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The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...nurse during the war, and lost her fiancé, brother and two close friends in the war. She was appalled by the horrific injuries she witnessed, and through her multiple bereavements became increasingly disillusioned with the validity of the war. Yet, despite her developing disillusionment, Brittain’s wartime letters and diaries reveal that she clung to many of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...nurses. Nurses often wore uniforms, but not always. So we must not assume automatically that the woman with the baby was its mother...Picturing the family: 5.5.2 Skirts and breeching - Look carefully at Images 46, 47 and 48. [A photograph of a child] Image 46 Photographer/Painter: Hills & Saunders, Eton. Subject: Michael Cahne Seymour, 1871. [A photograph of a child]...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits Badge icon
Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...nurses, social workers, general practitioners and psychotherapists may work together in multidisciplinary teams to address such problems as the rehabilitation of stroke patients (SIGN, 2002). [Described image] Figure 1 An example of a multidisciplinary approach in healthcare In the context of The Open University, our ‘Open’ qualifications are considered to be...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
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Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...Nursing, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 1–9. Kübler-Ross, E. (1973) On death and dying, Routledge, UK. Mguni, N., Bacon, N. & Brown, J.F. (2012) ‘The wellbeing and resilience paradox’ [Online]. Available at https://youngfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/The-Wellbeing-and-Resilience-Paradox.pdf Mishra, P. and McDonald, K. (2017) ‘Career Resilience: An integrated...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...nurses, managers, patients, technical staff, politicians even – who will all have an opinion on the best way to improve healthcare. The designer’s role here is to listen and help these different groups engage with one another in producing a solution to the problem. In a sense the designer is much quieter with this kind of design, more of a listener and thinker than a...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...nursing was common practise. Debate about when life actually began continued through the Middle Ages into the modern period, as little was known about foetal development. It was believed that a healthy child could be born in the seventh, eighth, or ninth month. When childbirth was imminent, a midwife was called and she was expected to bring knowledge based on experience...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...nurses, and men to be doctors. This can lead to people seeking to speak to a male member of staff instead of a female, even though gender does not reflect one’s professional status anymore. You might also look for behaviours: a senior doctor might be the one giving instructions to colleagues or explaining something to doctors with less experience. They will also be the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...nurses. Table 3: Distribution of employment by occupation (%) MEN WOMEN Managers 19.3 11.6 Professionals 9.5 7.6 Associate professionals 7.8 9.9 Clerical and secretarial 6.7 28.1 Skilled manual 23.1 3.5 Personal services 6.1 13.0 Sales 4.5 10.5 Plant and machine operators 14.3 5.1 Other 7.5 9.9 Not adequately described 1.1 0.8 Source: 1991 Population Census, 1992,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs