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Author Marshall, Dianne url  openurl
  Title Surgical nurses' non-technical skills: A human factors approach Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 256 p.  
  Keywords Surgical nurses; Non-technical skills (NTS); Adverse patient events; Taxonomy; Surveys  
  Abstract Explores the social and cognitive non-technical skills (NTS) required of nurses practising in general surgical wards, a taxonomy of NTS for general surgical nurses, and identifies the differences in levels of performance of the NTS between experienced and less experienced nurses, by means of applied cognitive task analysis (ACTA). Highlights the association between poor performance of NTS with adverse patient events. Conducts the study in four surgical wards in a metropolitan hospital, using observation and semi-structured interviews with RNs.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1844  
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Author Litchfield, M. openurl 
  Title Computers and the form of nursing to come Type (up) Conference Article
  Year 1992 Publication Abbreviated Journal Held by NZNO Library and author  
  Volume Proceedings of the Inaugural National Nursing Info Issue Pages 81-90  
  Keywords Nursing: Computers; Technology  
  Abstract A paper presented at the annual conference of Nursing Informatics New Zealand (subsequently incorporated into the collective organisation, Health Informatics NZ).  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1317  
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Author Litchfield, M. openurl 
  Title The nation's health and our response Type (up) Conference Article
  Year 1992 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Keynote address at the 1992 NERF/NZNZ National Nur Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nursing; Health reforms; Nurse-family relations  
  Abstract An analysis of the challenges for the nursing profession of the Government's health reforms. The findings of the 10-month Wellington Nurse Case Management Project 1991-1992, including the description of family nursing practice, what it achieved for health and the service delivery model that would position family nurses in the health reforms were used to provide an exemplar for the nuyrising contribution to health policy for the health reforms. The paper identified a vacum for the reorientating of health care provision to patients/clients and health need and the call to nursesw to take leadership in goving direction to the reorientation.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1319  
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Author Litchfield, M. openurl 
  Title The language of nursing practice in hospitals Type (up) Conference Article
  Year 1997 Publication Abbreviated Journal held by NZNO Library and author  
  Volume Proceedings of the National Nursing Informatics Co Issue Pages  
  Keywords Hospitals; Nurse managers; Advanced nursing practice; Nurse-patient relations; Care plans  
  Abstract A paper presenting the findings of a small research project involving a group of self-selected senior nurses of Wellington Hospital to explore the nature of nursing practice in the care and management of hospitalised patients and to formalise the language that would acknowledge its significance in the current effort of hospitals to define patient care pathways. The nature of hospital nursing practice was described in themes of a generic process of nurse-patient care that articulates a distinct specialism of hospital nursing, whatever the hospital department in which nurses hold positions.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1322  
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Author West, S.R.; Harris, B.J.; Warren, A.; Wood, H.; Montgomery, B.; Belsham, V.L. openurl 
  Title A retrospective study of patients with cancer in their terminal year Type (up) Journal Article
  Year 1986 Publication New Zealand Medical Journal Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 99 Issue 798 Pages 197-200  
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  Abstract This was a retrospective study of 100 Auckland people suffering from cancer in their terminal year. It aimed firstly to report the development of limitations in daily living activities and of dependence on help, and secondly to develop a method of assessing the functions of both patients and those who cared for them in such a way that support services could be matched to needs. The observations showed problems of progressive disability and dependence, which varied with the age of the patient and the type of malignancy. They showed clearly the long lasting emotional problems of the careers after the patients' death  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 16 Serial 16  
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Author Seymour, P.D. openurl 
  Title Improvement in the motivation of student nurses Type (up) Journal Article
  Year 1973 Publication New Zealand Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 66 Issue 7 Pages 4-6  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 64 Serial 64  
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Author Watson, P.B.; Feld, A. openurl 
  Title Factors in stress and burnout among paediatric nurses in a general hospital Type (up) Journal Article
  Year 1996 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 11 Issue 3 Pages 38-46  
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  Abstract High stress and staff turnover in a multi-specialty paediatric area prompted this study that aimed to :1) measure the burnout level of nurses in a multi-specialty paediatric area2) identify and validate causes of stress3) identify new ways of preventing stress on the wardFifty four percent (n=14) of the paediatric nurses completed the questionnaire booklet that included demographic data, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Nursing Situations Questionnaire the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-21 the Ways of Coping Checklist and open ended questions about sources of stress and satisfaction at work. Results indicated levelsof burnout and distress comparable with larger studies. Conflict with doctors was the major source of stress followed by workload, inadequate preparation in dealing with the emotional needs of patients and their families and death and dying. Conflict with doctors has not previously been identified as the major source of stress. However workload and death and dying are commonly identified as sources in the literature. Suggestions for further research and the low response rate are discussed  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 156 Serial 156  
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Author Martin, M.; Mullard, T. openurl 
  Title High level of compliance with rifampicin chemoprophylaxis of meningococcal disease Type (up) Journal Article
  Year 1997 Publication The New Zealand Public Health Report Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 4 Issue 6 Pages 41-43  
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  Abstract This study investigated the degree of compliance and reasons for non-compliance with chemoprophylactic Rifampicin medication among 103 close contacts of memingococcal disease in the greater Auckland region during the period July to September 1996. The study showed a high degree of compliance among close contacts, with 96.1% taking Rifampicin as prescribed. Reasons for compliance were related to the contacts ' perceptions of susceptibility to the illness, the severity of the disease, and the benefits of medical intervention. The contacts found the service provided by the public health staff ws sufficient, and the information provided was valuable  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 164 Serial 164  
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Author Mayson, J.; Hayward, W. openurl 
  Title Learning to be a nurse: the contribution of the hidden curriculum in the clinical setting Type (up) Journal Article
  Year 1997 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 16-22  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 264 Serial 264  
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Author van Wissen, K.A.; Woodman, K. openurl 
  Title Nurses' attitudes and concerns to HIV/AIDS: a focus group approach Type (up) Journal Article
  Year 1994 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 20 Issue 6 Pages 1141-1147  
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  Abstract 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  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 356 Serial 356  
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Author van Wissen, K.A.; Litchfield, M.; Maling, T. openurl 
  Title Living with high blood pressure Type (up) Journal Article
  Year 1998 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 27 Issue 3 Pages 567-574  
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  Abstract An interdisciplinary (nursing-medicine) collaboration in a qualitative descriptive research project undertaken in the Wellington School of Medicine with New Zealand Health Research Council funding. The purpose was to inform the practice of nursing and medical practitioners. A group of patients were interviewed in their homes. Their experience of having a diagnosis of hypertension and prescription of long-term treatment requiring adjustment in their lives and the lives of their families is presented as themes.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 360  
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Author Giddings, D.L.S.; Wood, P.J. openurl 
  Title Revealing sexuality: nurses' knowledge and attitudes. A survey of pre and post registration nursing students 1988-1991 Type (up) Journal Article
  Year 1998 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 11-25  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 366 Serial 366  
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Author Litchfield, M.; Noroian, E. openurl 
  Title Changes in selected pulmonary functions in patients diagnosed with myasthenia gravis Type (up) Journal Article
  Year 1989 Publication Journal of Neuroscience – Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 21 Issue 6 Pages 375-381  
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  Abstract Patients with myisthenia gravis (MG) face major pulmary problems as a part of the disease process. In this descriptive study, changes in selected pulmonary functions (respiratory rate, negative inspiratory force, tidal volume and forced total capacity) in 14 patients diagnosed with mild or moderate MG were measured every two hours from 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. Females comprised 64% of the sample while 36% were males. All subjects received anticholnesterase medication, and some subjects received additional treatment modalities. Most of the subjects were non-smokers or previous smokers, but two subjects continued to smoke. Ninety-three recent of the sample had forced vital capacities less than 60% of their predicted values. Myasthenic forced vital capacities were significantly lower (p=.0000) than those predicted for normal subjects. The inspiratory force for the sample was low sat 8:00 a.m. as well as in females over 55 years of age. There was a wide variation in total volume to normal values derived from random tables and predicted equations ws not significant. Th major implications from this study are the need to assess pulmonary function in the hospitalized myasthenic every two hours, and the need for a program of coughing, deep breathing and sighing after medication administration when the muscles are strongest  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 370 Serial 370  
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Author Prebble, K.; McDonald, B. openurl 
  Title Adaptation to the mental health setting: the lived experience of comprehensive nurse graduates Type (up) Journal Article
  Year 1997 Publication Australian & New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 30-36  
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  Abstract 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  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 412 Serial 412  
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Author Wood, P.J.; Schwass, M. openurl 
  Title Cultural safety: a framework for changing attitudes Type (up) Journal Article
  Year 1993 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 8 Issue 1 Pages 4-14  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 441 Serial 441  
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