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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 (down) 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 Hansen, C. openurl 
  Title Professional practice attributes within public health nursing Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal (down) Massey University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Public health; Nursing  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 868 Serial 852  
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Author Davenport, F.A. openurl 
  Title Dying to know: A qualitative study exploring nurses' education in caring for the dying Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal (down) Massey University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nursing; Education; Terminal care  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1111  
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Author Ihimaera, L.V. openurl 
  Title He ara ki te ao marama : a pathway to understanding the facilitation of taha wairua in mental health services Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal (down) Held by Lakes DHB Library (ROM)  
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  Abstract A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a Masters of Arts, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1366  
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Author White, T. url  openurl
  Title Avoiding the pitfalls of long-term suprapubic catheterisation Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal (down) Available online at Eastern Institute of Technology  
  Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 4-7  
  Keywords Nursing specialties; Long term care  
  Abstract Studies show that majority of complications experienced by patients with long term suprapubic catheters are associated with urinary tract infection and encrustation of catheters. This article will revise the pathophysiology of infection and encrustation and discuss management of suprapubic catheters based on current best practice. It is stressed that suprapubic catheters should only be considered once less invasive methods of maintaining bladder function have been exhausted as it is preferable for patients to manage incontinence with bladder training, pelvic floor exercises and continence products than to have a permanent indwelling catheter inserted.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1319 Serial 1303  
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Author McClelland, B. url  openurl
  Title Critical factors that influence staff retention in an acute perioperative environment Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal (down) AUT University Library  
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  Keywords Recruitment and retention; Nursing  
  Abstract There are a number of factors recognised as significant for nursing staff retention. These include, a lack of organisational care, bullying (commonly referred to as horizontal violence), and high workload acuity. However, there does not appear to be any indication that these factors influence the retention of nurses within the speciality of acute perioperative nursing. A descriptive study using postpositivist methodology and triangulation of methods was designed to answer the question: What are the critical factors that influence staff retention in an acute perioperative environment? Forty-eight perioperative nurses answered a questionnaire in relation to individual needs, provision of nursing care and administration and management. Four nurses subsequently participated in a focus group interview that explored in more depth, the survey data related to the following characteristics: Educational opportunities; Level of workload acuity; Rostering flexibility; Management; Established policies/Quality assurance; Graduate orientation programs and Professional relationships in an acute perioperative setting. Data analysis revealed that > 90% of respondents agreed that these characteristics are important for job satisfaction and influence staff retention in an acute perioperative environment. A sense of belonging appears to be the most important theme that emerged from the qualitative data. Job satisfaction and staff retention are attained when nurses have a sense of belonging in the workplace. To achieve this nurses need to identify barriers, develop their communication and leadership skills and determine the ideal professional practice model. The author suggests that the themes “Finding time” and increased “sick leave”, in relation to workload acuity are new findings that provide a platform for future research.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 894  
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Author Williams, P. openurl 
  Title The experience of being new in the role of Charge Nurse Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal (down) Auckland University of Technology Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nursing  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 608 Serial 594  
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Author Hall, J. url  openurl
  Title Building trust to work with a grounded theory study of paediatric acute care nurses work Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal (down) Auckland University of Technology Library  
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  Keywords Nurse-family relations; Nurse-patient relations; Children; Paediatric nursing; Intensive care nursing  
  Abstract Grounded theory methodology has guided the grounded theory methods used to explore the acute care paediatric nurses' perspective of what they do when a child has had a severe accident. The research was initiated from the experience of nursing children in the context of a rehabilitation centre and wondering how acute care nurses promoted a child's recovery after a severe unintentional injury. Many avenues were used to search international and New Zealand literature but the scarcity of literature related to what acute care paediatric nurses do was evident. Nursing children in the acute care ward after a severe accident is complex. It encompasses nursing the family when they are experiencing a crisis. It is critical that the acute care nurse monitors and ensures the child's physiological needs are met, and the nurse “works with” the child to maintain and advance medical stability. Nursing interactions are an important part of “working with”, communication is the essence of nursing. This research has focussed on the nurses' social processes whilst caring for the physical needs of the child and interacting with the family and multidisciplinary team when appropriate. An effective working-relationship with a nurse and family is founded on trust. Grounded theory methods supported the process of exploring the social processes of “building trust” whilst “working with” families in a vulnerable position. Nurses rely on rapport to be invited into a family's space to “work with” and support the re-establishment of the parenting role. The “stepping in and out” of an effective working-relationship with a family is reliant on trust. Nurses build trust by spending time to “be with”, using chat to get to know each other, involving and supporting the family to parent a “different” child and reassuring and giving realistic hope to help the child and parents cope with their changed future. A substantive theory of the concept of “building trust to work with” has been developed using grounded theory methods. The theory has been conceptualised using the perspective of seven registered nurses working in paediatric acute care wards that admit children who have had a severe traumatic accident.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 597  
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Author Best, G.A. openurl 
  Title Being pruned: Student nurses experience of being shaped in clinical practice by lecturers Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal (down) Auckland University of Technology Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Students; Nursing; Education  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 599  
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Author Johns, S. url  openurl
  Title Being constrained and enabled: A study of pre-registration nursing students ethical practice Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal (down) Auckland University of Technology Library  
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  Keywords Ethics; Nursing; Students  
  Abstract This study uncovers the experience of being ethical from the perspective of pre-registration nursing students. Using the qualitative methodology of phenomenology, specifically that outlined by van Manen, it seeks to show how students act ethically within everyday practice. Providing nursing care is an ethically charged undertaking and despite ethics taking an increasingly important place in nursing education, the author suggests that few studies show the contextual nature of ethical practice from the perspective of students. This study aims to partly redress this situation. In this study the author has interpreted the experiences of twelve pre-registration students. Using seventeen stories shared by the student participants, the author's personal understandings and literature, the meaning of being ethical has been illuminated. Three themes emerged from the interpretation. These include 'keeping things 'nice'', 'being true to yourself' and 'being present'. This thesis asserts that the overarching theme within these themes is that of 'being constrained and enabled'. Being constrained shows the experiences of students as they live through the tensions of being and doing as they strive to be ethical. Being enabled shows the experience of self-determination. Finally the study maintains that the shaping of ethical practice for undergraduate students may be enhanced when their reality is positioned and valued within educational processes.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 614 Serial 600  
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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 (down) 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 Spence, D. openurl 
  Title Advancing nursing practice through postgraduate education, part two Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal (down)  
  Volume 20 Issue 3 Pages 21-30  
  Keywords Advanced nursing practice; Professional development; Education; Research  
  Abstract This paper continues presentation of the findings of a North Island based research project that explored the impact of clinically focused postgraduate education on advancing nursing practice. Like their international counterparts, increasing numbers of New Zealand nurses are enrolling in advanced practice programmes. Yet, despite international evidence supporting the usefulness of Masters level preparation for advancing clinical practice, questions about the need for such development persist. This paper argues that postgraduate education contributes to the development of courage and that this, in turn, is essential to overcoming the barriers that currently constrain the advancement of nursing practice.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 542  
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Author Schroyen, B.; Finlayson, M. openurl 
  Title Clinical teaching and learning: An action research study Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal (down)  
  Volume 20 Issue 2 Pages 36-45  
  Keywords Education; Nursing; Hospitals  
  Abstract Using an educational action research model, a nursing lecturer based in a polytechnic and ten students formed a research group to address one issue that was important to them. The research group chose to plan, implement and evaluate a practical change strategy aimed at improving the teaching and learning relationship between students and staff nurses in clinical settings. A sample of five staff nurses working closely with five students in the group was invited to join the study in order to gain their perspectives on the issues. The findings were that contract learning provides a strategy which, under certain conditions, offers both students and staff nurses an opportunity to improve the effectiveness of their interactions.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 545  
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Author Drake, M.; Stokes, G. openurl 
  Title Managing pre-registration student risk: A professional and legislative minefield Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal (down)  
  Volume 20 Issue 1 Pages 15-27  
  Keywords Risk management; Education; Law and legislation; Nursing  
  Abstract This article reports data from 15 schools of nursing, surveyed to identify difficulties experienced by nurse educators with respect to entry, progression and programme completion of undergraduate nursing students. Risk assessment, along with a lack of clear policy and procedures were found to be the main problem areas. Difficulties were exacerbated for educators when there were challenges to their professional judgement, either from the Nursing Council of New Zealand or from within their own institution. The authors argue for more recognition of the dual role of nurse educators, and greater clarification of the Nursing Council of New Zealand role in regulating the student's programme entry and progression, and ultimate admission to the Register. It is suggested that the recently passed Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (2003) provides nursing with an opportunity to address some of these issues.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 546  
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Author Clendon, J.; Krothe, J. openurl 
  Title The nurse-managed clinic: An evaluative study Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal (down)  
  Volume 20 Issue 2 Pages 15-23  
  Keywords Evaluation research; Nurse managers; Primary health care; Cross-cultural comparison  
  Abstract Part of an international project, the aim of this study was to evaluate a nurse managed primary health care clinic (Mana Health Clinic) from the perspectives of users, funders, and providers of clinical services in order to identify factors which contribute to success. The method used was Fourth Generation Evaluation (FGE) whereby, consistent with the methodological precepts of the constructivist enquiry paradigm, there was active involvement of clients in the process and outcome of the evaluation. Open-ended interviews were conducted with 13 individuals and one focus group. The data yielded four main categories: factors that contribute to success; contrasting past experience of health care with that of nurse-managed care; the effectiveness of nurse-managed care; and suggestions for change in current practice. The authors note that the results to date support a tentative conclusion of success for the clinic. As the study is on-going, summaries of the four categories were fed back to the participants for further discussion and interpretation and eventual integration with data from the similar study being undertaken in the United States. The authors conclude that this paper demonstrates how the use of an appropriate method of evaluation can itself contribute to the success of the nurse managed clinic.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 547  
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