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Graduate nurses are expected to 'hit the ground running', taking on
complex care challenges in a stressful and fast-paced environment.
This comprehensive yet accessible textbook provides expert guidance
for students and commencing nurses on the contexts for their
practice. Part 1 presents a pragmatic insight into the
intersection, tensions and complexities of practice and
professional issues for Australian nurses. It outlines the nature
of nursing roles and professional codes of conduct, national health
priority areas and legal and ethical issues including the growing
use of health informatics. There is an examination of the diverse
career paths available in nursing, a focus on nurses' mental health
and well-being and a special examination of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander health issues. Part 2 unpacks key issues across a
range of clinical contexts that will be a key resource for clinical
practicums. Contexts covered include acute care, community nursing,
paediatric nursing, mental health nursing and aged care. Part 3
examines the professional and practice issues of nursing in
diverse, distinctive and emergent practice areas including
aesthetic nursing, military nursing and international nursing with
case studies and vignettes highlighting common issues and
challenges. Drawing on the expertise of a wide range of Australian
clinical and academic nursing professionals, this text is a key
reference for all nursing undergraduates seeking to enter
successfully into the profession.
While peer learning is often used informally by students - and for
many can form an essential part of their HE experience - this book
discusses methods of developing more effective learning through the
systematic implementation of peer learning approaches.
Graduate nurses are expected to 'hit the ground running', taking on
complex care challenges in a stressful and fast-paced environment.
This comprehensive yet accessible textbook provides expert guidance
for students and commencing nurses on the contexts for their
practice. Part 1 presents a pragmatic insight into the
intersection, tensions and complexities of practice and
professional issues for Australian nurses. It outlines the nature
of nursing roles and professional codes of conduct, national health
priority areas and legal and ethical issues including the growing
use of health informatics. There is an examination of the diverse
career paths available in nursing, a focus on nurses' mental health
and well-being and a special examination of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander health issues. Part 2 unpacks key issues across a
range of clinical contexts that will be a key resource for clinical
practicums. Contexts covered include acute care, community nursing,
paediatric nursing, mental health nursing and aged care. Part 3
examines the professional and practice issues of nursing in
diverse, distinctive and emergent practice areas including
aesthetic nursing, military nursing and international nursing with
case studies and vignettes highlighting common issues and
challenges. Drawing on the expertise of a wide range of Australian
clinical and academic nursing professionals, this text is a key
reference for all nursing undergraduates seeking to enter
successfully into the profession.
'An evenhanded, realistic and thoughtful approach to identifying
environmental problems and management goals' Stephen Zavestoski,
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies,
University of San Francisco '...a theoretically advanced yet
accessible treatment of environmental governance, drawing on an
impressive range of material to investigate the roles of states and
industries in addressing environmental problems.' Harriet Bulkeley,
Department of Geography, University of Durham 'Written in the vein
of critical optimism, this book is pitched at the right level to
inspire people trying to make pragmatic changes to their
governmental and industrial systems: trying to make a difference
where it counts.' Timothy Doyle, Associate Professor in
Geographical and Environmental Studies, University of Adelaide What
is the future for our environment? We face serious risks of major
industrial accidents and global environmental degradation, yet new
technological developments promise a standard of living
unimaginable only a few generations ago. Michael Howes outlines the
ways in which governments have responded to environmental risk over
the past four decades. He examines the key environmental issues and
the claims of envirosceptics, offering a new strategy for making
major administrative decisions in the face of uncertainty. He
explains how governments have developed environmental policy, and
the ongoing tensions between science, industry, the state, social
movements, and electoral politics. In a clear, straightforward
manner, he shows how to use the work of theorists Ulrich Beck,
Michel Foucault and John Dryzek to analyse environmental policy. He
also develops a new method of measuring the effectiveness of
environmental governance in developed countries. Howes draws on a
wide array of sources from business, government, environment
groups, academic research, and NGOs to illustrate his arguments,
with comparisons between the environmental policies of the UK, the
USA and Australia.
While peer learning is often used informally by students - and for
many can form an essential part of their HE experience - this book
discusses methods of developing more effective learning through the
systematic implementation of peer learning approaches. It draws on
the direct experience of the authors in using peer learning in
their classes across a range of disciplines. While the emphasis is
on higher education, many of the ideas can be applied more widely.
It addresses such questions as: what is peer learning and what is
it good for?; what are the design and class management issues that
need addressing?; how best can peer learning be introduced and
fostered?; what issues need to be considered by teachers and
students?; and what are the implications for assessment?
First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and
Francis, an informa company.
'An evenhanded, realistic and thoughtful approach to identifying
environmental problems and management goals' Stephen Zavestoski,
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies,
University of San Francisco '...a theoretically advanced yet
accessible treatment of environmental governance, drawing on an
impressive range of material to investigate the roles of states and
industries in addressing environmental problems.' Harriet Bulkeley,
Department of Geography, University of Durham 'Written in the vein
of critical optimism, this book is pitched at the right level to
inspire people trying to make pragmatic changes to their
governmental and industrial systems: trying to make a difference
where it counts.' Timothy Doyle, Associate Professor in
Geographical and Environmental Studies, University of Adelaide What
is the future for our environment? We face serious risks of major
industrial accidents and global environmental degradation, yet new
technological developments promise a standard of living
unimaginable only a few generations ago. Michael Howes outlines the
ways in which governments have responded to environmental risk over
the past four decades. He examines the key environmental issues and
the claims of envirosceptics, offering a new strategy for making
major administrative decisions in the face of uncertainty. He
explains how governments have developed environmental policy, and
the ongoing tensions between science, industry, the state, social
movements, and electoral politics. In a clear, straightforward
manner, he shows how to use the work of theorists Ulrich Beck,
Michel Foucault and John Dryzek to analyse environmental policy. He
also develops a new method of measuring the effectiveness of
environmental governance in developed countries. Howes draws on a
wide array of sources from business, government, environment
groups, academic research, and NGOs to illustrate his arguments,
with comparisons between the environmental policies of the UK, the
USA and Australia.
A summary of the strengths and weaknesses in present practices of
science education in schools, and of research in science education.
Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Arising from an examination in 1969 of the education and trammg
opportumtles for paint industry technicians, it was recognized that
the various courses available at that time did not fully serve
their needs. While a few large companies had developed in-house
training arrangements, the many medium and smaller fi.rms in the
raw material supply, paint manufacturing or paint user industries,
were unable to provide their own comprehensive training programs.
With a view to improving this situation, an advisory committee
comprising ofrepresentatives of the Australian Paint Manufacturers'
Federation and the Oil and Colour Chemists' Association Australia
was established to liaise directly with the New South Wales
Department of Technical and Further Education. As a result plans
were developed for the introduction of a Special Course in 'Surface
Coatings Technology' in 1971, conducted by the Sydney Technical
College. The scope of the course was designed to cover all aspects
of surface coatings technology ranging from raw materials and
formulations to the production, testing, evaluation, application
and use of finished products. The course proved to be highly
successful and in 1973 a similar syllabus was introduced by the
Melboume School of Painting, Decorating and Signcrafts in Victoria.
In 1980, New Zealand followed suit with a similar course conducted
by the Auckland Technical Institute.
Bioelectrochemistry conferences. journals and texts are be ginning
to proliferate and to attract researchers and scholars with a bent
for multiple disciplines, electrochemistry, electrical engineering,
physics, biology and medicine. With the development of highly
sophisticated apparatus, new techniques and embracing skills,
bioelectrochemistry represents the area where searching questions
can now be asked about processes of Life itself, not only how sub
stances interact in vivo but what distinguishes animate from in
animate matter. During this Joint Seminar, for example, it was
pointed out that a human liver alive appeared mauve while in the
isolated state it is brown, even though it is capable of a
comprehensive range of biochem ical activities ordinarily
encountered in laboratory "in vivo" sit uations. Bioelectrochemical
studies are beginning to elucidate the growth of bone, the genesis
and division of living cells, the transfer of energy and matter
from one compartment to other compartments in a living system, with
great promise for curative and preventative medicine. The
organizers of this Seminar have been truly fortunate to be able to
bring together workers who have been intimately associated with the
origins and development of some of the more powerful concepts which
have stimulated progress in the field of bioelectrochemistry. These
include the solid state, semiconduction and structured water. By a
happy circumstance a number of Australian researchers in this field
were present in the United States. or en route thereto, at about
the proposed dates of the Seminar."
The top 50 indoor houseplants for brightening your interiors -
what's best and how to keep them alive. Bring the outdoors in and
breathe new life to your home with plants! House plants are well
and truly back on trend - they instantly lift an area, make a room
feel fresh and welcoming, and brighten your mood. On top of this,
indoor plants are great for purifying the air and creating a
healthier home.Together with microbes in the soil, plants work
wonders to reduce harmful pollutants released from indoor
furniture. (It's true: look at the study conducted by the
University of Technology, Sydney.) If you feel like your rooms need
a splash of colour and a breath of life, there's no better starting
point than this book. Whether your style is dramatic jungle plants
or to sweetly shaped succulents, you'll find something to suit.
With loads of glorious illustrations for inspiration, data on which
plants are suitable where, and clear advice on how to pot, prune
and pet your plants, this is the perfect guide for bringing the
outdoors in - no matter what your level of gardening skill!
"Archie Morningstar learns a big family secret and helps save the
universe. All before breakfast ""
"It's not every day a regular kid like Archie gets to wake up at
midnight. But today is Take Your Kid to Work Day, and Archie is
finally allowed to ride along in his dad's taxi cab. He has been
waiting eight years, eight months, and eight days for this moment
to arrive.
But he's about to discover his dad is no ordinary cab driver...In
fact, he drives an intergalactic "space taxi " All night long, he
shuttles aliens from one corner of the universe to another. And
being a space taxi copilot is no easy task: Archie must steer them
into wormholes, keep them from crashing into planets, deal with a
very unusual cat...and save the universe from an evil mastermind
"Space Taxi" marks the debut of a brand new chapter book series
from "New York Times" bestselling author Wendy Mass and teacher
Michael Brawer, filled with humor, adventure, and plenty of science
to impress your friends and teachers
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