This quantitative study indicates that the recruitment problem in nursing may be more significant than previously thought. Other research had suggested that the fall in the number of 16 to 18 year olds and the widening labour market may cause some difficulties. Literature relating to occupational choice, the changing labour market for women and the image of nursing are considered to provide a theoretical framework. The results from a questionnaire clearly demonstrated that interest in nursing as an occupational choice is small, with less than 2% declaring an interest. Many of the fifth formers had high aspirations for themselves. This was particularly significant for girls hoping to obtain 5 or more subjects in the general certificate of secondary education. They seemed to have replaced nursing with the professions as potential occupational choices. The findings from the study indicate that nurse leaders need to take urgent action in relation to recruitment policies for the future, and ideas for further research are suggested.
There has been increasing interest in the views of service users within the National Health Service (NHS). This exploratory study used tape recorded semi-structured interviews with users (31) attending one psychiatric day hospital. It sought to elicit information about the service users perceptions of their attendance.The service users indicated that they saw the day hospital as providing social contact with others, and that it taught them strategies of how to cope with their disorder. Many of them indicated that social isolation from the 'outside world' was their predominate problem. Some appeared to have become reliant on the day hospital for the social contacts that it provided.simply part of the process of being a psychiatric day patient. This paper argues that dependence on the day hospital can be seen as
Computers have only recently begun to find a place in the everyday work of health care staff. The use of computer-assisted learning (CAL) in patient education is in its infancy. However, the medium appears to offer several advantages to patients. The successful integration of the medium into clinical practice requires the acceptance and support of staff members. Little research exists to date which examines staff responses to the introduction of CAL into their workplace. This small study (n = 14) aims to explore the reactions of staff to the introduction of an experimental CAL package for use in the education of renal patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). The opinions of staff members to CAL are probed and their views ascertained regarding the usefulness of CAL to both staff and patients. Results suggest that, despite their initial reservations about CAL, staff were generally positive about the medium.
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