Johns, S. R. (2019). It's always with you: the experience of being a 1970s hospital-trained general nursing student. Ph.D. thesis, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland.
Abstract: Uncovers the significance for nurses who were trained within the 1970s apprenticeship model in NZ hospitals, in their present understanding of themselves as nurses. Confirms that the 1970s heralded the beginning of the end of the apprenticeship system of nurse training, and that literature related to this era of general student nurse training is limited. Uses philosophical hermeneutics to guide interviews with 15 former student nurses who trained within the Auckland Hospital Board School of Nursing, and who reflect 40 years afterward, on how their apprenticeship training influenced the type of nurses they became.
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Hylton, A. (2019). Nurses' knowledge and attitudes regarding pain. Master's thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin.
Abstract: Surveys the knowledge and attitudes of registered nurses (RNs) regarding pain management in the care of the post-operative patient, across five District Health Boards (DHBs). Collects data using a modified version of the Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain (KASRP) tool (Ferrell & McCaffery, 2014), in a cross-sectional descriptive non-experimental design.
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Brown, J. (2019). Thorn in the flesh: the experience of women living with surgical mesh complications. Master's thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin.
Abstract: Sheds light on the experiences of seven women who have suffered pelvic surgical mesh complications as a result of surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Emphasises the existential impacts arising from disruption to the embodied self as experienced by the study participants. Discusses problems with biomedical research on pelvic surgical mesh, highlighting two key clinical studies, and a NZ study. Employs hermeneutic phenomenology and a questionnaire to survey the participants.
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McCormick, G., & Thompson, S. R. (2019). Provision of palliative and end-of-life care by paramedics in New Zealand communities: a review of international practice and the New Zealand context. Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services, (26), 51–57.
Abstract: Reviews the international literature on paramedic preparedness to provide palliative and EOL care in in the community, and applies it to the NZ context. Finds that paramedics would like improved education and better integration with traditional care providers, encompassing patients, family, whanau and carers. and that they stress the psychological, spiritual and cultural needs of their patients.
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Crick, S., Page, M., Perry, J., Pillai, N. M., & Burry, R. D. (2019). 'This building looks like a mansion but feels like a prison': personal and professional pratice prespectives on recruiting and retaining internationally-educated nurses. Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services, (26), 18–27.
Abstract: Presents the experience of an internationally-educated nurse (IEN) who immigrated to the UK from India. Shares insights about the social and professional challenges faced by IENs, with perspectives from the nursing literature. Examines the tensions between the needs of recruiting organisations and the needs of IENs working in new countries.
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Donaldson, A. (2019). Forensic clinical nurses in emergency departments: an emerging need for New Zealand. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 10(1), 54–58.
Abstract: Performs a systematic review of the literature undertaken to gather evidence to support the establishment of clinical forensic nurse specialist roles in NZ emergency departments. Examines research on the role, function and purpose of the clinical forensic nurse in caring for the most challenging patients while upholding ethical and legal principles
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Harun, I., Trimmer, W., & Thompson, S. R. (2019). Identifying and managing the pre-hospital presentation of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: a literature review. Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services, (26), 73–80.
Abstract: Performs a review of the literature on the topic to assist paramedics to identify and manage patients with psychogenic, non-epileptic seizures (PNES). Explores current pre-hospital practice in NZ and makes recommendations to improve health-care and outcomes in such patients.
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Taylor, M., Budge, C., Hansen, C., Mar, M., & Fai, F. (2019). Written care plans and support for health goals: important components of long-term conditions care. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 10(1), 29–38.
Abstract: Measures the extent of care planning and support for health goals within a sample of Maori/non-Maori people with long-term conditions (LTC). Compares those with and without care plans, and those with and without support for health goals, with respect to health, and experiences with general practice. Patients enrolled in a MidCentral District Health Board regional LTC programme were recruited into the region's 'Talking about Health' study to explore LTC care from patient and provider perspectives by means of a questionnaire.
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Winters, S. (2019). Exploring the perceptions of nursing students and nursing academic lecturers on the use of gallows humour in the clinical setting. Master's thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin.
Abstract: Investigates the perceptions of students enrolled in any of the three years of an undergraduate nursing degree programme, including the nurse lecturers in charge of their teaching. Compares their results with students' to determine differences in perception between those with clinical experience and those without. Collects data using an online questionnaire to identify differences in perception of gallows humour by lecturers, and by older versus younger students.
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Hernandez, M., King, A., & Stewart, L. (2019). Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention and nurses' checklist documentation of their indwelling catheter management practices. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 35(1).
Abstract: Investigates nurses' catheter management practices, by means of an audit, as documented in a newly-introduced self-administered indwelling catheter-management checklist incorporating four components of catheter care in a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention bundle. Identifies these components of the bundle of care as: minimisation of inappropriate catheter use, aseptic insertion of catheters, adherence to catheter maintenance guidelines, and ongoing review and evaluation of catheter necessity. Shows that implementation of care components decreases bacteriuria rates and CAUTI when used together in standardised clinical checklists and performed collectively by nurses. Employs a quantitative research design as part of a mixed-methods study conducted at two surgical wards in a public hospital in Auckland where 50 nurses completed 175 checklists.
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Wraight, J. (2019). Assessing English language skills of internationally-qualified nurses in New Zealand. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 10(1), 59–60.
Abstract: Introduces the Clinical Communication Assessment Framework (CCAF), adapted by Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology from communication assessment guidelines developed in Australia to assess nursing students' English language proficiency. Uses this framework to assess nurses, before the competency assessment programme (CAP) four-week clinical nursing placement, for the first time in NZ.
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Bear, R. (2019). Kangaroo Mother Care: Participatory action research within a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Aotearoa New Zealand. Doctoral thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.
Abstract: Illustrates the use of participatory action research (PAR) to assist in the improvement of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) in one Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in a NZ hospital, by means of audit, observation and interview. Describes the unfolding processes of PAR, as well as the inclusion of a secondary discourse analysis and parental perspectives from local and global literature.
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Chittick, H., Manhire, K., & Roberts, J. (2019). Supporting success for Maori undergraduate nursing students in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 10(1), 15–21.
Abstract: Identifies those factors that help Maori to succeed in bachelor of nursing education programmes, based on previous identification of barriers to Maori success in tertiary education. Examines the experiences of Maori graduate nurses in 2017 via semi-structured interviews. Analyses the data using thematic methods to describe common themes.
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Wyllie-Schmidt, C., Tipa, Z., & McClunie-Trust, P. (2019). Factors affecting access to immunisation of under-five-year-olds. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 10(1), 39–46.
Abstract: Identifies the obstacles for families that prevent immunisation of children under five years. Uses an integrative review to aggregate and examine the findings of published international research on factors affecting immunisation of younger children. Considers child poverty and education level of parents in NZ to be potential barriers to disease prevention through vaccination.
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Pool, L., Day, L., & Ridley, S. (2019). Mountain climbing: the journey for students with English as an additional language in a concept-based nursing curriculum. Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services, (26), 28–36.
Abstract: Identifies the communication and learning needs of EAL students in undergraduate nursing education. Presents strategies for EAL students and others with diverse learning needs to comprehend the underlying concepts of cultural safety, praxis, professional nursing and leadership in Whitireia's BN integrated nursing curriculum. Reports findings from focus group discussions with 13 students involved in the three-way partnership comprising lecturers, learning support services and EAL students.
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