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Morgan, F.A. |
| Title |
Primary health care nurses supporting families parenting pre-term infants |
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2006 |
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NZNO Library, University of Otago Library |
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Primary health care; Community health nursing; Paediatric nursing; Premature infants |
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This thesis reviews the role of primary health care nurses, who have an opportunity to play a unique role in teaching, touching and empowering families with newly discharged pre-term babies. Birth of a baby earlier than 37 weeks gestation ushers in a period of uncertainty and stress for parents. Uncertainties may centre on whether their infant will survive and what ongoing growth and developmental issues their infant will face. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1132 |
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O'Malley, J. |
| Title |
Critical social analysis of acute institutionally based mental health nursing following an action research project |
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2001 |
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NZNO Library, Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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| Keywords |
Psychiatric Nursing; Hospitals; Quality of health care |
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This study using action research involving twelve registered nurses worked toward improving nursing care in an acute mental health in-patient service. Following focus groups with consumers, families, nurses, doctors, and allied health professionals, the action research group developed projects over eighteen months to improve continuity and consistency of nursing care. There was a subsequent restructuring of nursing service to better define leadership, accountability and to strengthen care delivery. The second half of the thesis involves a critical social analysis of the research data and produces a theory of mental health nursing which, the author suggests, has wide application in practice. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1133 |
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Paton, B.I. |
| Title |
Unready-to-hand as adventure: Knowing within the practice wisdom of clinical nurse educators |
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2003 |
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NZNO Library, Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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| Keywords |
Nursing; Education |
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This research aims to clarify the knowing and wisdom that inform clinical nurse educators' responses through unpredictable situations. The author referred to philosophical literature on the notions of tacit knowledge, practical wisdom, smooth activity and the Unready-to-Hand experience. She created an explanatory framework and utilised this in a thought experiment by reflecting on personal experiences. To add clarity to these reflections, two layers of interviewing with nurse educators teaching in practice were carried out. The first layer was an interview with eight clinical nurse educators who in their role experienced Unready-to-Hand situations. The second layer consisted of four clinical nurse educators who volunteered to be involved in more in-depth interviews. An interpretive analysis of these clinical nurse educators stories illuminated the “Unready-to Hand as Adventure”, highlighting the uncertainty and energy associated with opening in the adventure, not knowing what will unfold, yet committed to remaining engaged and doing the best they can. Through the process of attuning to difference, accessing and deciphering knowing, nurse educators create meanings of situational complexities. By preserving the ideals of good practice and engaged caring, nurse educators salvage learning by creating opportunities for learning and teaching. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1134 |
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| Author |
Roberts, F. |
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The people the programme & the place: Nurses' perceptions of the Lakeland Health Professional Development Programme |
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1999 |
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NZNO Library, Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Careers in nursing; Professional development; Registered nurses |
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This thesis concerns the Professional Development Programme at Lakeland Health. In New Zealand, such programmes were introduced as a mechanism to openly recognise the clinical expertise of nurses. Clinical Career Pathways were introduced to nursing in North America in the 1970's at a time of nursing shortage. Prior to their inception, nurses wishing to develop their careers had to move to administration, management or education. The programmes recognised and rewarded expertise in practice. A qualitative, descriptive approach (using focus groups) was used with Registered Nurses to gather their perceptions of what helps nurses enroll in the Professional Development Programme. The ideas and insights of nine Registered Nurses were clustered around three main categories: The People (fear; being struck; motivation; feedback; peer support; ways of learning); the Programme (relevance; flexibility; Bachelor's Degrees; implementation; supporting information; fairness); the Place (time; regular and accessible; support from nurse leaders; management). These perceptions are discussed in more detail in the context of nursing at Lakeland Health and of Clinical Career Pathways in New Zealand. The findings are helpful for the evaluation and future development of the Professional Development at Lakeland Health. The research contributes to our understanding of what helps nurses enroll in a Clinical Career Pathway, and emphasises the importance of the People, the Programme and the Place. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1150 |
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1135 |
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| Author |
Butler, A.M. |
| Title |
Nursing research in New Zealand – author index |
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1977 |
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NZNO Library, Wellington |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 419 |
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419 |
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| Author |
Litchfield, M. |
| Title |
Achieving health in a rural community: A case study of nurse – community partnership |
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Book Whole |
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2004 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University and Polytechnic Libraries, NZNO Library |
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Rural health services; Nursing models; Advanced nursing practice; Health promotion; Organisational change |
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This study describes rural, nurse-led health services provided by the Takapau Health Centre (Central Hawkes Bay) and its outreach, Norsewood & District Health Centre. The study looks at its model of service delivery through to 2002. It examines the establishment, development, funding and management of the service, along with the nursing practice and the healthcare people received. The book is a snapshot of nursing initiative and survival through a decade of change in health policy and service funding and delivery. The information was subsequently used to move the health centre service into the new paradigm of primary health care launched in the New Zealand Health Strategy. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1183 |
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1168 |
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| Author |
Grant-Mackie, D. |
| Title |
A literature review of competence in relation to speciality nursing |
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2000 |
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University of Otago Library, NZNO Library |
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Paediatric nursing; Nursing specialties; Professional competence; Nursing; Education |
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The original aim of the study was to find out through a questionnaire what child health/paediatric nurses in New Zealand/Aotearoa saw as their needs for post-registration education. Nurses were completing courses in the United Kingdom and returning to New Zealand/Aotearoa and realising that their nursing capabilities had improved. They became senior nurses with education responsibilities and exhibited political leadership among their colleagues in the field of child health/paediatric nursing. They were becoming increasingly concerned at the lack of any clinical courses in the specialty of child health/paediatric nursing to promote an appropriate standard of practice. It was intended that a research project about post-registration child health/paediatric education would assist concerned nurses to develop a programme. The time needed for such a project did not fit with a limited research paper. It was decided to reduce the project to a review of the literature on competence in nursing, with some comment on the specialty of child health/paediatric nursing. In order for nurses to find what they need to learn and know, an understanding of competence in nursing practice is required. Competence is defined as the ability of the nurse to carry out specific work in a designated area at a predetermined standard. Issues around competence, defining a scope of practice, development and assessment of competence, and regulation of nursing, are part of the context in which accountability for the practice of nurses sits. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1123 |
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| Author |
Niven, E. |
| Title |
Editorial: Even a small study can make a big difference |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2013 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki Nursing Research |
Abbreviated Journal |
via NZNO library |
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4 |
Issue |
1 |
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3 |
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One of the challenges for research journals is to present material that is directly related to practice and that has the capacity to provoke reflection in practitioners that may in turn lead to change. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1387 |
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