BACKGROUND Timely discharge is a key component of contemporary hospital governance and raises questions about how to move to more explicit discharge arrangements. Although associated organisational changes closely intersect with professional interests, there are relatively few studies in the literature on hospital discharge that explicitly examine the role of professional groups. Recent contrib...

This paper argues that a hybrid role for urban planners has emerged within the largely neoliberalised spaces of contemporary Australian governance. This new role is one that transcends previously rigid or clearly defined sectoral positions to blend public, private and community responsibilities in novel and complex ways. The first section of the paper briefly sketches the historical shifts that...

The purpose of this study was to identify challenges faced by induction-year teachers in Texas. The target population for the study was induction teachers in Texas during the 2005-2006 school year (N = 98). A census was conducted and 73 teachers responded resulting in a 77% response rate. Data were collected using an electronic questionnaire administered over the Internet. The questionnaire con...

Opioid-use monitoring, medication-error prevention, and counseling/duty-to-warn issues illustrate new or emerging legal risks for pharmacists as their roles expand.

OBJECTIVE This article links two dimensions of occupational therapy within the context of professionalism: the role of caring and the implications of occupational therapy being a predominantly female profession. METHOD Seven occupational therapists representing various levels of professional experience were interviewed to determine (a) how female occupational therapists perceive caring and (b...

objective: paid employment has become increasingly very important in the lives of women, as the rapid social changes in different classes of the iranian society affects roles and positions of women with great changes at a rapid pace. hardiness as a predicting factor for mental health is selected in this study to evaluation the effects of employment on the women. method: 250 employed married and...

PURPOSE To determine whether professional activities, professional productivity, and salaries of life sciences faculty differ by gender. The authors undertook this study because previous studies found differences in the academic experiences of women and men. METHOD In 2007, the authors conducted a mailed survey of 3,080 life sciences faculty at the 50 universities whose medical schools receiv...

Physiotherapy practice is changing rapidly, with greater leadership opportunities and recognition of physiotherapy across healthcare sectors. For example, physiotherapists increasingly hold leadership roles in management of chronic disease and other inter-professional teams, engage in extended scope of practice duties, perform triage roles in tertiary centre clinics and emergency departments, h...

This article explores the confusion that exists in the clinical areas concerning proper accompaniment of student nurses. There is a feeling that professional nurses in clinical areas are not always actively involved in clinical teaching. The clinical instructors and nurse educators are unable to accompany student nurses properly because of staff shortages. Some hospitals have identified one pro...