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Author |
Cowan, L.M.; Deering, D.; Crowe, M.; Sellman, D.; Futterman-Collier, A.; Adamson, S. |
Title |
Alcohol and drug treatment for women: Clinicians' beliefs and practice |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2003 |
Publication |
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing |
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Volume |
12 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
48-55 |
Keywords |
Psychiatric Nursing; Substance abuse; Gender; Attitude of health personnel; Alcoholism; Drug abuse |
Abstract |
The present paper reports on the results of a telephone survey of 217 alcohol and drug treatment clinicians on their beliefs and practice, in relation to service provision for women. Nurses comprised the second largest professional group surveyed. Seventy-eight percent of clinicians believed that women's treatment needs differed from men's and 74% reported a range of approaches and interventions, such as assisting with parenting issues and referral to women-only programmes. Several differences emerged in relation to approaches and interventions used, depending on clinician gender, work setting and proportion of women on clinicians' caseload. Implications for mental health nursing include the need to more systematically incorporate gender-based treatment needs into practice and undergraduate and postgraduate education and training programmes. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
652 |
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Author |
Giddings, D.L.S. |
Title |
A theoretical model of social consciousness |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2005 |
Publication |
Advances in Nursing Science |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
28 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
224-239 |
Keywords |
Attitude of health personnel; Feminist critique; Nursing models |
Abstract |
The article presents a theoretical model of social consciousness developed from nurses' life histories. A 3-position dialectical framework (acquired, awakened, and expanded social consciousness) makes visible the way people respond to social injustice in their lives and in the lives of others. The positions coexist, are not hierarchical, and are contextually situated. A person's location influences her or his availability for social action. Nurses who could most contribute to challenging social injustices that underpin health disparities are relegated to the margins of mainstream nursing by internal processes of discrimination. The author suggests that more inclusive definitions of “a nurse” would open up possibilities for social change. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
944 |
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Author |
Bickley, J. |
Title |
A study of medical, nursing, and institutional not-for-resuscitation (NFR) discourses |
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Year |
2002 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
317 pp |
Keywords |
Clinical decision making; Attitude of health personnel; Hospitals; Terminal care |
Abstract |
This study investigates the way that medical, nursing and institutional discourses construct knowledge in the specific context of Not-for-resuscitation (NFR)in a New Zealand general hospital where NFR guidelines are available in the wards and from the regional ethics committee. The thesis argues that there are ranges of techniques that staff use to construct NFR knowledge, enacted through various forms of speech and silence, which result in orderly and disorderly experiences for patients nearing death. The study was conducted through a critical analysis of the talk of health professionals and the Chairperson of the Regional Ethics Committee. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1117 |
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Author |
Walker, L. |
Title |
?Holding up?: The first biennial NZNO Employment Survey |
Type |
Report |
Year |
2009 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Available from http://www.nzno.org.nz |
Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Keywords |
Nursing; New Zealand Nurses' Organisation; Workplace; Personnel staffing and scheduling; Industrial relations |
Abstract |
In this report, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) releases the findings from its first-ever members' employment survey. The questionnaire, based on the United Kingdom?s Royal College of Nurse?s annual survey (which has been running for 21 years) covered core employment issues: employment agreements, hours, pay, job change, along with demographic details, as well as questions around plans for and perceptions of working life for over 800 NZNO members. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1331 |
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