Student assistants taught the students in small groups and helped them to gain a better understanding of the subject content and inspired them to learn.

Nurses are better at using their professional knowledge and applying research in their work following postgraduate study in evidence-based practice (EBP). Their belief in the value of such work also increases.

Anaesthetic nurses found that the children were easier to wake preoperatively and that their awakenings were calmer and less painful.

Whether the therapist at the district psychiatric centre was a psychologist, psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse seemed to have little bearing on the outcome.

Most of those who work part time choose to do so for reasons of lifestyle or family values. However, sociable working hours and professional challenges may provide the motivation required for some to increase their full-time equivalent percentage.

The practice differs when midwives use medication to stimulate contractions rather than breast stimulation. Not all midwives classified the CTG or used a checklist for oxytocin stimulation.

When staff in the child health clinic and school health services tell parents that their child is overweight, many feel both a sense of shame and guilt.