Section Officers Research Articles

2012 election results

On 4 October 2012, AGU members completed voting for the 2013–2014 leadership term. Union officers, Board members, section and focus group officers, and student and early career representatives to the Council were elected. All members who joined or renewed their membership by 1 July 2012 were eligible to vote in this year's leadership election. The vote was held electronically, and access to voting was provided to all eligible voters for a period of 31 days. The voting was conducted by Survey and Ballot Systems, Inc. (SBS). SBS, which offers election planning and management services, provided unique login credentials and other support services for eligible voters throughout the election. Voting results were certified by SBS on 8 October and by the AGU Tellers Committee on 9 October. The overall participation rate was 21.9%, an increase over previous AGU elections.

Report of the Academy presidents: Addressing critical needs of the Association and profession

APhA–APPM has had an incredibly productive year in 2011–12 in support of the vision and mission of APhA. Your Academy has benefited from the remarkable leadership of 7 nationally elected executive committee members and 12 elected section officers, as well as the hard work of well over 500 volunteer pharmacists from across the country completing the work of committees, task forces, and providing input to move our profession forward. APhA President Marialice Bennett gave our Academy an aggressive set of seven charges, or goals, as we began the year.

Investigation and analysis on nurses' recognition on the related knowledge of cuffed balloons administration for patients with endotracheal tube

Objective To investigate nurses' recognition on the related knowledge of cuffed balloons administration for patients with endotracheal tube. Methods Questionnaire survey on the recognition's degree on the related knowledge of cuffed balloons administration for patients with endotracheal tube were performed in several nurses in Beijing 731 hosiptal. Results Nurses' recognition on the knowledge of cuffed ballons administration for patients with endotracheal tube have some deficiency, however, the accuracy of evaluating the cuffed balloon's pressure scientifically is 34.8%. Comparing the degree of mastering cuffed balloon's inflating volume, deflating frequency, deflating time among the nurses from different section office, with different titles,whether have ICU work experience , whether have endtracheal intubation nursing experience, in all of the aspect above, the differences between them have statistically significant. (P<0.05) Especially, the nurse-in-charge's degree of mastering is much better than the other junior nurses obviously, so the difference have highly statistics significance (P<0. 01 ). ICU nurses with degree of mastering are better than nurses in other section offices (P<0. 05). Conclusions The rational cuffed balloon administration is very important in clinical nursing activity, more than all, the first step of recognjtion on the related cuffed balloon knowledge is the cuffed balloon administration. The suggestion is to carry out the hospital-wide forums and lectures, to strengthen cross-training among different section offices continuously, to improve the nursing technology level of cuffed balloon administration and to improve the nursing quality, could promote the rate of successful rescue of critical patient and reduce their pain. Key words: Nurse; Cuffed balloon administration; Related knowledge

A probe into the administration of the surgery material

Objective To carry out unified regulation to the purchase, using and administration of the surgery material, thus to improve the quality of medical work and the level of medical administration. Methods For the one-shot things, interlink administration was needed. For the precision instrument, we carried out the responsibility system within every specific section office, and the administration with pictures and codes. For the expensive instruments and equipments, we made registration and carry out personal responsibility system. We analyzed the existing problems and expected the computer network administration in the future. Results No surgery was affected because of the shortage of materials or the damage of the instruments or equipments. Conclusions With the efficient administration of the surgery material, we can improve the nursing quality in the operation room, avoid medical disputes, and make sure smooth operation, thus every patient can recover soon. Key words: Surgery; Material; Administration

The time to lead: ACRL seeks nominees for section offices

The time to lead: ACRL seeks nominees for section offices

2010 Election Results

On 3 February 2010, AGU members completed voting for Union and section officers and for directors for the newly approved Board of Directors. Access to voting was provided over the Internet for a period of 31 days. Paper ballots were available upon request. Voting results and analysis were prepared by AGU staff, with results certified by AGU's Tellers Committee on 4 February 2010. Voting was widespread throughout the global base of AGU members. The overall participation rate was 19.2%.

Nicknames of South African soccer teams and players as symbols of approbation in a multilingual and multicultural country

This article deals with the nicknames of South African soccer players and their teams. The nicknames (izidlaliso/izibongelo in isiZulu) are coined by players, supporters and managers of the teams. The nicknames were collected from the weekly South African newspaper entitled Soccer Laduma. More names came from a series of interviews with soccer fans and soccer presenters working for the South African Broadcasting Corporation in the sports section, sports journalists and public relations officers for the soccer clubs. Some nicknames were collected through interviews with students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The focus of this article is the influence of African languages on nicknames in football. This influence reflects the multilingual nature of South Africa as a ‘rainbow nation’. Nicknames of soccer players and their teams are derived from various sources, such as the regalia, town where the team originated, reputation of the managers, names of soccer teams, performance of the players as well as the names of wild animals and the team's hope and fighting spirit. The article looks at the derivation and functions of the nicknames of soccer players and their teams and finally concludes that these nicknames are symbols of approval in a multilingual and multicultural country.

AGU's Upcoming Election

The 2010–2012 election, which runs from 4 January 2010 to 3 February 2010, marks the first time members will be asked to elect the AGU Board of Directors, which includes the Union officers, as well as section officers of the new AGU Council. The addition of a Board of Directors is new in AGU governance. In light of this, it may be helpful for you to know a bit more about the responsibilities of the Board and the Council and the kind of characteristics we are seeking in the member volunteers who will represent you in these bodies.The elected members of the Board of Directors are the president, president‐elect, general secretary (who also serves as treasurer), international secretary, and six members elected by the Union's membership. Up to two members may be nominated by the Union president and approved by the Board. The immediate past president, vice chair of the Council, the Development Board chair, and the executive director are ex officio, meaning they are members of the board by virtue of the positions they hold.

Nominees for AGU Section Officers, 2010–2012

The nominees listed below constitute the slate approved by the AGU Council for the election of officers for the next biennium. The election will run from 4 January 2010 through 3 February 2010.

Investigation and analysis on satisflcation of male nurses' work by charge nurse in section office

目的 了解科室护士长对男护士工作的认可和评价,以及临床对男护士的需求情况,为进一步接受和培养男护士提供依据.方法 采用问卷对3所三级甲等医院107名科室护士长对男护士工作认可度进行调查.结果 63.6%的科室护士长对男护士的工作表示肯定,73.0%的护士长愿意与男护士配合工作,57.0%的科室护士长表示愿意招收男护士.结论 男护士已受到多数临床科室护士长的欢迎,男护士以他们自身的优势在临床护理工作中发挥着非常重要的作用。

Analysis on influential factors for occupation burnout of medical staffs of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Objective To investigate the main influencing factors on occupation burnout of medical staffs of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Methods By means of many phases stratified cluster system for a random sampling, via using the self-organized scale for measuring occupation burnout of medical staffs, 4575 medical staffs were investigated with questionnaire for occupation burnout of medical staffs. The data was processed by single and multiple factors analysis and regression analysis. Results Society environment is the protective factor of occupation burnout, and the regression coefficient is - 0.015. While organization environment, working environment, scale of hospital and working section office are the risk factors for occupation burnout, and the regression coefficient is 0.040 ～ 0.258, P < 0.05. Conclusions Occupation burnout is a composite phenomenon affected by many variables. Occupation burnout of medical staffs is related to organization environment, working eavironment, scale of hospital and section office of working. Key words: Doctors ; Nurses ; Questionnaires; Occupational burnout ; Influential factors

The time to lead: ACRL seeks nominees for section offices

The time to lead: ACRL seeks nominees for section offices

Your SPE: Developing the SPE Partnership in Russia

President's column After a fascinating trip to China, which I wrote about last month, the next stop on my global travels was Moscow. The local members were looking forward to the forthcoming SPE Russian Oil and Gas Technical Conference and Exhibition, where up to 3,000 delegates were expected, more than double the numbers two years ago when the first event was held. I am a strong advocate of diversity among SPE members, ultimately to develop a richer and stronger society. We need to be mindful of different cultures and behaviours and discover ways to reach mutually acceptable solutions. For example, it is essential to understand something about the Russian culture in order to engage in a meaningful discussion about SPE, business, or life in general. Certain SPE values and principles, such as volunteerism, impartiality, non-commercialism and free exchange of information, are not as well understood in Russia. Indeed, I have been told that there is no Russian word for volunteerism—just as there is no Dutch word for embarrassment, so I was able happily to continue conversations that others might find awkward. During my stay, I met with Moscow Section officers and senior personnel at Lukoil (Mr. Ravil Ulfatovich Maganov, First Vice President), Russneft (Mr. Alexander Ledonidovich Korsik, Chairman of the Board), Rosneft (Mr. Alexey Kuznetsov, Vice President of Innovation), Statoil/Hydro (Bengt Lie Hansen, President), Shell (Frank Denelle), Gazprom Academy of Technological Sciences (Prof. Boris Alexandrovich Nikitin, President), Schlumberger (Maurice Dujolle), and Weatherford (Mr. Kamil Zakirov, Vice President for Russia &amp; CIS). All companies welcomed SPE's presence in Russia and promised to support our activities. Lukoil has purchased a subscription to the SPE eLibrary. Some companies plan to award their staff SPE membership in recognition of professional achievement—SPE membership will be seen as a privilege and an honour. It became clear to me that quality rather than quantity is the key to membership recruitment, focusing on people who see the benefits of becoming part of an international organization. These people are likely to be aged 40 and under and are likely to have some fluency in English. For some Russian members, however, particularly the older ones, SPE really adds value only if everything is translated into Russian. All meetings, workshops, and conferences are equipped with simultaneous translation, which allows for the exchange of information between Russian presenters and their English-speaking counterparts and vice versa. This means that the SPE Russian Oil and Gas Technical Conference and Exhibition, for example, can accommodate an international line-up of speakers. And, SPE has just launched a bi-monthly online Russian-language newsletter, called SPE Review: Russia and the Caspian, containing some of the excellent Russian papers presented at various SPE events in recent years. All members in Russia and any Russian-speaking members else-where will benefit from access to this information.

Investigation and analysis on the sources of stress and influential factors of contract nurses

Objective To find out the major stress sources of contract nurses and investigate their influential factors.Methods Job stressors scale was used to measure 109 contract nurses of a hospital in Beijing.Results The mean stress level of contract nurses was 2.76.The major sources of stress were nursing specialty, workload and time distritmtion and nursing to patients.There was significant difference in the job stress of iob title or section(P<0.05).Conclusions The contract nurses'job stress is in a high level.Major stress resources of contract nurses include shift work.loW salary and welfare, a little chance to get retraining and worrying about nursing disputes and mistakes etc.The degrees of contract nurses'job stress are influenced by the different section offices and job titles.The managers of the hospital and the contract nurses themselves should work together to try to alleiate the contract nurses'job stress. Key words: Contract nurses; Sources of stress; Stress; Influential factors

The investigation analysis and countermeasure of clinical nurses cognition level of clinical pathway (CP)

Objective To know about clinical nurses cognition level of clinical pathway (CP), so as to provide a theoretical foundation for deeply carrying out CP. Methods A total of 778 clinical nurses who come from a certain hospital were investigated. Results Cognition level of CP in clinical nurses accounted for 27.4%, There were significant differences in the cognition of CP between nurses with different levels of education, business, experience, technical post and section office (P < 0.01 ) . Conclusion It showed that the cognition of CP wasnt enough in clinical nurses. Managers should be aware of the importance of CP and ready to develop CP through extensive training knowledge of CP in clinical nurses. Key words: Clinical pathway; Clinical nurses; Cognition level; Questionnaire survey

Mental health survey on 4575 medical staff in Guangxi province and influencing factors analysis

Objective The objective is to understand mental health of Guangxi medical staff and influencing factors. Method The self-report symptom inventory (SCL-90) and self-made genral questionnaire were used to survey 4575 samples with involvement of combination of layered-random and group-random. Results The number of positive items and 9 symptom factors scores in SCL-90 were significantly different from norm ( P < 0.01 ).Educational level, grade of organization, location of organization, occupation, section office of working, working years and status of marriage were relevant factors influencing mental health of medical staff. Logistic regression analysis showed that educational level, section office of working and status of marriage were risk factors ( regression coefficient: -0. 220 ～ 0. 118 ). Conclusion Mental health level of medical staff was lower than that of ordinary person ; and it was suggested that third class protection of mental health should be implemented to medical staff. Key words: Medical staff; Mental health; Influencing factors

The time to lead: ACRL seeks nominees for section offices

The time to lead: ACRL seeks nominees for section offices

Characteristics research for occupation burnout of medical staffs in China

Objective To explore the present situation and its characteristics on occupation burnout of medical staffs. Methods Self-made Questionnaire for Occupation Burnout of Medical Members is adopted in the analysis and 4575 medical staffs were involved in the questionnaire survey. The data was processed by variance analysis and correlation analysis.Results (1) In general, occupation burnout index of medical staffs is 1.83±1.15. Distributions of slight, moderate and severe burnouts are respectively 9.81%, 3.56% and 1.55% in colony of health care. (2) As to variables of demography such as sex, age, occupation, education background, marital status, economic income, years of work, when compared every two variables in each group, significant difference of various forms and extents came out(P＜0.05 or P＜0.01). (3) As regards section office of working, hospital area, scale of hospital and grade of hospital, when compared every two variables in each group, significant difference of various forms and extents also came out(P＜0.05 or P＜0.01). Conclusion Generally occupation burnout of medical staffs is not severe. Very little people compose occupation burnout of medical staffs, formation causes of which is restricted by a variety of variables. But it should be highly care and improved. Key words: Medical staffs; Occupation burnout; Characteristic

Building Bridges: My Journey Continues… "I Can"

President's column An email from a student member at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia was the inspiration for this column. Bandar Al-Anazi sent me an animated story about young students who literally bury the "I can't" statements in their lives, and replace them with "I can," "I will," and "I'm going to right away." This story reminded me that SPE depends on the efforts of "I can" people. Our members keep this organization going by saying "I can" when someone is needed to serve as a section officer, review a paper, plan a conference program, mentor a young member, or take on any of the other multitude of tasks that make SPE the vibrant society that it is. In most associations, fewer than 10% of the members do almost all of the volunteer work. This hard-core group of "super" volunteers contributes many, many hours each year. I believe SPE does a little better than engaging 10% of our members, but we still tend to turn to the same people over and over again. It is a natural tendency for us all to call on those we know when we need something done. But the consequences are that we risk burning out our tried-and-true people and we miss out on the chance to tap into new talent and resources. We can do a better job of inviting members to serve and letting them know about the opportunities we have for volunteers. The decision to volunteer is usually a two-step process—a person thinks generally about becoming a volunteer and then a "trigger event" transforms this general thought into concrete action. The "trigger" is often something very simple: someone they know asks them to volunteer in a specific role, or they learn about an opportunity through a general announcement at a meeting, on a form, or in a newsletter. In my experience, a personal invitation to a specific member nets the best results. Recently, Behrooz Fattahi, who serves on our Editorial Review Committee as co-Executive Editor of SPE Reservoir Evaluation &amp; Engineering, needed additional peer-review help. He obtained a list of members who had indicated on their dues statements an interest in peer review and their field of expertise, and sent invitation letters to them. He got an overwhelmingly positive response, including many comments that they had never been asked before to serve and were pleased to do so!

2008 Election Results

Voting by the membership for Union and Section officers for the 2008–2010 term was completed on 10 January 2008. Voting was conducted electronically through an Internet Web site using commercial surveying software. Paper ballots were available upon request. The tallying and recording of the election was managed by AGU staff using Vovici software.