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Gardner, G.; Dunn, S.; Carryer, J.B.; Gardner, A. |
| Title |
Competency and capability: Imperative for nurse practitioner education |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2006 |
Publication |
Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
The author-version of article, available online from Queensland University of Technology ePrints arc |
| Volume |
24 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
8-14 |
| Keywords |
Nursing; Education; Nurse practitioners; Curriculum |
| Abstract |
The objective of this study was to conduct research to inform the development of standards for nurse practitioner education in Australia and New Zealand and to contribute to the international debate on nurse practitioner practice. The research was conducted in all states of Australia where the nurse practitioner is authorised, and in New Zealand. The research was informed by multiple data sources including nurse practitioner programme curricula documents from relevant universities in Australia and New Zealand, interviews with academic convenors of these programmes and interviews with nurse practitioners. Findings include support for masters level of education as preparation for the nurse practitioner. These programs need to have a strong clinical learning component and in-depth education for the sciences of specialty practice. Additionally an important aspect of education for the nurse practitioner is the centrality of student directed and flexible learning models. This approach is well supported by the literature on capability. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
882 |
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Gardner, A.; Hase, S.; Gardner, G.; Dunn, S.; Carryer, J.B. |
| Title |
From competence to capability: A study of nurse practitioners in clinical practice |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Journal of Clinical Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
Author copy available 12 months after publication from QUT ePrints |
| Volume |
17 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
250-258 |
| Keywords |
Nurse practitioners; Professional competence; Advanced nursing practice; Evaluation |
| Abstract |
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 |
Serial |
929 |
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Litchfield, M.; Clarke, M.; Edwards, R.; Richardson, F.; Tansley, R.; Woodman, K. |
| Title |
A description of the needs of people with cancer and support people |
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1995 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Author, Wellington Division of the Cancer Society |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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The report of a research project commissioned by the Wellington Division of the New Zealand Cancer Society to provide a foundation for policy to give direction to development of its services. The research approach and methodology had an ecological theory foundation. It involved a survey and in-depth interviews with people with cancer and those caring for them to understand their experience. Needs were identified from the data and presented according to three distinct phases in the course of living with cancer. People moved from the shock of diagnosis, through the time of treatment when usual living was suspended and focus narrowed on the intensive fight against the disease, then into a very different phase of on-going ?wait-and-see? time requiring a new way of living with uncertainty for both patient and carers. The last phase was where most of the unmet needs lay. Recommendations were made for services to provide a continuous caring relationship for patients and carers with a knowledgeable person from the point of diagnosis. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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387 |
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| Author |
Litchfield, M. |
| Title |
Survey of child health care in primary schools in the Wellington area |
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1979 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
Author, New Zealand Nurses Association Library, We |
| Volume |
75 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
18-20 |
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| Abstract |
The study was undertaken as a project for the International Year of the Child. There was a need for information to identify what health care in needed in schools and to contribute to a review of the role of the nurses. Teachers and principals of all primary schools of the Wellington area were surveyed to describe the health care being provided and needed. Recommendations were made for school nurses who would support the health-related teaching by teachers, provide first aid and advice, and take an extended role for family health operating from a clinic in the school. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
388 |
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| Author |
Litchfield, M. |
| Title |
Computers and the form of nursing to come |
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Conference Article |
| Year |
1992 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Held by NZNO Library and author |
| Volume |
Proceedings of the Inaugural National Nursing Info |
Issue |
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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). |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1317 |
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| Author |
Litchfield, M. |
| Title |
The language of nursing practice in hospitals |
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Conference Article |
| Year |
1997 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
held by NZNO Library and author |
| Volume |
Proceedings of the National Nursing Informatics Co |
Issue |
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Pages |
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| 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. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1322 |
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| Author |
Kapoor, S.D. |
| Title |
A study on planning and programming for nursing services in New Zealand: priorities for the period 1980-1985 |
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1979 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 23 |
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23 |
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| Author |
Kapoor, S.D. |
| Title |
Application of the process in the care of an alcohol dependent client |
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1978 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Feasibility for Nursing studies component of B.A. degree, Wellington Victoria University, Wellington 1978. With health workers and clients in 4 different health districts, an Industry, Health Centre, Intermediate School and University Health and Counselling |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 33 |
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33 |
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| Author |
Duthie, J.M. |
| Title |
Domicilary nursing services of a hospital board |
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1976 |
Publication |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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A Study undertaken to determine the need to extend the Domiciliary Nursing Services of a Hospital Board to include the provision of a 24 hour nursing service in the city area |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 49 |
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49 |
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| Author |
Takarangi, J. |
| Title |
Historical review of written descriptions of community based nursing in New Zealand 1910 – 1980 |
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1984 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Author, Department of Health, Palmerston North |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Using the content analysis method all items published in the New Zealand nursing journal over 12 months every 10 years 1910 – 1980 were analysed. The focus was nursing in the community and data was gathered on categories of nurses mentioned, the contexts, categories of clients plus 68 nursing activity sub-categories. The data in analysed and discussed to show demands and patterns over time |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 62 |
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62 |
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| Author |
Burrell, S. |
| Title |
Kenepuru Hospital: nursing manpower |
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1977 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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A study undertaken with the purpose of looking at Nursing manpower in Wellington Hospital Board, West Coast Region |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 71 |
Serial |
71 |
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| Author |
Nelson, K.; Cook, N. |
| Title |
Nursing research questionnaire: Diploma of Nursing research component |
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1986 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Pages |
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In October, 1986 the fifteen technical institutes that run Nursing programs in New Zealand were sent questionnaire that were designed to find out about the Nursing Research Component in the Diploma of Nursing, The Advanced Diploma of Nursing and other Nursing Courses. The same questions were asked of each of these courses. Twelve replies were received and eleven were analysed in this report. Two general observations emerged from the Diploma of Nursing: 1. The questionnaires varied greatly in the detail provided in answers. 2. Where there were small numbers enrolled in the Diploma of Nursing, the questionnaire answers suggest there is less emphasis placed on Nursing research as a separate component in the course. This small project provides us with some information about the Nursing Research Component in the Diploma of Nursing courses offered in New Zealand |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 83 |
Serial |
83 |
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| Author |
Takarangi, J. |
| Title |
Nursing workforce |
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1985 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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An indepth appraisal of the nursing workforce planning report (1985) has been made which challenges some of the basic assumptions. The report findings have been reconsidered using the primary health care perspective |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 86 |
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86 |
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| Author |
Jones, M. |
| Title |
The complexities of post operative pain management and a study of the effectiveness of continuous intravenous narcotic infusion pumps as a means of pain relief in the first 48 hours post operatively |
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1985 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Author, Auckland Hospital, Auckland Institute of |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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The purpose of this paper was to observe the effectiveness of continuous intravenous narcotic infusions as a means of pain relief in the first 48 hours post operatively. 12 patients who had experienced major thoracic or abdominal surgery participated in the study. Pain was assessed at rest and on activity on visual analogues at 5 specific times daily for up to 48 hours post operatively. Data was also collected from a structured interview within the first 48 hours and a retrospective interview when the infusion was discontinued. Results indicated- 1. Very little correlation of changes in pain relief dose to the assessment of pain intensity. 2. Documentation and assessment was not always thoroughly completed. 3. Inadequate treatment of pain post operatively was evident especially on activity. It should be emphasised that pain management could be improved through a focus in interdisciplinary consultation, continuing in service education on pain management and accountability in procedure. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 102 |
Serial |
102 |
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| Author |
Kapoor, S.D. |
| Title |
The development of effective learning to help nurses achieve their professional obligation |
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1979 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
author |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Research paper presented as part of the requirements for Nursing Studies component of a B.A. Degree Wellington Victoria University, Wellington |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 108 |
Serial |
108 |
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