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This thesis examines the occupational discourse(s) of a group of nurses working on a single medic... more This thesis examines the occupational discourse(s) of a group of nurses working on a single medical unit in a Scottish NHS hospital, in light of debates concerning the contemporary function and focus of nursing. There are a number of (seemingly conflictual) impulses concerning how the work of nurses might be conceptualized and the study here aims to demonstrate how nurses’ discursive practices seek to negotiate these varying demands and expectations. Principally, the research comments on the relationship between ‘care’ and ‘profession’ which, as the thesis establishes, are mutable concepts whose discursive elaboration can be variously realized. Recent efforts to establish nursing as an independent profession have identified ‘care’ as the theoretical basis of professional knowledge, with the recent move to degree-level study seemingly providing the academic credentials to support this. Some have argued however that a professional, academic outlook is antithetical to authentic caring,...
Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets II, 2005
The Terestrial Planet Finder (TPF) mission to search for exo-solar planets is extremely challengi... more The Terestrial Planet Finder (TPF) mission to search for exo-solar planets is extremely challenging both technically and from a performance modeling perspective. For the visible light coronagraph (the C) approach, the requirements for 1e10 rejection of star light to planet signal has not yet been achieved in laboratory testing and full-scale ground testing provides additional challenges to overcome. Therefore, end-to-end
This thesis examines the occupational discourse(s) of a group of nurses working on a single medic... more This thesis examines the occupational discourse(s) of a group of nurses working on a single medical unit in a Scottish NHS hospital, in light of debates concerning the contemporary function and focus of nursing. There are a number of (seemingly conflictual) impulses concerning how the work of nurses might be conceptualized and the study here aims to demonstrate how nurses’ discursive practices seek to negotiate these varying demands and expectations. Principally, the research comments on the relationship between ‘care’ and ‘profession’ which, as the thesis establishes, are mutable concepts whose discursive elaboration can be variously realized. Recent efforts to establish nursing as an independent profession have identified ‘care’ as the theoretical basis of professional knowledge, with the recent move to degree-level study seemingly providing the academic credentials to support this. Some have argued however that a professional, academic outlook is antithetical to authentic caring,...
Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets II, 2005
The Terestrial Planet Finder (TPF) mission to search for exo-solar planets is extremely challengi... more The Terestrial Planet Finder (TPF) mission to search for exo-solar planets is extremely challenging both technically and from a performance modeling perspective. For the visible light coronagraph (the C) approach, the requirements for 1e10 rejection of star light to planet signal has not yet been achieved in laboratory testing and full-scale ground testing provides additional challenges to overcome. Therefore, end-to-end