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McElroy, Jennifer |
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Maternity outcomes and access following regulatory changes for Isotretinoin prescribing in New Zealand |
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2017 |
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108 p. |
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Isotretinoin; Primary health care providers; Nurse practitioners; Nurse prescribing; Special Authority; Decision Support Tools; Funded Access |
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Analyses retrospective prescription data for the years 2007-2015 to determine how access to isotretinoin altered before and after funded access was extended from dermatologists to include GPs and nurse practitioners who obtained a Special Authority. Assesses maternity outcomes for females dispensed the drug with regard to pregnancy terminations and isotretinoin-exposed live births. Examines outcomes based on type of prescriber and use or otherwise of the Best Practice Advocacy Centre (BPAC) electronic isotretinoin decision-support tool. |
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1586 |
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Horner, C. |
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Maintaining rural nurses' competency in emergency situations |
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2005 |
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Otago Polytechnic library. A copy can be obtained by contacting pgnursadmin@tekotago.ac.nz |
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Emergency nursing; Nurse practitioners; Rural nursing; Education |
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On call emergency health services are becoming routinely provided by some rural nurses, predominantly within the South Island. Rural nurses have been advancing their practice to accommodate the limited availability of general practitioners in rural communities. Although this is becoming routine practice, the author has been providing a service such as this for the past 12 years. This dissertation describes this practice in relationship to the present social-political context, advancing nurse competencies and her experience of rural nursing in a rural town within the South Island. Particular significance for the rural nurse is the required independent practice and overall responsibility when remote from traditional medical oversight. Providing on call emergency care with the possibility of a broad spectrum of emergency situations while maintaining competence for the unpredictable frequency (or lack of frequency) of the rural emergency is the focus of this dissertation. The professional and personal risks are high for rural nurses when placed in situations they are not prepared for or unable to remain competent to manage. Implications resulting from the critique of the health service literature on this subject are identified. Firstly, rural nurses need to be insightful of their own emergency on call expertise and limitations. Secondly, rural nurses require ongoing education and thirdly that appropriate education is available and accessible to rural nurses. Lastly, rural nurses require maintenance of competency so these emergency skills are not lost. This dissertation and the resulting recommendations embrace Nursing Council of New Zealand Nurse Practitioner Competencies. The resulting outcomes fulfilling the rural nurse's need for maintenance of competency for emergency on call care, the community's need for safe appropriate emergency care and national legislation requirements. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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666 |
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Davies, M. |
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Lived experiences of nurses as they engage in practice at an advanced level within emergency departments in New Zealand |
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2005 |
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Massey University Library |
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Emergency nursing; Nurse practitioners; Advanced nursing practice |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 682 |
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668 |
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Adams, Sue; Carryer, Jenny; Wilkinson, Jillian Ann |
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Institutional ethnography : an emerging approach for health and nursing research |
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2015 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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31 |
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1 |
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18-26 |
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Institutional ethnography; Ruling relations; Nurse practitioners; Health research; Sociological inquiry |
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Introduces institutional ethnography as an approach to sociological inquiry for health and nursing research in NZ. Provides an overview, introducing key concepts, and describing how institutional ethnography is used in research on the establishment of nurse practitioners and their services in rural primary health care. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1499 |
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Nelson, Katherine M; Connor, Margaret; Alcorn, Gillian D |
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Innovative nursing leadership in youth health |
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Journal Article |
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2009 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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25 |
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1 |
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27-37 |
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Clinical leadership; Innovation; Youth health; Nurse practitioner; Primary health care |
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Looks one of the eleven health care nursing innovation projects funded by the Ministry of Health: Vibe Youth Transition Services, located in the Hutt Valley, formerly known as the Hutt Valley Youth Service. Highlights the leadership role provided by the nurse practitioner (NP) which led to youth health and development nationally. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1441 |
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Spence, D.; Anderson, M. |
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Implementing a prescribing practicum within a Master's degree in advanced nursing practice |
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2007 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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23 |
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2 |
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27-42 |
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Advanced nursing practice; Education; Nurse practitioners; Prescribing; Teaching methods |
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This article reports the implementation of a collaborative project undertaken to monitor and improve the effectiveness of the prescribing practicum papers delivered within two Master's degree programmes in advanced nursing practice. The recent introduction of Nurse Practitioner registration in New Zealand has resulted in the development of a number of Master's degree programmes in which students can complete a Nursing Council of New Zealand approved programme for prescribing. For the study, a developmental action research approach was used. Data were collected through interviews with practicum students, their medical supervisors and academic staff. Formative findings were progressively used to refine delivery of the practicum papers and a thematic analysis of summative findings identified areas for further improvement. The findings suggest that the processes being implemented are developing well. The researchers recommend that further education is required to clearly differentiate medical and advanced nursing roles. They recommend that greater attention needs to be paid to the preparation of medical supervisors and, most significantly, revision of funding is required to more equitably support the ongoing development of nurses for advanced practice roles. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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457 |
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Milligan, K.; Neville, S.J. |
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Health assessment and its relationship to nursing practice in New Zealand |
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2001 |
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Contemporary Nurse |
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10 |
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1/2 |
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7-11 |
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Nursing; Education; Professional competence; Nurse practitioners; Cross-cultural comparison |
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This article draws on Australian experience to gain insight to three specific areas of health assessment that are topical in New Zealand, which has recently introduced the concept into nursing training. The issues are annual registration based on evidence of competence to practice, a review of undergraduate curricula, and the development of nurse practitioner/advanced nurse practitioner roles. The meaning of the concept 'health assessment' is also clarified in order to provide consistency as new initiatives in nursing are currently being developed. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1090 |
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Mackay, B. |
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General practitioners' perceptions of the nurse practitioner role: An exploratory study |
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Journal Article |
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2003 |
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New Zealand Medical Journal |
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Access is free to articles older than 6 months, and abstracts. |
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116 |
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1170 |
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Nurse practitioners; Physicians; Interprofessional relations; Primary health care |
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This study explores perceptions of general practitioners in the Northland District Health Board (NDHB) regarding the nurse practitioner role, identifying their knowledge of and perceived problems with that role, and their experience of nurses in advanced practice. A purposive sample of all 108 general practitioners in NDHB was undertaken, with a response rate of 46.3%. General practitioners favourably viewed nurse practitioner functions traditionally associated with nursing, such as health teaching, home visiting, obtaining health histories, and taking part in evaluation of care, but less favourably viewed those functions associated with medicine, such as prescribing, ordering laboratory tests, and physical assessment. While expecting few problems with patient acceptance, the general practitioners felt that funding and doctors' acceptance would be problematic. Most general practitioners indicated they had knowledge of the nurse practitioner role and had experienced working with a nurse in advanced practice, but some uncertainty and lack of knowledge about the nurse practitioner role was evident. The author recommends more education and discussion with Northland general practitioners to ensure they are fully informed about the nurse practitioner role and its potential positioning in primary healthcare, to reduce uncertainty, minimise role confusion and promote collaboration between general practitioners and nurse practitioners. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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557 |
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Gardner, A.; Hase, S.; Gardner, G.; Dunn, S.; Carryer, J.B. |
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From competence to capability: A study of nurse practitioners in clinical practice |
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Journal Article |
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2008 |
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Journal of Clinical Nursing |
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Author copy available 12 months after publication from QUT ePrints |
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17 |
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2 |
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250-258 |
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Nurse practitioners; Professional competence; Advanced nursing practice; Evaluation |
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This research aimed to understand the level and scope of practice of the nurse practitioner in Australia and New Zealand further using a capability framework. The original study, from which the present paper was developed, sought to identify competency standards for the extended role of the nurse practitioner in Australia and New Zealand. In doing so the researchers became aware that while competencies described many of the characteristics of the nurse practitioner they did not manage to tell the whole story. In a search of the literature, the concept of capability appeared to provide a potentially useful construct to describe the attributes of the nurse practitioner that went beyond competence. A secondary analysis of data obtained from the interviews with 15 nurse practitioners working in Australia and New Zealand was undertaken. The analysis showed that capability and its dimensions is a useful model for describing the advanced level attributes of nurse practitioners. Thus, nurse practitioners described elements of their practice that involved: using their competences in novel and complex situations as well as the familiar; being creative and innovative; knowing how to learn; having a high level of self-efficacy; and working well in teams. This study suggests dimensions of capability need to be considered in the education and evaluation of nurse practitioners. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 945 |
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929 |
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Betts, J.A. |
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Establishing and evaluating a nurse practitioner leg ulcer clinic: The journey |
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2005 |
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University of Auckland Library |
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Nurse practitioners; Community health nursing |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 684 |
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670 |
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Mustafa, Maher; Adams, Sue; Bareham, Corinne; Carryer, Jenny |
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Employing nurse practitioners in general practice: an exploratory survey of the perspectives of managers |
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2021 |
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Journal of Primary Health Care |
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13 |
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3 |
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274-282 |
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Nurse practitioners; Primary health care; Models of care; Surveys |
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Explores the perspectives of practice managers on employing nurse practitioners (NP) in general practice. Uses an electronic survey to collect demographic and numerical data, which were analysed descriptively and analytically using SPSS (version 26). Written answers to open-ended questions were analysed qualitatively. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1779 |
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Rook, Helen; Hales, Caz; Milligan, Kaye; Jones, Mark |
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Dr Jill Wilkinson's discourse analysis of the sources of power and agency for nursing |
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Journal Article |
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2021 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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37 |
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1 |
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37-41 |
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Advanced nursing practice; Nurse practitioners |
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Highlights two articles written by Jill Wilkinson in 2008 pertaining to the Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing in 1998, in which she discusses the conflict between autonomy and unionism in nursing and the development of the nurse practitioner (NP) role. Considers the ongoing challenges to establish NP toles in mainstream health services. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1689 |
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Holloway, Kathryn T |
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Development of a specialist nursing framework for New Zealand |
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2011 |
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212 |
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Nurse practitioners; Nurse specialists; Workforce planning |
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Expresses concern that inconsistent specialist nursing workforce planning and pathways for nursing practice development will adversely affect needed service provision for the population. Reports the outcomes of research, which suggests an alternate approach through the development of a single unified capability framework for specialist nursing practice in NZ. Uses a qualitative descriptive and exploratory multi-method enquiry approach to review extant understandings and develop a consensus framework, identifying the essential elements required for a single national framework for specialist nursing in NZ. Widens the understanding of a more holistic approach to specialist nursing development, which holds great promise for the specialist nursing workforce in NZ and internationally. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1506 |
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Mearns, G. |
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Developing autonomous ownership: A grounded theory study of how registered nurses working in aged care are advancing their nursing practice |
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2005 |
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Auckland University of Technology Library |
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Nurse practitioners; Geriatric nursing; Older people; Registered nurses |
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The introduction of nurse practitioner registration into New Zealand in 2001 was heralded as a move that would open up a wealth of opportunities for registered nurses to extend their practice into more independent roles and to provide a client-centred health service. It was also seen as a way to retain experienced registered nurses in the clinical practice area by providing a credible clinical career pathway. If nurse practitioner's are to meet these expectations, then, the author suggests, it is important to understand the processes that encourage or discourage nurses from advancing their practice. One of the early scopes of practice to be introduced was nurse practitioner with an endorsement in aged care scope of practice. Grounded theory was the method used to generate an explanation of how registered nurses working in aged care were preparing for the introduction of nurse practitioner roles. An analysis of early data highlighted codes around registered nurses in aged care extending and advancing their practice rather than preparing specifically for the nurse practitioner role. The research question for this study was: 'How are registered nurses in aged care advancing their nursing practice?' Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from ten experienced registered nurses working in aged care clinical practice settings ranging from secondary hospital facilities, to community settings and residential care villages. Dimensional analysis of the data eventually generated three major conceptual categories: 'ownership of nursing', 'extending practice', and 'moving out of a comfort zone'. Of these, 'ownership of nursing' was identified as the core construct that linked the other categories together. The substantive theory that explains how registered nurses in aged care advance their clinical practice is 'developing autonomous ownership'. Nurses who develop autonomous ownership of nursing are more likely than other nurses to move out of a current comfort zone and advance their practice into more independent roles that suit their autonomous ownership of nursing. This study identified important contextual factors and conditions that support the development of an autonomous ownership of nursing and that subsequently facilitate advancing nursing practice. These include creating supportive environments, organisational commitment to advanced nursing practice roles, visible nursing leadership, congruence between organisational and nursing philosophies, interdisciplinary collaboration and participating in postgraduate education. The author suggests that the significance of this study is that it generated a theory about the processes that encourage or discourage nurses from preparing for, and progressing into, advanced nursing practice roles such as nurse practitioner. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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585 |
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Wilkinson, Jillian Ann |
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Constructing consensus : developing an advanced nursing practice role |
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2008 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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24 |
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3 |
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17-26 |
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Nurse practitioner; Consensus; Autonomy; Unionism |
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Presents a study using a discourse analytical approach to trace the ongoing struggle between nursing groups for power to control the future of advanced nursing practice. Outlines the political discourses dominant in nursing during the period that led to the Nursing Council of New Zealand having regulatory control of the nurse practitioner role. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1436 |
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