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Gallagher, P. |
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An evaluation of a standards based portfolio [Corrected and republished article printed in NURSE EDUC TODAY 2001 Apr; 21(3): 197-200] |
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2000 |
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Nurse Education Today |
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20 |
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3 |
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218-226 |
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Nursing; Education; Teaching methods; Evaluation |
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This study is an evaluation of student perceptions of a standards based portfolio, which is a is a series of student work that seeks to address pre-determined learning outcomes. Of interest to the study was the relationship between theory and practice, the availability of resources to complete the assignment and the contribution the portfolio made to the process of learning. For a particular unit of learning, 'Nursing Business', second year undergraduate students in the Bachelor of Nursing programme were required to complete a portfolio. The assessment directed the students to meet specific criteria which in turn reflected the learning outcomes. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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653 |
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Wenmoth, J.D.A. |
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Involuntary unemployment: A grounded theory analysis of the experience of five nurses |
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2000 |
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This study outlines the use of grounded theory strategy to analyse the experience of nurses who become involuntarily unemployed. It then proceeds to develop a theoretical framework that explain the common patterns in this experience. Using the Glasser and Strauss (1967) Grounded Theory approach, empirical observation was undertaken expressly for the purpose of generating insights which may lead to new understanding of the subject of this study. Using two inter-related procedures known as theoretical sampling and constant comparative analysis, data is systematically collected, coordinated and subjected to an ongoing analysis. Theory is then 'grounded ' in the real world. The study involved in depth interviewing of five mid-career nurses who were involuntarily unemployed. The data was transcribed and analysed to yield theoretical concepts and categories that were integrated into propositions to explain common patterns. It will be argued that this experience is a grieving process that is more that just grieving a job loss. It is proposed that there are three phases – 1. Personal devastation due to losses experienced.. 2. A period of healing. 3. Recovery and re-establishment of the 'new' person. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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69 |
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Paterson(now Fleming), B.L. |
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The types of information nurses pass on to other nurses verbally regarding their patients, which is not discussed in the legal nursing record |
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2000 |
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Dunedin Hospital Staff Library |
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This study was undertaken in a combined medical/surgical unit in an acute general hospital in New Zealand using the grounded theory research methodology. It aimed at identifying the types of information nurses pass on verbally regarding their patients, but which they do not document in the legal nursing record. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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129 |
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Thompson, L. |
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Suctioning adults with an artifical airway: A systematic review |
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2000 |
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Subscriber access at the Joanna Briggs Institute |
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Evidence-based medicine; Nursing research |
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This systematic review was conducted by the New Zealand Centre for Evidence Based Nursing, a collaborating centre of The Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery. The aim was to present the best available evidence on interventions, which are effective in preventing or reducing the prevalence of complications associated with suctioning, in hospitalised adult patients with an artificial airway who are breathing spontaneously or are artificially ventilated and who require suctioning. The specific questions addressed were as follows: Which methods of suctioning reduce the prevalence of mucosal trauma or mucosal dysfunction, and promote the removal of respiratory secretions? Which techniques or methods are effective in reducing the occurrence of suctioning -induced hypoxaemia, during or following the suctioning procedure? Which techniques or methods are effective in minimising the haemodynamic or pulmonary complications associated with the suctioning procedure? |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1136 |
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1121 |
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Kingsbury, K. |
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The illlusion of separateness, a philosophical study of nursing and naturopathic practice: Healing connections between people |
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2000 |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Alternative therapies; Nurse practitioners; Nursing models |
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This thesis describes the journey of a practicing independent nurse practitioner and naturopath through the stories of five clients. The thesis is presented as a narrative and begins with an account of the events in the practitioner's life that lead to the specific study of natural therapies and the development of a cohesive practice using holistic health practices from a nursing perspective. The text essentially describes the process of establishing a private practice combining two disciplines of nursing and naturopathy in New Zealand. The study reveals how a nurse and naturopath's practice is based on the premise that it is crucial to recognise that the personal life and professional life of the nurse inform and influence each other and are always part of the process of care in such a practice. Three healing modalities that are central to the practice are described in detail. The description is informed by theory and research from nursing, the social sciences and the natural sciences. The study reveals the practical value of postmodern nurse theorists, Jean Watson and Margaret Newman to this practice. This study also briefly discusses the concepts from quantum theory, evolutionary theory and psychoneuroirnmunology that are used in the practice. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1181 |
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Thompson, S.A. |
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Getting it right: An exploration of compulsive caregiving and helping profession syndrome |
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2000 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Psychology; Nursing |
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This thesis is a theoretical exploration of the concepts of 'Compulsive caregiving' and 'helping profession syndrome' in relation to the choice of nursing as a career. These concepts are derived from Bowlby's attachment theory and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Both have evolved from psychoanalytic theory. The thesis explains Bowlby's development of compulsive caregiving in health professionals. The author notes that her life history and experience as a nurse educator and as a nurse practicing psychotherapy support this theoretical explanation. An argument is developed that the propensity towards compulsive caregiving is a strength in nurses. Nursing places high value on caring and many of the traits exhibited by compulsive caregivers are desirable in nurses. Nursing as a caring interpersonal process is explored with reference to the literature. However, nursing has been identified as a stressful occupation. Support strategies such as professional supervision and reflective practice are discussed. Thesis concludes with a suggestion for further research on compulsive caregiving and helping profession syndrome. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 813 |
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797 |
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Rose, A. |
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Is case management an efficient and effective model of care for complex patients in an acute medical setting? |
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2000 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Clinical decision making; Culture; Nursing; Quality assurance |
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This thesis looks at the prospect of developing and implementing case management as a model of care for complex patients in an acute medical setting. An extensive literature review was conducted to explore the concept of case management and to identify the role of the case manager, including the qualities and qualifications required for the position. Clinical pathways are a tool used in case management so these are also included in the literature review. As the author had been involved in the development of the first clinical pathway for Hutt Valley Health, this is used as an example to clarify how case management and clinical pathways can be used in conjunction. A discussion chapter examines the advantages and disadvantages of case management which shows that it can be an effective and efficient model of care through the development of clinical pathways. The ethical implications of case management are also considered. The thesis concludes with recommendations for the continued development of case management as a model of care to improve the quality of care for both patients and the organisation. During the course of the thesis, other areas that are worth further investigation have also been identified, such as the relevance of case management to different cultures. The thesis suggests that a proposal for case management for complex patients in the acute care setting is developed along with a job description for the role of the case manager. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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908 |
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McClunie-Trust, P. |
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Body boundaries and discursive practices in life threatening illness: Narratives of the self |
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2000 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Nurse-family relations; Nursing; Ethics |
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This thesis tells a story from within and between the boundaries of my professional work as a nurse and my private life as the wife of a patient with life threatening illness. The events related in the thesis are told using a technique I have called writing back to myself, where my own journals and stories of the experience of living with life threatening illness provide data for analysis. The reader is invited to participate in these representations and to consider the potential for the skilful practice of nursing which may be read in the stories, and the analysis I have developed from them. I have developed the theoretical and methodological positionings for the thesis from the work of Foucault (1975,1979,1982,1988), Deleuze (1988), Ellis (1995), Richardson (1998) and other writers who utilise genealogical or narrative approaches. The analysis of my own stories in the thesis explores the philosophical and contextual positionings of the nurse as a knowledge worker through genealogies of practice and the specific intellectual work of the nurse. Local and contextual epistemologies are considered as ways of theorising nursing practice through personal knowledge, which is surfaced through the critical analysis of contextual positionings and the process of writing as inquiry. |
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791 |
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