Contents

Nursing Monographs welcome page  
Front page (with publishing information)  

Foreword by Professor Susan Ronaldson iii

PAPERS

Peripheral stem cell transplantation: taking the next step
Ms Lucy Burns (St Vincent's Hospital)
1
Who cares for family and friends: providing palliative care at home
Ms Sharon Wiley (Sacred Heart Hospice)
4
Smoking and anaesthesia: a patient case study
Ms Kylie Twemlow (St Vincent's Hospital)
8
Terminally old. a palliative care perspective
Professor Susan Ronaldson (St Vincent's Healthcare Campus Nursing Research Unit)
13
Feminism and nursing
Ms Julie Hunt (St Vincent's Private Hospital)
17
Supporting clinical practice with an associate program
Ms C Robinson & Miss Brigid Tracey (St Vincent's Private Hospital)
22
Patient transition to palliative care services
Professor Susan Ronaldson (St Vincent's Healthcare Campus Nursing Research) Unit & Ms Kim Devery (Sacred Heart Hospice)
24
Scabies outbreak among nursing staff
Ms Jennifer Lemmon (Sacred Heart Hospice & St Vincent's Hospital)
30
Barriers to evidence-based nursing: listen to the clinicians!
Ms Peta Drury (St Vincent's Hospital)
32
Cure versus care
Ms Debbie Borron (Sacred Heart Hospice)
35
Heartport providing an alternative to conventional heart surgery
Ms Carol Pavelka (St Vincent's Hospital) & Ms Mandy Park (St Vincent's Private Hospital)
38
Transforming organisational culture using Evaluation and Quality Improvement Program (EQuIP): the written guidelines and the voice of experience
Ms Cate Ferry (Sacred Heart Hospice), Ms Chris Robinson (St Vincent's Private Hospital) & Ms Colette Beaufils (Jean Colvin Hospital)
42
Humanistic Communication between nurses and people living with AIDS Dementia Complex
Ms Moira Gillespie (Sacred Heart Hospice), Professor Susan Ronaldson (St Vincent's Healthcare Campus Nursing Research Unit), Ms Kim Devery (Sacred Heart Hospice) & Mr Stephen Oldham (Sacred Heart Hospice)
46
Healthcare workers immunisation status in palliative care
Ms Jennifer Lemmon (Sacred Heart Hospice & St Vincent's Hospital)
49
Communicating mission and values in an organisation
Ms Alison Henderson (St Vincent's Private Hospital)
53