Director of Nursing & Midwifery Services, Nursing and Midwifery Services, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia Professor Ritin S Fernandez, RN, MN (Critical Care), PhD. Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Centre for Research in Nursing and Health, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia Download Article Incorporating an Undergraduate Student in Nursing program into the workforce: a prospective observational study The objective was to describe the organisational perspective of the implementation of the Undergraduate Student in Nursing (USIN) program and to describe the experience of nursing staff working with these Undergraduate Students in Nursing. KEY WORDS: health workforce; nursing students; paediatric nursing; undergraduate; hospitals, paediatric Alison Raffelt, RN, GradCert Paediatrics, GradDip Paeds, Child, Youth Health, MNursing Paediatrics, Child Youth Health – Clinical Education, Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, Australia Danny Sidwell, RN, GCert, MAdvancedPrac HProfEd, Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia Wendy Fennah, RN, Grad Cert Health Service Management, Masters Adv Nurs Pract, Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Queensland, St Lucia; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia Shari Davies, Grad CertPaediatrics- Child and Adolescent Health, MEducation- Training & Development, Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, Australia Jacqueline Jauncey-Cook, RN, PhD, MNRS, Grad Dip Crit Care, Grad Cert Health Prof. Educ, Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia Download Article Validity testing of a tool for assessing nurse safety behaviour against blood borne infection This study was conducted to develop and verify a tool for assessing nurse safety behaviour against blood borne infections. KEY WORDS: blood borne pathogens, factor analysis, health behaviour, reliability and validity HyunSoo Oh, PhD, RN, Professor, Department of Nursing, Inha University, Incheon, 402-751, Republic of Korea WhaSook Seo, PhD, RN, Professor, Department of Nursing, Inha University, Incheon, 402-751, Republic of Korea Download Article Is provision of professional development by RNs to nursing students a choice? This paper reports on a major category that emerged as a result of a Grounded Theory study that explored Registered Nurses’ (RN) understanding of the nursing standard requirement to provide nursing students with professional development during their clinical placements. KEY WORDS: Clinical placement, nursing student, registered nurse (RN), teach, nursing standard, professional development Dr Carina Anderson, RN, BN, PhD, Lecturer, CQUniversity, Noosaville, Queensland, Australia Professor Lorna Moxham, RN, PhD, MEd, Professor of Mental Health Nursing,University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia Dr Marc Broadbent, RN, MEd, PhD, Senior Lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, Australia Download Article Long term effects of child abuse: lessons for Australian paediatric nurses Child abuse has short and long term consequences. Literature that explores the long term effect of child abuse on children has been reviewed. KEY WORDS: Child abuse, long term effects, stress response, mental health Felicity James, RN, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia Dr. Janet Green, RN, PhD, Course Co-ordinator Post Graduate Studies in Paediatric Nursing, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia Download Article Improving pain management through addition of the functional activity score This study investigated the benefits of adding a new measurement tool, the Functional Activity Score to a validated measurement tool, the Numeric Rating Scale. KEY WORDS: pain measurement; nursing assessment; pain management; pain, postoperative, Mainland China Ying Ge Tong, Dip Nurs (Hons), Pain Liaison Nurse, Associate Professor, Hangzhou Normal University, Xia Sha, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PRChina 310016 Alex H Konstantatos, MB Bs (Hons), FANZCA, Visiting Professor, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine 3 Qingchun East Rd, Jianggan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang , PR China 310016; Senior Lecturer, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Yan Cheng, Dip Nurs(Hons), Pain Liaison Nurse, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Xiacheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PRChina 310014 Ling Chai, Dip Nurs, Hangzhou Normal University, Xia Sha, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PRChina 310016 Download Article