Building social capital with interprofessional student teams in rural settings: A service‐learning model
ConclusionsGiven the limited workforce available in rural areas to supervise clinical IPL placements, a service‐learning IPL model that aims to build social capital may be a useful educational model. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 21, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Pippa L. Craig, Christine Phillips, Sally Hall Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Improving physiotherapy services to Indigenous children with physical disability: Are client perspectives missed in the continuous quality improvement approach?
ConclusionThe CQI process, while demonstrating improvements in clinical and organisational aspects of the service, did not always reflect or address the primary concerns of Indigenous clients and underlined the importance of including clients in the CQI process. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 21, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Caroline Greenstein, Anne Lowell, David Piers Thomas Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Does online learning click with rural nurses? A qualitative study
ConclusionThis study demonstrates that rural nurses' engagement with online learning would be enhanced by a whole of system redesign in order to deliver a learning environment that will increase satisfaction, engagement and learning outcomes. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 21, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Kim Riley, David Schmidt Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Carers' perspectives on an effective Indigenous health model for childhood asthma in the Torres Strait
ConclusionCommunity‐based perspectives of an effective health service model include empowered Indigenous health care workers currently attached to the medical specialist service with elements of high expertise and appropriate cultural awareness that enabled clear communication and transfer of knowledge. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 21, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Patricia C. Valery, Lisa J. Whop, Noritta Morseu‐Diop, Gail Garvey, Ian B. Masters, Anne B. Chang Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Management of community ‐acquired pneumonia in an Australian regional hospital
ConclusionIn an Australian regional hospital, ceftriaxone and azithromycin were the predominant combination used at 56%, demonstrating that mild CAP was frequently overtreated. Mild CAP was eight times more likely to be treated as severe CAP (odds ratio = 8.2 (95% confidence interval, 1.7–40.3) P < 0.009). There is a need for a simple yet effective strategy to be introduced to rationalise treatment and investigation of CAP in this setting. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 20, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Mohamad ‐Ali Trad, Andreas Baisch Tags: Quality Improvement Reports Source Type: research
Educating new graduate physiotherapists in a public –private partnership
(Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 20, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: David Schmidt, Neil Dmytryk Tags: Short Report Source Type: research
Building social capital with interprofessional student teams in rural settings: A service ‐learning model
ConclusionsGiven the limited workforce available in rural areas to supervise clinical IPL placements, a service‐learning IPL model that aims to build social capital may be a useful educational model. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 20, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Pippa L. Craig, Christine Phillips, Sally Hall Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
AJRH would like to thank the following reviewers for their contribution in 2015
(Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 19, 2015 Category: Rural Health Tags: Reviewers List Source Type: research
Losing the rural nursing workforce: Lessons learnt from resigning nurses
ConclusionTo facilitate nurse retention, it is important that rural hospitals manage nurse resignations more effectively. This includes re‐examining resignation procedures, how nurses are treated and collecting meaningful data to inform retention strategies. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 19, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Susan Bragg, Ann Bonner Tags: Special Issue – Rural and Remote Nursing & Midwifery Source Type: research
Work and personal well‐being of nurses in Queensland: Does rurality make a difference?
ConclusionsThe study findings provide new data suggesting that, with the exception of secondary traumatic stress, the personal well‐being of nurses does not differ across geographical settings. Similarly, with the exception of the subscale of ‘nursing foundations for quality care’ there was no difference in perceptions of the professional practice environment. As secondary traumatic stress is associated with burnout, this finding needs to be investigated further. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 19, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Desley Hegney, Robert Eley, Rebecca Osseiran‐Moisson, Karen Francis Tags: Special Issue – Rural and Remote Nursing & Midwifery Source Type: research
Face to face, person to person: Skills and attributes deployed by rural mental health clinicians when engaging with consumers
ConclusionsAlthough engaging with consumers involves many skills and attributes employed universally across mental health settings, the rural clinician's ability to navigate the environment and utilise this to provide consumer care is equally important to the engagement process. Specifically, these findings highlight the preference of rural mental health clinicians towards a person‐centred approach, networking with others in the community when providing care. Understanding how best to maximise the nature of a rural environment, such as facilitating relationships between clinicians and others in the community, will contri...
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 19, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Nicholas Procter, Monika Ferguson, Julia Backhouse, Ingrid Cother, Adrian Jackson, Julie Murison, Julie‐Anne Reilly Tags: Special Issue – Rural and Remote Nursing & Midwifery Source Type: research
Aged‐care nurses in rural Tasmanian clinical settings more likely to think hypothetical medication error would be reported and disclosed compared to hospital and community nurses
ConclusionFurther research in rural clinical settings is needed to improve the understanding of error management and disclosure. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 19, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Debra Carnes, Sue Kilpatrick, Rick Iedema Tags: Special Issue – Rural and Remote Nursing & Midwifery Source Type: research
Continuity of midwifery care for rural women through caseload group practice: Delivering for almost 20 years
ConclusionThis caseload midwifery group practice is a safe, satisfying and sustainable model of maternity care in a rural setting. Clinical outcomes are similar to standard care. Success can be attributed to strong leadership across all levels of policy, health service management and, most importantly, the rural midwives providing the service. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 19, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Helen M. Haines, Janet Baker, Diana Marshall Tags: Special Issue – Rural and Remote Nursing & Midwifery Source Type: research
Birthing in rural South Australia: The changing landscape over 20 years
ConclusionsThis study has revealed that almost one quarter of all women residing in rural South Australia relocate to another area to give birth. This is a significant concern for rural women and their families through the expectation of separation, and for the local health services who might now not have the facilities and skills to manage an unplanned maternity presentation. These concerns need to be considered and addressed in order to provide safe and effective care for child‐bearing women regardless of location. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 19, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Linda P. Sweet, Virginia A. Boon, Vanessa Brinkworth, Sarah Sutton, Allison F. Werner Tags: Special Issue – Rural and Remote Nursing & Midwifery Source Type: research
Promoting women's health in remote Aboriginal settings: Midwifery students' insights for practice
ConclusionsAlthough short in duration, the Ngaanyatjarra Lands clinical placement provided midwifery students with a rare opportunity to observe the importance of local contexts and cultural protocols in Aboriginal communities, and to adapt health promotion strategies to meet local needs and ways of doing things. These strategies embraced the strengths, assets and capacities of communities, yet students also witnessed challenges associated with access, delivery and acceptance of health care in remote settings. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 19, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Rosalie D. Thackrah, Sandra C. Thompson, Angela Durey Tags: Special Issue – Rural and Remote Nursing & Midwifery Source Type: research
