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A previous study, funded by the Foundation of Nursing Studies, has looked at
usage and perceived potential of computer networks. This large study
surveyed all UK health trusts (n=355, responses 257, 72% response rate) and
all academic nursing departments (n=158, 91 responses, response rate 58%)
offering nursing courses. 

The results (available on
http://www.nursing-standard.ac.uk/vol11-18/research.htm N.B. there are
contradictions created in editing, between the text and Fig 1, the text is
correct) have shown significant differences between academic and clinical
sites, between different specialisms, and between geographical areas, and
has provided a much needed baseline from which to develop and compare future
studies.

There a modified version of the UK survey tool on
http://medweb.bham.ac.uk/nursing/survey for an international comparative
study. By the use of an electronic form subjects from any country can enter
data. Any subject who fills in an online questionnaire may receive via email
the survey results upon completion. You may, if you prefer, print the form,
and mail or fax it to the address below.

I do not expect a representative sample, or a large sample, via this
electronic questionnaire, however I will still find the data useful as a
comparison with other sources.

What I REALLY need help on is getting contacts with other European
countries, especially the eastern countries, in most in particular the
former USSR, where I have no contacts at all. If any of you reading this are
from one of these countries, or know of contacts there, I shall be very
pleased to hear from you. 

My partner is doing a pan European study of social exclusion involving five
themes, health, social protection, education, employment and housing. We (I
am assisting her on the health paper) would be most interested to hear from
you if you have anything to say on these areas, with specific reference to
Eastern Europe (though we are looking at all countries covered by the
Council of Europe, so don't be shy if you are from anywhere in Europe).

Finally the Work Injured Nursing Group of the Royal College of Nursing, here
in the UK, believe they are the only such group for nurses in the world.
They would dearly like to be told they are wrong. If they are correct they
would be most interested in helping others set up such a group.
Unsurprisingly we are particularly interested in our European neighbours,
and strangely enough Eastern Europe (because we are so ignorant about the
East) is a special area for us. You can contact either me or
rcc@globalnet.co.uk (Roger Cowell).

I do apologise for going on so long, but as you may have noted from reports
of my death, I have been rather inactive on the lists (Denis Anthony, who
he? I hear you say). You might say I have been saving it all up! 

Denis Anthony 

Lecturer in Nursing, School of Health, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry,
University of Birmingham,
B15 2TT, Great Britain. email D.M.Anthony@bham.ac.uk, fax 44 (0)121 414 4036,
voicemail 44 (0) 121 414 3621 


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Denis Anthony, Dept. Nursing, Sch of Medicine, Univ of Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK