scholarly journals What Motivates People to Start a Graduate Entry Nursing Programme: An Interpretive Multi-Centred Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 237796082110113
Author(s):  
Rachel Macdiarmid ◽  
Patricia McClunie-Trust ◽  
Kay Shannon ◽  
Rhona Winnnington ◽  
Andrea E. Donaldson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Alternative Pathway ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
The United States ◽  
Graduate Entry ◽  
Career Values ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

Introduction While graduate entry nursing programmes are well established in the United Kingdom and the United States of America (USA), they are relatively new to New Zealand and Australia. These programmes have been developed to meet the demands of the health workforce and provide graduates an alternative pathway to becoming a RN. Nursing is viewed as an attractive career option for this growing market of graduate entry students. Objective This study explored the motivations underpinning students choosing a graduate entry MNSc degree over a traditional undergraduate nursing programme. Methods A qualitative, longitudinal single case study design, informed by Yin was used. The first phase of the study is reported here. All students commencing a MNSc degree at the beginning of 2020 across four education providers (3 in New Zealand & 1 in Australia) were eligible to take part in the study. Ten students agreed to take part and undertake an interview. Braun and Clarke’s approach to thematic analysis was used to analyse the interview data. Results Three key themes of motivation were identified from the data: the attraction of nursing; the clarity nursing offers in terms of career progression; and the design of the intensive programme. Conclusions The motivations to choose a MNSc degree were deeply considered, multifaceted, and influenced by nursing role models. Students wanting to engage with a graduate entry MNSc programme did so through a reflective process of assessing their current career status and future career values. Participants in this study believed nursing would provide a secure and sustainable career path, potentially creating new horizons or possibilities beyond their previous work and life experiences. Having insight into what motivates individuals to enrol in such programmes may assist both education providers and the health sector with RN graduate recruitment and graduate entry programme enrolment.

E-voting adoption in many countries: A literature review

2021 ◽  
pp. 205789112110405
Author(s):  
Ikhsan Darmawan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The United States ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Academic Publications ◽  
Research Questions

Although the number of countries that have adopted e-voting has decreased lately, the number of academic publications on e-voting adoption has increased in the last two years. To date, there is no coherent narrative in the existing literature that explains the progress of the research on e-voting adoption. This article aims to answer the following research question: “How has research on the topic of e-voting adoption progressed over the last 15 years?” The article provides a semi-systematic review of 78 studies that were conducted from 2005 to 2020. In this article, I argue that although the studies on e-voting adoption are dominated by a single case study, by research in the United States, and by the positivist paradigm, scholars have employed the term “e-voting adoption” diversely and the research on e-voting adoption has evolved to address more specific research questions. Recommendations for the future agenda of research on e-voting adoption are also discussed.

Sanctioned to Survive: How Foreign Firms Perform when Economic Sanctions Affect their Business Relationships—A Study of Contemporary Economic Sanction Actions and their Impact

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 501-538
Author(s):  
Blaine Stout
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Economic Sanctions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Study Strategies ◽  
Foreign Firms ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Exxon Mobil ◽  
Historical Accounts ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The intent of this study is to examine the effects of economic sanctions on companies with significant fdi operating in the sanctioned country. Using case study methodology, we consider the impact of sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation (rf) by the United States of America for its intrusion into the sovereign rights of Ukraine. Past sanction events in South Africa and pre-rf formation are reviewed. Two measurable frameworks are developed to study strategies based on ‘divestment and non-divestment’ (Malone and Goodin 1997) dimensions and coupled with variables related to ‘direct and indirect’ effects on financial performance, forgone potential, (Losman 1988) and foreign direct investment (Biglaiser and Lektzian 2011). This research also relies on the historical accounts of Hufbauer et al. (2007) for the compilation of facts related to economic sanctions. Through literature review, the study asks: 1) Strategically, how does a company respond to the economic sanctions imposed by its home country on the sanctioned country in which it has significant fdi? 2) Financially, how do economic sanctions affect the company’s performance and fdi? and 3) Organizationally, how do economic sanctions affect the relationships with those recipient companies of fdi? The study focus is on the energy industry in which the rf economy relies upon for 40 percent of its sustainability and the company of focus is Exxon Mobil (xom). The author readily acknowledges that a single case study may not provide the degree of conclusiveness found in a cross-case study format. However, the outcome of the study does provide a template for use in future case reviews.

Becoming an African Hair Salon Entrepreneur in the United States of America

2019 ◽  
pp. 31-51
Author(s):  
Anne Namatsi Lutomia ◽  
Julia Bello Bravo ◽  
Dorothy Owino Rombo ◽  
Fatimata Seck
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
The United States ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship ◽  
Infrastructural Support ◽  
Content Review ◽  
Business Requirements ◽  
Push And Pull

African beauty salons are important institutions within the African and African American community and can be found in nearly every city and community where African immigrants have settled. This study utilizes content review and a single case study to explore the pathways to African women's entrepreneurship and business sustainability within the care industry of hair braiding. The authors applied the push and pull theory to illuminate the “non-choice” of salon entrepreneurship for educated African immigrant women. In general, the study shows the efforts of one entrepreneur to fit the unique exigencies of (African) hair braiding to local (western) business requirements. The study identifies how better accommodation of those exigencies would less inhibit this form of African women's entrepreneurship in general and thus benefit local communities at large through more sustainable service delivery, increased revenue flow, and infrastructural support for immigrants in general.

scholarly journals Parents’ experience of childhood atopic eczema in the public health sector of Gauteng

Curationis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaarina F. Meintjes ◽  
Ann G.W. Nolte
Keyword(s):  
Atopic Eczema ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
The Public ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
Field Notes

Background: The World Allergy Organization found that 20% – 30%of the world’s population suffers from an allergic disease. Most allergic patients are seen by non-allergy-trained healthcare workers. The public primary healthcare (PHC) management of childhood atopic eczema (CAE) in the central Gauteng district was the focus of the overall study. The focus of this article is the parents’ experience of CAE and the management thereof. The research question was: What is the experience of parents living with a child with atopic eczema (AE)?Objectives: The overall purpose was to develop validated PHC management guidelines for CAE. One of the objectives was to explore and describe the experiences of parents regarding the AE of their children and the management thereof.Method: An embedded single case study design using a qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual strategy was employed. Data was collected through semi-structured individual interviews from a purposively selected sample and field notes. Ten parents were interviewed, after which data saturation occurred. Data were analysed according to Tesch’s steps of descriptive data analysis. Lincoln and Guba’s model was used to ensure trustworthiness.Results: Three main themes were identified. This article focuses on theme one: The physical, emotional and social impact of CAE. Theme two identified the management challenges and theme three indicated recommendations regarding the management of CAE.Conclusion: The facilitation of management of CAE focuses on developing PHC guidelines and addressing management challenges in order to achieve better controlled CAE.

scholarly journals Health Sector Collective Bargaining and the Employment Contracts Act: A Case Study of Nurses

1970 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Oxenbridge
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Health Board ◽  
Employment Contracts ◽  
Employee Union ◽  
High Level ◽  
Area Health ◽  
Conditions Of Employment

This case study describes and analyses the negotiation of a collective employment contract between an area health board management and regional representatives of the New Zealand Nurses Association during the first set of negotiations conducted under the Employment Contracts Act 1991. The study found that, contrary to claims by the Act's proponents, the Act does not lead to improved co-operation and communication between employers and employees. However, a high level of communication and co-operation was evident in the employee-union relationship, and it was found that certain provisions of the Employment Contracts Act afford employees greater power to determine their conditions of employment.

scholarly journals The Pursuit of Nurse Practitioner Practice Legislation: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 222-232
Author(s):  
Catherine Moore ◽  
Angela Kabbe ◽  
Tiffany S. Gibson ◽  
Susan Letvak
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Single Case ◽  
The United States ◽  
Regulatory Change ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Legislative Changes

Across the United States, nursing practice acts (NPAs) have been revised to include provisions that promote full practice authority (FPA) for nurse practitioners (NPs). Such revisions provide a mechanism to better utilize the full scope of NP services to address growing demands for access to health care. Modernized NPAs that facilitate FPA for NPs are imperative, especially now with the unprecedented health care crisis that the world now faces: Coronavirus Disease 2019. This is the first known study to use an embedded single-case study design, guided by the Kingdon policy stream model, to provide a detailed account of how stakeholders for NP FPA determine the appropriate time to pursue legislative changes to NP scope of practice regulations. Qualitative data analysis revealed four themes which comprised the components considered by stakeholders during their decision-making processes related to NP FPA: participants, problem, policy development, and politics. Themes were further collapsed within concepts from the Kingdon model to form the case description. Study findings can be used to increase the competency among NP FPA stakeholders in determining the timing of legislative pursuits for regulatory change.

scholarly journals One Step at a Time: A Journey of Hope, Inspiration, and Determination

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda Hermanns ◽  
Barbara Haas
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Functional Ability ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Exercise Program ◽  
The United States ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
The Impact

Approximately three million persons in the United States face the challenge of living with Parkinson's Disease (PD). In spite of medical and surgical interventions, the disease progresses, resulting in bradykinesia, rigidity and postural instability that impair functional ability and quality of life. The purpose of this case study is to illuminate the impact an exercise program may have on an individual with PD. A single case study design was used to explore the effect of exercise on the quality of life of a 73-year old gentleman with advanced PD. Interviews and field observations of the client, wife, and staff at a community based exercise facility were conducted. Analyses were based on coding of verbatim transcripts and field notes. Three themes emerged from the study: hope, inspiration, and determination. This case study is an exemplar of the impact exercise conducted in a supportive environment may have on improving the functional ability and quality of life for persons with PD.

scholarly journals A Teaching Case Study: Roxy Music Limited

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-18
Author(s):  
Yvonne P. Shanahan ◽  
Morris W. Shanahan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Teaching Case ◽  
The United Kingdom

Roxy Music Limited is a wholesale supplier of Compact Discs (CDs), Music Cassettes, Videos and, more recently DVDs, in the New Zealand music and entertainment market. All products are imported from Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States of America or Holland. Product arrives in boxes of 1,000 units. For the purpose of this case, we are focusing on CD sales.

NEW ZEALAND FORMULARY FOR CHILDREN–A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL PAEDIATRIC FORMULARY DEVELOPMENT

2015 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. e1.18-e1
Author(s):  
Bryan Simpson ◽  
David Reith ◽  
Natalie Medlicott ◽  
Alesha Smith ◽  
Murray Tilyard
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Off Label ◽  
Medical Specialists ◽  
Medicines Use ◽  
Initial Release ◽  
On Line

BackgroundThe New Zealand Formulary for Children (NZFc) was developed to build on the New Zealand Universal List of Medicines through the addition of clinical information about medicines use in paediatrics. The structure and content of the NZFc is based on the British National Formulary for Children (BNFc) but is adapted for New Zealand practice.AimsTo adapt the BNFc to provide New Zealand healthcare professionals with information about the selection, prescribing, dispensing, and administration of medicines; to link the clinical information with subsidy and registration status of medicines; to incorporate additional resources according to local requirements.MethodsThe initial release (November, 2013) of the NZFc was adapted from the latest version of the BNFc focusing on relevance to NZ practice. The BNFc prescribing notes were reviewed by medical specialists and clinical pharmacists before review and approval by an editorial advisory board. The BNFc drug monographs were compared to New Zealand approved Medicine Datasheets (NZAMD) and tailored to reflect New Zealand approved indications and doses. The NZFc is an on-line publication provided as open access within New Zealand. When off-label uses were identified, validation was undertaken using appropriate alternate resources.ResultsThe NZFc was successfully developed and user statistics indicate that it is being utilised by the New Zealand health sector with 172796 visitors (February 2015). Also, monthly page views have steadily increased from 35944 (November 2013) to 216064 (February 2105).ConclusionThe project demonstrated that it is possible to adapt the BNFc for application in other countries.

Incubation Scheme in Among Incubators: A Comparative Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 2050052
Author(s):  
Kirana Rukmayuninda Ririh ◽  
Adityo Wicaksono ◽  
Nur Laili ◽  
Silmi Tsurayya
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Single Case ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Recent Decade ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Entrepreneurial Opportunities ◽  
Company Reputation

In the recent decade, governments have utilized business incubators to generate new ventures, facilitate new products and services development, and support the regional economic development. The current trend of business incubator proliferation brings out the needs to comprehend the effective way of incubating new ventures. However, previous research has overlooked on understanding how the best way to manage the incubator at certain levels. Thus, this research aims to address the hiatus by identifying best-practices of business incubation among incubators from several countries in Europe and Asia. A comparative approach of content analysis and a single case study is applied to unpack incubation practices patterns. Incubation best-practices included initiating awareness of new entrepreneurial opportunities, enhancing product development and providing resource, venturing competence evolvement, creating collaborative partnership, settling norms and role models, and building company reputation and product legitimacy. Furthermore, this research also found level differences of incubation practices regarding their comprehensiveness.

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