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Author Pearson, J.R.; Holloway, K. T.
Title A postgraduate primary health care programme for experienced registered nurses and newly graduated nurses Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication Whitireia Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 13 Issue Pages 44-52
Keywords Primary health care; New graduate nurses; Registered nurses; Nursing; Education
Abstract This paper outlines the historical development of the Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Health Care Specialty Nursing programme. The paper discusses the multiple contextual considerations for the programme in terms of New Zealand health policy direction, academic level, and appropriate level of competency development for nurses new to primary health care and newly graduated nurses.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1040
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Author Trimmer, W.C.
Title The way things are done around here: Perceptions of clinical leadership in mental health nursing Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication Whitireia Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 13 Issue Pages 68-69
Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Leadership; Clinical supervision
Abstract Based on the author's thesis, this research project explored nurses' perceptions of clinical leadership in mental health nursing practice. From personal experience and discussion with colleagues the author argues that clinical leadership in terms of support and guidance for nurses is often minimal and that there is a relationship between qualities of clinical leadership and poor retention rates of mental health nurses.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1057 Serial 1041
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Author O'Brien, A.J.; Kar, A.
Title The role of second health professionals under New Zealand mental health legislation Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 13 Issue 3 Pages 356-363
Keywords Scope of practice; Psychiatric Nursing; Nurse-patient relations
Abstract The development of generic statutory roles in mental health care has been the subject of discussion by New Zealand nurses for the past decade. One such role is that of second health professional in judicial reviews of civil commitment. Issues identified by New Zealand nurses have also been raised in England, where it seems that nurses are likely to assume the role of Approved Mental Health Worker under English mental health law. A survey of mental health nurses found that few had received any preparation for the role of second health professional and 45% did not feel adequately prepared for the role. Some of these issues are reflected in a New Zealand inquiry which resulted in the Ministry of Health developing a written report form for second health professionals. However, the form has the potential to reduce the mental health nursing role to a narrow legal role. Statutory roles such as that of second health professional challenge mental health nurses to critically reflect on the conceptual and ethical basis of their practice. While traditional concepts such as therapeutic relationships and advocacy need to be reviewed in light of these changes, nurses need to be vigilant in articulating the moral and clinical basis of their roles. The development of guidelines for the second health professional role is suggested as a way of supporting clinical practice in this area.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1045
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Author O'Brien, A.P.; Boddy, J.M.; Hardy, D.J.; O'Brien, A.J.
Title Clinical indicators as measures of mental health nursing standards of practice in New Zealand Type Journal Article
Year 2004 Publication International Journal of Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 13 Issue 2 Pages 778-788
Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Professional competence; Administration; Quality of health care; Mental ealth
Abstract This paper discusses the utility of Consumer Notes Clinical Indicators (CNCI) as a means to monitor mental health nursing clinical practice against the Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses' (ANZCMHN) Standards of Practice for mental health nursing in New Zealand. CNCI are statements describing pivotal mental health nursing behaviours for which evidence can be found in the nurses' case notes. This paper presents 25 valid and reliable CNCI that can be used to monitor mental health nursing practice against the ANZCMHN's Standards of Practice for mental health nursing in New Zealand. The bicultural clinical indicators were generated in focus groups of Maori and non-Maori mental health nurses, prioritised in a three-round reactive Delphi survey of expert mental health nurses and consumers, pilot tested, and applied in a national field study. This paper reports the development and validation of the CNCI, for which achievement is assessed by an audit of the nursing documentation in consumer case notes. The CNCI were tested in a national field study of 327 sets of consumer case notes at 11 district health board sites. The results of the national field study show wide variation in occurrence of individual indicators, particularly in the areas of informed consent, information about legal rights, and provision of culturally safe and recovery-focused care. The authors discuss the implications of using the CNCI to assess the professional accountability of mental health nurses to provide quality care. Recommendations are made regarding the application of the clinical indicators and future research required, determining appropriate benchmarks for quality practice. The CNCI could be adapted for application in other mental health nursing and other mental health professional clinical settings.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1059
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Author Muir-Cochrane, E.; Holmes, C.; Walton, J.A.
Title Law and policy in relation to the use of seclusion in psychiatric hospitals in Australia and New Zealand Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication Contemporary Nurse Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 13 Issue 2/3 Pages 136-145
Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Law and legislation; Policy; Patient rights; Cross-cultural comparison
Abstract This paper discusses legal issues associated with the seclusion of acutely disturbed patients in psychiatric hospitals in Australia and New Zealand. There continues to be great variation in opinion and operational definition as to whether seclusion is a medical treatment, nursing intervention and management tool, or merely a form of situational restraint. Reflecting this lack of clarity, mental health acts and policies concerning the regulation and practice of seclusion lack consistency and focus across geographical boundaries and jurisdictions. Australian and New Zealand legislation and institutional policy is discussed in order to shed light on the contemporary issues highlighted by this controversial nursing practice. The authors note that mental health professionals must continue to review the practice of seclusion and to actively promote the use of acceptable alternatives. In addition nurses and other mental health professionals have a responsibility to understand current legislation and policy frameworks and to influence change where this is necessary to ensure the best practice possible in their clinical area.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1074
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Author Wilson, H.V.
Title Paradoxical pursuits in child health nursing practice: Discourses of scientific mothercraft Type Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication Critical Public Health Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 13 Issue 3 Pages 281-293
Keywords Plunket; Nurse-family relations; Paediatric nursing; Nursing philosophy
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the discourses of scientific mothercraft and their implications for the nurse-mother relationship, drawing on the author's recent research into surveillance and the exercise of power in the child health nursing context. The application of Foucauldian discourse analysis to the texts generated by interviews with five New Zealand child health nurses confirms that this paradoxical role has never been fully resolved. Plunket nurses primarily work in the community with the parents of new babies and preschool children. Their work, child health surveillance, is considered to involve routine and unproblematic practices generally carried out in the context of a relationship between the nurse and the mother. However, there are suggestions in the literature that historically the nurse's surveillance role has conflicting objectives, as she is at the same time an inspector and family friend.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1116 Serial 1101
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Author Barber, M.
Title Exploring the complex nature of rural nursing Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 13 Issue 10 Pages 22-23
Keywords Rural nursing; Scope of practice; Community health nursing
Abstract This article reports the results of a research study undertaken to examine how nurses manage their professional and personal selves while working in small rural communities. The participants were a small group of rural nurses on the West Coast. The rationale for the study was the long-term sustainability and viability of the service to this remote area. The research showed that the rural nurse specialists' role is a complex and challenging one, performed within the communities in which nurses live.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1212 Serial 1197
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Author Scrymgeour, G.
Title Using diagnostic reasoning in nursing practice: Ectopic pregnancy: A case study approach Type Journal Article
Year 2005 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal Available online at Eastern Institute of Technology
Volume (down) 13 Issue 1 Pages 13-17
Keywords Nursing; Pregnancy; Clinical assessment
Abstract This paper explores, through the use of a case study, an evidence-based diagnostic reasoning process utilising the framework followed by Dains, Baumann and Scheibel (1998). This framework, as described by these authors, involves an inductive process of reasoning, which leads to formulation of a hypothesis that is then analysed using an evidence-based approach. From this analysis, a likely diagnosis can be made and appropriate therapeutic intervention initiated. This research demonstrates that although an evidence-based approach is the ideal, sometimes clinical intuition is equally important to the clinical outcome.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1305
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Author Richardson, M.; Vernon, R.A.; Jacobs, S.
Title Implementing health assessment into the undergraduate nursing curriculum Type Journal Article
Year 2005 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal Available online from Eastern Institute of Technology
Volume (down) 13 Issue 1 Pages 18-21
Keywords Nursing; Education; Curriculum
Abstract This article explores historical, philosophical and theoretical perspectives of health assessment, and discusses one institution's experiences developing and implementing undergraduate health assessment courses.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1306
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Author Litchfield, M.
Title Case management and nurses Type Journal Article
Year 1998 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 13 Issue 2 Pages 26-35
Keywords Nursing; Care plans
Abstract The report of an exploratory study of current approaches to case management by nurses as requested by the College of Nurses Aotearoa New Zealand. It revealed different interpretations of nurse case management around New Zealand and in the US, UK and Australia. They differed according to the conceptualisation of health service design and delivery in the respective country. Case management in New Zealand in general presented nurse care management roles as an interface between the mangement of health service delivery and the peculiarities of the healthcare people received, holding the potential for achieving tailored, patient-centred care outcomes.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1323
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Author Litchfield, M.
Title The scope of advancing nursing practice Type Journal Article
Year 1998 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 13 Issue 3 Pages 13-24
Keywords Nursing specialties; Nursing
Abstract An overview of the model of nursing practice and nurse roles derived through a programme of nursing research in the context of the changing New Zealand health system. The emphasis is on the complementary nature of the practice of family nurses taking a generic integrative service delivery hub role and the practice of other nurses advancing in specialist roles. Nursing care is presented as a professional, collective practice of registered nurses spread across all health service sectors and employment settings. Nurse roles are differentiated according to the interplay of two factors influencing the extent of practice autonomy the nurses assume (educationally supported) in responding to health need. A diagram depicts the interrelationship of competency and scope for the inclusive three different career trajectories of nurses advancing in practice. NOTE: This paper was published with an error in the title of the article (stated correctly on the journal contents page). An apology from the journal editor with an explanation of the importance of the use of the term ?advancing? and not ?advanced? was published in the subsequent issue (Nursing Praxis in NZ,14(1)).
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1325
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Author Moir, Chris; Baby, Maria
Title Managing violence and aggression: graduate-entry nursing students' responses to pre-emptive communication skills education Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 13 Issue 1 Pages 9-18
Keywords Communication skills; Workplace violence; Nursing students; Nursing curriculum
Abstract Argues that teaching de-escalation skills early in the nursing programme is vital for student safety and later retention in the nursing workforce. Sets out to determine the efficacy of communication training to teach nursing students agression-management skills while on clinical placement. Designs a quasi-experimental design using pre- and post-tests of communication competence following an education module delivered as part of the curriculum.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1816
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Author Bingham, Helen; Malone, Tara
Title Developing compassion in nursing students through engaging with a lived experience Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 13 Issue 1 Pages 19-25
Keywords Compassion; Personal narratives; Mental illness; Addiction; Nursing education
Abstract Considers whether an educational intervention in which mental illness and addiction sufferers share their personal experience with nursing students results in the development of empathy and compassion among nursing students. Incorporates five workshops into the bachelor of nursing curriculum, in which students listen to the stories told by mental health/addiction patients. Gathers accounts from students of their reactions afterwards.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1817
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Author Holloway, Kathryn
Title The New Zealand nurse specialist framework: Clarifying the contribution of the nurse specialist Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 13 Issue 3 Pages 147-153
Keywords Nurse Specialist Framework; Advanced nursing practice; Workforce planning; Capability models
Abstract Presents an overview of the NZ Nurse Specialist Framework (NZNSF), developed through a consensus approach as part of a doctoral study, and which provides an over-arching structure to support coherence, clarity and consistency for nurse specialists. Maintains that the framework supports workforce policy makers in planning effective utlisation of the nurse specialist in health care delivery.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1827
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Author Pipi, Kataraina; Moss, Michelle; Were, Louise
Title Nga manukura o apopo: sustaining kaupapa Maori nurse and midwifery leadership Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 12 Issue 1 Pages 16-24
Keywords Maori nursing leadership; Maori nurses; Kaupapa Maori; Workforce
Abstract Analyses and synthesises the evaluation reports of the clinical leadership training programmes of Nga Manukura o Apopo, the national Maori nursing and midwifery workforce development programme. Considers how the marae-based Kaupapa Maori training approach contributed to the outcomes. Examines clinical leadership, recruitment, professional development and governance.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1714
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