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Van der Krogt, Shelley; Coombs, Maureen; Rook, Helen |
| Title |
Humour: a purposeful and therapeutic tool in surgical nursing practice |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2020 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
36 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
20-30 |
| Keywords |
Communication; Humour; Surgical nursing; Person-centred care |
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Notes the lack of evidence-based guidance for use of humour by nurses. Uses a qualitative descriptive methodology to explore how surgical nurses determine when and how to employ humour with patients. Enrols 9 RNs working in a surgical ward within a tertiary hospital in semi-strutured interviews to discuss how they assess patient receptiveness, build connections with patients and protect their vulnerability. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1677 |
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Vick, Margaret; Dannenfeldt Gudrun; Shaw, Bill |
| Title |
Do students training to be health-care workers have compassionate attributes? |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki Nursing Research |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
8 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
16-22 |
| Keywords |
Compassion; Health care students; Surveys; Measurements |
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Measures the extent to which health-care students began their training with compassionate attributes. Defines compassion as an awareness of others and a desire to help, using a non-judgmental approach. Highlights the significance of compassion in health care. Provides a self-administered 'compassion to others' psychometric scale to measure compassionate attributes to 146 students enrolled in the first semester of nursing, midwifery and social work at the Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec). Analyses data using the SPSS and ANOVA for descriptive statistics and predictive information. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1538 |
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Vuorinen, Minna |
| Title |
Registered nurses' experiences with, and feelings and attitudes towards, interRAI-LTCF in New Zealand in 2017 |
Type |
Book Whole |
| Year |
2017 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Issue |
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Pages |
157 p. |
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InterRAI-LTCF; Registered Nurses; Aged residential care; Surveys |
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Conducts 12 interviews with Registered Nurses (RN) 18 months after the International Resident Assessment Instrument for Long-Term Care Facilities (interRAI-LTCF) became mandatory in NZ. Bases the interviews on a United Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. Analyses the benefits and drawbacks of InterRAI-LTCF according to RN experience, and what they feel would improve the system. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1815 |
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| Author |
Wailling, Joanna |
| Title |
How healthcare professionals in acute care environments describe patient safety: a case study |
Type |
Book Whole |
| Year |
2016 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Issue |
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Pages |
169 p. |
| Keywords |
Patient safety; Acute care; Safety capability; Case studies |
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Explores how patient safety is described from the perspective of clinicians and organisational managers in a NZ acute-care hospital, using embedded case study design. Conducts three interviews with health-care managers and 6 focus groups, comprising 19 doctors and 19 nurses. Develops the theoretical concept of safety capability: the ability to provide safe patient care based on resilient culture, anticipation and vigilance, along a continuum of safety levels. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1698 |
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| Author |
Walker, Leonie |
| Title |
Do New Zealand's nursing students know how to access health-promotion services and look after their own health? |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
35 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
7-17 |
| Keywords |
Nursing students; Health promotion; Health information; Self-care |
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Examines nursing students' knowledge about services, their access to facilities and their confidence in referring sources of health promotion to other students. Offers a web-based survey to nursing students at 23 nursing schools providing undergraduate nursing education in NZ. Conducts descriptive statistical analysis and compares groups based on age, year of study and ethnicity, using 2-sample t-tests. Describes the responses regarding service availability, health-promoting aspects of each campus, and confidence in provision of health advice. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1608 |
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| Author |
Weatherly, Kate |
| Title |
OPIVA refined – a human-centred approach to outpatient intravenous antibiotic treatment |
Type |
Book Whole |
| Year |
2021 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Issue |
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Pages |
457 p. |
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OPIVA (Outpatient Intravenous Antibiotic) service; Outpatients; District nursing; Medical technology design |
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Employs human-centred design (HCD) methods to explore how the medical devices that make up the Waitemata District Health Board's (Waitemata DHB) Outpatient Intravenous Antibiotic (OPIVA) service could be redesigned to improve the experiences of patients within the service. Surveys patients and district nursing staff about improving the usability, aesthetics and ergonomics of the elastomeric infuser and redesigning the storage bag to be wearable under clothing. Proposes a new system to replace the surgical tape used to hold the IV lines in place and advocates for patient experience inclusion in the redesign of the devices. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1756 |
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| Author |
Weber, Heidi |
| Title |
Deciding on a safe site for intramuscular injections in an acute mental health setting |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2023 |
Publication |
Kaitiaki Nursing Research |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
14 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
58-61 |
| Keywords |
Intramuscular injections; Mental health patients |
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Aims to provide practical guidance for health-care providers to ensure the safe and effective administration of intramuscular injections, when there is the potential for violence and agitation, as well as during personal restraint. Undertakes a realist review of the evidence comparing the dorsogluteal and ventrogluteal sites. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1852 |
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| Author |
Were, Katie Jane |
| Title |
Early Career Nurses: The relationship between Organisational Climate and Job Satisfaction and Burnout |
Type |
Book Whole |
| Year |
2016 |
Publication |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Graduate nurses; Organisational culture; Job satisfaction; Burn-out; District health boards; Nurse Entry to Practice (NETP); Nurse Entry to Speciality Practice (NESP) |
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Identifies early-career nurses' perceptions of their first two years of clinical practice, and how the organisational climate at a District Health Board (DHB) within NZ impacts on their success in clinical practice. Determines the relationship between three aspects of organisational climate -- nursing relationships, charge-nurse manager leadership, and staff organisation -- and early-career nurses' perceptions of job satisfaction and burnout. Receives 91 responses to a mixed-method survey. Identifies significant themes that emerged from thematic analysis: supervisor support, emotional labour, workload and staffing relations. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1556 |
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| Author |
Westenra, Belinda |
| Title |
A framework for cultural safety in paramedic practice |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services |
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Issue |
26 |
Pages |
11-17 |
| Keywords |
Paramedic; Diversity; Cultural safety; Sociological framework |
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Critically considers the application of cultural safety to working with diversity in paramedic practice in NZ. Presents a sociological framework, based on Mills's concept of 'sociological imagination' to analyse the connections between social and cultural factors in NZ and the author's professional experience. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1631 |
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Westrate, Jan; Cummings, Cathy; Boamponsem, Louis; Towers, Andy |
| Title |
What factors influence compliance with health and disability service standards for aged residential care in New Zealand? |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki Nursing Research |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
10 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
47-53 |
| Keywords |
Standards; Aged care; Compliance; Certification; Audits |
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Compares compliance with health and disability services standards (HDSS) in aged residential care (ARC) in 2016 with previous years, and relates the findings to the increase in complaints among the public. Quantifies the degree to which 185 ARC facilities complied with HDSS, and reports their level of compliance. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1624 |
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| Author |
Wiapo, Coral; Clark, Terryann |
| Title |
Weaving together the many strands of Indigenous nursing leadership: Towards a whakapapa model of nursing leadership |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2022 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
38 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
4-11 |
| Keywords |
Nursing leadership; Whakapapa; Maori nursing; Transformational leadership; Adaptive leadership; Trait Theory; Wayfinder Leadership |
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Argues that existing mainstream models of nursing leadership, with the addition of matauranga Maori concepts, can be fused into a new Whakapapa nursing leadership model using a Kaupapa Maori approach, that will enhance outcomes for Maori nurse leaders. Discusses the contribution from four existing leadership models: transformational, adaptive, trait theory, and wayfinder. Explains the six conceptual strands of the Whakapapa model of leadership. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1804 |
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Wiapo, Coral; Sami, Lisa; Komene, Ebony; Wilkinson, Sandra; Davis, Josephine; Cooper, Beth; Adams, Sue |
| Title |
From kaimahi to enrolled nurse: A successful workforce initiative to increase Maori nurses in primary health care |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2023 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
39 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
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Enrolled nurses; Kaimahi; Maori nurses; Kaupapa Maori; Primary health care |
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Describes a national initiative to increase the capacity and capability of the Maori health workforce by supporting kaimahi (unregulated health workers) to become enrolled nurses (EN) delivering care within their communities. Uses Kaupapa Maori principles to create a strengths-based framework, focusing on self-determination and validating Matauranga Maori (Maori knowledge). Outlines the key components of the Earn as you Learn model. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1830 |
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| Author |
Wilkinson, Jill |
| Title |
Marking 50 years of nurse education in the tertiary sector |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2023 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
39 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
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| Keywords |
Nursing education; Tertiary education |
| Abstract |
Reflects on the past 50 years of nursing education in light of the author's own experience of making the transition from hospital training to polytechnic education and then undertaking an RN to BN programme. Considers the challenges to nurse educators for the future education of nurses. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1828 |
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| Author |
Wilkinson, Jillian Ann |
| Title |
The New Zealand nurse practitioner polemic : a discourse analysis : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand |
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Book Whole |
| Year |
2007 |
Publication |
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Issue |
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Pages |
308 pp. |
| Keywords |
Nurse practitioners; Nursing history; Advanced nursing practice; Nursing identity; Discourse analysis; Nursing regulation; Surveys |
| Abstract |
Traces the development of the nurse practitioner role in NZ since its establishment in 2001, using a discourse analytical approach to examine those discourses that have defined the role. Employs both textual and discursive analysis of texts from published literature and from nine interviews with individuals influential in the evolution of the role. Examines political perspectives and disciplinary practices dating back to the Nurses Registration Act of 1901. Considers the implications of an autonomous nursing profession in both practice and regulation. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1614 |
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| Author |
Willers, Shona; Jowsey, Tanisha; Chen, Yan |
| Title |
How do nurses promote critical thinking in acute care? A scoping literature review |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2021 |
Publication |
Nurse Education in Practice |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
53 |
Issue |
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Pages |
1-12 |
| Keywords |
Nursing education; Critical thinking; Acute care |
| Abstract |
Employs Arksey and O'Malley's framework to undertake a scoping literature review to find out how critical thinking is promoted among nursing learners such as students and junior nurses in acute care. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1774 |
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