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1453 results in Nursing

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  • Foreword

  • Wendy Moyle, Griffith University, Queensland, Deborah Parker, University of Queensland, Marguerite Bramble, Griffith University, Queensland
  • Book:
    Care of Older Adults
    Published online:
    06 August 2018
    Print publication:
    19 September 2014, pp v-vi

  • Summary

    One of life’s truisms is that we will all experience ageing. Most of us won’t think about it until the effects of ageing give us either a gentle nudge or a hard wake-up call. Either way, when we are confronted with its effects, quite reasonably we won’t want it to define us. Rather the effects and changes of ageing will be woven into the fabric of what makes us unique as individuals.

    Unfortunately in the western world the term ‘ageing’ has evolved to have negative connotations in a way that devalues the worth of the individual’s contributions – past, present and future. Yet we know that the older person can be resilient, informed about their health issues and actively engaged in the decisions about their health and care requirements. As a health professional, adopting a strengths-based perspective means we can support the person and their family, acknowledging their strengths and resources rather than focusing on problems, vulnerabilities and potential deficits.

Care of Older Adults
  • A Strengths-based Approach
  • Wendy Moyle, Deborah Parker, Marguerite Bramble
  • Published online:
    06 August 2018
    Print publication:
    19 September 2014
  • Care of Older Adults is a comprehensive introduction to aged care for the nursing profession in clinical practice. By taking a strengths-based approach, the book encourages practice with a focus on individuals' potential and capacities rather than their limits. Theories of ageing are linked with the older individual's strengths to ensure the text is well framed from an evidence base, as well as a clinical orientation. The book presents the topic from a healthy ageing perspective through to chronic illness, frailty and end of life. Each chapter includes discussion and reflective questions, and concludes with a list of key points summarising the central content. Case studies combine evidence-based knowledge with practical examples in a number of aged-care settings. Written by internationally renowned authors with extensive practical experience in aged care, Care of Older Adults provides undergraduate students in Australia and New Zealand with local content with a nursing focus.

  • 2 - Rural health

  • Karen Francis, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Ysanne Chapman, Central Queensland University, Carmel Davies, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
  • Book:
    Rural Nursing
    Published online:
    06 August 2018
    Print publication:
    22 August 2014, pp 18-33

  • Summary

    Learning objectives

    On completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to:

  • define ‘rurality’

  • describe rural and remote Australia as a place to live and work, highlighting recent changes in the economic, social and industrial fabric of rural and remote communities that impact on health

  • recognise the importance of rural and remote area nursing within the rural health workforce

  • identify the advantages and disadvantages of rural and remote area nursing and midwifery

  • create a resource bank of references and web links for readers to use in further exploring rural and remote area nursing in Australia.

    • Key words

  • Rurality, rural health, health workforce, rural nursing and midwifery, health status

    • Chapter overview

    This chapter contextualises ‘rurality’ as a criterion for classifying populations living in areas outside major cities. Differences in health status of rural compared to metropolitan communities are described, as is the composition of the health workforce. The chapter concludes with an overview of the rural nursing and midwifery workforce and the challenges these clinicians face in the delivery of care.

    Introduction

    Approximately 31% of the Australian population live outside major cities (e.g. capital cities or large regional centres with populations over 250 000). Only about 2% of this rural population live in what are considered to be ‘remote’ communities (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [AIHW], 2012a). The percentage of the Australian population living in rural areas has declined considerably over the two centuries of white settlement. Much of this attrition has been caused by the merging of family farms (agribusiness) and young farmers leaving ‘the land’ to work and live in major centres (Smith, 2007). The economics of agriculture (e.g. the strong Australian dollar) and the increasing regulation of the industry have meant that the rural population has declined. Further, those still working in the agricultural sector represent an ageing workforce. This population decline and the ageing of the agricultural workforce have been a continuous feature of rural Australia and have occurred not only in livestock and grain industries but also in the fruit and vegetable industry (Smith, 2007; Sutherland, 2012).

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