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Crowe, M. |
| Title |
Becoming a registered nurse |
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Journal Article |
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1997 |
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Nurse Education Today |
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17 |
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473-480 |
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This paper describes research carried out with clinical agencies and former students to ascertain the effectiveness of curriculum design within the third year of a problem-based Bachelor of Nursing programme.It shows that where holistic care, time management, prioritization of care, working as a team member, and sophisticated clinical reasoning were introduced as deliberate strategies in students' learning, the transition to the workplace was more successful |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 342 |
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342 |
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Crowe, M.; O'Malley, J. |
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Community mental health: who cares? |
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Miscellaneous |
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The interdepartmental Center for Postgraduate Studies is newly established within the University of Otago and intends to develop a research profile which is responsive to the health care of the community ad can provide a rigorous basis for teaching and postgraduate research. This study aims to determine:* the characteristics and needs of those people with a serious mental disorder who are cared for by community mental health nurses.* the characteristics of the community mental health nurse's role.* the environmental, political issues and policies which impact on the needs of patients and the role of the community mental health nurse.This is timely research given public concerns about mental health services, lack of integration in social and health policy and the impact of the Health Reforms on care delivery (National Health Committee, 1998; Howden-Chapman, 1998) but limited empirical data or systematic investigation of the issues from a service user, on the needs of users of community health services and their families, and the role of the community health nurse in meeting these needs |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 343 |
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343 |
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van Wissen, K.A.; Siebers, R.W.L. |
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Nurses' attitudes and concerns pertaining to HIV and AIDS |
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Journal Article |
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1993 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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8 |
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1 |
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40-42 |
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A pilot study was conducted to identify nurses' attitudes and concerns pertaining to the care of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Data was collected using an anonymous voluntary questionnaire , which was made available to all nurses at a Wellington area Health Board (New Zealand) hospital. Of 652 nursing staff, 286 (51%) responded, of which 74 (25.9%) had previously attended an HIV/AIDS workshop for Area Health Board staff. Of those staff handling blood, 132 (49.4%) always wore gloves, and only half of the respondents (n=148.51%) treated all body fluids as potentially HIV positive. The possible attrition rate from nursing positions in the canvassed hospital ws 2.8%, with a further 43 (15.0%) undecided about resigning from their post. Only 36 nurses (12.5%) believed the employer did not provide adequate safety measures. The provision of education regarding HIV/AIDS, by the employer, ws considered inadequate by 61 (21.3%) respondents. This study demonstrates that further safety and education needs should be attended to or reinforced |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 344 |
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344 |
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McLauchlan, M.F. |
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Women's place: an exploration of current discourses of childbirth |
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1997 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 345 |
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345 |
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Pairman, S. |
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The midwifery partnership: an exploration of the midwife/women relationship |
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1998 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 346 |
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346 |
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Fox, R.A. |
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The antenatal education needs of Maori women in the Tainui region |
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1997 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 347 |
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347 |
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Gully, E.M. |
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A retrospective case study of one wymyns experience of a life threatening/challenging illness |
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1998 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 348 |
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348 |
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Parr, J.E. |
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The stories of colleagues, patients and their partners reflecting on the impact a life threatening cancer has on intimacy and sexual needs |
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1998 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 349 |
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349 |
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Pearson, J.R. |
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An exploration of empowerment and the conditions that empower students in a nursing education context |
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1996 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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Victoria University, Whitireia Community Polytechn |
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13 |
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3 |
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45-55 |
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At Whitireira Community Polytechnic the curriculum philosophy for the Bachelor of Nursing Degree Programme is based on the Treaty of Waitangi, which provides a framework to articulate the concepts of Partnership, Governorship, Advocacy and Empowerment. This paper will describes a research study that aimed to explore the phenomenon of empowerment from the perspective of the student nurse.Using grounded theory methodology, emancipatory and feminist philosophies. Six year Two nursing participants were interviewed and asked to define the term empowerment and give exemplers of moments when they had been empowered in a teaching/learning context. Analysis of data led to the discovery of a theory and development of a theoretical model that described the conditions and consequences that led to empowerment or disempowerment for the student.The theoretical model will be presented and explained, and the conditions that enhanced empowerment will be explored. Recommendations from the research included the need for relevant preparation for students prior to clinical placement, preparation of clinicians through preceptor pregrammes, greater awareness by registered nurses of the communication that is effective in supporting student nurses and support for assisted reflection for students following clinical placements. It was further recommended that the theoretical model be tasted in other contexts |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 351 |
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351 |
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Crowe, M. |
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Doing what no normal woman would do |
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1999 |
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Department of Film,Media &Cultural Studies Griffit |
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This text begins with a discourse analysis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (fourth edition, 1994 – DSM -IV- to illustrate the discursive construction of mental disorder. The analysis identifies how productivity, moderation, entariness and rationality are constructed by this psychiatric discourse as the fundamental attributes of normality. It is argued that this discursive construction of normality has particular implications for the subject positions available to women.The text explores how those subject positions are constituted by analysing the narratives of women who have been diagnosed as having a mental disorder. Its object is to explore how the categories 'mental disorder' and 'women' are constituted; the effect this has on some women's experiences; and to offer a feminist interpretation of those experiences. The text explores the meaning of these women's experiences and proposes that their responses can be regarded as tactical responses to the non-recognition, or disconfirming recognition, accorded to the subject positions available to them.The women's tactical responses although taking different forms, reveal some commonalities in their responses to a lack of recognition for their performances: shame regarding the body which marks them as women; a sense of meaningless and emptiness in the available performances; a sense of themselves as objects for the use of others; passive performances as self-protective tactics; a need to suppress anger; and a tension between cultural expectations of normality and their own subjective experiences. The tactical responses that these women had employed take the form of over-conformity, withdrawal and resistance. They reflect that Sass (1992:58) describes as attempts to escape the 'form of the real'. It is the women's body which establishes her engendered subjectivity and it is through the body that the tensions related to her expected performances emerge. Each women's tactical response is imbued with multiple and sometimes contradictory meanings that may represent their ambivalence in relational to the cultural expectations for productive, moderate, unitary and rational performances. To enable the meaning of the women's distress to emerge it is necessary that it be recognised by interpretations that reflect their multiple and contradictory form.Alternative readings of these women's tactical responses position the desire for recognition as central. It proposes that it is necessary to pay attention to both the literal and figurative functions of language. The possibility of 'advancing our understanding of social life' (Gergen, women constructed as mentally disordered. These readings of the narratives require an understanding of the context and construction of the narrator's life and opens up the possibility for multiple understandings that do not necessarily privilege productivity, moderation, unitariness and rationality.By attending to the significance of the women's narratives this text proposes that the DSM-IV's (1994) construction of mental disorder of effectively marginalises women's experiences of their culturally determined subject positions. It acknowledges the need to understand how women symbolize their distress in a way that creates and communicates meaning |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 352 |
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352 |
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Isles, P. |
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What difference does academic study make to the practice of RGN's or RGON's? – a longitudinal study in progress 1999 |
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1999 |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 353 |
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353 |
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Novak, L. |
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Post-operative pain and coping strategies |
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Journal Article |
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1988 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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4 |
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1 |
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25-27 |
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Post-operative pain is often managed by nurses administering prescribed analgesia four hourly. In contrast to previous studies, the present study is focused on the person experiencing the pain. Five women who were undergoing abdominal hysterectomy agreed to participate in an exploratory study that looked at their pain experience and the coping strategies used |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 354 |
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354 |
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Clinical Training Agency, |
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National review of clinical training agency funded advanced mental health nursing programme |
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1998 |
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CTA – HFA – NZNO Library |
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In 1997, Advanced Mental Health Nursing Programmes were funded nationally by the Clinical Training Agency using the funds made available subsequent to the 1996 Mason Report. The training leads to an award of either a post graduate certificate or diploma awarded by a tertiary education provider.A review was conducted with the aim to monitor the impact on service provision of advanced mental health nurse practitioner training. This was done by obtaining feedback through using an agreed standard questionnaire from course participants and mental health service providers.In seeking to learn more about the impact of these programmes, the CTA identified the following key issues:- what effect the courses may have had on mental health workforce make-up, skills and retention.- perceptions of programme delivery and content.- the impact on service delivery.Overall findings are shared which highlight that the course was seen as well organised and participants and service providers would recommend it to their colleagues. The greatest effect of the course appeared to be in developing more understanding of clinical supervision. Participating in the course had also led to positive changes in relationships with the clients and colleagues for more than three quarters of the group.The provision of an Advanced Mental Health Nursing Programme in 1997 has had many positive effects. The funding strategy and delivery models that have evolved may provide a useful template for other nursing specialty areas |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 355 |
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355 |
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van Wissen, K.A.; Woodman, K. |
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Nurses' attitudes and concerns to HIV/AIDS: a focus group approach |
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Journal Article |
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1994 |
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Journal of Advanced Nursing |
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20 |
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6 |
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1141-1147 |
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An exploratory qualitative study was investigated to further identify nurses'' attitudes to the care of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodefiency syndrome (AIDS). This follows as a sequel to a study using questionnaire. Data collected from nine focus groups attended by a total of 29 nurses at a hospital within a new Zealand regional health authority. The principal findings suggest that nurses' attitudes to this patient group are varied and depend on social influences, personal experiences and the extent of knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS. Other concerns raised included nurses' rights to choose to care for HIV-positive patients and the issue of universal precautions. Theses findings may have implications for further educational initiatives and information of hospital policy |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 356 |
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356 |
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Peters, B.C. |
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The perceived image and role of the nurse: an exploratory study of registered nurses' professional self-image |
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1988 |
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University of Waikato Library |
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This study explores the professional self-image of registered nurses, and investigates whether there were significant differences between Registered General and Obstetric nurses, and Comprehensive nurses; full-time staff; and between the work areas of Surgical, Medical and Obstetrics.A questionnaire designed by the researcher was used too collect data. From a stratified random sample of 230, a total of 209 Staff Nurses at Waikato Hospital completed the questionnaire (91% response). The sample was stratified by qualification, by type of employment, and by area of work.Results showed that overall in this study held a self-image not in keeping with the modern changing role of nursing. Significant differences were frequently found between full-time and part-time staff, and even fewer between the areas of work.Based on he results of this study, it was concluded that urgent action in needed to improve the self-esteem and self-image held by nurses, and even further research needs to be conducted into the following areas: attitudes, values and images held by nurses; attitudes and images held by the public, by patients and by student nurses |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 357 |
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357 |
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