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Burrow, M., Gilmour, J., & Cook, C. (2017). Healthcare assistants and aged residential care: A challenging policy and contractual environment. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 33(2), http://www.nursingpraxis.org.
Abstract: Examines NZ policy and care demands in aged residential care. Maintains that registered nurses need to understand the socio-political, economic and educational factors that influence care delivery in aged residential care. Presents an overview of the current role of healthcare assistants (HCAs)in aged residential care, based on a review of the existing grey literature, current national policy, DHB contract agreements and NZNO collective agreements.
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Briscoe, J., Mackay, B., & Harding, T. (2017). Does simulation add value to clinical practice: undergraduate student nurses' perspective. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 8(1), 10–15.
Abstract: Evaluates whether simulation helps to prepare student nurses for clinical practice. Conducts a research project to establish if the use of simulation in nursing education provides added value to the clinical experience of students. Uses a qualitative, descriptive approach as the methodology to interview a voluntary purposeful sample of nursing students enrolled across the BN programme. Aministers focus group interviews with 10 nursing students from semester two through to final semester, year three.
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Washbourne, G. A. (2017). Registered Nurses' Experiences of How in Situ Simulation Contributes to Ongoing Clinical Skill Development: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. Master's thesis, University of Canterbury, .
Abstract: Recruits Emergency Department (ED) nurses to participate in three semi-structured interviews. Conducts thematic analysis of interview transcripts to identify the effects on clinical skills, and what facilitated participants' learning.
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Cadigan, K. (2017). Supporting the struggling nursing student in clinical practice : a qualitative descriptive study. Master's thesis, , .
Abstract: Utilises a descriptive design methodology to explore the experiences of 14 clinical lecturers who work alongside student nurses in the clinical practice component of the nursing education programme. Highlights issues facing students in the clinical environment. Identifies potential strategies to support struggling student nurses in clinical practice.
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Song, W. J. (2017). Teaching Ethics in Nursing Education – A case study of teaching in a New Zealand tertiary education context. Master's thesis, University of Waikato, .
Abstract: Explores what experiences and challenges nursing educators face teaching ethics content and identifies the difficulties encountered in classroom practice. Interviews a self-selecting sample of 7 nursing educators working at a large NZ tertiary institution in the North Island. Outlines the seven dominant themes to emerge from the inductive data analysis process.
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Rhodes, J. (2015). Using PeerWise in nursing education -- a replicated quantitative descriptive research study. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 6(1), 10–15.
Abstract: Surveys the views of third-year Bachelor of Nursing students with the aim of replicating or refuting the results from an earlier study on the use of the online learning tool PeerWise in nursing education. Uses a quantitative descriptive research method and survey, as in the earlier study, to determine whether PeerWise does provide a positive medium for nursing students to acquire, extend and revise nursing knowledge. Employs manifest content analysis on the data collected in the first study in 2013.
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Garcia, A., Whitehead, D., & Winter, H. S. (2015). Oncology nurses' perception of cancer pain: a qualitative exploratory study. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 31(1), 27–33.
Abstract: Undertakes research to explore how oncology nurses perceive cancer pain in patients. Presents the findings of semi-structured interviews with a sample of 5 registered nurses working in a NZ oncology ward, who reported their responses to under-treatment of cancer pain. Highlights the need to explore cancer pain management with patients.
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Seccombe, J., & Stewart, C. (2014). Motivation or self-directed learning: student perspectives. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 5(1), 21–24.
Abstract: Conducts a study of 90 undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing (BN) students in order to identify factors that motivate student nurses to undertake self-directed learning (SDL). Adapts an overseas rating scale questionnaire to survey third-year BN students to identify intrinsic or extrinsic factors that influence students' SDL behaviour. Categorises survey results in relation to content and navigation of the learning package; monitoring and management of personal learning; and relevance to topic and link to paper assessment.
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Harding, T. (2013). Cultural safety : a vital element for nursing ethics. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 29(1), 4–11.
Abstract: Argues that the globalisation of nursing and the internationalisation of nursing education potentially leads to the values underpinning nursing curricula coming into conflict with those of other cultures. Suggests the need to examine the values inherent in ethics education in nursing, proposing that cultural safety is incorporated into it in an increasingly multi-cultural nursing environment.
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Garrett, C. A. (2013). Simulation learning for critical care nurses : an integrative review. Master's thesis, University of Otago, .
Abstract: Investigate the current literature on simulation learning as a learning tool for critical care nursing education. Identifies how the evidence demonstrates simulation is an effective learning tool for nurses who are involved in critical care, using the Joanna Briggs Institute quality appraisal tools. Endeavours to explore the experiences of both nurses and educators utilising simulation learning to prepare for critical care nursing.
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Barnhill, D., McKillop, A., & Aspinall, C. (2012). The impact of postgraduate education on registered nurses working in acute care. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 28(2), 27–36.
Abstract: Undertakes a quantitative descriptive study to investigate the impact of postgraduate education on the practice of nurses working in medical and surgical wards of a District Health Board (DHB) hospital. Distributes an anonymous postal survey to 57 registered nurses and 25 senior nurses in these clinical areas and discusses the findings.
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Mackay, B.(and others). (2011). Utilising the hand model to promote a culturally-safe environment for international nursing students. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 27(1), 13–24.
Abstract: Backgrounds and describes the Hand Model, developed by a nurse teacher to assist her in teaching cultural safety, and suggests its potential to provide a framework for creating a culturally-safe environment for international students in NZ, including those aspects of cultural safety specific to NZ.
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Wong, G., & Stokes, G. (2011). Preparing undergraduate nurses to provide smoking cessation advice and help. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 27(3), 21–30.
Abstract: Conducts an online survey of NZ's 17 schools of nursing to investigate the extent that smoking cessation education content is included in undergraduate nursing curricula. Reports which schools teach the recommended ABC approach and which teach approaches not recommended by the Ministry of Health.
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Papps, E. (1998). Knowledge, power, and nursing education in New Zealand: a critical analysis of the construction of the nursing identity. Ph.D. thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin. Retrieved June 2, 2024, from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6446
Abstract: Describes and critically analyses the construction of the nursing identity through curriculum and social relations of power. Conducts a critical analysis using Foucault's power/knowledge problematic to unmask power relations positioning the nurse in the discourses of medicine and gender. Analyses the construction of the nursing identity through curriculum and the social relations of power, using the Foucauldian notion of governmentality.
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Litchfield, M. (1991). Nursing education: Direction with purpose. Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand, 84(7), 22–24.
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