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Showing papers by "Karen Francis published in 2004"


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TL;DR: There is a need for the provision of a family-centered education program that addresses patient's information needs, cultural sensitivity, the use of building up and ongoing.

41 citations


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TL;DR: The need to understand the role to base practice evidence that is generated through empirical research is acknowledged and a nonbeliever in the merit of research studies being integrated into nursing specialist programs is acknowledged.
Abstract: Two issues were of importance to nurses in rural areas considering postgraduate studies. The first was the need for part-time study and what this entails. The second was a request that there be no research component within the postgraduate courses they identified. It is this second issue that I wish to address. I was a nonbeliever in the merit of research studies being integrated into nursing specialist programs. Following a long career in rural clinical nursing and management I have come full circle and now acknowledge the need to understand the role to base practice evidence that is generated through empirical research.

2 citations