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Richardson, S. |
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Emergency departments and the inappropriate attender: Is it time for a reconceptualisation of the role of primary care in emergency facilities? |
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1999 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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14 |
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2 |
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13-20 |
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Emergency nursing; Primary health care |
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This paper reviews currently identified issues concerning emergency department attendance, and examines the core question of the role of primary care in the emergency department. Asks whether this is an appropriate use of emergency department resources, and if so, what the implications are for the role of the emergency nurse. Suggests the establishment of Minor Injury Units in New Zealand like those in the UK. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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641 |
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Ross, J. |
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International perspective: The development of the advanced role of rural nurses in New Zealand |
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1999 |
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Australian Journal of Rural Health |
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7 |
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4 |
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253-257 |
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Nursing; Education; Rural nursing; Advanced nursing practice |
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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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McKenna, B. |
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Bridging the theory-practice gap |
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Journal Article |
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1999 |
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Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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5 |
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2 |
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14-16 |
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Psychiatric nursing; Nursing; Education; Teaching methods |
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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 @ |
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1024 |
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Wassner, A. |
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Labour of love: Childbirth at Dunedin Hospital, 1862-1972 |
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Book Whole |
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1999 |
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Dissector |
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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 @ |
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1049 |
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Woods, M. |
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Title |
A nursing ethic: The moral voice of experienced nurses |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Nursing Ethics |
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6 |
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5 |
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423-433 |
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Ethics; Nursing; Education |
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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 @ |
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1092 |
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Litchfield, M.; Laws, M. |
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Achieving family health and cost-containment outcomes: Innovation in the New Zealand Health Sector Reforms |
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1999 |
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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 @ |
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1169 |
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Burtenshaw, M.K. |
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Characteristics and expectations of beginning Bachelor of Nursing students |
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1999 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Students; Nursing; Education |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1269 |
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Delugar, A. |
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An historical inquiry to identify the contribution Beatrice Salmon's writings made to nursing education in New Zealand, 1969-1972 |
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1999 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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History of nursing; Nursing; Education |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1271 |
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Fail, A. |
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Ageing in the 21st century |
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1999 |
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Vision: A Journal of Nursing |
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5 |
Issue |
9 |
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24-31 |
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Older people; Theory; Quality of life; Quality of health care; Age factors |
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The author looks at demographic and statistical information to extrapolate on trends that will affect the aged through into to the next century. She reviews policy approaches to the issues of a growing aged population combined with social and economic changes that could make this group vulnerable. Effective planning for the provision of quality care is placed in the context of social changes, advances in gerontology, and social theories of ageing. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1275 |
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Rickard,D |
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Parents as experts: Partnership in the care of chronically ill children |
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1999 |
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Held by NZNO Library |
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65 pp |
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Margaret May Blackwell Travel Study Fellowship for Nurses of Young Children.
This report discusses the partnership between parents and nurses and its relationship to delivering optimal care to the child.
The author has a background in paediatric nursing in a hospital environment. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1354 |
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Rickard, Debbie |
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Parents as experts: partnership in the care of the chronically ill children : Margaret May Blackwell Travel Study, Fellowship for Nurses of Young Children, 1999 |
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1999 |
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65p. |
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Chronically ill children – home care; Child health services; Paediatric nursing; Community health nursing; Reports |
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Visits paediatric community nursing services in the UK and Australia to report on how specialist and children's community nurses work with parents to deliver health care to children with asthma, diabetes and other endocrine disorders, cystic fibrosis, eczema, cardiac diseases, and liver transplants. Part of the Margaret May Blackwell Scholarship Reports series. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1414 |
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Baldwin, Angela |
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Effective home based care to enhance the health status of children under five years. Margaret May Blackwell Study Fellowship Report 1998 |
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1999 |
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44 |
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Child health services; Family health; Home care services; Community health services; Reports |
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Highlights well-child and family health programmes in the US, Canada, and the UK. Provides an overview of the programmes and their clinical effectiveness, focusing on the themes that emerged. Part of the Margaret May Blackwell Scholarship Reports series. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1425 |
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Jull, A. |
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Oral Pentoxifylline in the treatment of venous leg ulcers: A meta-analysis |
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1999 |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Pharmacology; Evidence-based medicine; Nursing |
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The objective of this meta-analysis was to assess the effectiveness of pentoxifylline as an adjunct to compression bandaging in the treatment of venous leg ulcers. The CENTRAL registers of the Cochrane Peripheral Vascular Diseases and Wounds Groups were searched – each register is routinely updated by extensive searches of electronic databases, handsearching of relevant journals and conference proceedings, and contact with product companies and experts in the field. The drug's manufacturer was contacted and the references of review articles and all obtained trials were scrutinised for further citations. Randomised controlled trials published in any language comparing pentoxifylline and compression with placebo in adult participants with venous ulceration were included. Trials must have reported a meaningful objective outcome (rates of healing, proportions healed, time to healing). Details from eligible trials (independently selected by two reviewers) were extracted and summarised by one reviewer. A second reviewer independently verified extracted data. Eleven clinical trials were identified. Five trials compared pentoxifylline with placebo (compression standard therapy). Six trials were excluded. Pentoxifylline and compression was more effective than placebo and compression (RR 1.30, 95% C1 1.10-1.54) and was robust to sensitivity analyses. The greater number of adverse effects (46 reports) occurred in the pentoxifylline group, although this was not significant (RR 1.12, 95% C1 0.77-1.62); 34 percent of adverse effects were gastro-intestinal. Seven of 21 reported withdrawals were for adverse effects. In conclusion, pentoxifylline appears an effective adjunct to compression bandaging in the treatment of venous ulcers. The absence of cost-effectiveness data suggests it not be employed as a routine adjunct, but it could be considered as for those patients not responding to compression therapy alone. The majority of adverse effects are likely to be tolerated by patients. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1244 |
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1229 |
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Maher, J.M. |
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An exploration of the experience of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing on firefighters within a region of the New Zealand Fire Service |
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1999 |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Stress; Occupational health and safety; Nursing research; Nursing specialties |
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This study originates from the author's practice experience working for the New Zealand Fire Service back in the late 1980's and early 1990's as an Occupational Health Nurse where she piloted a Critical Incident Stress Peer Support programme in the No.4 Region. The author identified work-related stress and related it to Critical Incident Stress (CIS) from firefighters exposure to critical incidents. This study explores four firefighters experience of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) within a Region of the New Zealand Fire Service. It explores the application of CISD as one component of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), and the Nurse Researcher's philosophy of Clinical Nurse practice in relation to the application of CISD. The knowledge gained from the analysis of the data has the potential to influence professionals understanding of their experience and affect future practice and that of others working in the field of CISM. Much of the literature that supported CISD appeared to offer a rather superficial understanding of the firefighters experience in relation to CISD. A narrative approache was chosed as the methodology, utilising four individual case studies as a method of social inquiry in order to explore the experience of CISD. The narratives were able to creatively capture the complexity and the dynamic practice of CISD. An overall pattern of the formalised process was uncovered through the participants' narratives. Eight dominant themes were highlighted from the narratives which included safe environment; ventilating the stress reaction; similar feelings; getting the whole picture; peer support; bonding and resolution. While these themes were common to all the participants, each participant had a particular theme/s which was unique to their experience. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1206 |
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1191 |
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King, S.L.J. |
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Getting on top of pain: a critical analysis of surgical nurses' talk about their work with hospitalised patients reporting pain |
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1999 |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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This thesis investigates the relationship between language, 'discourse' and professional knowledge and power in a specific context; that of surgical nurses' “talk” about their work managing pain in hospitalised patients. This thesis argues that the work of 'caring for' hospitalised surgical patients who report pain is influenced by discourses which are predicated on different readings/understandings of the body/patient, and from which different knowledge is constructed. Of interest to this thesis are the discourses of biomedicine and nursing, and their role in constructing a particular reality/ies which determine the ways in which surgical nurses talk about their work managing pain. Using the method of critical discourse analysis, the “texts” of transcribed audio-taped conversations with four registered nurses working in surgical specialties were analysed to uncover 'discourses of pain management'. The results of the analysis indicate that the biomedical construction of pain, and approaches to pain management, remain the dominant influence over surgical nurses' practice. There was evidence of nursing discourses with an emphasis on nurse-patient relationships also playing a role. These discourses were critically examined for what they reveal about relations of professional knowledge and power in this specific context of the nurses' practice. The implications for nursing and nursing research are considered significant because the study critically (re)presents a different perspective on, and reality for surgical nurses' pain management practices. In so doing, it elucidates an explanation for, and understanding of, why surgical nurses take care of patients reporting pain in particular ways. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 383 |
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383 |
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