System versus open orientation in New Zealand secondary school guidance cousellors

Guidance counsellors working in schools are often faced witi'1 the choice of supporting the system or of being open in orientation by supporting the individual. In November 1979 one hundred and twenty-seven New Zealand guidance counsellors out of a sample of two hundred replied to a postal questionnaire made up of Law's (1977} System Orientation (SOI) and Teacher Identification Inventories (TII), plus twelve situations which highlighted dilemmas often faced by counsellors. The first purpose was to determine the extent to which the SOI and TII measure the same thing in New Zealand as in Britain. The second purpose was to find whether New Zealand guidance counsellors were system or open in orientation. The third purpose was to examine the influence of sex, university training, length of teaching service, other experience, teaching subject and length of counselling service on counsellor orientation. Finally counsellor preferences were compared with their practices. A factor analysis of the distribution of scores on all items yielded six major factors :System-Open Orientation, Interventionist Orientation, Ingressive Orientation, Teacher Identification, Counselling Distinctiveness and Social Education. The first five factors corresponded approximately with those identified by Law (1979}. New Zealand counsellors were shown to be a relatively homogeneous group leaning towards an open orientation but often adopting a compromise position in conflicts between the needs of the individual and the needs of the institution

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Scotland Registry for Ankylosing Spondylitis (SIRAS) – Protocol

Funding SIRAS was funded by unrestricted grants from Pfizer and AbbVie. The project was reviewed by both companies, during the award process, for Scientific merit, to ensure that the design did not compromise patient safety, and to assess the global regulatory implications and any impact on regulatory strategy.Publisher PD

Adaptive response of neonatal sepsis-derived Group B Streptococcus to bilirubin

This work was funded by the Neonatal Unit Endowment Fund, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital. RH is funded by a career researcher fellowship from NHS Research Scotland. SG was funded by the MRC Flagship PhD programme. We are grateful for the support of Dr Phil Cash and Aberdeen Proteomics, at University of Aberdeen, in completing this project. Supplementary information accompanies this paper at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24811-3.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Career Cartography: From Stories to Science and Scholarship

PurposeTo present four case scenarios reflecting the process of research career development using career cartography.Organizing ConstructsCareer cartography is a novel approach that enables nurses, from all clinical and academic settings, to actively engage in a process that maximizes their clinical, teaching, research, and policy contributions that can improve patient outcomes and the health of the public.MethodsFour earlyâ career nurse researchers applied the career cartography framework to describe their iterative process of research career development. They report the development process of each of the components of career cartography, including destination statement, career map, and policy statement.ConclusionsDespite diverse research interests and career mapping approaches, common experiences emerged from the four nurse researchers. Common lessons learned throughout the career cartography process include: (a) have a supportive mentorship team, (b) start early and reflect regularly, (c) be brief and to the point, (d) keep it simple and avoid jargon, (e) be open to change, (f) make time, and (g) focus on the overall career destination.Clinical RelevanceThese four case scenarios support the need for nurse researchers to develop their individual career cartography. Regardless of their background, career cartography can help nurse researchers articulate their meaningful contributions to science, policy, and health of the public.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/136693/1/jnu12289.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/136693/2/jnu12289_am.pd

Maternity Waiting Homes as an Intervention to Increase Facility Delivery in Rural Zambia

Graduate or above research in rural Zambiahttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/148301/1/BeckPeroskyMunroKramerLockhartMusondaNaggayiLori.pd

Maternity waiting homes as an intervention to increase facility delivery in rural Zambia

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An evaluation of the appropriateness of advice and healthcare contacts made following calls to NHS Direct Wales

Background: An evaluation of NHS Direct Wales (NHSDW), a national telephone-based healthcare advice and information service, was undertaken. A key objective was to describe the actions of callers and assess the appropriateness of advice and healthcare contacts made following calls, results of which are reported here. Methods: Postal questionnaires were sent to consecutive callers to NHSDW in May 2002 and February 2004 to determine 1) callers' actions following calls and 2) their views about the appropriateness of: advice given; and when to seek further care. An independent clinical panel agreed and applied a set of rules about healthcare sites where examinations, investigations, treatments and referrals could be obtained. The rules were then applied to the subsequent contacts to healthcare services reported by respondents and actions were classified in terms of whether they had been necessary and sufficient for the care received. Results: Response rates were similar in each survey: 1033/1897 (54.5%); 606/1204 (50.3%), with 75% reporting contacting NHSDW. In both surveys, nearly half of all callers reported making no further healthcare contact after their call to NHSDW. The most frequent subsequent contacts made were with GPs. More than four fifths of callers rated the advice given - concerning any further care needed and when to seek it - as appropriate (further care needed: survey 1: 673/729, 82.3%; survey 2: 389/421, 92.4%; when to seek further care - survey 1: 462/555, 83.2%; survey 2: n = 295/346, 85.3%). A similar proportion of cases was also rated through the rule set and backed up by the clinical panel as having taken necessary and sufficient actions following their calls to NHSDW (survey 1: 624/729, 80.6%; survey 2: 362/421, 84.4%), with more unnecessary than insufficient actions identified at each survey (survey 1: unnecessary 132/729, 17.1% versus insufficient 11/729, 1.4%; survey 2: unnecessary 47/421, 11.0% versus insufficient 14/421, 3.3%). Conclusion: Based on NHSDW caller surveys responses and applying a transparent rule set to caller actions a large majority of subsequent actions were assessed as appropriate, with insufficient contacts particularly infrequent. The challenge for NHSDW is to reduce the number of unnecessary contacts made following calls to the service, whilst maintaining safety.</p