Volume 22 Issue 1 - Contemporary Nurse: Healthcare Across the Lifespan

Volume 22 Issue 1 - 2006

3		Guest Editorial: A New Direction for Community Services in the 21st Century Felicity Astin
Nurse Education
7		International Postgraduate Nursing Students: Implications for studying and working within a different culture Kathleen Kilstoff, Jacqueline Baker
17		The Development of Nurse Practitioners via Flexible Learning: Toward an innovative Masters degree curriculum in Thailand Boontip Siritarungsri, Karen Francis, Ahmud Basseer Jeeawody, John Grootjans, Tassana Boontong, Wichit Srisuphan
26		Assisting Pre-Registration Students in the Acquisition of Clinical Skills Utilising Computer Assisted Learning Jacqueline Bloomfield, Diane J Tofts
36		Problems in the Supervision and Assessment of Student Nurses: Can clinical placement be improved? Jim Kevin
46		Collaborative Voices: Ongoing reflections on nursing competencies Pam McGrath, Jennifer Anastasi, Stephanie Fox-Young, Don Gorman, Lorna Moxham, Joanne Tollefson
59		The Evolving Relationship of Technology and Nursing Practice: Negotiating the provision of care in a high tech environment Amanda Henderson
66		Is Nurse Education Sexist?: An exploratory study Stephen Kermode
Student's Corner
75		Living in Poverty and its Effects on Health Sally Swinnerton
Exemplar
81		A Palliative Care Story: Negotiating the abject Pamela van der Riet
Clinical Practice
84		Advancing Practice Through Prescribing: Is there a better way? Stephan Harding, Andrew Gardner
91		Glyceryl Trinitrate (Anginine) Use in a Cardiovascular Emergency Pauline Greenland
97		Acute Pain in Surgical Patients Anthony Schoenwald, Cath Rogers Clark
109		Perceptions of Infection Control Practices Among Health Professionals Rochelle E Watkins, Dianne Wynaden, Linda Hart, Ian Landsborough, Sunita McGowan, Gaye Speed, Angélica Orb, Saras Henderson, Sally Wilson, Wendy Calnan
120		The Effect of Extra Walking on the Mobility, Independence and Exercise Self-Efficacy of Elderly Hospital In-Patients: A pilot study Bruce Killey, Elizabeth Watt
139		Publisher's Note: Advances in Contemporary Nursing ISSN 1832-9861: An annual series from Contemporary Nurse James Davidson
Book Reviews
134		Microbiology and Infection Control for Health Professionals, 3rd edn Gary Lee and Penny Bishop (eds) Reviewed by Jim Hackett
135		Pathophysiology Applied to Nursing Esther Chang, John Daly and Doug Elliot Reviewed by Allison Williams
135		Care of the Difficult Patient: A Nurse's Guide Peter J Manos and Joan Braun Reviewed by Anthony J O'Brien
136		Talking With Angel: About Illness, Death, And Survival Evelyn Elsaesser Valarino and Kenneth Ring Reviewed by Susannne Becker
137		The Health of Indigenous Australians Neil Thomson (ed) Reviewed by Susannne Becker
138		In Our Own Right: Black Australian Nurses' Stories Sally S Goold OAM and Kerrynne Liddle (eds) Reviewed by Donna Lennon