scholarly journals IMPROVISATION: Sygeplejersker på arbejde i Uganda

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helle Max Martin
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Work Situation ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Eastern Uganda

This article is about improvisation, which is a term that nurses in Uganda employ to describe how they overcome the practical difficulties of working in an institutional setting, which lacks the necessary equipment, drugs and staff. On the basis of data from Tororo Hospital in Eastern Uganda, the article explores the meanings of the term improvisation, how it relates to a general discourse about the nursing profession, and how the nurses handle and make sense of a complex and contradictory work situation. Improvisation is a term that both makes customary nursing practice legitimate and supports a professional identity under pressure. It also articulates a nostalgic longing for better times – located both in the past, the golden age of nursing, and in the future since the term improvisation constructs current practice as an interim phenomenon. Thus, “improvisation” offers a way for the nurses to domesticate the contradictory forces, which play a prominent part in nursing in Uganda today.  

Ethical vulnerabilities in nursing history: Conflicting loyalties and the patient as ‘other’

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 590-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Deane Lagerwey
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Nursing History ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ethical Approaches

The purpose of this article is to explore enduring ethical vulnerabilities of the nursing profession as illustrated in historical chapters of nursing’s past. It describes these events, then explores two ethical vulnerabilities in depth: conflicting loyalties and duties, and relationships with patients as ‘other’. The article concludes with suggestions for more ethical approaches to the other in current nursing practice. The past may be one of the most fruitful sites for examining enduring ethical vulnerabilities of the nursing profession. First of all, professional identity, which includes moral identity, comes in part from knowledge of the nursing profession’s past. Second, looking to the past to understand better how events and ideologies have brought vulnerabilities to the fore raises questions about ethical nursing practice today

Who Invented the Golden Age?

1952 ◽  
Vol 2 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 83-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Baldry
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
Imaginary Time ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Ancient Literature ◽  
The Future ◽  
Normal Human

There are many passages in ancient literature which depict an imaginary existence different from the hardships of real life-an existence blessed with Nature's bounty, untroubled by strife or want. Naturally this happy state is always placed somewhere or sometime outside normal human experience, whether ‘off the map’ in some remote quarter of the world, or in Elysium after death, or in the dim future or the distant past. Such an imaginary time of bliss in the past or the future has become known as the ‘golden age’. This is the name which modern scholars generally give to the ancient belief. The phrase is often echoed by modern poets. The same language has been transferred from the unknown to the known, and it has become a commonplace to describe an outstanding period of history or literature as a ‘golden age’.

scholarly journals He kōrari, he kete, he kōrero

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 12-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moana Eruera
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future

Weaving together traditional Māori knowledge from the past with our current practice realities of the present as a guide for the provision of tangata whenua supervision for the future. Körari as it is known in Te Tai Tokerau, commonly called flax or harakeke, is an important natural resource our tūpuna used for a range of purposes. Kōrari contains healing qualities and one of its practical uses both traditionally and today is weaving, and in particular weaving kete. Kete are symbolic in our whakapapa stories about the pursuit and application of knowledge and the tikanga used for weaving contain important stories, principles and practices that can guide us in our mahi and our lives.

Cervantine Criticism since 2000 and into the Future

2021 ◽  
pp. 647-680
Author(s):  
Bruce R. Burningham
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Current Century ◽  
Critical Perspectives ◽  
The Way

The past two decades have seen an explosion in Cervantes scholarship. Indeed, it would perhaps not be an exaggeration to suggest that the last twenty years arguably represent the Golden Age of Cervantes criticism: slightly more than half of scholarly works written since 1888 have been published during the last two decades. In other words, during the last twenty years, the body of Cervantes knowledge has more than doubled, greatly expanding our variety of critical perspectives along the way. This chapter discusses the ‘across the centuries’ trend resulting from the various anniversary celebrations related to Cervantes, the ‘Cervantes and the Americas’ collections, Cervantes’s treatment of Islam, and the modernity of the novel, among other trends that have expanded Cervantine criticism since the turn of the current century.

The buried king and the memory of the future: From Washington Irving to Bruce Springsteen

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-276
Author(s):  
Alessandro Portelli
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Washington Irving ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Rip Van Winkle

Drawing from stories, literary texts, myths, and songs, the article explores the “intangible” imagery—dreams, souls, ghosts, memory—that uses the nostalgia of the past to announce the possibility of a future. The image of the buried and sleeping king represents myth of a past Golden Age but also the vision of a future rebirth. Such examples include the figures of Rip Van Winkle, Hendrick Hudson, and Boabdil in the works of US author Washington Irving (1783–1859). Other examples include the figure of Metacomet, also rescued by Irving, or of Atahualpa, of Inca mythology. From Washington Irving to the songs of Bruce Springsteen, the image of a past that accompanies and haunts the present to project a utopian future never ceases to reappear.

scholarly journals Power of the Past, Celebrate the Present, Force of the Future Part 4: 50 Years of School Nursing Practice—From Then Until Now

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Mattey
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
School Nurses ◽  
School Nursing ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future

This article is the fourth in the series examining 50 years of NASN’s history. It looks at the needs of our students and the practice of school nursing from 1968 through 2018 using the structure provided by NASN Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice™. The article examines the destiny of school nursing practice as determined by the needs of our students, the strength and resolve of school nurses, and the education and resources provided by NASN.

A new golden age for libraries

2015 ◽  
Vol 116 (9/10) ◽  
pp. 641-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Massis
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Face ◽  
Diverse Audience ◽  
The Way ◽  
Forward Looking

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe and provide several examples of evidence to support the estimation that libraries have entered a new “golden age”. Design/methodology/approach – Literature review and commentary on this topic that has been addressed by professionals, researchers and practitioners. Findings – Flexibility in the face of change has always been a hallmark of an exceptional service-minded organization and the library is no different. To maintain its reputation as a forward-looking service that appeals to an expansive and diverse audience, libraries must always be forward-thinking and forward-seeking in their ability to satisfy. Such a continual evolution can result in the conviction that the library is recognized as an institution whose golden age will not reside in the past, but fully in the present, and that its growth into the future remains persistent, evident and fully embraced by its customers and supporters. Originality/value – The value in addressing this issue is to demonstrate that there are ready examples of libraries leading the way in supporting the opinion that we are in a “golden age” for libraries.

scholarly journals Íslenzkt þjóðerni: Jón Jónsson Aðils’ Iceland and the road to the future

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-148
Author(s):  
Kim Middel
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Decisive Factor ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Creation

Abstract In the early twentieth century, historiography was used to further the cause of independence by profiling Iceland as a fully-fledged nation. The Icelandic historian Jón Jónsson Aðils was the man who would shape Iceland’s history, and the nation with it, in his work Icelandic Nationhood. His achievement was not self-evident; Iceland was part of the Danish realm and glorifying the past met with restrictions. This paper aims to illustrate how in this setting Aðils succeeded in constructing the Icelandic nation with the aid of existing Danish nationalist thought. I propose that using ideas of the famous Danish nationalist N.F.S. Grundtvig enabled Aðils to construct an Icelandic ’Golden Age’ specifically focused on culture and freedom that held future prospects. Finally, I will discuss the consequence of this focus as a decisive factor in the development of Icelandic self-awareness, aiming to contribute to the larger debate on the creation of national identities.

Socio-technical Design

2011 ◽  
pp. 12-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enid Mumford
Keyword(s):  
Major Part ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Work Situation ◽  
Technical Design ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future

In order to understand the present and predict the future we need to learn from the past. A major part of this book will examine how ideas derived from an approach called socio-technical design can be used to improve the quality of working life for people at every level and in almost any kind of work situation.

Caring Scholar Response To: Caring as the Central Domain in Nursing Education

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Simone Roach
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Nursing Programs ◽  
Nursing Educators ◽  
Central Domain ◽  
The Past ◽  
Dominant Theme ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Of Nursing ◽  
Further Development

Over the past decades nursing educators and researchers have elaborated on their concepts of nursing and have provided a body of literature to shape nursing programs and influence further development of their work. Caring has been a dominant theme. In “Caring as the Central Domain in Nursing Education,” Boykin and Touhy have demonstrated the application of their beliefs in the design of their curriculum through all levels of the program. My response can be summarized as an experience of hope that the dominant theme of caring can become a praxis illuminating the future of nursing practice, education, and research.

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