BACKGROUND: The extubation failure rate in our burn patients is 30%.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of the 30 min spontaneous breathing trial on extubation outcome in burn patients.

METHODS: A prospective, observational study in a burn intensive…

Pluralism is one of the most problematic concepts in the social sciences. Despite a bourgeoning debate on the nature of pluralism and its relevance for economics, consideration of pluralism within economics has a short history. This paper identifies the key…

The advent of performance metrics over the past two decades has heralded a cultural shift in
the way public service bodies and institutions have been managed. As a result, all public
service provision is now subjected to government led performance…

The last two decades have pushed creativity and individual genius to the margins whereby children who display an enquiring mind that goes beyond the boundaries of the national curriculum and learning outcomes are regarded as “troublemakers” who do not fit…

Introduction -
Until recently, Florence Nightingale’s
portrait featured on the British 10-
pound note. This year, marking the
centenary anniversary of her death at
90 years of age on the 13 August 1910,
Miss Nightingale’s name has now been
etched…

Our research investigates applying the Software as a Service (SaaS) model for hosted applications to more complex business systems such as an Enterprise Resource Management System (ERP). This application of the service model is still in its infancy and we…

Introduction -
In his paper, Dissent and Dissensus:
Making a Difference in the Corporate
University, Professor of Nursing at the
University of Swansea and Master of
Controversy, Gary Rolfe, announced
during a seminar at the University of
Cambridge on…

Introducing continental European approaches to UK child welfare practice raises a problem of comparison: to what extent are the problems and issues similar to or different from one country compared to another. Social pedagogues trained in continental Europe and working…

For most of us, the home is considered to be our castle: when we close the doors, it is our equivalent to pulling up the drawbridge, thereby retreating from the outside world. But more often, there is no retreat from…

AIM:
This article is a report on a descriptive study of nursing identity as constructed in the Web 2.0 site YouTube.
BACKGROUND:
Public images of the nurse carry stereotypes that rely on the taken for granted gender category of the…