http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/ Latest Articles Web Feed from Journal of Management & Organization http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/29/issue/2/article/2370 Amongst the health disciplines, nurses spend the most time with patients providing most of the supervision in care. Therefore, nurses have a primary role to play in contributing to knowledge surrounding the best methods of assessment of risk and prevention of adverse events. According to the Australian Incident Monitoring System (AIMS), the adverse event (38 2008-06-15 00:00:00 http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/29/issue/2/article/2373 The aim of this paper is to report the results of a study exploring the pressure care management of patients during their last 48 hours of life, from the perspective of registered nurses caring for such patients in an acute care hospital setting. A qualitative approach of interpretative description was used. Semi-structured interviews were conducted 2008-06-15 00:00:00 http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/29/issue/2/article/2372 An essential element of health care decision making is related to ‘what is going to happen next' (or prognosis). Patients are often dissatisfied with prognosis communication (Chan & Woodruff 1997; Kirk, Kirk & Kristjanson 2004). Yet there is a paucity of literature on the contributing factors and resulting consequences of 2008-06-15 00:00:00 http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/29/issue/2/article/2374 This critical ethnographic study aimed to understand policy and documentation in relationship to guiding nursing practice in delivering a palliative approach to residents of an aged care unit of a Multi-purpose Service (MPS). A thematic analysis was undertaken that searched the text for cultural determinants of practice, and similarities and differences be 2008-06-15 00:00:00 http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/29/issue/2/article/2375 Objectives: To explore the lived experience of older adults participating regularly in a social support network group in the community. Method: Hermeneutic phenomenology was employed for this preliminary study as little was known about the lived experience of older adults engaged with peers. Six older adults, four females and two males, volunteered to par 2008-06-15 00:00:00 http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/29/issue/2/article/2376 Introduction: Comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programs that address risk factors, psychological problems, and physical activity are essential in optimizing health and reducing the risk of further cardiac events. Behavioural and lifestyle modification support offered through these programs is predicated on initial identification of risk. Many rural pop 2008-06-15 00:00:00 http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/29/issue/2/article/2377 Masculinity, in its hegemonic form, can have the effect that men avoid talking about health problems and do not consult health care, even when help is needed. This study had two aims: First to describe how young men relate to health, ill health, masculinity and their bodies, and secondly to investigate their abilities of self-care. Interviews with eleven m 2008-06-15 00:00:00 http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/29/issue/2/article/2378 Self-management has become a key strategy for managing the health care of people with diabetes. This study explored issues people with type 2 diabetes experienced in their self-management practices and access to regional community based services. Using a qualitative interpretative design data was collected from four participants who were interviews about t 2008-06-15 00:00:00 http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/29/issue/2/article/2381 This article reports on Australian research, funded by the Victorian Department of Human Services Nurse Policy Branch and conducted in two rural Victorian health services. Predicted workforce shortages in the health professions and accompanying growth in demand for services have set the scene for exploring new ways of working. Focused on Victoria's 2008-06-15 00:00:00 http://jmo.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/29/issue/1/article/2308 When considering the significant changes that continue to transform nursing practice, a focus on evidenced-based practice has clearly placed nursing research at the forefront of professional practice. The aim of this paper is to highlight the important contribution that emancipatory research methodologies can make to the ongoing development of contem 2008-05-01 00:00:00