Stephen Abbott, Julie Attenborough, Annie Cushing, Mary Hanrahan and Ania Korszun
Medical and nursing students are often anxious about communicating with patients with mental health problems, even when they have received general communication skills training…
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Medical and nursing students are often anxious about communicating with patients with mental health problems, even when they have received general communication skills training. Communication is particularly challenging when patients are compulsorily admitted to hospital. The study reported here sought to explore medical and nursing students' attitudes to this challenge, stimulated by watching a DVD illustrating professional‐patient communications in this situation. Facilitated discussions of the DVD were recorded and the transcripts were thematically analysed. A strong commitment to three underlying principles of patient‐centred care emerged.1. A preference for egalitarian over authoritarian relationships between patients and professionals.2. A preference for empathetic over bureaucratic approaches to patients.3. Respect for patients as autonomous beings.Students seemed less aware of the need for clear and effective communication of information, and some appear confused about patient‐professional boundaries.
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The purpose of this paper is to explore a method of incorporating on-line role play in mental health nursing education. Recreation of meaningful and realistic simulations for…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore a method of incorporating on-line role play in mental health nursing education. Recreation of meaningful and realistic simulations for mental health nurses is challenging. Examination of the literature reveals there is a gap in the provision of simulations that replicate practice, encourage the development of skills and promote responsibility. Those that exist may require significant investment in complex technologies or a high degree of planning and time commitment.
Design/methodology/approach
An evaluation of a pedagogical design that used an on-line survey to gather responses and thematic analysis was undertaken.
Findings
The findings identified that students engaged with the case leading to a realistic experience of case management and development of professional communication skills.
Research limitations/implications
This evaluation could be expanded further to a more formal study examining the students’ emotional responses and learning as they progress through the activity.
Practical implications
The activity outlined in this paper demonstrates that a relatively simple approach can result in deep learning whereby the student can fully experience the role of a qualified practitioner. This model could easily be adopted by other higher education institutions or as a part of continuing professional development.
Originality/value
This paper combines previously researched methods of providing role play to mental health nursing students. It has addressed the critiques of other methodologies such as being time consuming, expensive or lacking in realism. The end product, is low cost, manageable from the lecturers perspective and delivers important learning outcomes to the students.
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Buddhadev De and Ramesh Chandra Das
Food waste is a challenging and vital issue in the world today. Despite the fact that agricultural technological advancements have effectively improved food production, one-third…
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Food waste is a challenging and vital issue in the world today. Despite the fact that agricultural technological advancements have effectively improved food production, one-third of worldwide produced foods are being lost or wasted. The fact that large volumes of food are produced but not consumed by humans has serious environmental, social and economic consequences. However the issue of food waste has drawn attention in the last 10 years both in academic and social fields. Under the background, this study aims to examine whether the countries having high agriculture as well as per capita incomes are responsible for food waste or not. The study uses the data on food waste out of export and import channels across the world’s selected 20 countries having about 70 per cent contribution to food waste. Using the period 1971–2019, the study finds that food waste is associated with agriculture as well as per capita incomes of the developing and developed countries, positive for majorly developing countries and negative for majorly developed countries. The time series analysis involving food waste, per capita agriculture income and per capita income as the indicators, the study finds that there are long-run relations; among them across many countries implying countries having high incomes are responsible for food waste in most cases due to their food preference, although having good infrastructural facilities for preservation of foods.
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Elaine L. Ritch and Julie McColl
By the end of this chapter, you should be able to demonstrate an understanding of:How sustainability messages have diffused into mainstream discourse?The role of behavioural…
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By the end of this chapter, you should be able to demonstrate an understanding of:
How sustainability messages have diffused into mainstream discourse?
The role of behavioural economics, specifically nudge theory, in encouraging sustainable behaviours.
The visual elements in marketing that support nudge theory.
How businesses are aligning with consumer concern for sustainability to illustrate their ‘wokeness’ to social issues.