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Author Cadigan, Karen url  openurl
  Title Supporting the struggling nursing student in clinical practice : a qualitative descriptive study Type Book Whole
  Year 2017 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages (down) 97 p.  
  Keywords Nursing students; Clinical placement; Clinical practice; Clinical Lecturers; Nursing education  
  Abstract Utilises a descriptive design methodology to explore the experiences of 14 clinical lecturers who work alongside student nurses in the clinical practice component of the nursing education programme. Highlights issues facing students in the clinical environment. Identifies potential strategies to support struggling student nurses in clinical practice.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1583  
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Author Hutton, Gemma url  openurl
  Title How do rural nurse specialists in South Westland perceive their personal safety whilst working in isolation? Type Book Whole
  Year 2018 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages (down) 97 p.  
  Keywords Rural nursing; Personal safety; Rural conditions  
  Abstract Identifies how rural nurse specialists (RNS) working in South Westland (SW) perceiver their personal safety in a rural environment as compared with an urban one. Uses a focus group to explore RNS responses and to identify the following themes related to safety in isolated environments: community, pressure to perform, and luck versus planning for safety. Suggests recommendations for future practice.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1665  
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Author Hardy, D.J.; O'Brien, A.P.; Gaskin, C.J.; O'Brien, A.J.; Morrison-Ngatai, E.; Skews, G.; Ryan, T.; McNulty, N. openurl 
  Title Practical application of the Delphi technique in a bicultural mental health nursing study in New Zealand Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 46 Issue 1 Pages (down) 95-109  
  Keywords Clinical assessment; Biculturalism; Professional competence; Psychiatric Nursing; Maori  
  Abstract The aim of this paper is to detail the practical application of the Delphi technique as a culturally and clinically valid means of accessing expert opinion on the importance of clinical criteria. Reference is made to a bicultural New Zealand mental health nursing clinical indicator study that employed a three-round reactive Delphi survey. Equal proportions of Maori and non-Maori nurses (n = 20) and consumers (n = 10) rated the importance of 91 clinical indicator statements for the achievement of professional practice standards. Additional statements (n = 21) suggested by Delphi participants in round 1 were included in subsequent rounds. In round 2, participants explained the rating they applied to statements that had not reached consensus in round 1, and summarised responses were provided to participants in round 3. Consensus was considered to have been achieved if 85% of round 3 ratings lay within a 2-point bracket on the 5-point Likert-scale overall, or in one of the Maori nurse, non-Maori nurse, or consumer groups. A mean rating of 4.5 after round 3 was set as the importance threshold. Consensus occurred overall on 75 statements, and within groups on another 24. Most statements (n = 86) reached the importance benchmark. The authors conclude that when rigorous methods of participant selection, group composition, participant feedback, and determination of consensus and importance are employed, the Delphi technique is a reliable, cost-effective means of obtaining and prioritising experts' judgements.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1060  
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Author Hughes, F. openurl 
  Title Nurses at the forefront of innovation Type Journal Article
  Year 2006 Publication International Nursing Review Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 53 Issue 2 Pages (down) 94-101  
  Keywords Organisational culture; Technology; Policy; Nursing  
  Abstract This paper explores the concept of innovation in nursing, the inherent set of characteristics that need to be present in order for innovations to succeed, and the barriers that impede innovation from occurring. Successful innovations developed and implemented by nurses are featured, and organisational factors necessary to support innovation are described. This paper is based on a presentation given by the author at the 23rd Quadrennial ICN Congress and 7th International Regulation Congress in Taipei in May 2005.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 796 Serial 780  
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Author Walsh, K.; Moss, C.; Lawless, J.; McKelvie, R.; Duncan, L. openurl 
  Title Puzzling practice: A strategy for working with clinical practice issues Type Journal Article
  Year 2008 Publication International Journal of Law and Psychiatry Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 14 Issue 2 Pages (down) 94-100  
  Keywords Nursing philosophy; Clinical decision making; Problem solving  
  Abstract The authors share the evolution of innovative ways to explore, 'unpack' and re-frame clinical issues that exist in everyday practice. The elements of these processes, which they call 'puzzling practice', and the techniques associated with them, were delineated over a two year period by the authors using action theory based processes. The authors have evolved several different frameworks for 'puzzling practice' which they draw on and use in their practice development work and in research practice. This paper pays attention to a particular form of puzzling practice that they found to be useful in assisting individual clinicians and teams to explore and find workable solutions to practice issues. In this example 'puzzling practice' uses seven different elements; naming the issue; puzzling the issue; testing the puzzle; exploring the heart of out practice; formulating the puzzle question; visualising the future; and generating new strategies for action. Each of the elements is illustrated by the story and the key foundations and ideas behind each element is explored.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 838  
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Author Banks, J.; McArthur, J.; Gordon, G. openurl 
  Title Flexible monitoring in the management of patient care process: A pilot study Type Journal Article
  Year 2000 Publication Lippincott's Case Management Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 5 Issue 3 Pages (down) 94-106  
  Keywords Hospitals; Cardiovascular diseases; Nursing  
  Abstract This article describes a study conducted on the internal medicine, general surgical, and vascular wards of a large metropolitan hospital to assess the impact of a networked monitoring system and portable patient monitors. This pilot study was developed to address the needs of hospital patients who require continuous non-invasive vital signs monitoring (including heart rate, non-invasive blood pressure, pulse oximetry, cardiac waveform monitoring) with the addition of surveillance from a cardiac intensive care area. Data were collected from 114 patients over a three-month period to identify a patient group that could be managed appropriately under the new system and to determine the effect that flexible monitoring had on patient care management. Findings include identification of a specific patient group that can be managed successfully outside the cardiac intensive care area using this system. Other findings suggest a way to improve the management of patient monitoring in the general ward areas.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1091  
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Author Smith, Abel; Fereti, Safaato'a; Adams, Sue url  openurl
  Title Inequities and perspectives from the COVID-Delta outbreak: the imperative for strengthening the Pacific nursing workforce in Aotearoa New Zealand Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 37 Issue 3 Pages (down) 94-103  
  Keywords COVID-19; Inequity; Pacific Island nurses; Pacific communities; Nursing workforce  
  Abstract Provides an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to Pacific communities, in order to identify the lessons for the health system and the Pacific nursing workforce. Cites data to show inequities for Pacific communities before and during the pandemic, to highlight the opportunities missed for prioritising them in the pandemic response. Reflects on the nursing response to COVID-19 in those Pacific communities, particularly the contribution of Pacific nurses, and how to strengthen the Pacific nursing workforce in the future.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1738  
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Author Heap, J. openurl 
  Title Enuresis in children and young people: A public health nurse approach in New Zealand Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Journal of Child Health Care Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 8 Issue 2 Pages (down) 92-101  
  Keywords Public health; Nursing specialties; Children; Adolescents  
  Abstract This article discusses a child/adolescent-centred primary nocturnal enuresis program and service that is administered by a group of public health nurses in South Auckland. Enuresis is the involuntary passing of urine. Many children and adolescents who are nocturnal enuretics exhibit behaviours such as low self-esteem, withdrawal, less ambition and increased anxiety. These children are often low achievers within the school system and become a problem for their family and school.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 708 Serial 694  
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Author Walsh, K.; McAllister, M.; Morgan, A.; Thornhill, J. openurl 
  Title Motivating change: Using motivational interviewing in practice development Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Practice Development in Health Care Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 3 Issue 2 Pages (down) 92-100  
  Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Hospitals; Motivation; Older people  
  Abstract The present paper draws on experiences and insights gained by a group of psychiatric nurse practice development facilitators whilst working with consumers, carers, clinicians and managers in the context of a practice development programme in a large metropolitan psychiatric hospital. The paper describes how the practice development facilitators were able to adapt techniques of motivational interviewing, commonly used in drug and alcohol treatment services, to help motivate change in an aged care setting. The lessons embedded within this experience are that people do want change, and that sustained change requires ownership and support. Practice development facilitators can assist in this process though the use of principles and strategies of motivational interviewing, which include increasing awareness of the need for change, supporting self-efficacy and managing resistance to change.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 718  
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Author Day, W. openurl 
  Title Women and cardiac rehabilitation: A review of the literature Type Journal Article
  Year 2003 Publication Contemporary Nurse Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 16 Issue 1-2 Pages (down) 92-101  
  Keywords Cardiovascular diseases; Gender; Nursing; Research  
  Abstract This literature review explores some of the issues related to women's experience of cardiac rehabilitation and demonstrates that women's experience may be different to that of men. Much of the research related to coronary heart disease (CHD) has been performed using either exclusively male populations or such small numbers of women that the results from the women studied were unable to be analysed independently. The author advocates that nurses working within this area of practice require an understanding of women's experience of recovery from a heart attack in order to better meet their needs.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 879  
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Author Lui, D.M.K. openurl 
  Title Nursing and midwifery attitudes towards withdrawal of care in a neonatal intensive care unit: Part 2. Survey results Type Journal Article
  Year 2003 Publication Journal of Neonatal Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 9 Issue 3 Pages (down) 91-96  
  Keywords Intensive care nursing; Paediatric nursing; Ethics; Attitude of health personnel  
  Abstract Discontinuation of life support measures for an extremely low birthweight or very premature baby is controversial and difficult for both the parents and the healthcare professional involved in caring for the infant. This study seeks to investigate the attitude of nurses and midwives to the withdrawal of care from sick neonates. Part 1 reviewed the literature on this subject. Part 2 reports the results of a survey carried out in a New Zealand NICU.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 966 Serial 950  
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Author Phillips, B.N. openurl 
  Title Nursing care and understanding the experiences of others: A Gadamerian perspective Type Journal Article
  Year 2007 Publication Nursing Inquiry Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages (down) 89-94  
  Keywords Nursing philosophy; Nurse-patient relations  
  Abstract This article investigates the process where nurses attempt to understand the experience of patients. The author argues that this transcends particular models of ill-health. Gadamerian hermeneutics, which has been used in nursing research to articulate the process of understanding, is elaborated on. Gadamer's exposition of understanding shows that practitioners need to be aware that understanding of other people is developed through a fusion of one's own history, language and culture with that of the other person. This occurs through a hermeneutic question-answer dialogue in which practitioners put their ideas at risk of being modified or rejected in the process. Understanding then, is a perceptual and conceptual process. In this way, the experience of nurses seeking to understanding those they nurse increases self-awareness, as well as enhancing their ability to further understand others.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 797 Serial 781  
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Author Crowe, M.; O'Malley, J.; Gordon, S. openurl 
  Title Meeting the needs of consumers in the community: A working partnership in mental health in New Zealand Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 35 Issue 1 Pages (down) 88-96  
  Keywords Community health nursing; Psychiatric Nursing; Patient satisfaction; Mental health  
  Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the services that community mental health nurses provide are meeting the needs of consumers in the community. This was a joint project between nurses and consumers. It was a service-specific descriptive research project utilising qualitative methods of data collection and analysis that provides a model for working in partnership. The results of this research identify collaboration in planning care and sharing information as two areas of concern but generally the consumers were very satisfied with the care provided by community mental health nurses. The analysis of the data suggests that consumers value nursing care because nurses provide support in their own home; they help consumers develop strategies for coping with their illness and their life; they provide practical assistance when it is required; they are vigilant about any deterioration or improvement; and they are available and accessible. The results of this study have demonstrated that nurses will remain critical to the success of community-based care because of their ability and willingness to be flexible to the demands of their own organisation and the users of services.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1087  
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Author DeSouza, R. openurl 
  Title Transforming possibilities of care: Goan migrant motherhood in New Zealand Type Journal Article
  Year 2005 Publication Contemporary Nurse Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 20 Issue 1 Pages (down) 87-101  
  Keywords Pregnancy; Transcultural nursing; Quality of health care; Attitude to health  
  Abstract This paper reports on a study of the maternity care experiences of women from Goa (India) in Auckland. Multiple research strategies were incorporated into the process to prevent reproduction of deficiency discourses. Interviews were carried out with Goan women who had experiences of migration and motherhood. The findings revealed that as a consequence of motherhood and migration, migrant mothers were able to reclaim and re-invent innovative solutions. Nurses and other health professionals can have a significant role in supporting women and their families undergoing the transition to parenthood in a new country and develop their knowledge and understanding of this dual transition.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 942  
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Author Wilson, D.; McBride-Henry, K.; Huntington, A.D. openurl 
  Title Family violence: Walking the tight rope between maternal alienation and child safety Type Journal Article
  Year 2005 Publication Contemporary Nurse Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 18 Issue 1-2 Pages (down) 85-96  
  Keywords Nursing; Domestic violence; Nurse-patient relations; Children  
  Abstract This paper discusses the complexity of family violence for nurses negotiating the 'tight rope' between the prime concern for the safety of children and further contributing to maternal alienation, within a New Zealand context. The premise that restoration of the mother-child relationship is paramount for the long-term wellbeing of both the children and the mother provides the basis for discussing implications for nursing practice. Evidence shows that when mothers are supported and have the necessary resources there is a reduction in the violence and abuse she and her children experience; this occurs even in situations where the mother is the primary abuser of her children. The family-centred care philosophy, which is widely accepted as the best approach to nursing care for children and their families, creates tension for nurses caring for children who are the victims of abuse as this care generally occurs away from the context of the family.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 698  
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