BACKGROUND The challenge posed by the worldwide nursing shortage is significant not only for workforce and facility planners, but also for those who educate nurses for practice and nurses themselves. The provision of skilled and competent advanced nurses is clearly a goal of postgraduate education. An increasing shortage of skilled and qualified nursing staff to provide the required level of ca...

The growing use of new technologies permit now to collect data cheaper and quickly. In this paper we present data of longitudinal survey on graduates carried on at Pisa University. The results obtained from this data show that graduates are moving from paper to web. Stepwise logistic regression permits to assess characteristics of Web vs paper respondents Diogene: a longitudinal survey on Pisa ...

OBJECTIVE To reexamine members of the Society of Pediatric Psychology (SPP) to document trends in training experiences of individuals who identify themselves as pediatric psychologists. METHODS Using the 1999 SPP membership list, we asked respondents to complete a survey describing their degree status, theoretical orientation of graduate program, type of internship/fellowship, current employm...

Introduction: Issues around wound management is constantly evolving with introduction of newer approaches based on evidence. Nurses’ knowledge about the contemporary issues have been reported differently. The aim of this descriptive study was to examine the wound management knowledge of nurses prior to a skills building workshop. Materials and methods: A descriptive study of 317 nurses who atte...

BACKGROUND In most medical schools, graduate students, sometimes referred to as graduate teaching assistants, often participate in the training of undergraduate students. In developing countries like Uganda, are typically involved in undergraduate training. However, prior to this study there were no standard guidelines for this involvement. At the same time, the views and experiences of the gra...

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The objectives of this study were to explore dental and dental hygiene students', graduate students', and dental professionals' preferences for certain types of gloves and the reasons for these preferences (Aim 1), as well as determining their knowledge, attitudes, and behavior concerning the use of dental gloves as a means of barrier protection (Aim 2). Data were collected from 198 dental and ...

● Seven out of 10 worked in manufacturing establishments. ● For workers who perform relatively simple tests of products, a high school diploma is sufficient; experienced production workers fill more complex inspecting positions. ● Employment is expected to grow more slowly than average, reflecting the growth of automated inspection and the redistribution of quality-control responsibilities from...