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Christensen, D.J.C. |
Title |
Integrating the terminology and titles of nursing practice roles: Quality, particularity and levelling |
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Journal Article |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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Volume |
14 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
4-11 |
Keywords |
Advanced nursing practice; Nursing specialties; Nursing models |
Abstract |
The author reconsiders the meaning of expert, specialist and advanced practice. She proposes that they are distinctive and complementary aspects of every nursing role and suggests a set of attributes for each. Expertise is discussed in terms of the quality of performance, speciality in relation to particularity of performance, and advanced practice with regard to the level of performance. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 658 |
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644 |
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Author |
Jones, B. |
Title |
Neonatal nurse practitioners: A model for expanding the boundaries of nursing culture in New Zealand |
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Journal Article |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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Volume |
14 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
28-35 |
Keywords |
Advanced nursing practice; Neonatal nursing; Interprofessional relations |
Abstract |
This article outlines the development of the neonatal nurse practitioner role in New Zealand as an example of one advanced practice nursing role. A model of how nursing culture changes to include roles that incorporate components that historically have been considered the domain of other health professionals is proposed. This article outlines some of the issues surrounding the neonatal nurse practitioner role, including the educational requirements for this role in New Zealand. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 659 |
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645 |
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Author |
Crowe, M. |
Title |
Mad talk: attending to the language of distress |
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Journal Article |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Nursing Inquiry |
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Issue |
March |
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This paper will examine how one woman, Madeleine's narrative can be constructed as symptomatic of the diagnosis of schizophrenia and how it can also be read from other perspectives, particularly a post-structural feminist one. The readings are presented as possibilities for understanding the woman's experiences and the implications of this for mental health nursing practice. A post-structural feminist reading acknowledges the gendered experiences of subjectivity and how those experiences are constructed in language.The purpose of this paper is to identify for mental health nursing practice an approach which recognises the figurative and literal characteristics of language in order to provide nursing care which positions the individual's experience of mental distress as central. This requires an acknowledgment of Madeleine's path into mental distress rather than simply a categorisation of what is observed in a clinical setting. Intervention may need to include a range of strategies: medical and non-medical, psychotherapeutic and social, physical and environmental. It may also require the provision of sanctuary and security while these options are explored |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 438 |
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438 |
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Author |
Woods, M. |
Title |
A nursing ethic: The moral voice of experienced nurses |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Nursing Ethics |
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Volume |
6 |
Issue |
5 |
Pages |
423-433 |
Keywords |
Ethics; Nursing; Education |
Abstract |
This article presents discussion on some of the main findings of a recently completed study on nursing ethics in New Zealand. An interpretation of a nurse's story taken from the study is offered and suggestions are made for nursing ethics education. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1092 |
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Author |
McKenna, B. |
Title |
Joint appointment: bridging the 'theory-practice' gap through collaboration |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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Volume |
5 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
14-16 |
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In New Zealand, there is a festering debate over a theory-practice gap in nursing. Joint appointments present as a potential solution to this issue. Joint appointments refer to a variety of arrangements whereby concurrent employment occurs within an educational institution and a clinical setting.Advantages for the appointees include job satisfaction, and professional growth. Clinical credibility for nurse educators enables improved facilitation of student learning. In clinical areas, benefits in patient care are associated with the marrying of academic rigor with clinical practice. Some appointees input into staff development, act as consultants on nursing issues and undertake research. Disadvantages in the concept focus on role conflict (incongruity between the roles) and role ambiguity (lack of clarity concerning expectations). Success of the ventures depends upon the personal attributes of appointees; realistic expectations; flexibility to allow the concept to evolve; and support from colleagues and management.This research describes a case study of a joint appointment between a nurse lecturer and a senior staff nurse in an acute forensic psychiatry unit. Advantages, disadvantages and reasons for success are discussed in relation to the literature findings. The discussion focuses on the need to develop research methodology to further clarify potential benefits and advantages |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 444 |
Serial |
444 |
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Author |
Lewer, D. |
Title |
Analysing the Mental Health Act |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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Volume |
5 |
Issue |
8 |
Pages |
14-16 |
Keywords |
Psychiatric Nursing; Mental health; Law and legislation; Ethics |
Abstract |
Changes brought by the Mental Health Act (MHA) to clinical practice, and some of the problems it has created for nurses, are examined in this article. Compulsory assessment and treatment orders (CATO) and the role of Duly Authorised Officers (DAO), and moral dilemmas that can arise as a consequence of CATOs used by DAOs are examined. The requirement for DAOs to act as patient advocates and to safeguard cultural beliefs are highlighted. The MHA promotes self responsibility and a treatment philosophy rather than detention of the mentally ill. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1039 |
Serial |
1023 |
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Author |
McKenna, B. |
Title |
Bridging the theory-practice gap |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
5 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
14-16 |
Keywords |
Psychiatric nursing; Nursing; Education; Teaching methods |
Abstract |
The author presents a case study of a joint appointment between a nurse lecturer and a staff nurse in an acute forensic psychiatry unit. He explores the advantages, disadvantages and reasons for success in relation to the findings of a survey of the literature on joint appointments. This technique is seen as a means of narrowing the gap between theory and practice which resulted when nurse training was transferred from hospitals to polytechnics. He highlights the need to develop research methodology to clarify potential benefits of this approach. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1024 |
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Author |
Russell, D. |
Title |
Changing public health nursing practice |
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Journal Article |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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Volume |
5 |
Issue |
11 |
Pages |
18-19 |
Keywords |
Public health; Community health nursing; Nursing models; Teamwork |
Abstract |
A new approach to public health nursing in the Otago region is described, which comprises of 3 distinct groups of nurses working in early childhood centres, primary schools and high schools. A family nursing assessment approach is used. The philosophical underpinnings of this approach are examined, which seeks to empower patients and engage them in their health care. Two public health nurses are interviewed about the new partnership model of nursing. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1041 |
Serial |
1025 |
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Author |
Ross, J. |
Title |
Rural practice nurse skills project 1996 |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Journal of Australian Rural Health |
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Volume |
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Issue |
7 |
Pages |
7 |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 338 |
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338 |
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Author |
McKenna, B. |
Title |
Patient perception of coercion on admission to acute psychiatric services: the New Zealand experience |
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Journal Article |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry |
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Volume |
22 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
143-153 |
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This study considers the influence of legal status, interactive processes, and mediating factors upon patient perception of coercion, within the context of admission to mental health services in New Zealand. The admission experiences of 69 involuntary inpatient psychiatric admissions and 69 informal admissions are compared using the MacArthur Admission Experience Survey. The influence of demographic, clinical and situational variables on the experience are considered. The results indicate there is a strong significant difference in the perception of coercion between involuntary and informal patients, with legal status having predictive value in relation to patient perception of coercion. Patient perception of procedural justice is strongly negatively correlated with perception of coercion. Perception of negative interactive processes is strongly felt by involuntary patients. This experience is not fully explained by identifiable incidents throughout the admission process. In the New Zealand context, there remains a need to highlight the aspects of procedural justice which could be improved in order to reduce patient perception of coercion. Current methodology focuses on the experience of admission rather than the expectation of that experience. This point needs to be considered in relation to the experience of Maori (the indigenous people of New Zealand) |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 443 |
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443 |
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Author |
Wassner, A. |
Title |
Labour of love: Childbirth at Dunedin Hospital, 1862-1972 |
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Book Whole |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Dissector |
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Pages |
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Keywords |
Hospitals; History of nursing; Maternity care; Registered nurses; Nursing; Education |
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This book covers obstetrical care from a nursing perspective at the Dunedin Hospital's Maternity Units. The researcher found little information on the two lying-in (maternity) wards of the first two Dunedin Hospitals. The book presents historical records outlining obstetric nursing procedures and maternity culture at the Dunedin Hospitals, The Benevolent Institution, The Batchelor Maternity Hospital, and Queen Mary Hospital. It covers cultural, social and legislative changes over the period, and examines conditions and pay for nursing staff across this time. A chapter on the evolution of baby care looks at changes in acceptable practices around nursery care, breast and bottle feeding, and medical procedures. The book has an extensive list of appendices, including staff lists, training notes for staff, duty lists, and interviews with staff and patients. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1049 |
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Author |
Litchfield, M.; Laws, M. |
Title |
Achieving family health and cost-containment outcomes: Innovation in the New Zealand Health Sector Reforms |
Type |
Book Chapter |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Cohen,E. & De Back,V. (Eds.), The outcomes mandate: New roles, rules and relationships. Case management in health care today (pp. 306-316) |
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Advanced nursing practice; Nurse managers; Teamwork; Nurse-family relations; Leadership; Health reforms |
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The chapter presents the research findings of the 1992-1993 Wellington Nurse Case Management Scheme Project as a distinct model of nurse case management, which introduced a role and form of practice of a family nurse and a diagram of the service delivery structure required for support and relevant for the New Zealand health system reforms. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1169 |
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Author |
Ross, J. |
Title |
International perspective: The development of the advanced role of rural nurses in New Zealand |
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Journal Article |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Australian Journal of Rural Health |
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Volume |
7 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
253-257 |
Keywords |
Nursing; Education; Rural nursing; Advanced nursing practice |
Abstract |
This paper offers an insight into the development of the advanced role of rural nursing practice in New Zealand. The concept of advanced nursing practice is discussed within the context of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. It is argued that as nurses take on advanced practice, it is essential they receive appropriate clinical and theoretical skills to ensure they are in a position to provide competent and clinically safe, effective health care in an ethical, efficient manner. A description of a survey, undertaken by the author, studying rural nurses' skills provides the recommendation for the development of an appropriate postgraduate course at Masters level, designed specifically for primary rural nurses for the advanced role. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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953 |
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Author |
Manssen, A. |
Title |
Aseptic technique in New Zealand |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
aseptic technique |
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Volume |
34 |
Issue |
14 |
Pages |
24-28 |
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Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 449 |
Serial |
449 |
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Author |
Litchfield, M. |
Title |
Practice wisdom |
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Journal Article |
Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Advances in Nursing Science |
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Volume |
22 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
62-73 |
Keywords |
Nursing research; Nursing; Health knowledge |
Abstract |
The paper is the report of two cumulative research projects studying the nature of nursing knowledge and methodology to develop it. They were undertaken as theses for masters and doctoral degrees at the University of Minnesota, USA. Nursing knowledge is depicted as relational: an evolving participatory process of research-as-if-practice of which 'health' (its meaning), dialogue, partnership and pattern recognition are threads inter-related around personal values of vision and community. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1186 |
Serial |
1171 |
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