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Bridge, R.; Grinter, K. |
| Title |
How prepared is your field of nursing to care for people with AIDS? |
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The aim of this study was to investigate what attitudes do District Nurses have towards people with AIDS and what knowledge do they have of AIDS. It is hoped that the results will help indicate the direction of future inservice education.102 District Nurses were given a questionnaire that examined knowledge and attitudes, using both Yes/No responses, and a five point likert scale.The results show that there is a relationship between knowledge and attitudes (p=3.8%). Attitudes were generally more positive than knowledge. The study indicated that attitudes deteriorated with increasing age whereas they improved with increasing experience. For those who claimed to have had little or no education the study showed a relationship between lower knowledge and poorer attitudes. The study showed that further education is needed in areas such as: transmission of HIV, care involved for people with AIDS, resources available and the issues surrounding this disease |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 406 |
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406 |
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Brownie, S.M. |
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Management perspectives of the second evel nurse |
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1993 |
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National Library, NZNO Library, |
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This study presents information, obtained from health service managers, on the present use and possible future use of second level nurses within the region encompassing the Wanganui, Rangitikei, Manawatu, Tararua, Palmerston North City and Horowhenua districts. “ Second level nurses” are currently known as enrolled nurses and, in accordance with Section 53A of the 1983 Amendment to the Nurses Act, are required to work under the direction and supervision of registered nurses or medical practitioners. Enrolled nurses are usually allocated less responsibility for nursing assessment and judgement than registered nurses.Management perspectives, from seventy seven health workforce managers, were sought in relation to the future workforce need, the scope and boundaries of practice, and the alternatives for the future educational preparation of second level nurses. Seventy two percent of managers said that they thought enrolled nurses were essential to New Zealand's future nursing workforce. They predicted increased opportunities for enrolled nurses in care of the elderly and community care settings. Patterns in the current workforce utilization of enrolled nurses, however, did not support these views.In relation to the education of enrolled nurses, managers indicated that hospital-based training was the most preferred option. However, managers asserted that, in view of the current lack of employment opportunities no more enrolled nurses should be prepared at the present time.Although questions about education were focussed on the educational preparation of enrolled nurses, many of the respondent managers also expressed opinions about the educational preparation of comprehensive nurses. As a result, an evaluation of comprehensive nursing programmes is suggested.While the numbers of second level nurses being prepared and used is decreasing, there is a concomitant increase in the preparation and use of caregivers. This rapidly increasing group isfast becoming a “cheaper” second level workforce. The increase in the use of caregivers is seen to result from the pressure on healthcare employers to reduce spending within the current highly competitive, de-regulated economy. Managers asserted that enrolled nurses are not cost effective in comparison with either caregivers or registered nurses.The study concludes with thirteen recommendations which are made under the following four groups;1. Manawatu Polytechnic – provider of nursing education.2. Healthcare employers – users of nursing education.3. Enrolled nurses – participants in nursing education.4. Professional nursing bodies – guardians of nursing education |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 407 |
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Favell, M.E. |
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Plunket Nursing in a social, political and historical context: clients' perspectives of mothering and nursing |
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1997 |
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Otago University Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 408 |
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408 |
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Henderson, A.P. |
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Nursing a colonial hangover: towards bicultural planning in New Zealand |
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1994 |
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University of Otago Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 409 |
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409 |
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Blanchard, D.L. |
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Nursing practice in the changing health care environment “just keep going until you see it right” |
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1995 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 410 |
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410 |
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Walsh, C. |
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Psychiatric nursing: a feminist perspective on nursing practice |
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1995 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 411 |
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411 |
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Prebble, K.; McDonald, B. |
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Adaptation to the mental health setting: the lived experience of comprehensive nurse graduates |
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1997 |
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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing |
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6 |
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1 |
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30-36 |
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The aim of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore the experience of new comprehensive nursing graduates as they adapted to working in the acute psychiatric setting. Interviews were conducted with four participants, focussing on their current work experiences and how the philosophical beliefs and values derived from their educational preparation fit with those they encountered within the practice setting. The data were analysed by noting common experiences, values and meanings and identifying the themes as they emerged. The themes were: transition to practice, conflict, contradiction, structural constraints, and the reality of the psychiatric setting. The results of the study confirm the concern that has been voiced by new graduates about the quality and quantity of current orientation programmes. Conflicting values and beliefs concerning the nature of mental health/psychiatric nursing has also become evident. It appears that the graduates' Comprehensive nursing preparation may have contributed to their feelings of unease as they attempted to fit their own values and beliefs about nursing with those of the acute psychiatric setting |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 412 |
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412 |
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Buick-Constable, B. |
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New Zealand Professional Association: a case study: The New Zealand Registered Nurses' Association |
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1967 |
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New Zealand Nursing Journal |
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unpublished |
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March |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 413 |
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413 |
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Dowland, J. |
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A look at nursing in three surgical wards |
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1975 |
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Management Services and Research Unit, Department |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 414 |
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Brown, E.F. |
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Work-related back pain among nurses: nurses perceptions of the causative factors |
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1999 |
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Christchurch School of Medicine – University of Ot |
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Work-related back pain among nurses is a problem of significant proportion. Nurses have a high rate of back pain compared to the general population and other occupational groups. There has been little reduction in the rates of nurses back pain and solutions to this complex problem continue to be elusive. Many quantitative studies have been undertaken examining and identifying the risk factors contributing to a high risk of back pain among nurses. Few of these studies focus on the complexities and context of the nurses physical and social environment. An exploration of these factors may assist to explain why interventions have not been successful and why the risk of back pain among nurses remains high.This study, using a qualitative methodology, explores nurses views and perceptions of the factors that they believe contribute to nurses having a high risk for work-related back pain. In-depth interviews were conducted with nurses working in previously identified high risk areas asking them about their perceptions of the risk factors and the activities that lead to risk situations for back pain. The strongest theme to emerge from the participant interviews was that it is the work demands from nursing that create and expose nurses to high levels of risk. Other risk factors identified were environmental hazards, equipment management and the physical work environment. The interview responses were analysed using two theoretical models of risk. The Health Belief Model examines risk behaviour using a cognitive psychological approach and the Social Model of Risk views all behaviour as influenced by the social environment. Both models offer explanations as to why nurses take actions that place them at risk for back pain. This study highlights the main ideas and concerns raised by the participants. It makes recommendations for managing the problem of work-related back pain in the nursing profession, and suggests areas where more research is needed |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 415 |
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Sargison, P.A. |
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From candles to computers: a bibliography of printed sources on the history of Nursing in New Zealand |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 416 |
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Bates, R. |
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On the theory and methodology of role: a contribution towards an interactive paradigm |
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1976 |
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Massey University Library |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 417 |
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417 |
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Thomson, S.C. |
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A study of the position of supervising sister in a New Zealand hospital |
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1971 |
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New Zealand Medical Journal |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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February |
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74-77 |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 418 |
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418 |
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Butler, A.M. |
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Nursing research in New Zealand – author index |
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1977 |
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NZNO Library, Wellington |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 419 |
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419 |
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Simich, M.-L. |
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Women in employment in New Zealand 1911-1926 |
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1978 |
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Auckland University Library |
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Includes superficial analysis of role of nurses & switch from private to hospital employment |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 420 |
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420 |
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