Aim To critically analyse the international literature describing the experiences of nurses
working in rural hospitals. Background Nursing shortages in rural areas is an ongoing issue …

In 1996 Hegney published a seminal review of the literature concerning the status of
Australian rural nurses. This article updates and expands that original paper by reporting on …

Research on patient safety and health human resources, 2 critical issues for 21st century
health care, converges on similar findings. Specifically, it is apparent that along with the …

Quality clinical placement experiences have been associated with nurses' workplace social
capital. Social capital is broadly understood as the social organisation of trust, norms and …

Nursing educators engage in many practices and one of the most important is preceptorship.
However, evidence underpinning preceptorship is scant. Indeed some critics suggest that …

Rural health needs to be based on robust theory that guides efforts in practice, teaching and
research. This could make the sets of assumptions that are inevitably brought to bear on …

Le capital social a constitué un cadre important pour la conceptualisation de la place des
liens sociaux dans la qualité de vie. La famille n'a pas fait partie des groupes d'intérêts dans …

RN turnover is expensive and disruptive for rural hospitals, constraining finances, impacting
patient care, and stressing remaining nurses. Recent investigations have described a …

Background Professionalism is one of the basic concepts of home care nursing, as a
growing model of community-based nursing. This phenomenon results from the nurse …

Purpose: A number of factors impact an individual's health, including the social, economic
and physical environments surrounding the individual, as well as their personal …