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Professional Characteristics (professional + characteristic)
Selected AbstractsPractitioners' Perspectives on Cultural Sensitivity in Latina/o Teen Pregnancy Prevention,FAMILY RELATIONS, Issue 3 2006Ada M. Wilkinson-Lee Abstract: This study examined practitioners' understandings of cultural sensitivity in the context of pregnancy prevention programs for Latina teens. Fifty-eight practitioners from teen pregnancy prevention programs in California were interviewed in a guided conversation format. Three themes emerged in our analysis. First, practitioners' definitions of cultural sensitivity were consistent with existing models in the published research literature and focused largely on reinforcing the cultural strengths of Latino youth and families. Second, strategies for cultural sensitivity were complicated by tension between traditional Latino culture and the culture of pregnancy prevention programs. Third, practitioners identified a blend of personal and professional characteristics associated with cultural sensitivity among staff. We discussed policy and practice implications for Latino pregnancy prevention. [source] Nurses' perception of the quality of care they provide to hospitalized drug addicts: Testing the Theory of Reasoned ActionINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING PRACTICE, Issue 6 2009Merav Ben Natan PhD RN A correlational design was used to examine nursing staff attitudes and subjective norms manifested in intended and actual care of drug users based on the Theory of Reasoned Action. One hundred and thirty-five nursing staff from three central Israeli hospitals completed a questionnaire examining theory-based variables as well as sociodemographic and professional characteristics. Most respondents reported a high to very high level of actual or intended care of drug users. Nurses' stronger intentions to provide quality care to drug users were associated with more positive attitudes. Nursing staff members had moderately negative attitudes towards drug users. Nurses were found to hold negative stereotypes of drug addict patients and most considered the management of this group difficult. Positive attitudes towards drug users, perceived expectations of others and perceived correctness of the behaviour are important in their effect on the intention of nurses to provide high-quality care to hospitalized patients addicted to drugs. [source] Social work in Israel: professional characteristics in an international comparative perspectiveINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE, Issue 4 2004Idit Weiss This article employs a comparative framework in the analysis of the professional characteristics of social work in Israel. Using the attributes and the power approaches to professions, Israeli social work is analysed according to eight variables: a protected ,trademark', monopoly over social care and delivery of services within state welfare systems, occupational autonomy, length of training and control over training, internal differentiation by levels of expertise and competence, professional organisation, a sanction-backed code of ethics, and material and symbolic rewards. The analysis reveals that Israeli social work has undergone an extensive professionalisation process and that it has characteristics that are not common in other countries. Initial explanations for this process are offered and discussed. [source] The impact of an ICU liaison nurse: a case study of ward nurses' perceptionsJOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING, Issue 6 2005Wendy Chaboyer MN Aims and objectives., To provide a description of ward nurses perceptions of the intensive care unit liaison nurse role. Background., Critical care outreach services have become commonplace over recent years. In Australia, the intensive care unit liaison nurse, developed at a local level by healthcare providers, has emerged as a way of improving the continuity of care offered to this patient group. As a relatively new development in critical care services, evaluation of this role has been limited, particularly in relation to the perceptions of ward nurses who receive patients on discharge from intensive care unit. Design., Case study of one Australian hospital that utilizes an intensive care unit liaison nurse. Methods., Ten ward nurses were purposefully selected for their representativeness of the population and for their experience with the intensive care unit liaison nurse role. Each of these nurses participated in semi-structured in-depth interviews. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Findings., Three major themes emerged from the interviews, highlighting role behaviours, contextual demands and outcomes associated with the intensive care unit liaison nurse role. The role behaviours of the liaison nurse included the professional characteristics of the individual and the primacy of clinical liaison as a role descriptor. Contextual demands were environmental characteristics relevant to providing patient, family and staff support. Outcomes of the role were perceived to include environmental preparation and education. Conclusions., This qualitative study has presented an overview of ward nurses perceptions of the intensive care unit liaison nurse role within one Australian hospital, illustrating the educative and empathic support that the liaison nurse role can provide to ward nurses. Relevance to clinical practice., Collaboration with ward nurses in developing specialist roles such as the intensive care unit liaison nurse is essential in ensuring improvements in patient and family care across the continuum. [source] A national medical education needs' assessment of interns and the development of an intern education and training programmeMEDICAL EDUCATION, Issue 4 2000Frances B Hannon A needs' assessment of interns was undertaken using a self-completion questionnaire and a semistructured interview. The questionnaire explored to what degree graduates had been helped to acquire a range of competencies and professional characteristics. In the interviews graduates discussed their self-perceived learning needs, their educational and training experiences and made suggestions. A 25% random sample of 1996 graduate doctors was selected from the five medical schools in Ireland (n=95). The overall response rate was 88% (n=84). The software package SPSS was utilized to carry out descriptive statistics on the questionnaire data while the interview data were analysed qualitatively. Of the responders, 91% reported that they were not prepared for all the skills needed as an intern. History taking and clinical examination were considered well covered at the undergraduate level but little training was received in a range of professional competencies and personal characteristics. Formal education and training during the intern year was found to be poor. However, some skills and characteristics improved during the year as a result of work experience. In the interviews the graduates explored educational issues. They considered an improved clinical experience throughout the undergraduate years to be at the heart of curriculum development but stressed that, in order to succeed, it would have to be accompanied by leadership within the healthcare system and efforts to improve the learning environment. [source] Profession: A Useful Concept for Sociological Analysis?CANADIAN REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY/REVUE CANADIENNE DE SOCIOLOGIE, Issue 1 2010TRACEY L. ADAMS Il a toujours été problématique de conceptualiser les professions puisque les caractéristiques professionnelles varient beaucoup dans le temps et dans l'espace. Cet article analyse les façons selon lesquelles les professions et les occupations ont été délimitées historiquement dans la législation. Un regard sur la réglementation professionnelle de cinq provinces canadiennes antérieure à 1961 dénombre environ 36 groupes professionnels distincts. L'auteure croit qu'une meilleure compréhension s'appuyant sur la recherche empirique de ce qu'étaient les professions par le passé aidera à conceptualiser et à faire avancer la recherche actuelle sur les professions. Particulièrement importantes sont les considérations sur la qualité de même que sur la structure des relations d'emploi avec les autres groupes professionnels, le public et l'État. Conceptualizing professions has traditionally been problematic because professional characteristics vary across time and place. This paper explores the ways in which professions and occupations were historically demarcated through legislation. A look at professional regulation in five Canadian provinces before 1961 reveals approximately 36 distinct professional groups. I argue that developing a more accurate, empirically based understanding of what professions were in the past will help us conceptualize and advance research on professions in the present. Particularly salient are considerations of status, as well as the structuring of occupations' relations with other occupational groups, the public, and the state. [source] | |||||||||||||