scholarly journals Polish infection control nurses – Self-assessment of their duties and professional autonomy in different types of hospitals

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Wałaszek ◽  
Anna Różańska ◽  
Anna Szczypta ◽  
Małgorzata Bulanda ◽  
Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Professional Autonomy ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Different Types

scholarly journals Self-assessed attitudes of adolescents towards learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
Viorica Goras-Postica
Keyword(s):  
Organization Culture ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The Self ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Culture Of Learning ◽  
Essential Aspect ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Institutional Process

The article presents the results of a pedagogical study, recently conducted on a group of over 8 thou- sand adolescents on the self-assessment of attitudes towards learning. As technologies have shifted many points of focus in addressing learning as an essential aspect of the educational process, the author intended to analyze the representations of adolescents from the knowledge and information century, administering an online questionnaire consisting of different types of questions. The results revealed diverse and mature perceptions, problems of teacher-student, student-student relations, of the institutional process of organization / culture of learning, but also of its results, as perceived by the main actors of the educational act.

New horizons: developing the novice infection control nurse through work-based learning and the new professional core competencies

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
L Tew ◽  
D King ◽  
L Moore ◽  
D Meyers
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Nurse Specialist ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Clinical Nurse ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
Infection Control Nurse

T his article aims to provide the reader with an example of using the professional core competencies for infection control nurses, together with the self-assessment tool, to provide a framework for the development of a trainee infection control nurse using the opportunities for work-based learning that present themselves as an integral part of this clinical nurse specialist role. The development of the competencies, the educational context and the practical application of this model are described.

Independent Work of Pupils at the “The World Around US” Lessons

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
Наталья Виноградова ◽  
Natalya Vinogradova ◽  
Г. Калинова ◽  
G. Kalinova
Keyword(s):  
Learning Activities ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
Testing Work

The article discusses the organization of independent testing work of younger schoolchildren in the study of the subject “The World Around Us”. The authors discuss the implementation of the possibility of using different types of independent learning activities to clarify and systematize knowledge, their application in non-standard situations, improve universal learning activities, as well as the development of self-monitoring and self-assessment of students.

Types of organizational innovativeness and success in Austrian hotels

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 1707-1727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Kessler ◽  
Christoph Pachucki ◽  
Katharina Stummer ◽  
Michael Mair ◽  
Petra Binder
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Organizational Innovativeness ◽  
Different Types

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify different types of organizational innovativeness in Austrian hotels and analyze their connection to (innovation) success. In the face of growing international competition, innovation is becoming increasingly important for Austria’s hotel industry. A prerequisite for innovation is organizational innovativeness. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on a quantitative survey of 255 Austrian hotel businesses with a minimum of five employees. Innovativeness was measured by three dimensions (willingness, ability and possibility to innovate) and success by five dimensions (overall performance: financial, market and employee-related success; innovation success: product and process innovations). Findings were obtained by combining an exploratory factor analysis with a cluster analysis. Findings – Factor analysis reveals five factors determining organizational innovativeness: “cooperation as trigger for change”; “acceptance of change”; “resource based scope for change”; “pluralism as trigger for change”; and “loose coupling and error-tolerance”. The cluster analysis identifies four types of hotels regarding organizational innovativeness indicating differences regarding the success dimensions: “potential innovators hindered by scarce resources and unsupportive structures”, “well-resourced conservatives”, “potential innovators hindered by a haphazard approach” and “cautious idea hunters”. On the whole, results show that a balanced configuration of organizational innovativeness combined with a cautious approach is connected with greater (innovation) success. Research limitations/implications – Key-informant and survivor biases have to be considered as all items in the questionnaire were evaluated by self-assessment of the hotel management and only successful hotels (in the sense of survival) were analyzed. One important implication is that (innovation) success depends on the system that enables it; therefore, organizational innovativeness is a precondition of successful innovations. Nevertheless, there is little research on organizational innovativeness in the service sector so far. Practical implications – This paper supports tourism businesses in understanding the concept of organizational innovativeness and its relation to (innovation) success. SMEs, which dominate the Austrian hotel industry, tend to focus on the financial aspect of innovativeness and, in general, do not consider the range of factors that constitute an organization’s innovativeness (willingness, ability and possibility to innovate) and the various outcomes. Originality/value – By combining organizational innovativeness and (innovation) success, the paper applies an important element of innovation theory to the Austrian hotel industry. The characterization of different types of hotels regarding organizational innovativeness and success enables a (self-) assessment for hotel businesses and the deduction of customized implications.

scholarly journals Labour Market Attachment, Workplace Infection Control Procedures and Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Canadian Non-healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M Smith ◽  
John Oudyk ◽  
Guy Potter ◽  
Cameron Mustard
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Internet Survey ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Different Types

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has led to large proportions of the labour market moving to remote work, while others have become unemployed. Those still at their physical workplace likely face increased risk of infection, compared to other workers. The objective of this paper is to understand the relationship between working arrangements, infection control programs (ICP), and symptoms of anxiety and depression among Canadian workers, not specifically working in healthcare. Methods A convenience-based internet survey of Canadian non-healthcare workers was facilitated through various labour organizations between April 26 and June 6, 2020. A total of 5180 respondents started the survey, of which 3779 were assessed as employed in a full-time or part-time capacity on 2 March 2020 (prior to large-scale COVID-19 pandemic responses in Canada). Of this sample, 3305 (87.5%) had complete information on main exposures and outcomes. Anxiety symptoms were measured using the Generalised Anxiety Disorder screener (GAD-2), and depressive symptoms using the Patient Health Questionnaire screener (PHQ-2). For workers at their physical workplace (site-based workers) we asked questions about the adequacy and implementation of 11 different types of ICP, and the adequacy and supply of eight different types of personal protective equipment (PPE). Respondents were classified as either: working remotely; site-based workers with 100% of their ICP/PPE needs met; site-based workers with 50–99% of ICP/PPE needs met; site-based workers with 1–49% of ICP/PPE needs met; site-based workers with none of ICP/PPE needs met; or no longer employed. Regression analyses examined the association between working arrangements and ICP/PPE adequacy and having GAD-2 and PHQ-2 scores of three and higher (a common screening point in both scales). Models were adjusted for a range of demographic, occupation, workplace, and COVID-19-specific factors. Results A total of 42.3% (95% CI: 40.6–44.0%) of the sample had GAD-2 scores of 3 and higher, and 34.6% (95% CI: 32.–36.2%) had PHQ-2 scores of 3 and higher. In initial analyses, symptoms of anxiety and depression were lowest among those working remotely (35.4 and 27.5%), compared to site-based workers (43.5 and 34.7%) and those who had lost their jobs (44.1 and 35.9%). When adequacy of ICP and PPE was taken into account, the lowest prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms was observed among site-based workers with all of their ICP needs being met (29.8% prevalence for GAD-2 scores of 3 and higher, and 23.0% prevalence for PHQ-2 scores of 3 and higher), while the highest prevalence was observed among site-based workers with none of their ICP needs being met (52.3% for GAD-2 scores of 3 and higher, and 45.8% for PHQ-2 scores of 3 and higher). Conclusion Our results suggest that the adequate design and implementation of employer-based ICP have implications for the mental health of site-based workers. As economies re-open the ongoing assessment of ICP and associated mental health outcomes among the workforce is warranted.

Independent Work of Pupils at the “The World Around US” Lessons

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Наталья Виноградова ◽  
Natalya Vinogradova ◽  
Г. Калинова ◽  
G. Kalinova
Keyword(s):  
Learning Activities ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
Testing Work

The article discusses the organization of independent testing work of younger schoolchildren in the study of the subject “The World Around Us”. The authors discuss the implementation of the possibility of using different types of independent learning activities to clarify and systematize knowledge, their application in non-standard situations, improve universal learning activities, as well as the development of self-monitoring and self-assessment of students.

scholarly journals Nanomaterials in Wound Healing and Infection Control

Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 473
Author(s):  
Ali Pormohammad ◽  
Nadia K. Monych ◽  
Sougata Ghosh ◽  
Diana L. Turner ◽  
Raymond J. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Activity ◽  
Wound Healing ◽  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Persistent Infection ◽  
Wound Dressing ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Improve Wound Healing

Wounds continue to be a serious medical concern due to their increasing incidence from injuries, surgery, burns and chronic diseases such as diabetes. Delays in the healing process are influenced by infectious microbes, especially when they are in the biofilm form, which leads to a persistent infection. Biofilms are well known for their increased antibiotic resistance. Therefore, the development of novel wound dressing drug formulations and materials with combined antibacterial, antibiofilm and wound healing properties are required. Nanomaterials (NM) have unique properties due to their size and very large surface area that leads to a wide range of applications. Several NMs have antimicrobial activity combined with wound regeneration features thus give them promising applicability to a variety of wound types. The idea of NM-based antibiotics has been around for a decade at least and there are many recent reviews of the use of nanomaterials as antimicrobials. However, far less attention has been given to exploring if these NMs actually improve wound healing outcomes. In this review, we present an overview of different types of nanomaterials explored specifically for wound healing properties combined with infection control.

scholarly journals Preocupações de Professores Supervisores de Estágio Curricular Supervisionado em Educação Física

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Luciane Costa ◽  
Jaqueline Silva ◽  
Vinícius Oliveira ◽  
Allana Cardoso ◽  
Rui Resende ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Initial Training ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Initial Formation ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Private Higher Education Institutions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Annual Planning

This quantitative study aims at analysing the pedagogical concerns of supervising teachers of the Supervised Internship in initial training in Physical Education. Twenty-seven teachers from public and private higher education institutions in Brazil participated in this study. For the data collection, the Pedagogical Concerns Scale of the Teacher was used, which evaluates the pedagogical concerns in the following dimensions: Self, Task and Impact. The results present an abundance of pedagogical concerns corresponding to the dimension of the impact of the teaching, being the main ones: to identify problems of learning of the students and to meet the needs of the different types of students. In the dimension of the teaching task, the most pointed concerns were the lack of a conscious policy of self-assessment and the lack of continuity in the annual planning of the discipline. Concerns about the personal aspect are not present among the highest pedagogical concerns of the trainee supervisors. It is concluded that the supervisors of internships concentrate their pedagogical concerns on the impact dimension of the teaching, necessitating in this way, the fomentation of strategies that improve their interventions and actions in the context of the supervised internship in the initial formation in Physical Education.

scholarly journals WHETHER A “MEASUREMENT” OF HUMAN FEELINGS IS A MEASUREMENT IN AN OPERATIONAL SENSE?

2019 ◽  
Vol LI (1) ◽  
pp. 70-72
Author(s):  
Mikhail L Zobin
Keyword(s):  
Self Assessment ◽  
Statistical Procedures ◽  
Outcome Indicator ◽  
Different Types

The article points out that psychometric scaling based on self-assessment is not a measurement in the usual meaning and rank indicators should not be taken as numerical markers. Clarification of statistical procedures for different types of scaling is explained. The validity of the proposal to use death as a “solid” outcome indicator for universal evaluation of the effectiveness of antidepressants is questioned.

scholarly journals Characteristics of adaptation opportunities of children of different types of psychosomatic constitution

2019 ◽  
pp. 88-95
Author(s):  
Irina Ye. Boboshko ◽  
Lyudmila A. Zhdanova
Keyword(s):  
Motor Function ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Mental Activity ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Reactive Potential ◽  
Orientation Type

Methodological approach to allocation of constitutional characteristics of children which subdivided in terms of mental activity orientation type as well as to their mental organisation features' identification and to adaptation opportunities' comparative characteristics is offered in this article. Distinctions of systemic portraits of children who are either introverts, or centroverts, or extroverts, reflect "the constitutional norms" distinctions revealing advantages and disadvantages of each type: thus, introverts are disciplined, logical, assidious when being exposed to long simple monotonous loadings; they show endowments in motor function of the hand, and they are industrious, but inert, disturbing, adynamic; extroverts, on the contrary, are resolute, vigorous and initiative; they have high reactive potential; but what is their disadvantage, is deficiency of attention and randomness, tendency to manifestation of explosive temper; the greatest optimality is peculiar to the centroverts who represent "the constitutional balance". The described differences in social and psychological properties are the basis for creation of the differentiated approaches to upbringing children when optimising adaptation in introvert children by means of decreasing uneasiness, improving mental activity and self-assessment; and in extroverts, by means of decreasing excess activity, aggression, impulsiveness; and in centroverts, by means of increasing randomness and independence. The offered approach will be of interest of experts in the field of pedagogy and psychology, allowing individualising as much as possible upbringing programmes in the conditions of educational institution and family.

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