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Volume 29 Issue 1 - 2008

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3 Editorial: Best practice guidelines for Australia and New Zealand on the prevention of venous thromboembolism: Issues and implications for nurses
Jessica Schluter, Hayden Scotter, Wendy Chaboyer

Methodology

8 The importance of emancipatory research to contemporary nursing practice
Jayln Rose, Nel Glass

23 A questionnaire to determine nurses' knowledge of delirium and its risk factors
Malcolm Hare, Dianne Wynaden, Sunita McGowan, Ian Landsborough, Gaye Speed

Mental Health Nursing

32 Measuring the workload of community mental health nurses: A review of the literature
Julie Henderson, Eileen Willis, Bonnie Walter, Luisa Toffoli

43 Putting all the pieces together: Exploring workforce issues in mental health nursing
Brenda Happell

Clinical Practice

53 Barriers to implementing a Nursing Clinical Development Unit
Brenda Happell

60 Finding the right direction: The importance of open communication in a governance model of nurse management
Suzi Robertson-Malt, Ysanne Chapman

67 Patients' quality of life: A comparison of patient and nurse perceptions
Masoud Bahrami, Steve Parker, Ian Blackman

80 Acute (adult clinical inpatient) care nurses’ attitudes towards and knowledge of nationally endorsed 5As smoking cessation guidelines
Andrew Scanlon, Eileen Clark, William McGuiness

Continuing Education

92 Osmoles, osmolality and osmotic pressure: Clarifying the puzzle of solution concentration
Martin Caon

100 Critical thinking and learning styles of nursing students at the Baccalaureate nursing program in Korea
Gyeong Ju An, Myung Sook Yoo

110 Reducing harmful traditional practices in Adjibar, Ethiopia: Lessons learned from the Adjibar Safe Motherhood Project
Lisa Natoli, Andre MN Renzaho, Tony Rinaudo


Book Reviews

120 A Personal Guide to Living With Progressive Memory Loss
Sandy Burfener and Prudence Twigg
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Being Witness to a Miracle and Happy Ending


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