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Author Seldon, Lucy A url  openurl
  Title Non-pharmacological Methods in Relieving Children's Pain in Hospital: a pilot study Type Book Whole
  Year 2017 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume Issue Pages 72 p.  
  Keywords Non-pharmacological; Pain relief; Pain; Hospitals; Paediatric nurses; Children  
  Abstract Adapts the questionnaire used in three international studies of the utilisation of non-pharmacological methods of post-operative pain management for paediatric surgical patients, and distributes it to registered nurses working in a paediatric surgical ward in one district health board (DHB) hospital. Discusses the non-pharmacological methods used and how they correlate with international literature.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1559  
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Author Tewin, Maureen Heather url  openurl
  Title Exploring the impact of the lung cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist role on patient care in a regional hospital in New Zealand Type Book Whole
  Year 2015 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume Issue Pages 193 p.  
  Keywords Lung cancer; Clinical nurse specialist; Patient care; Standards of care; Hospitals  
  Abstract Distributes a questionnaire to 50 members of the multidisciplinary team within a regional lung cancer service to investigate the impact of an advanced nursing role within the team. Performs an audit of five months of clinical data relating to patients cared for by the lung cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist as judged against the MOH Standards of Service Provision for Lung Cancer Patients in New Zealand .  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1576  
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Author Beaver, Peter James url  openurl
  Title Contemporary patient safety and the challenges for New Zealand Type Book Whole
  Year 2015 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume Issue Pages 329 p.  
  Keywords Patient safety; Hospitals; Accidents; Risk; Surveys  
  Abstract Outlines the history, emergence, necessity, challenges, and strategies of the patient safety movement. Explores the challenges for staff working to reduce harm and implement safety improvement in NZ hospitals. Considers medical harm as a persistent and expensive threat to public health. Analyses health policy in the US, England and NZ using the theory of countervailing powers, and a shift from medical to managerial dominance. Reviews theories of accidents and risk, and the safety improvement literature. Provides staff perspectives from NZ by means of interviews with doctors, nurses and managers in two hospitals.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1578  
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Author Stodart, Jo url  openurl
  Title Infection prevention and control clinical governance in New Zealand District Health Boards Type Book Whole
  Year 2017 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume Issue Pages 62  
  Keywords Infection control; Standards; Clinical governance; Hospitals; Surveys  
  Abstract Explores the current climate of infection prevention control (IPC) clinical governance in NZ. Audits IPC management plans in NZ District Health Boards (DHB) to evaluate which clinical governance factors facilitate or hinder IPC best practice. Employs a mixed-method, exploratory, qualitative study design to conduct semi-structured interviews with ten IPC nurses across NZ. Seeks to understand their perceptions of the IPC Standard, how it is implemented in their DHB, how the IPC risks are managed, and which barriers hinder IPC engagement. Analyses IPC documentation from all 20 DHBs to examine IPC clinical governance in each DHB.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1593  
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Author Crogan, Patricia Ann openurl 
  Title Nurses' perceptions of their role in quality improvement change Type Book Whole
  Year 2010 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume Issue Pages 156 p.  
  Keywords Quality control; Quality assurance; Registered Nurses; Hospitals; Surveys  
  Abstract Explores how nurses perceive quality improvement (QI) change, determines what is needed for nursing to further contribute to QI change and identifies the potential disconnect between the two. Undertakes a sequential, mixed-methods approach, using a questionnaire followed by a focus group representing 10 per cent of RNs at Middlemore Hospital.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1823  
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Author Barber, A.; Charleston, A.; Anderson, N.; Spriggs, D.; Bennett, D.; Bennett, P.; Thomas, K.; Baker, Y. url  openurl
  Title Changes in stroke care at Auckland Hospital between 1996 and 2001 Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication New Zealand Medical Journal Abbreviated Journal (up) Access is free to articles older than 6 months  
  Volume 117 Issue 1190 Pages  
  Keywords Multidisciplinary care teams; Nursing specialties; Hospitals  
  Abstract The researchers repeat the 1996 audit of stroke care in Auckland Hospital to assess changes in stroke management since the introduction of a mobile stroke team. The audit prospectively recorded information for all patients with stroke from 1 June to 30 September 2001. They describe the work of the stroke team physician and the specialist stroke nurse and allied health staff who coordinate the multidisciplinary care of patients. Variables examined include time to arrival and medical assessment, investigations, acute management, inpatient rehabilitation, and stroke outcome. The researchers then describe recent developments in stroke care and the impact of the stroke service on patient management.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 544  
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Author Richardson, S.; Ardagh, M.; Hider, P. url  openurl
  Title New Zealand health professionals do not agree about what defines appropriate attendance at an emergency department Type Journal Article
  Year 2006 Publication New Zealand Medical Journal Abbreviated Journal (up) Access is free to articles older than 6 months, and abstracts.  
  Volume 119 Issue 1232 Pages  
  Keywords Hospitals; Clinical assessment; Interprofessional relations  
  Abstract This study aims to examine the concept of 'inappropriate' emergency department attendances in relation to the emergency department at Christchurch Hospital. It specifically seeks to determine whether there is a consensus opinion among healthcare providers regarding a definition of 'inappropriate'. An exploratory survey of health professionals involved with the referral, assessment, transport, and treatment of emergency department patients in Christchurch was carried out. A range of health professionals, including ambulance personnel, general practitioners, emergency department physicians, emergency nurses, and hospital managers were approached. A series of questions relating to definition and response to 'inappropriate' patients was asked, with an additional open-ended question relating to the definition of 'appropriateness'. The researchers found significant differences in the attitudes and perceptions of key health professionals involved in the referral, treatment, and admission of patients to the emergency department. This has implications for any interventions aimed at addressing emergency department 'overcrowding' that assume the presence of a consensus understanding of this concept.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 526  
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Author Fraser, A.G.; Williamson, S.; Lane, M.; Hollis, B. url  openurl
  Title Nurse-led dyspepsia clinic using the urea breath test for Helicobacter pylori Type Journal Article
  Year 2003 Publication New Zealand Medical Journal Abbreviated Journal (up) Access is free to articles older than 6 months, and abstracts.  
  Volume 116 Issue 1176 Pages  
  Keywords Advanced nursing practice; Hospitals; Clinical assessment; Evaluation  
  Abstract Reports the audit of a nurse-led dyspepsia clinic at Auckland Hospital. Referrals to the Gastroenterology Department for gastroscopy were assessed in a dyspepsia clinic. Initial evaluation included consultation and a urea breath test (UBT). Patients given eradication treatment prior to initial clinic assessment were excluded. Patients with a positive UBT were given eradication treatment and were reviewed two months later for symptom assessment and follow-up UBT. Patients with a negative UBT were usually referred back to the GP. There were 173 patients with a mean age 38 years. The urea breath test was found to be useful as part of the initial assessment of selected patients who would otherwise have been referred for endoscopy. It is likely that the need for gastroscopy was reduced, but longer follow up will be required to determine whether or not this effect is simply due to delayed referral. This approach is likely to have value only in patients who have a relatively high chance of being H. pylori positive.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 625 Serial 611  
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Author Litchfield, M. openurl 
  Title The language of nursing practice in hospitals Type Conference Article
  Year 1997 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) held by NZNO Library and author  
  Volume Proceedings of the National Nursing Informatics Co Issue Pages  
  Keywords Hospitals; Nurse managers; Advanced nursing practice; Nurse-patient relations; Care plans  
  Abstract A paper presenting the findings of a small research project involving a group of self-selected senior nurses of Wellington Hospital to explore the nature of nursing practice in the care and management of hospitalised patients and to formalise the language that would acknowledge its significance in the current effort of hospitals to define patient care pathways. The nature of hospital nursing practice was described in themes of a generic process of nurse-patient care that articulates a distinct specialism of hospital nursing, whatever the hospital department in which nurses hold positions.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1322  
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Author Blockley, C.E. openurl 
  Title The experience of hospitalization first time for an acute medical illness Type
  Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) Massey University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Hospitals; Patient satisfaction  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 811 Serial 795  
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Author Crawford, R. openurl 
  Title An exploration of nurses' understanding of parenting in hospital Type
  Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) Massey University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nurse-family relations; Children; Hospitals; Parents and caregivers  
  Abstract  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 812 Serial 796  
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Author Baur, P. openurl 
  Title Patients who present to the emergency department but do not wait: An exploratory study Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) Massey University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Emergency nursing; Hospitals  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 849  
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Author Scott, S.; Johnson, Y.; Caughley, B. openurl 
  Title An evaluation of the new graduate orientation programme: Introduced at Capital Coast District Health Board's Wellington Hospital in March 1998 Type Report
  Year 2003 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) Massey University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords New graduate nurses; Hospitals  
  Abstract This report presents a longitudinal research study which evaluated the effectiveness of the twelve months New Graduate Orientation Programme introduced at Capital Coast District Health Board's Wellington Hospital in March 1998. The programme was implemented to assist new nursing graduate's transition into the role of registered nurse. The evaluation project took place over a three-year period. Three annual intakes of new graduates enrolled in the New Graduate Orientation Programme were surveyed by questionnaire on their completion of the programme.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1156  
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Author Challis-Morrison, S. url  openurl
  Title Management and guidance of patient resuscitations within secondary rural hospitals Type Book Chapter
  Year 2008 Publication Jean Ross (Ed.), Rural nursing: Aspects of practice (pp. 111-122) Abbreviated Journal (up) Ministry of Health publications page  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Hospitals; Rural health services; Resuscitation  
  Abstract This chapter firstly offers background information relating to the management and guidance of resuscitation within secondary rural hospitals. Secondly, it discusses the evidence related to issues concerning resuscitation and not-for-resuscitation, including issues involving medical and nursing staff, the patient experience, appropriate documentation, and cultural factors. Thirdly, it presents the findings through an implementation and evaluation plan.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 771 Serial 755  
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Author Truscott, J.M.; Townsend, J.M.; Arnold, E.P. url  openurl
  Title A successful nurse-led model in the elective orthopaedic admissions process Type Journal Article
  Year 2007 Publication New Zealand Medical Journal Abbreviated Journal (up) NZ Medical Association website. Access free to articles older than 6 months.  
  Volume 120 Issue 1265 Pages  
  Keywords Surgery; Hospitals; Nursing; Administration  
  Abstract This paper documents a successful nurse-led admissions process for same day orthopaedic surgery, on relatively fit patients under 70 years of age. During the 6-month study, 31 patients with a median age of 38 years were categorised into 3 streams. 252 patients (76%) underwent a nursing-admission process without the need for further consultation with a junior medical officer or an anaesthetist. The remaining patients not included in the study were admitted and clerked by a house officer. No safety issues arose and the surgeons and anaesthetists were satisfied with the process. The junior medical officers described improved job satisfaction by being able to attend theatre, other educational opportunities, and working more closely with the consultant. The process has now been incorporated into elective orthopaedic admissions at Burwood Hospital.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 516  
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