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Author (up) Flynn, L.; Carryer, J.B.; Budge, C.
Title Organisational attributes valued by hospital, home care, and district nurses in the United States and New Zealand Type Journal Article
Year 2005 Publication Journal of Nursing Scholarship Abbreviated Journal
Volume 37 Issue 1 Pages 67-72
Keywords Organisational culture; Cross-cultural comparison; Nursing
Abstract The aim of this study was to determine whether hospital-based, home care, and district nurses identify a core set of organisational attributes in the nursing work environment that they value as important to the support of professional practice. Survey data, collected in 2002 2003 from 403 home care nurses in the United States and 320 district nurses in New Zealand, were pooled with an existing data set of 669 hospital-based nurses to conduct this descriptive, nonexperimental study. The importance of organisational attributes in the nursing work environment was measured using the Nursing Work Index-Revised (NWI-R). The authors found that at least 80% of hospital-based, home care, and district nurses either agreed or strongly agreed that 47 of the 49 items comprising the NWI-R represented organisational attributes they considered important to the support of their professional nursing practice. Mean importance scores among home care nurses, however, were significantly lower than were those of the other two groups. The authors conclude that the overall, hospital-based, home care, and district nurses had a high level of agreement regarding the importance of organisational traits to the support of their professional practice. The intensity of the attributes' importance was less among home care nurses. Further research is needed to determine whether this set of organisational traits, measured using the NWI-R, is associated with positive nurse and patient outcomes in home care and district nursing practice, as has been shown in acute care settings.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 886
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Author (up) Fogarty, K.
Title The assessment of competence in the novice nurse in the adult intensive care unit Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal Otago Polytechnic library. A copy can be obtained by contacting pgnursadmin@tekotago.ac.nz
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Intensive care nursing; Nursing specialties; Clinical assessment
Abstract This dissertation explores the assessment of nurses' clinical competence in the adult ICU setting. Specifically, methods for the assessment of competence are critiqued for their practical application to the novice nurse with less than six months experience in ICU. The assessment methods considered are continuous clinical assessment, self-assessment, peer review, objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), portfolio and computer assisted assessment. Several criteria are applied to the methods including the ability of each method to assess skills, knowledge and attitudes or values. Each method is critiqued for its implications in terms of cost and staffing resource, benefits and barriers to implementation. In addition, reliability and validity issues are considered for each method. The outcome of this exploration is the recommendation of a combination of methods; namely, portfolio and OSCE, for the assessment of competence in the ICU novice. The author concludes that this finding enhances current understanding within the ICU specialty of the multidimensional nature of competence assessment.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 574
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Author (up) Forbes, H.I.
Title Nursing students' perceptions of their education Type
Year 1990 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Canterbury Library
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 254 Serial 254
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Author (up) Fostekew, Sarah L; Andersen, Patrea R; Amankwaa, Isaac
Title Addison's disease and adrenal crisis: a phenomenological study of the patient experience Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 39 Issue 2 Pages
Keywords Addison's disease; Adrenal crisis; Patient experience; Surveys
Abstract Describes the lived experiences and issues central to patients with Addison's disease during hospitalisation due to adrenal crisis. Explores the experiences of six participants who had undergone one or more of these crises, and analyses the experiences using Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis. Three themes emerge: response, adjustment, and learning. Develops the Addison's and Adrenal Crisis Patient Experience model from the analysis
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1859
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Author (up) Foster, M.J.; Al-Modaq, M.; Carter, B.; Neill, S.; O'Sullivan, T.; Quaye, A.A.; Majamanda, M.; Abdullah, K.; Hallstrom, I.K.; English, C.; Vickers, A.; Coyne, I., Adama, E.; Morelius, E.
Title Seeing lockdown through the eyes of children from around the world: Reflecting on a children's artwork project Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 37 Issue 3 Pages 104-115
Keywords Child health; Mental health; Pandemics; COVID-19; Children's art
Abstract Illustrates the impact of the pandemic and children's experiences of lockdowns through their artwork. Describes a cross-cultural project in which members of the International Network for Child and Family-Centered Care collaborated to elicit children's responses to being locked down, compiling their artistic expressions into an eBook. Invites child and family nurses to use the insights provided to inform their interactions with children.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1739
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Author (up) Foster, Pam; Neville, Steven
Title Women over the age of 85 years who live alone : a descriptive study Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 26 Issue 1 Pages 4-13
Keywords Independence; Older women; Gerontological nursing; Living alone
Abstract Explores and describes experiences of older women who live alone in the community, and who are often perceived by both society and health professionals as frail and dependent. Employs a qualitative descriptive methodology to underpin a survey of 5 older women living alone in their own homes, and analyses the data using a general inductive approach. Identifies 3 themes that emerge from the data.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1451
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Author (up) Foster, Pamela Margaret
Title What undergraduate nurse education actually teaches student nurses about people named as older: A Foucauldian discourse analysis Type Book Whole
Year 2020 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 198 p.
Keywords Nursing education; Aged care; Nurses' perceptions; Stereotypes
Abstract Traces the origins of gerontology knowledge among student nurses while considering how people designated as older are perceived by the student nurse, and the effects of functional decline and biomedical discourses on their views of older people when on clinical placement in aged residential care (ARC) facilities. Hghlights the contested domain of gerontology knowledge to generate dialogue about how older age is actually represented in student nurse education, as the current iteration perpetuates stereotypical assumptions about older age.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1745
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Author (up) Foster, Pamela; Payne, Deborah; Neville, Stephen
Title An exploration of how nurse education practices may influence nursing students' perception of working in aged care as a registered nurse: A Foucauldian discourse analysis Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 38 Issue 2 Pages 23-31
Keywords Nursing education; Nursing students; Aged care; Employment
Abstract Argues that undergraduate nurse education contributes to the problem of too few nurses choosing to work in aged care, by constructing working in aged care as a lower-status or less valuable area of work than other health-care areas. Examines the issue using Foucauldian discourse analysis to explore the dominant discourses being deployed in relation to clinical experience in aged care. Collects data through semi-structured interviews with 10 senior academic staff members from NZ tertiary institutions. Analyses interview data to reveal how a 'nurse education discourse' and a 'work-ready discourse' were shaping perceptions of aged care as a clinical experience in a variety of ways. Suggests that how and why aged care is utilised as a space to learn a range of nursing skills has the unintended effect of devaluing and discouraging employment in aged care settings.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1806
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Author (up) Foster, S.
Title The relationship of physical activity to health in elder adulthood Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7 Issue 12 Pages 24-27
Keywords Older people; Geriatric nursing; Health behaviour; Age factors
Abstract This article discusses the importance of physical activity in the health of older people, in the context of holistic perspectives of elder adulthood and theories of ageing and recent research. The wide ranging role of the gerontologic nurse specialist is explored.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1285
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Author (up) Fourie, W.; McDonald, S.; Connor, J.; Bartlett, S.
Title The role of the registered nurse in an acute mental health inpatient setting in New Zealand: Perceptions versus reality Type Journal Article
Year 2005 Publication International Journal of Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal Available online from Coda: An institutional repository for the ITP sector
Volume 14 Issue 2 Pages 134-141
Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Nurse-patient relations; Organisational change
Abstract This study compared the perceptions that registered psychiatric nurses have of their roles with their actual practice. Following the closure of large scale psychiatric institutions in New Zealand, there was was an increased demand for limited beds in acute inpatient facilities for acutely mentally ill patients. This change in location and downsizing of acute inpatient beds challenged traditional roles of mental health nursing, resulting in confusion over what roles mental health nurses should now perform in the new context of care. This qualitative descriptive exploratory study observed nursing practice on three selected wards and used focus group interviews to establish from registered nurses what they perceived their roles to be. A key finding of this study was that many of the nursing roles related to delivering care from a crisis management perspective, which covers aspects such as assessment, stabilisation of symptoms and discharge planning. Participants also believed that the therapeutic relationship was a fundamental role in inpatient care. Nurses used any opportunity to make it a reality such as kitchen organisation, medications, or dealing with a challenging patient. This study highlighted the complexity of the roles that nurses performed and went some way to give voice to what at times seems an invisible practice.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 875
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Author (up) Fourie, W.; Oliver, J.D.
Title Defining currency of practice for nurse educators Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 18 Issue 3 Pages 30-39
Keywords Quality assurance; Professional competence; Education
Abstract Recent Nursing Council of New Zealand guidelines for competence-based practising certificates and the fact that all nurse educators must have a current practising certificate prompted the Nursing Schools within the Tertiary Accord of New Zealand (TANZ) to explore issues surrounding current competency in practice and how this can be maintained by nurse educators. The authors note that discussions related to competence-based practising certificates generally refer to competence only in terms of direct patient care. They set out to clarify the issue with specific reference to nurse educators who, by the nature of their scope of practice, often do not carry a patient caseload. They review the literature relating to currency of practice and draw on the findings of a survey of TANZ Nursing Schools and provide a position on how currency of practice applies to nurses working in an educational setting. They present strategies to maintain clinical, teaching and scholarly currency and make some suggestions for providing evidence that currency of practice is maintained.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 614
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Author (up) Fowlie, L.G.
Title Gastric tube placement in neonates Type
Year 1997 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 255 Serial 255
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Author (up) Fox, R.A.
Title The antenatal education needs of Maori women in the Tainui region Type
Year 1997 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 347 Serial 347
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Author (up) Foxall, Donna
Title Barriers in education of indigenous nursing students : a literature review Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 29 Issue 3 Pages 18-30
Keywords Recruitment; Retention; Nurse education; Cultural safety; Maori
Abstract Reports the findings of a review of the literature that sought to identify key barriers for indigenous tertiary nursing students in NZ. Reveals the barriers to recruitment and retention of nursing students, and strategies to overcome them. Stresses the need for partnerships between academic institutes and indigenous communities to ensure the provision of a culturally-safe environment for Maori nursing students.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1487
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Author (up) Framp, A.
Title Diffuse gastric cancer Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication Gastroenterology Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 29 Issue 3 Pages 232-238
Keywords Maori; Nursing; Diseases; Case studies; Cancer; Oncology
Abstract This article provides an overview of gastric cancer using a unique case study involving a Maori family genetically predisposed to diffuse gastric cancer. The pathophysiology of diffuse gastric cancer, including prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment, along with important patient considerations is highlighted.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 691
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