NURSING AND MIDWIFERY STUDENTS’ LENS: CONNECTING THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE WITH CLINICAL PRACTICE: AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

Aim: To explore and critically analyse the strategies employed by final-year BSc pre-registration nursing and midwifery students at an inner London university to connect theoretical knowledge with clinical practice, to promote their learning and professional development. Background: Navigating the theory-practice gap has been a significant challenge for nursing and midwifery students. While there are many perspectives from academics and clinicians, how theoretical knowledge is connected with clinical practice is rarely discussed and studied from the students’ perspectives. Design: Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to understand nursing and midwifery students' experiences in connecting theoretical knowledge with clinical practice. Rather than attempting to establish objective truth, this thesis focused on participants’ subjective experiences. Method: This study employed a qualitative research design. The data was obtained using semi-structured interviews and analysed using an inductive approach. The study population included (n=12) pre-registration nursing and midwifery students enrolled on a Bachelor of Science programs. Findings: Four themes emerged (1) Complexity of embodied knowledge; (2) Sensing the meaning of personal and professional learning; (3) Demographic attributes and self-understanding; (4) Sense-making of COVID-19. Conclusion: The process by which pre-registration nursing and midwifery students connect theoretical knowledge with clinical practice is complex and multifaceted. It intersects with other factors and cannot be understood in isolation. This interconnectedness necessitates a thorough examination of all the variables involved

Testing LSND at long-baseline neutrino experiments

Recently it was suggested that two very different mass-squared differences play a role in atmospheric neutrino oscillations. The larger of these also accounts for the LSND result and the smaller of these also drives the solar neutrino oscillations. We consider the predictions of this scheme for long-baseline experiments. We find that high statistics experiments, such as MINOS, can observe a clean signal for this scheme, which is clearly distinguishable from the usual scheme of atmospheric neutrino oscillations driven by a single mass-squared difference.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figure

Detecting itinerant single microwave photons

Single photon detectors are fundamental tools of investigation in quantum optics and play a central role in measurement theory and quantum informatics. Photodetectors based on different technologies exist at optical frequencies and much effort is currently being spent on pushing their efficiencies to meet the demands coming from the quantum computing and quantum communication proposals. In the microwave regime however, a single photon detector has remained elusive although several theoretical proposals have been put forth. In this article, we review these recent proposals, especially focusing on non-destructive detectors of propagating microwave photons. These detection schemes using superconducting artificial atoms can reach detection efficiencies of 90\% with existing technologies and are ripe for experimental investigations.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figure

Sangam Literary Poems on Kurinji land - An Individual Psychological Perspective

Kurinji is one of the five land parts of Tamil people. But Tolkappiyam puts Mullai as the first and Kurinji as the second, while firing Kurinji land sexuality (Tol. Meaning. Akat. 15) is fired as first. The reason behind it is Mayon because Mayon is the god who protects the land (the world) and sex belongs to all lands but is considered to be specially cherished in Kurinji region. However, man's first life begins in the mountains. Therefore, Kurinji is the first and foremost of the five landforms. It is well known that Kurinji is a mountain and hilly area. But, it is said that the name of this place came from the flower. This Kurinji plant can be found at more than six thousand feet above sea level, hence the region is named as Kurinji. Apart from that, the flower of this plant blooms only once in twelve years. Due to the absence of such a surprising flower in nature, this name is appropriate for a mountainous place. Kurinjinilam, Kudirkalam and Yamam (Kangul) are necessary for the meeting of lovers and it is described well in Sangam literary index poems. The number of Sangam Literary Index poems is 488. These are respectively 131 poems in Natrinai, 147 poems in Kurundogai, 100 poems in Ainkurunuru, 80 poems in Akananuru, 29 poems in Kalithogai and 1 poem in Patuppattu. The main purpose of this article is to study these poems from the perspective of human psychology

Murugan Worship Traditions of Ancient Tamil People based on the Sangam Kurinjithinai poems

Worship plays an important role in Tamil culture. Because when a man tried to live a better life, he tried to worship the deity who guided him so far, and the feeling of fear that appeared inside him also gave rise to the worship. In particular, the spiritual worship that arose in man became the basic reason for the emergence of religion. Anthropologists say that magic and belief in the spiritual world dates back to prehistoric times. These become closely related to the cultural history of a country. Ancestor cults can be found in countries including China and India. This is the archaic form of worship. During the Sangam era, deities and methods of worshiping were completely based on the land they lived. The main purpose of these cults is to worship and please the deity. In these land-based cults Mayon for the Mullai land, Seyon for the Kurinji land, Indra for the Marutha land, Varunan to the land of Neiythal and Kotravai for the land of Paalai. This article seeks to explore the traditions of Murugan worship in the Sangam Kurinjithinai poems

Puthamithranar’s Morphological Theory

Language undergoes some changes over time. These changes contribute to the development of the language. Tamil Grammar texts including Agathiyam, Tolkappiyam, Yapparungalam, Yapparungalakarikai, Purapporul Venpamalai which appeared in Tamil have been grammarized according to the Tamil tradition. However, Veerasozhiyam, which appeared in the 11th century AD, is a slightly different grammar text from this tradition. In particular, the Sanskrit language is written following the grammatical tradition. The author of this text, Ponparri Kavalar Puthamithranar, has written with the thought that Sanskrit Language mother for all tamil words. This Text has five Chapters: Eḻuttu, col, poruḷ, yāppu, alaṅkāram. The comprehensive authority of this Text is the authority to say. It consists of Col Athikaram 55 Norpas: vēṟṟumaip paṭalam (9), upakārap paṭalam (6), tokaip paṭalam (8), tattitap paṭalam (8), tātup paṭalam (11), kiriyā patap paṭalam (13).     This system of authority is also based on the grammar of the Sansktrit. This article is based on the Morphological theory of Puthamithranar, ‘Tamil language grammatical tradition and Sanskrit language grammatical tradition are combined’ the hypothesis is put forward and written

The Heroine of the Sangam Period

Sangam literature is the epitome of Tamil literature. It has internal and external distinctions. Among them, Pulavar’s called the blissful life of one and the same person who is united by similar love as Agam. The characters in this are called internal Characters. He called their speeches statements. The Characters that make up that claim are categorized as Kalavu and Karppu. The Tolkappiyam (Tol. 1445 - 1452) states that these include the ten who listened to the claims of the Hero and the Heroine, Bangan, friend, nurse, Panan, Kuttan, Virali, Bharata, Ariva, Condor, etc., In the songs composed by Eva, the honors of the Hero and the Heroine are spoken. Among them, Tolkappiyam refers to chastity, lust, benevolence, mellifluence, mass, hospitality, and circumcision (Tol. 1098) as the virtues of the old woman who was a housewife. All these are the pillars of life. Tolkappiyam House Wife’s virtues include chastity, lust, morality, mass, patience, feasting, circumcision, etc. These also apply to women who show association literature. Illaram is a joint venture between a man and a woman

The Remnants of the Ethnic Community in the Silappathikara Vettuva Vari (Hunting Chapter)

Silappathikaram, the first epic that appeared in Tamil, contains relics of ethnic life. The purpose of this article is to bring them out. Silappathikaram also highlights the life of the ethnic people in the midst of the chapters that speak of the greatness of the Moovendars (Three Kings). In this way, in the Vettuva vari of the Madurai Chapter, one can see that the life of the Eyinars and their worship are explained. In the worship of Kottravai, they gave her the symbols of their race as her weapons. These can be seen to illustrate their life. The lyrics sung in this worship form the collective mantra. It is also based on the belief that collective worship accomplishes everything. Because of their victory in the battle to attract the enemy, they give a gift of blood to Kottravai. This is an expression of extreme devotional consciousness. This article is written with the aim of examining how ethnic life is thus represented by living beings