Power (Psychology)

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Building teen power for sexual health.

Alarming numbers of teens engage in behaviors that place them at risk for pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including AIDS. Intervention studies targeted toward reducing risky sexual behavior and improving school retention and ...
Marie L Talashek, Kathleen F Norr, Barbara L Dancy (J Transcult Nurs, 200307)
building-teen-power-sexual-health.asp

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A pilot study of selected Japanese nurses ideas on patient advocacy.

This pilot study had two purposes: (1) to review recent Japanese nursing literature nursing advocacy; and (2) to obtain data from nurses on advocacy. For the second purpose, 24 nurses at a nursing college in Japan responded to a questionnaire. The ...
Anne J Davis, Emiko Konishi, Marie Tashiro (Nurs Ethics, 200307)
pilot-study-selected-japanese-nurses-ideas-patient-advocacy.asp

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Power and control over children and young people.

This feature introduces you to theories of control and power and invites you to relate these to your own practice with children and young people and the values of your work place. Rights-based approaches to care are outlined and through reading and Time ...
Imelda Charles-Edwards (Paediatr Nurs, 200307)
power-control-over-children-young-people.asp

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Snap-shots of live theatre: the use of photography to research governance in operating room nursing.

The use of photography is an underreported method of research in the nursing literature. This paper explores its use in an ethnographic research project, the fieldwork of which was undertaken by the first author. The aim was to examine the governance of ...
Robin Riley, Elizabeth Manias (Nurs Inq, 200306)
snap-shots-live-theatre-photography-research-governance-operating.asp

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The paradox of the Aged Care Act 1997: the marginalisation of nursing discourse.

This paper examines the marginalisation of nursing discourse, which followed the enactment of the Aged Care Act 1997. This neo-reform period in aged care, dominated by theories of economic rationalism, enshrined legislation based upon market principles ...
Jocelyn Angus, Rhonda Nay (Nurs Inq, 200306)
paradox-aged-care-act--marginalisation-nursing-discourse.asp

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Manipulation: description, identification and ambiguity.

The word manipulation is frequently applied to some of the difficult-to-manage behaviours of the personality-disordered patient. However, the term is rarely defined, and a review of both the clinical and research literature shows that little has been ...
L Bowers (J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs, 200306)
manipulation-description-identification-ambiguity.asp

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Manipulation: searching for an understanding.

Manipulative behaviour is one of the reasons why some psychiatric professionals dislike personality-disordered (PD) patients and dislike working with them. Being manipulated arouses strong negative emotions towards the manipulator and can have severe ...
L Bowers (J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs, 200306)
manipulation-searching-understanding.asp

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Placing private health care: reading Ascot Hospital in the landscape of contemporary Auckland.

The closing years of the 20th century were a time in New Zealand dominated by health care reforms inspired by neo-liberal ideology. The result has been changing geographies of public and private health care providers and the evolution of a new discourse ...
Robin A Kearns, J Ross Barnett, Daniel Newman (Soc Sci Med, 200306)
placing-private-health-care-reading-ascot-hospital-landscape.asp

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Creating what sort of professional? Masters level nurse education as a professionalising strategy.

This paper reports on a detailed analysis of selected findings from a larger study of masters level nurse education. It locates some features of such education within the contemporary situation of nursing as a profession and interprets the role of ...
Kate Gerrish, Mike McManus, Peter Ashworth (Nurs Inq, 200306)
creating-sort-professional-master-s-level-nurse-education.asp

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Leadership and the psychology of turnarounds.

Turnaround champions--those leaders who manage to bring distressed organizations back from the brink of failure--are often acclaimed for their canny financial and strategic decision making. But having studied their work closely, Harvard Business Schools ...
Rosabeth Moss Kanter (Harv Bus Rev, 200306)
leadership-psychology-turnarounds.asp