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Constructing a nursing identity within the clinical environment
This paper by Walker et al (2014) undertook an online survey to elicit data from student nurses’ to gain understanding about how they construct their identity when undertaking work integrated learning. The authors report they found five elements to explain how undergraduate nurses constructed their identity as nurses. These were: Positive role models Belonging Peer […]
Health literacy: How nurses can make a difference
This article by Johnson (2016) is a ‘call to action’ to implement proven effective evidence-based strategies that can decrease health literacy demands on health consumers and improve health outcomes and the provision of safe person centred-care. Johnson (2016) provides a background about the levels of functional literacy in Australia (ABS 2008) that indicates 59% of […]