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Author Betts, J.A.
Title Establishing and evaluating a nurse practitioner leg ulcer clinic: The journey Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) University of Auckland Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Nurse practitioners; Community health nursing
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 684 Serial 670
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Author Dewes, C.A.
Title Perceptions and expectations of a kaiawhina role Type
Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) University of Auckland Library
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Keywords Maori; Students; Nursing
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 692 Serial 678
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Author Prebble, K.
Title Ordinary men and uncommon women: A history of psychiatric nursing in New Zealand public mental hospitals, 1939-1972 Type
Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) University of Auckland Library
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Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Mental health; History; Gender
Abstract This social-cultural history explores the changing context, culture, and identity of psychiatric nurses working in New Zealand public mental hospitals between 1939 and 1972. Primary documentary sources and oral history interviews provided the data for analysis. The thesis is divided into two periods: 1939 to 1959 when asylum-type conditions shaped the culture of the institutional workforce, and 1960 to 1972 when mental health reform and nursing professionalisation challenged the isolation and distinct identity of mental hospital nurses. Between 1939 and 1959 the introduction of somatic treatments did not substantially change nursing practice in mental hospitals. Overcrowding, understaffing and poor resources necessitated the continuance of custodial care. The asylum-type institutions were dependent on a male attendant workforce to ensure the safety of disturbed male patients, and the maintenance of hospital farms, gardens, and buildings. Although female nurses provided all the care and domestic work on the female side, the belief that psychiatric nursing was physically demanding, potentially dangerous, and morally questionable, characterised the work as generally unsuitable for women. Introduction of psychiatric nursing registration which was a move toward professionalisation did little to change the dominance of a male, working-class culture. From 1960 to 1972 psychiatric nurses' identity was contested. New therapeutic roles created the possibility of the nurses becoming health professionals. Their economic security and occupational power, however, was tied to an identity as unionised, male workers. As psychiatric nurses were drawn closer to the female-dominated nursing profession through health service changes and nursing education reform, both men and women acted to protect both their working conditions and their patients' welfare. To achieve these ends, they employed working-class means of industrial action. By accepting the notion that psychiatric nurses' identity was socially constructed, this thesis provides an interpretation that goes beyond the assumption that nursing is a woman's profession. Instead, it presents psychiatric nursing as a changing phenomenon shaped by contested discourses of gender, class and professionalisation. Nursing in public mental hospitals attracted ordinary men and uncommon women whose collective identity was forged from the experience of working in a stigmatised role.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 763 Serial 749
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Author Ratnasabapathy, P.
Title Silent suffering: The 'lived experience' of women who have experienced early pregnancy loss and used the health services for their care Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) University of Auckland Library
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Keywords Pregnancy; Grief; Psychology
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 786 Serial 770
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Author Maloney-Moni, J.
Title Kia Mana: A synergy of wellbeing Type
Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) University of Auckland Library
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Keywords Transcultural nursing; Psychology; Maori
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 841 Serial 825
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Author Shelah, G.E.
Title Enabling pedagogy: An enquiry into New Zealand students' experience of bioscience in pre-registration nursing education Type
Year 2003 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) University of Auckland Library
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Keywords Teaching methods; Nursing; Education
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 856
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Author Van der Harst, J.
Title Inside knowledge: A qualitative descriptive study of prison nursing in New Zealand Type
Year 2003 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) University of Auckland Library
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Keywords Nursing specialties
Abstract Analysis of the research literature on prison nursing revealed a paucity of research, both in New Zealand and internationally. The aim of this research was to describe the working life of the nurse in a New Zealand prison and provide an understanding of and documentation on prison nursing in New Zealand. A qualitative descriptive study was undertaken to determine what it is like to nurse in a New Zealand prison. Ten nurses working at two public prisons and one private prison took part in the study. Data was collected by the use of semi-structured interviews and analysed thematically into four main themes. The participants' descriptions of their working lives as prison nurses expose the multifaceted nature of this work and the inherent relational dynamics. These dynamics determine the nurse's ability to practise effectively in the prison setting. Findings highlighted many paradoxical situations for nurses when working in this environment. The very aspects of the work that participants described as negative were also identified, in some instances, as challenging and satisfying.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 886 Serial 870
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Author Seton, K.M.
Title Diversity in action: Overseas nurses' perspectives on transition to nursing practice in New Zealand Type
Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) University of Auckland Library
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Keywords Nursing; Cross-cultural comparison; Education
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1110
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Author Doughty, L.
Title Evaluation of the 2002 Auckland District Health Board: First year of clinical practice programme Type
Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) University of Auckland Library
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Keywords Clinical supervision; Nursing; Education
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1113
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Author Williams, J.L.
Title The Cummins model: An adaption to assist foreign nursing students in New Zealand Type
Year 2003 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) University of Auckland Library
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Keywords Nursing; Education; Students
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1114
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Author Whitehead, N.
Title Quality and staffing: Is there a relationship in aged residential care Type
Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) University of Auckland Library
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Keywords Rest homes; Patient safety; Older people; Nursing specialties
Abstract This thesis reports a mixed methods study, longitudinal in nature, of consenting Age Related Residential Care (ARRC) hospitals in the upper half of the North Island, which was conducted to examine several factors, including AARC hospital efficiency at producing adverse event free days for residents. An interpretativist approach examined what best practice strategies were implemented by the ARRC hospitals that were identified to be most successful at producing adverse event free days for the residents.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1159
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Author Horsburgh, M.
Title Graduate nurses' adjustment to initial employment Type
Year 1987 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal (up) University of Auckland, Auckland Institute of Te
Volume 14 Issue Pages 610-617
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Abstract An ethnographic study which attempts to understand what initial employment means to graduates from a comprehensive nursing course. The researcher participated in the first 3-4 months of the nurses' employment in general hospital settings. Five major themes emerge from the study indicating that the rhetoric practice of the school of nursing is different from the rhetoric and practice within general hospital settings. The reality of initial employment for the new graduated conflicts with the values and ideals of nursing promulgated by the comprehensive nursing course. The educational program stressed patient centred nursing, where nurses accepted responsibility for the continuing care of individuals. In contrast the hospital settings stress nursing as management of tasks across different patients. This conflict was a major source of frustration for the 'beginning' nurses. Ultimately they accept the reality of nursing as the management of tasks, but not without some personal cost. Orientation programs and the early employment period focus on 'fitting in to the system'. A significant determinant of the practice of new graduates are context effects such the time of their shift and the availability of experienced nurses. A number of management practices foster and maintain a beginning level of practice and new graduates have no opportunity to practice as autonomous nurses within a multi disciplinary health care team. Beginning practice is identified in new graduates through their difficulties in coping with unplanned or unexpected events. The initial employment period is dominated by shift work, resulting tiredness and adjustment to social activities.It is argued that management practices which support the ideals of comprehensive nursing courses and totally qualified nursing workforce have yet to occur. There are implications in this study for nursing education and nursing practice
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 59 Serial 59
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