Nurses as role models in health promotion: a concept analysis

There are national and international expectations that nurses are healthy role models but there is a lack of clarity about what this concept means. This study used concept analysis methodology to provide theoretical clarity for the concept of role models in health promoting behaviour for registered nurses and students. The framework included analysis of literature and qualitative data from six focus groups and one interview. Participants (n=39) included pre-registration students (Adult field), nurse lecturers and registered nurses (RNs), working in NHS Trusts across London and South East London. From the findings, being a role model in health promoting behaviour involves being an exemplar, portraying a healthy image (being fit and healthy), and championing health and wellness. Personal attributes of a role model in health promoting behaviour include being: caring, non-judgemental, trustworthy, inspiring and motivating, self-caring, knowledgeable and self-confident, innovative, professional and having a deep sense of self

The Role Of Scaffolding In Providing The Kinds Of Metacognition That May Help More Able Key Stage 3 Pupils Develop Their Writing Abilities

In a study embracing three phases and using an action research methodology I have examined the role of scaffolding in promoting the kinds of metacognition that may help more able Key Stage 3 pupils develop their writing abilities. In Phase 1 I found that my more able pupils needed structured support to help them develop their metacognition and apply it to writing. In Phase 2, aided by a clearer conception of metacognition as comprising metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive control, I explored how, through a process of scaffolding, I could provide particular scaffolds to help pupils practise self-regulation (which I identified with metacognitive control). I found that pupils valued checklists most out of several scaffolds I provided. In Phase 3 I incorporated a semi-experimental element into my action research, investigating whether the devising of a checklist by pupils would help them improve their story writing. I found that the pupils who made a checklist developed their narratives more than those who did not. Most pupils perceived learning about checklists and/or devising them as helpful. Scaffolding seemed to help my more able pupils develop metacognition and use it to improve their writing

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Climate change and future flooding in the UK

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The Presumption of Irreparable Harm in Patent Infringement Litigation: A Critique of Robert Bosch LLC v. Pylon Manufacturing Corp.

The Presumption of Irreparable Harm in Patent Infringement Litigation: A Critique of Robert Bosch LLC v. Pylon Manufacturing Corp

Many methods, many microbes: methodological diversity and standardization in the deep subseafloor biosphere

Standardization is widely assumed to be important to advance science. This assumption is typically embedded in initiatives to devise infrastructure and policies to support scientific work. This paper examines a movement comprising scientists advocating methods standardization in an emerging scientific domain, the deep subseafloor biosphere. This movement is not primarily motivated by the usual rationales for standardization, but instead by the aim of intervening in the politics of an infrastructure upon which the domain depends, scientific ocean drilling cruises. This infrastructure is shared and contested with other domains, and this movement regards standardization as a critical step in reconfiguring the infrastructure to secure a greater share of resources for the deep subseafloor biosphere. This movement encounters two tensions. One tension is between the perceived benefits of standardization vs. methodological diversity. Another tension is between perceived benefits for the domain vs. a lack of incentives for individuals to perform necessary standardization work

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A Discursive Investigation of Leading in Organisational Conversations

This exploratory study aimed first to investigate interactions in conversations to see how moments of leadership might arise. This responded to a call to conduct empirical research in an underexplored area of leadership in relational processes where the process rather than the person is the focus of study. It adopted a methodology of organisational discourse analysis, using conversation analysis as a method which has been rarely used to study relational processes to date. A secondary aim was to explore methodologies and methods that might be used in the PhD phase to study relational leadership where this is founded in processes. The study addressed the question: how do interactions in conversation create moments where one person leads, or not, others. Preliminary results from a study of secondary video data suggest leadership in relational processes, specifically relational dialogue, can be observed in interactions but may be fleeting and incomplete. An additional investigation looked at leadership in three outcomes of direction, alignment and commitment and found these arose in conversations but not necessarily simultaneously. These findings contribute to our understanding of how leadership arises in relational processes by exploring these processes in naturally occurring conversations. Theoretically this study complements the existing literature with a social constructionist perspective and using a method little used to study leadership in relation. The method and methodology adopted encompassed reflexivity and the role of judgement in how data is handled and interpreted. The trustworthiness, methodological issues, limitations and implications for future research are also discussed