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Author Lauder, G.C.
Title Health in the workplace: An exploration of healthy options for an aged care setting Type
Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library
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Keywords Geriatric nursing; Health behaviour; Workplace
Abstract People working in aged care settings in New Zealand spend approximately 30% of their lives in their workplace. There is a challenge for workplaces to support people to maintain and improve their health status. This project investigated the question: How can workplaces support staff to maintain health in an aged care environment? The project concerned two considerations: primarily what people can do for themselves and how the organisation can assist their interest and maintain their investment in health based activities and secondly what workplaces can do to make the organisations more healthy. The philosophy and the realities of the workplace were reviewed and the project addressed the strategies that could be adopted by the workplace. The study identifies a series of practical activities and outcomes that aged care facilities can undertake for nurses/caregivers or other members of staff working in the workplace. The findings lead to recommendations about healthy outcomes and managing health and creating a positive climate for health within the workplace.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 605 Serial 591
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Author Williams, P.
Title The experience of being new in the role of Charge Nurse Type
Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal Auckland University of Technology Library
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Keywords Nursing
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 608 Serial 594
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Author Vallant, S.R.
Title Dialogue and monologue: The relationship between student nurse and nurse clinician: The impact on student learning Type
Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
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Keywords Students; Nursing; Mentoring
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 610 Serial 596
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Author Johns, S.
Title Being constrained and enabled: A study of pre-registration nursing students ethical practice Type
Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal Auckland University of Technology Library
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Keywords Ethics; Nursing; Students
Abstract This study uncovers the experience of being ethical from the perspective of pre-registration nursing students. Using the qualitative methodology of phenomenology, specifically that outlined by van Manen, it seeks to show how students act ethically within everyday practice. Providing nursing care is an ethically charged undertaking and despite ethics taking an increasingly important place in nursing education, the author suggests that few studies show the contextual nature of ethical practice from the perspective of students. This study aims to partly redress this situation. In this study the author has interpreted the experiences of twelve pre-registration students. Using seventeen stories shared by the student participants, the author's personal understandings and literature, the meaning of being ethical has been illuminated. Three themes emerged from the interpretation. These include 'keeping things 'nice'', 'being true to yourself' and 'being present'. This thesis asserts that the overarching theme within these themes is that of 'being constrained and enabled'. Being constrained shows the experiences of students as they live through the tensions of being and doing as they strive to be ethical. Being enabled shows the experience of self-determination. Finally the study maintains that the shaping of ethical practice for undergraduate students may be enhanced when their reality is positioned and valued within educational processes.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 614 Serial 600
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Author Stewart, L.
Title Stories from Pacific Island nurses: Why do Pacific Island Bachelor of Nursing students not return to their own countries after being scholarship recipients? Type
Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
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Keywords Pacific peoples; New graduate nurses; Students
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 618 Serial 604
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Author McDonald, S.
Title Registered nurses' perceptions of their role in acute inpatient care in New Zealand: A qualitative descriptive study Type
Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland
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Keywords Mental health; Psychiatric Nursing
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 620 Serial 606
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Author Topliss, J.
Title Nursing by telephone in mental health emergency settings: What underpins and informs clinical practice? Type Miscellaneous
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal Bill Robertson Library, Otago Polytechnic
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Keywords Mental health; Emergency nursing
Abstract This dissertation is an exploration of what underpins and informs clinical nursing practice by telephone in mental health emergency settings. A critical review of the literature provides the foundation for discussion. Points of reflection explore links between the literature and the author's own experience and thoughts about clinical practice. Findings are presented within three main sections. 'Historical Context' considers the development and function of mental health emergency service telephone work. Practical aspects are discussed under `Service Provision Context.' 'Nursing Context' explores the fundamental skills involved in clinical reasoning and the preparation of staff for telephone work. Whilst 'Best practice' in the area of nursing by telephone is yet to be well defined, this work aims to provide a foundation for further inquiry, research and dialogue.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 676 Serial 662
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Author Sheridan, N.F.
Title Mapping a new future: Primary health care nursing in New Zealand Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library
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Keywords Primary health care; Chronic diseases; Community health nursing; Nursing models
Abstract The aim of the study was to determine the practice of nurses employed in integrated care projects in New Zealand from late 1999 to early 2001. Integrated care was a major health reform strategy that emphasised primary health care as a means to improve service provision between the health sectors. An investigation of nurses' practice sought to determine the extent to which primary health care principles had been adopted in practice, as a comprehensive primary health care approach has been advocated globally in the management of chronic conditions; the leading cause of disability throughout the world and the most expensive problems faced by health care systems. The philosophical basis of the research was postpositivism. The study employed a quantitative non-experimental survey design because it allowed numeric descriptions of the characteristics of integrated care projects to be gained for the purpose of identifying nurses' practice. The unit of inquiry was the integrated care project, and 80 comprised the study population. Data were obtained on projects from expert informants (n=27) by telephone survey using a structured interview questionnaire developed by the researcher. Data obtained from interviews were statistically analysed in two stages. First, data were produced to comprehensively describe the characteristics of integrated care projects and nurses practice. The 'Public health interventions model' was used as a framework to analyses the interventions (activities) and levels of population-based practice of nurses. Following this, the social values embedded in nurses' practice were determined using 'Beattie's model of health promotion' as a framework for analysis. A strong association was found between nurses' practice in projects and strategies used in integrated care, such as information sharing, guideline development and promotion, and case management, and projects with an ethnic focus, low income focus, chronic condition focus, and well-health focus. Whilst nurses undertook interventions most frequently at the individual practice level they were also strongly associated with the small proportion of interventions that were undertaken at the community level. The majority of interventions by nurses reflected the health promotion value of health persuasion, indicating a paternalist and individual-oriented philosophy. Nurses were engaged in two interventions that indicated a collective-oriented philosophy – coalition building and community development, the latter reflecting health promotion values of negotiation, partnership and empowerment. The study demonstrated that nurses' practice in projects was predominantly centred on individual-focused population-based practice suggesting the need for a framework to assist nurses to transition their practice to include more activity at the community and systems levels. Without a reorientation of practice, nurses will remain limited in their ability to achieve health gains for populations. In response to this conclusion, and drawing on research results and reviewed literature, a new model, The 'Primary Health Care interventions model' was constructed. Recommendations include advocacy for the acceptance of the model by the health funder, professional nursing bodies, health organisations, educational institutions, nurses, communities, and individuals.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 679 Serial 665
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Author Wilson, B.
Title Maintaining equilibrium: The community mental health nurse and job satisfaction Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Keywords Community health nursing; Mental health; Job satisfaction; Stress
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 681 Serial 667
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Author Davies, M.
Title Lived experiences of nurses as they engage in practice at an advanced level within emergency departments in New Zealand Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
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Keywords Emergency nursing; Nurse practitioners; Advanced nursing practice
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 682 Serial 668
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Author Richardson, C.A.
Title Ever decreasing circles: Non-curative terminal illness, empowerment and decision making: Lessons for nursing practice Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Keywords Nursing; Palliative care; Terminal care; Psychology
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 683 Serial 669
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Author Betts, J.A.
Title Establishing and evaluating a nurse practitioner leg ulcer clinic: The journey Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library
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Keywords Nurse practitioners; Community health nursing
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 684 Serial 670
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Author Pirret, A.M.
Title The use of knowledge of respiratory physiology in critical care nurses' clinical decision-making Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
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Keywords Intensive care nursing; Clinical decision making
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 686 Serial 672
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Author Ross, M.E.
Title A study into the effects of the New Zealand health reforms of the 1990's on the role of the nurse manager Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Keywords Nurse managers; History; Policy
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 687 Serial 673
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Author Hames, P.V.M.
Title Patient advocacy: A concept analysis Type
Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
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Keywords Patient rights; Nursing; Nurse-patient relations
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 689 Serial 675
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