AIM This paper reports on the qualitative findings from a national review of a nursing and midwifery scope of practice framework. BACKGROUND Scope of professional practice frameworks offers a system of rules and principles to regulate its members and demonstrate its responsibility to society. Key issues in reviewing the scope of practice include notions of specialist and advanced practice, ac...

A s the delegation leader, I am pleased to summarize the first SNMMI Scientific Delegation visit to Cuba, October 9–14. This historic visit was initiated by an invitation from the Cuban Public Health Ministry and arranged by Professionals Abroad, Inc. (Washington, DC). SNMMI leadership and members of the society’s board of directors endorsed this proposition in June 2017, followed by an e-mail ...

This article reviews the strategic delegation literature and provides a theoretical framework that integrates this perspective into management research. The strategic delegation literature is built on the observation that, under strategic interdependence, delegation of decision making and accompanying actions can serve as commitments that influence competitive interactions with rivals and lead ...

Absenteeism results in an increased workload for nurses who stand in for colleagues and can lead to situations in which a lack of motivation among nurses and a lowering of the quality of patient care may occur. The researcher observed that certain conditions, such as inflexible working schedules, were given as reasons for the absenteeism in units in a provincial hospital. A non-experimental, de...

Result: The transition was situational. There were three organizational patterns of implementation with distinct levels of nurse-awareness, engagement and role preparation. The facilitators included: Personal/Professional meanings derived from altruistic, patient-focused objectives (e.g. "to alleviate patient suffering"); Preparation and Knowledge through training and mentoring (in most cases),...

The need for delegating information arises when the data owner wants to have her data handled by an external party. If the external party is untrusted and data are confidential, delegation should be performed in a way that preserves security. Uses of delegation range from public administration to smart cards. In this paper, correctness and security requirements as well as protocols are specifie...

The execution of cross-domain eGovernment applications is a challenging topic. eGovernment organisations are facilitated and conducted using workflow management systems. Workflows automates the management and coordination of organisational or business processes. In the context of eGovernment, what is in many cases described as collaboration appears, however, to be coordination and synchronisati...

The need for delegating information arises when the data owner wants to have her data handled by an external party. If the external party is untrusted and data are conndential, delegation should be performed in a way that preserves security. Uses of delegation range from public administration to smart cards. In this paper, correctness and security requirements as well as protocols are speciied ...