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Author Wilson, C. openurl 
  Title Reflections on care: Older people speak about experiences of nursing care in acute medical and surgical wards Type
  Year 1998 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Older people; Nurse-patient relations  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 289 Serial 289  
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Author Rodgers, V.; Neville, S.J. openurl 
  Title Personal autonomy for older people living in residential care: An overview Type Journal Article
  Year 2007 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 23 Issue 1 Pages 29-36  
  Keywords Geriatric nursing; Older people; Rest homes  
  Abstract This article looks at the concept of autonomy particularly in relation to the population of older persons living in residential care settings. It examines the values underpinning the exercise of personal autonomy and notes how individual autonomy may be enhanced or restricted. The implications for gerontological nursing practice are outlined and suggestions offered as to how personal autonomy for older persons living in residential care may be preserved and promoted.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 529 Serial 515  
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Author Weidenbohm, K. openurl 
  Title Pioneering rural nursing practice: An impact evaluation of a preventive home visiting service for older people Type
  Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Community health nursing; Rural health services; Older people; Home care; Preventive health services  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 579 Serial 565  
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Author Davy, R. openurl 
  Title Strategy to increase smear testing of older women Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication Practice nurse: Official Journal of the New Zealand College of Practice Nurses Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 2 Issue 3 Pages 13-14  
  Keywords Health promotion; Older people; Screening  
  Abstract The author presents a project to increase enrolments of women aged 60-69 years in the cervical screening programme. The programme included provision of packages comprising fliers, counter signs, stickers, postcards and pens to 1387 women's groups or locations where women gather. The author collates and analyses calls to the advertised 0800 telephone number, smear tests at the Well Women's Nursing Trust, and enrolment rates on the Cervical Screening Register from June to August 2001.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 637 Serial 623  
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Author Neville, S.J.; Alpass, F. openurl 
  Title Factors influencing health and well-being in the older adult Type Journal Article
  Year 1999 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 14 Issue 3 Pages 36-45  
  Keywords Older people; Male; Geriatric nursing  
  Abstract This article offers a literature review of selected factors influencing the health and well-being of older people, with a particular emphasis on the older male. Implications for nursing practice in New Zealand are discussed.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 657 Serial 643  
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Author Bland, M.F. openurl 
  Title The challenge of feeling 'at home' in residential aged care in New Zealand Type Journal Article
  Year 2005 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 21 Issue 3 Pages 4-12  
  Keywords Rest homes; Older people; Patient satisfaction; Nursing; Identity  
  Abstract In this research report, a resident reveals the challenges associated with firstly becoming a nursing home resident, and then trying to establish a new sense of 'home'. The story supports a conclusion that nurses' knowledge of the unique 'admission story' of each resident, and their individual understandings of home, is essential in promoting their ongoing comfort. Although approximately 30,000 older adults live in residential aged care, little research has been done on their experience.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 862 Serial 846  
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Author Mears, A. openurl 
  Title The role of the clinical nurse co-ordinator Type Journal Article
  Year 2003 Publication Journal of the Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses Association Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 6 Issue 3 Pages 24-25  
  Keywords Nursing; Nursing specialties; Older people  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 907 Serial 891  
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Author Mossop, M.D. openurl 
  Title Older patients' perspectives of being cared for by first year nursing students Type
  Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Older people; Nurse-patient relations; New graduate nurses; Hospitals  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1135 Serial 1120  
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Author Bland, M.F. openurl 
  Title All the comforts of home? A critical ethnography of residential aged care in New Zealand Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Rest homes; Older people; Patient satisfaction  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1141 Serial 1126  
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Author Gilmour, J.A. openurl 
  Title On the margins: Nurses and the intermittent care of people with dementia: A discourse analysis Type
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University, Palmerston North, Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Older people; Dementia; Nursing  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1276 Serial 1261  
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Author Kyle, W. openurl 
  Title The influence of technology in nursing practice with elder care facilities Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue 12 Pages 20-23  
  Keywords Older people; Technology; Nursing specialties; Ethics; Training  
  Abstract This article firstly describes the application of technological care practices in elder care, and then looks at the attitudes of the elderly and their families towards this care. The value of the equipment in terms of quality of care is considered, and a discussion of the continuing education needs of nurses is presented. The ethical questions around the use of technology are examined, along with possible strategies to deal with such issues.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1299 Serial 1284  
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Author Dulieu, F. openurl 
  Title Collaborative practice: A study in bridging the gap to transform the delivery of specialist palliative nursing care in residential aged care facilities Type
  Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Rest homes; Palliative care; Older people; Nursing; Advanced nursing practice; Terminal care; Geriatric nursing  
  Abstract This paper documents a practice development initiative with the aim of formulating a rationale for the professional practice development of a relatively recently conceived nursing initiative; that of a Palliative Care Liaison Nurse (PCLN) role. The project involved conducting an inquiry through a search of the literature with the aim of discovering ways to articulate, then develop, the role to meet the needs of elderly people living in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs), their family and the whanau. The paper initially explores the concept of liaison roles globally, to consider how this role might be located as an interagency position between palliative care and aged care within the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The paper then reveals the perceived skills and personal attributes required by a person in the PCLN role that the author, drawing from personal and professional experience of having been appointed to this position, considers are necessary to effectively manage the diverse dimensions of this role. Bridging the gap is a key role discussed which centres on the capacity to organise and present an effective education programme while supporting, encouraging and role modeling for staff providing the day to day nursing care. This role involves practice wisdom and advocating for change and tolerance within everyday practice. An example of this dimension is discussed in depth, because the researcher considers that through staff working together, they can effectively bridge the knowledge-practice gap which exists between specialist palliative and gerontological nursing care.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 580  
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Author Clark, P.N. openurl 
  Title The potential for nurse-led clinics on oncology at Southland District Health Board Type
  Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal Otago Polytechnic library. A copy can be obtained by contacting pgnursadmin@tekotago.ac.nz  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Older people; Scope of practice; Nursing; Oncology; Cancer  
  Abstract The author points to a “waiting list crisis” occurring in ambulatory oncology services at Southland District Health Board (SDHB), and notes that the literature suggests this is occurring both nationally and globally. This is due to factors such as an increase in the number of people aged 65 years and over, many of whom will develop cancer. Furthermore new drug therapies and indications for treatment have led to increased numbers of patients referred for oncological assessment in the out-patient clinics. The author notes that, at SDHB, this delay for patients to be seen at a first specialist assessment appointment is causing concern for patients, managers and the medical and nursing staff involved. This dissertation analyses relevant literature in order to explore the nature and outcomes of nurse-led clinics. A range of studies indicate that effective care can be provided by nurses working in a variety of nurse-led clinics settings. These studies reveal ways in which a nurse-led clinic might be established and delivered in oncology services and, the author suggests, this will go some way to provide a solution for SDHB. These clinics would assess and monitor the follow-up of selected patients with stable disease and established care plans such as patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for bowel and breast cancer. This would allow medical oncologists to see more new patients at first assessment and the follow-up of complex cases, and could go some way in relieving the current waiting lists. The educational preparation and competency of nurses leading such a clinic are considered.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 677  
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Author Meldrum, L.B.B. openurl 
  Title Navigating the final journey: Dying in residential aged care in Aotearoa New Zealand Type
  Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Palliative care; Older people; Rest homes  
  Abstract New Zealand statistics project that the aging population of people aged 65 years and over will more than double in the next decade. This has implications for palliative care providers including hospices and hospitals because long-term inpatient care is not generally provided by hospitals and hospices. When dying patients need long-term care, residential settings become an option. The level of palliative care in these facilities is dependent on staff training and numbers. In general, staff are not trained in palliative care, neither do they provide the multidisciplinary facets that define palliative care as undertaken by hospices. This paper describes a practice development initiative using storytelling as the vehicle for introducing the concept of the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for the dying patient into residential aged care settings. With the emergence of a reflective paradigm in nursing the concept of storytelling as a teaching/learning tool has grown. Many staff in residential care settings come from diverse ethnic backgrounds where for some, English is their second language. Storytelling therefore can be a useful approach for learning because it can increase their communication skills. The author suggests that the Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient is a model that can be translated across care settings, hospice, hospital, and community. It can demonstrate a framework that facilitates multiprofessional communication and documentation and embraces local needs, culture and language to empower health care workers to deliver high quality care to dying patients and their family/whanau and carers. This paper also explores the role of a facilitator as an agent of change and discusses how the interplay of evidence, context and facilitation can result in the successful implementation of the LCP into residential aged care settings.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 683  
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Author Walsh, K.; McAllister, M.; Morgan, A.; Thornhill, J. openurl 
  Title Motivating change: Using motivational interviewing in practice development Type Journal Article
  Year 2004 Publication Practice Development in Health Care Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 3 Issue 2 Pages 92-100  
  Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Hospitals; Motivation; Older people  
  Abstract The present paper draws on experiences and insights gained by a group of psychiatric nurse practice development facilitators whilst working with consumers, carers, clinicians and managers in the context of a practice development programme in a large metropolitan psychiatric hospital. The paper describes how the practice development facilitators were able to adapt techniques of motivational interviewing, commonly used in drug and alcohol treatment services, to help motivate change in an aged care setting. The lessons embedded within this experience are that people do want change, and that sustained change requires ownership and support. Practice development facilitators can assist in this process though the use of principles and strategies of motivational interviewing, which include increasing awareness of the need for change, supporting self-efficacy and managing resistance to change.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 718  
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