The PET - Midwifery can offer education providers and midwifery practice placement settings with valuable information to effectively close all evaluation loops, as required for accreditation and to help enhance the quality of midwifery practice education.

This study highlights the significant burden experienced by patients undergoing intravitreal injections and identifies key areas of discordance between patient and clinician perceptions. Targeted education and counseling focused on these differences is indicated to improve patient satisfaction and outcomes.

ABSTRACT Aim To analyse research publication performance of Australian and New Zealand professors and associate professors of nursing and midwifery, and compare with 2016 data. Methods A search of university websites was conducted to identify all nursing and midwifery professoriate in Australia and New Zealand. Each individual was then searched in the Scopus database to identify individual total citations, h‐index, number of publications, first author Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) and overall FWCI. Compari…

Abstract Background Pneumonia has been identified as the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) with Non Ventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (NVHAP) making up the majority of cases. The ambiguity of definitions and subjective diagnostic criteria make defining and tracking NVHAP cases a challenge. We attempted to duplicate a previously validated electronic medical record (EMR) based NVHAP surveillance systems at a Midwest Academic Medical Institution. Defining NV HAP Inclusion criteria for NVHAP. Me…

Utilizing agricultural UAVs for pesticide and insecticide spraying is an effective measure for plant protection. However, achieving effective coverage on the back side of target is often challenging. To address this issue, this study combined a contact-charging spraying system with a UAV to develop an electrostatic plant protection UAV system. Upon activating the electrostatic component, strong electrostatic effects were observed at the nozzle, altering the distribution of the liquid flow; the distribution within …