Open access. Mental health inpatient wards are stressful places to work and concerns have been raised regarding quality of patient care and staff wellbeing on these wards. Recent research has suggested that robust support systems and conditions that allow staff to exercise professional autonomy in their clinical work result in better staff morale. Staff value having a voice in their organisations, and say that they would like more interaction with patients and processes to reduce violent incidents on wards. There has been little research into patients’ views on staff morale and on how it may impact on their care. This study aimed to explore staff morale and staff-patient relationships from a patient perspective.
Young carers provide a significant contribution to society in their caring role, which is in line with the UK Government's Big Society agenda. In contrast with their contribution to society, young carers have huge associated costs related to poor outcomes and the numbers that end up not in employment, education or training (NEET). Missing school due to caring responsibilities is likely to have affect future education and job prospects. Understanding the impact of the caring role on the school experience of young carers will enable school nurses to provide appropriate support for young carers, improving their school experience and subsequent outcomes. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens
A questionnaire called the ‘Patient Activation Measure’, previously developed and tested in the US to assess the knowledge, skills and confidence people have in managing their own health and healthcare, is currently being used by a select group of CCGs and the UK renal registry.
Little is known about sons’ roles in caring for a parent with dementia. To ensure that interventions and practices appropriately match sons’ needs, we investigated their experiences. Library Services do not currently have access to this journal, but you can request a copy of the article online and we will try to get a copy to you: http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
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Excellent opportunities for promoting information literacy are available when librarians become collaborators in integrative learning initiatives, such as Writing Across the Curriculum, the Freshman Year Experience, and Learning Communities. Examples of successful collaborations are given. It is noted that the most significant challenge that remains involves assessment of information literacy in these programs.
The UK Reading Experience Database (UK RED) is an open access database and research project housed in the English Department of the Open University. It is the largest resource recording the experiences of readers of its kind anywhere. UK RED has amassed over 30,000 records of reading experiences of British subjects, both at home and abroad, and of visitors to the British Isles, between 1450 and 1945. These include both famous and anonymous readers. It is both an open access resource and open to unsolicited public contributions.
Wir wollen mithelfen, dass die Welt von morgen ein kleines bisschen benutzbarer wird. Dazu legen wir auf UXcite unsere Erfahrungen aus dem Bereich User Experience dar und hoffen darauf jede Menge Gleichgesinnte zum Austausch zu finden.
A talk given at WDCNZ 2011. Abstract:
We all know what “user experience” is and we know that it’s important. We analyze drop-off rates for sign-in flows, do A/B testing on color schemes, and organize user focus groups for new features. But we rarely talk about the “developer experience” - what we all go through each time we try to use a developer tool, library, or API. How do we decide what tool to use? Is it easy to integrate with our development environment? How flexible is the API? Where do we go when something goes wrong? Those are the sort of questions that we can ask to understand what it’s like for a developer to use a product - and where it can be improved.
Whether you simply use developer products or you actually build one yourself, you should walk away from this talk with ideas on how to make a great developer experience - and why it matters.
This document provides an in-depth look at the process used in trying to solve real issues with the User Experience of a social bookmarking application. While it might be easy to simply take the first solution that works and assume that it’s the best solution, the first solution is very rarely the best solution. We found several solutions to several problems, and many of them worked and appeared to be decent solutions. It was only upon further investigation and doing more detailed research that we found hidden flaws in some solutions, issues with user satisfaction in other solutions, and even found some solutions that broke entirely under certain conditions.
This paper will describe the problems we faced in detail and then provide an explanation of the solutions evaluated for each problem, including the benefits and drawbacks of each solution. We will also identify the final solution chosen and why it was chosen.
R. Flor. Journal of Experiential Education, 28 (1):
84-87(2005)M3: Book Review; Flor, Richard F. 1 Email Address: flor_richard@hotmail.com; Affiliations: 1: Capella University, Center for Social Science Research; Source Information: 2005, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p84; Subject Term: BOOKS -- Reviews; Subject Term: EXPERIENTIAL learning; Subject Term: NONFICTION; Reviews & Products: EXPERIENCE AI: A Practitioner's Guide to Integrating Appreciative Inquiry With Experiential Learning (Book); People: RICKETTS, M. W.; People: WILLIS, J. E.; Number of Pages: 4p; Document Type: Book Review.
D. Jodelet. Nouvelle revue de psychologie, 1 (1):
219-239(2006)Une édition électronique réalisée à partir de l'article de Denise
JODELET, “Culture et pratiques de santé”. Un article publié dans
Nouvelle Revue de Psychologie, no 1, 2006, pp. 219-239. Autorisation
de l'auteure de diffuser cet article dans Les Classiques des sciences
sociales le 4 juin 2007..
D. Swallow, M. Blythe, und P. Wright. EACE '05: Proceedings of the 2005 annual conference on European association of cognitive ergonomics, (September 2005)
S. Fiore, P. Wright, und A. Edwards. CC '05: Proceedings of the 4th decennial conference on Critical computing: between sense and sensibility, (August 2005)
J. Hartmann, A. Angeli, und A. Sutcliffe. CHI '08: Proceeding of the twenty-sixth annual SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, (April 2008)