BNSc Graduating Class of 2013 - Cairns Farewell Lunch

Friday October 25th 2013 – the last day of classes for the graduating class of 2013.  The students started the day early with their last Capstone lecture at 8am, we then had the group photo at 9am.

At 10am the last lecture was delivered to graduating students from all campuses by Emeritus Professor of Nursing Barbara A Hayes OAM. The students then joined with staff to celebrate the last day of classes with lunch and cake.

In Cairns we were lucky to have Shirley who is graduating from the Thursday Island site as well as external students and Cairns students.

It was a really lovely day today and we wish all the students best wishes with their final exams!

Tanya Park, Deputy Head of School

BNSc Graduating Class of 2013 - Townsville Farewell Lunch

Friday the 25th October was a great day across our campuses, as the graduating class of 2013 for the Bachelor of Nursing Science degree celebrated with School staff.

A/Prof Lee Stewart & Julie Allen

In Townsville, students and staff ‘ gowned up’ and ‘uniformed up’ for the official photographs to begin the day; plenty of ‘selfies’ were also taken as mobile phones and cameras snapped happy students and staff.  Photographs were followed the inaugural ‘Last Lecture’ by our inspiring Professor Emeritus Barbara Hayes.  The lecture was videoconferenced  between Townsville and Cairns, and our Thursday Island graduate was also able to be present in Cairns.  I’m also aware that Mt Isa Campus holds a wonderful celebration for graduating students, as will happen again this year.

Peter Hartin

In Townsville we moved on to a terrific barbeque lunch, with Chef Peter Hartin doing the honours at the hot-plate, followed by a huge cake.

Congratulations to all our graduating students, who only have an exam or four to pass and they will be ready for me to recommend their registration with AHPRA.

Visit our School Facebook page for more photos from Cairns and Townsville.

Lee Stewart, Head of School.

New JCU Library Books this week - 25 October 2013

This is a list of new books which have been added to the New Book Displays or made available online this week.  Books may be borrowed from the displays in the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library and the Cairns Campus Library, unless they are in non-borrowable collections such as Reference. Click on the title links to see more details in Tropicat and to access eBooks online.

The New Library Books List is available on the web at http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/libcomp/JCU_112864

Simhealth Conference Presentation - Brisbane September 2013

Tanya Langtree, Ros Lock and Tamlyn Brice attended the ‘Simhealth’ conference in Brisbane in September. The conference was an opportunity to share simulation experiences and review the use of new technologies in simulated health learning.

The girls presented their poster demonstrating the use of low technology, high fidelity, low cost birthing pants (‘partopants’) to enhance the clinical learning experience for the postgraduate midwifery students at their annual residential school.

The poster and ‘partopants’ demonstration was well received with much interest for use across nursing and midwifery programs.

Free access to the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet’s Bibliography

The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet’s Bibliography is the most comprehensive, up-to-date reference library on Australian Indigenous health and now one of the largest with over 25,000 publications to access from the collection.

Rapid improvement in the collection of bibliographic information from internet sources has enabled the library-level search facility to collect a greater number of publications than was previously available. The online search facility of the Australian Indigenous HealthBibliography means users can instantly access the most comprehensive bibliography of literature relating specifically to Australian Indigenous health.

Publications include journal articles, reports, theses and ‘grey’ literature to assist users in work or study. Grey literature includes reports, conference papers and PHD theses which can also add to the knowledge base in gaining an accurate perspective and data on Australian Indigenous health. The bibliography is free to access.

Receive regular updates to a free peer review online journal: Keep up to date with weekly notifications of the latest news, articles and reports about Australian Indigenous health. Sign up in the subscribe section on the bottom right hand side of any page and choose to receive updates by email, RSS feed or Twitter. Keep up to date about what’s new on the HealthInfoNet’s online journal the HealthBulletin. The journal now in its 31st year brings together relevant news and information about Indigenous health. http://healthbulletin.org.au/just-in/

New JCU Library books this week - 18 October 2013

New Books List - JCU - 18 October 2013 is a list of new books which have been added to the New Book Displays or made available online this week. Books may be borrowed from the displays in the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library and the Cairns Campus Library, unless they are in non-borrowable collections such as Reference.  Click on the title links to see more details in Tropicat and to access eBooks online.

Best practice: Point of care medical database trial

JCU Library is trialling Best Practice database until Thursday 7 November. No passwords are required during the trial period.

See the JCU Library & Computing Services blog for further information - Best practice: Point of care medical database trial