Advances in Contemporary Modeling of Clinical Nursing Care
Special Issue of Contemporary Nurse
Volume 35 Issue 2 June 2010
ii+126 pages ISBN 978-1-921348-18-1
Editors
Professor Mary Chiarella
Founder Modelling of Care Project, School of Nursing University of Sydney, Australia
Dr Vicki Parker
Co Chair Modelling of Care Reference Group, Hunter New England Area Health Service, University of Newcastle
Karen Patterson
Co Chair Modelling of Care Reference Group, South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service, Nursing and Midwifery Directorate, Sydney, Australia
Guest Editor
Professor Judith Lathlean
School of Health, University of Southhampton, UK
In the current climate of staff shortage, scarce resources and increasing demand for service, nurses are continually challenged to review and revise practice to ensure best practice in the specific local context.
The NSW Models of Care Project identified numerous examples of how nurses have modelled creative adaptive innovation that has impacted significantly on patients and staff. Many of these initiatives remain unacknowledged and unavailable for adoption beyond their geographical and clinical contexts.
This special issue seeks to redress this shortfall by sharing and celebrating the work of the wider nursing community both internationally and across Australia; providing a forum for various perspectives about the issues, challenges and directions that impact on nurses and their ability to lead practice change from a ward or unit based, patient oriented perspective.
This issue is characterised by a strong problem solving approach to practice change or service re-design in a localised context with the aim of facilitating wider adoption of these initiatives. As such it is a valuable resource for nurses and midwives in all clinical specialities and across all health care contexts from nurse managers, educators and academics in partnership with clinicians.
In fact this special issue is vital reading for anyone who recognizes the value of understanding and implementing the innovative work of the nursing community in modeling impactful change in nursing care.
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Editors:
Elizabeth Halcomb
School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney
and Sharon Andrew
Department of Acute Care, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK
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