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Development Unit (development + unit)
Kinds of Development Unit Selected AbstractsLeading the development of nursing within a Nursing Development Unit: The perspectives of leadership by the team leader and a professor of nursingINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING PRACTICE, Issue 4 2003Iain Graham RN Leadership within nursing is receiving unprecedented focus and development. This reflective narrative explores the nature of leadership, termed scholarly leadership, by an academic and a clinical leader of a Nursing Development Unit. The narrative explores the characteristics of such leadership and highlights how it empowered a nursing team to further reach its potential. Two areas, patient-centered care and the characteristics of practice, are focused upon to highlight the leadership style that the clinical leader adopted. The paper concludes by suggesting what structural and systems changes need to be put in place in order to bring about change. [source] Reflective practice and its role in mental health nurses' practice development: a year-long studyJOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC & MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, Issue 2 2000I. W. Graham PhD MED MSC BSC RN RMN The study reported in this paper lasted over a year, and identifies a conceptual framework of nursing practice based upon a relationship-building process. It also identifies six characteristics of nursing roles inherent within the practice of mental health nurses on a Nursing Development Unit. The paper presents a structure and process of reflection for nursing practice as illustrated by the work of a group of nurses working in a NDU. The purpose of the study was to help them better understand their work with patients. The findings from the study are used to explore how the nurses described and implemented individualized, patient-focused care. This care was based upon the ability of the nurse to communicate well and to build a relationship with a patient, bound within a context of change. [source] Cold and hot gas filtration using a novel mobile granular bed with an inner fluidized sectionTHE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Issue 1 2002Nicolas Abatzoglou Abstract Two experimental studies were conducted with a novel moving granular bed filter (NMGBF). The first one was performed on a cold and dry mock-up module operated at room temperature and was aimed at a) proving the concept, b) establishing the operating patterns and flow profiles and c) optimizing the operating conditions. The gas flowrate and the geometry of the filter were the main variables studied. The second study was conducted on a prototype hot filter PDU (Process Development Unit) under real time operating conditions. The filter was one of the modules of a hot-gas-conditioning-train in a fluidized bed gasifier. Results showed similar particles collection efficiency for hot- and cold-dry filtration. The filter showed an efficiency of 99.9% over 55 h filtration time for particles larger than 1 ,m, while for submicronic particles the efficiency is between 84% and 96% (weight basis). This paper presents and discusses the apparatus, the experimental methods and conditions as well as characteristic results on the two prototypes used. Deux études expérimentales ont été menées à I'aide d'un nouveau filtre à lit granulaire mobile (NMGBF). La premiére a été menée sur une maquette froide et séche à la température ambiante et visait a (a) prouver le concept, (b) établir les modéles de fonctionnement et les profus d'écoulement et (c) optimiser les conditions opératoires. Les variables étudiées sont le débit de gaz et la géométrie du filtre La seconde étude a été menée sur une unite de développement de procédes prototype à filtre chaud dans des conditions opératoires en temps réel. Le filtre est un des modules du train de conditionnement à gaz chaud dans un gazéificateur à lit fluidise. Les résultats montrent une efficacite de collecte des particules comparable pour la filtration sèche chaude et froide. Le filtre montre une efficacité de 99,9 % pour un temps de filtration de 55 h avec des particules au-dessus de 1 ,m, alors qu'avec des particules inférieur au micron I'efficacite' se situe entre 84 et 96 % (sur la base massique). On décrit dans cet article I'appareil, les méthodes expérimentales et les conditions, ainsi que les résultats caractéristiques des deux prototypes utilisés. [source] A comparative study of transformational leadership in nursing development units and conventional clinical settingsJOURNAL OF NURSING MANAGEMENT, Issue 2 2000A. Bowles RMN Aims This is a comparative study of the leadership provided by nurse managers and leaders in Nursing Development Units and conventional clinical settings in England. Background Nursing development units (NDUs) were originally conceived as centres of nursing excellence, innovation and leadership development. This article describes the first published use of a leadership practices inventory (LPI) explicitly based upon a model of transformational leadership. This style of leadership has been commended as highly effective and suitable for nursing. Methods The use of the LPI was piloted as a postal questionnaire and as a schedule for telephone interviewing, these pilots supported the use of telephone interviewing in the main study. Two matched samples of 70 nurses in total were recruited from across England, comprising 14 nurse leaders and 56 of their day to day colleagues. Data was collected by telephone interviewing over a 6-week period between February and April 1998. Six null hypotheses were developed to identify significant inter-group differences in leadership behaviour. Descriptive and inferential data analysis techniques were employed using SPSS for Windows. Findings The leadership provided by NDU leaders was evaluated more highly than non-NDU leaders. A higher level of congruence between self and observer evaluations was shown by NDU leaders. Statistically significant inter-group differences were apparent in three of the five practices of exemplary leadership and in the overall leadership behaviour. NDU leaders show greater self awareness and are more transformational than their non-NDU counterparts. The limitations of the study design are discussed. Conclusions NDU leaders provide leadership of a more transformational nature than their counterparts working in conventional settings. This finding suggests that NDU leaders have enhanced leadership potential and that formalizing nursing development within NDUs may promote the emergence of transformational leadership and provide a microculture in which it might flourish. The LPI is regarded as a useful, adaptable tool suitable for use in UK nursing applications including research, leadership development and education. [source] The IBUS Process , Lignocellulosic Bioethanol Close to a Commercial RealityCHEMICAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (CET), Issue 5 2008J. Larsen Abstract Integrated Biomass Utilization System (IBUS) is a new process for converting lignocellulosic waste biomass to bioethanol. Inbicon A/S has developed the IBUS process in a large-scale process development unit. This plant features new continuous and energy-efficient technology developed for pretreatment and liquefaction of lignocellulosic biomass and has now been operated and optimized for four years with promising results. In the IBUS process, biomass is converted using steam and enzymes only. The process is energy efficient due to very high dry matter content in all process steps and by integration with a power plant. Cellulose is converted to bioethanol and lignin to a high-quality solid biofuel which supply the process energy as well as a surplus of heat and power. Hemicellulose is used as feed molasses but in the future it could also be used for additional ethanol production or other valuable products. Feasibility studies of the IBUS process show that the production price for lignocellulosic bioethanol is close to the world market price for fuel ethanol. There is still room for optimization , and lignocellulosic bioethanol is most likely a commercial alternative to fossil transport fuels before 2012. [source] A comparative study of transformational leadership in nursing development units and conventional clinical settingsJOURNAL OF NURSING MANAGEMENT, Issue 2 2000A. Bowles RMN Aims This is a comparative study of the leadership provided by nurse managers and leaders in Nursing Development Units and conventional clinical settings in England. Background Nursing development units (NDUs) were originally conceived as centres of nursing excellence, innovation and leadership development. This article describes the first published use of a leadership practices inventory (LPI) explicitly based upon a model of transformational leadership. This style of leadership has been commended as highly effective and suitable for nursing. Methods The use of the LPI was piloted as a postal questionnaire and as a schedule for telephone interviewing, these pilots supported the use of telephone interviewing in the main study. Two matched samples of 70 nurses in total were recruited from across England, comprising 14 nurse leaders and 56 of their day to day colleagues. Data was collected by telephone interviewing over a 6-week period between February and April 1998. Six null hypotheses were developed to identify significant inter-group differences in leadership behaviour. Descriptive and inferential data analysis techniques were employed using SPSS for Windows. Findings The leadership provided by NDU leaders was evaluated more highly than non-NDU leaders. A higher level of congruence between self and observer evaluations was shown by NDU leaders. Statistically significant inter-group differences were apparent in three of the five practices of exemplary leadership and in the overall leadership behaviour. NDU leaders show greater self awareness and are more transformational than their non-NDU counterparts. The limitations of the study design are discussed. Conclusions NDU leaders provide leadership of a more transformational nature than their counterparts working in conventional settings. This finding suggests that NDU leaders have enhanced leadership potential and that formalizing nursing development within NDUs may promote the emergence of transformational leadership and provide a microculture in which it might flourish. The LPI is regarded as a useful, adaptable tool suitable for use in UK nursing applications including research, leadership development and education. [source] | |||||||||||||