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29Rounding, work intensification and new public managementNursing Inquiry 23 (2): 158-168. 2016.In this study, we argue that contemporary nursing care has been overtaken by new public management strategies aimed at curtailing budgets in the public hospital sector in Australia. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 15 nurses from one public acute hospital with supporting documentary evidence, we demonstrate what happens to nursing work when management imposes rounding as a risk reduction strategy. In the case study outlined rounding was introduced across all wards in response to missed car…Read more
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23Social barriers to Type 2 diabetes self‐management: the role of capitalNursing Inquiry 21 (4): 336-345. 2014.Approaches to self‐management traditionally focus upon individual capacity to make behavioural change. In this paper, we use Bourdieu's concepts of habitus and capital to demonstrate the impact of structural inequalities upon chronic illness self‐management through exploring findings from 28 semi‐structured interviews conducted with people from a lower socioeconomic region of Adelaide, South Australia who have type 2 diabetes. The data suggests that access to capital is a significant barrier to …Read more
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18Enterprise bargaining: a case study in the de‐intensification of nursing work in AustraliaNursing Inquiry 15 (2): 148-157. 2008.This paper explores labour negotiations between nurses and government in the public health sector in Australia between 1996 and 2005. During this period, industrial negotiations between nurses and government in the public health sector moved from centralized wage determinations to agreements made at the level of the enterprise through the Workplace Relations Act 1996. Simultaneously, public sector nurses reported increased work intensification, a result of new public management strategies. This …Read more
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13Relocating care: negotiating nursing skillmix in a mental health unit for older adultsNursing Inquiry 18 (1): 55-65. 2011.
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia