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Author (up) Thomson, M.; Kinross, D.N.J.; Chick, D.N.P.; Corry, M.F.; Dowland, J. openurl 
  Title People in hospital: a surgical ward Type
  Year 1977 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Abstract A study of work patterns on a surgical ward  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 5 Serial 5  
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Author (up) Tilah, M.S.W. openurl 
  Title Well child care services in New Zealand: an investigation into the provision and receipt of well child services in a Hawkes Bay sample Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Abstract Maternal child care in New Zealand has traditionally been given by a variety of providers from the private and public sector. The reorganisation of the health services has effected all forms of health delivery including maternal and well child care or well child care services. Contracting of services in a competitive environment has been an important feature of the reorganisation process. Ashton (1995) notes that the system of contracting has facilitated the introduction of new approaches to health from new provider groups, which are not necessarily based on primary health care principles. This has led to confusion for providers and consumers alike. In 1996 a new national schedule which described the services recommended for maternal and child care was introduced called WellChild/Tamariki Ora. A questionnaire based on this schedule was administered to a sample of 125 parents of children under five years of age in Hawkes Bay to investigate issues relating to the provision and receipt of well care services.Descriptive data showed that the major providers in the present study were doctors. There were significant differences found in the number of services received by the less educated, the unemployed, single parent families, and Maori and Pacific Island people.Perceptions about the helpfulness of services received were not related to ratings of the child's health. Parents who received a greater number of Family/Whanau support services rated their children's health more highly. Findings are discussed in relation to the previous literature and recommendations are presented with particular emphasis on the implications for nursing and the role of nurses in providing well child care services  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 379 Serial 379  
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Author (up) Trout, F. openurl 
  Title Health needs assessment within the ecology of caring Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Keywords Community health nursing  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1137 Serial 1122  
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Author (up) Turia, D. openurl 
  Title Women's knowledge sources and management decisions Type
  Year 1999 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library, Whitirea Community Poly  
  Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 53  
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  Abstract It is evident from the prevalence of items in the popular press and incased research by health professional that, over the last two decades, menopause as been discussed more openly. However, medical information is still largely oriented toward menopause as a disease with emphasis on the pharmacological interventions needed to correct the disease. Literature in medical and nursing journals is also predominantly oriented towards menopause as a state of oestrogen, nurse researchers and feminists writers are challenging this viewsThe aim of the research was to discover how women gain knowledge about menopause, and how they make decisions about “managing” their menopause. In the study knowledge was defined as being more than information. It is seen as being more than information. It is seen as understanding derived from synthesis of data about menopause collected from various sources. Eleven women aged 46-55 recruited through a letter in the researcher's local newspaper, were interviewed. The resulting data was analysed by the constant comparison method as used in grounded theory.A descriptive model was developed including the basic social process of “integrating menopause into midlife”. A tertiary level of education and good social support were found to be associated with the women being seekers of knowledge about their menopause. These women, the majority of the participants, revealed themselves as being self-controlling with respect to their menopause. Among the few who had allowed their menopause to be managed by others, if they experienced adverse effects of the treatment, then there was a move toward greater self management.,Generally, nurses were not seen by the participants as possible sources of information. That finding highlights menopause as an area of health education in which nurses have the potential to play a more active role  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 376 Serial 376  
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Author (up) Vallant, S.R. openurl 
  Title Dialogue and monologue: The relationship between student nurse and nurse clinician: The impact on student learning Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Keywords Students; Nursing; Mentoring  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 610 Serial 596  
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Author (up) Vernon, R.A. openurl 
  Title Developing clinical skill competency of undergraduate nursing students utilising a simulated psychomotor skill laboratory and model of self-directed learning: An evaluation research study Type
  Year 2003 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Keywords Students; Evaluation  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 871 Serial 855  
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Author (up) Vincent, N. openurl 
  Title Starting late: problems and coping strategies of women who delay parenting until after the age of 40 years Type
  Year 1998 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 401 Serial 401  
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Author (up) Walton, J.A. openurl 
  Title Schizophrenia, a way of being-in-the-world Type
  Year 1995 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 180 Serial 180  
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Author (up) Walton, J.A. openurl 
  Title Schizophrenia, a way of being-in-the-world Type
  Year 1995 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Abstract This phenomenological study describes what it is like to live with a schizophrenic illness and relates the understanding gained from this description to implications for nursing practice. The participants in the study were ten adults who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, who take regular medication and who are living independant lives in the community. Over a period of sixteen months they were interviewed about effects of the illness on their everyday lives. During this time they explained the challenges and difficulties which have faced them, both during and long after the resolution of acute illness. As they describe it schizophrenia is a part of who they are.The narrative contained in this thesis presents the participants' stories in aggregated form, setting their experiences alongside ideas from the early work of Martin Heidegger, whose phenomenological writing informed the analysis and interpretation of the data. As the participants explain, schizophrenia has touched every aspect of their lives. Living with schizophrenia is shown to affect their whole being-in-the-world. It incorporates Being-with-others, living carefully and taking a stand on life. While hoping for a cure, their reality is of living with a chroinic ilness which has major effects on their lives. At the same time the participants are shown to define themselves not in terms of their illness and treatment, but in respect of their hopes and dreams and the stance each is taking on his or her own life. In this way their existential predicament is highlighted in the study. Participants are on the one hand very much like all people, while on the other hand they have to contend with very different concerns than do most others.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 446 Serial 446  
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Author (up) Walton, J.A. openurl 
  Title The night-time experience of elderly hospitalized adults and the nurses who care for them Type
  Year 1989 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Abstract This is a report of a study into the night-time experience of elderly hospitilised adults and the nurses who care for them. A grounded theory approach was used for the analysis of data and subsequent generation of a theoretical description an partial explanation of patient experiences, nursing actions and nurse-patient interactions.Data were gathered through observation, interview, document audit and literature review; tow general medical wards in a large regional hospital were the focus of field methods of data collection.It is argued that the night-time experiences of elderly hospitalized adults are to a large degree dependent on the individual patterns of sleep and waking behaviour of these people in their normal environments. If individualised care is given, nurses must be aware of people's usual patterns of behaviour.Nurses working at night engage in a series of complex decision sin the course of their interaction with patients. They work under constraints not present during the daytime, and are highly dependent on co-operation from colleagues on other shifts for information which would enable them to deliver optimum care at night. At the same time, night nurses have access to information from and about patients which would be invaluable to a total assessment of any patient's health state.Considerations of sleep and sleep are relevant to nurses working all shifts. The findings of the study have implications in terms of nurses' knowledge of all aspects of sleep; assessment practices; nurse-patient and nurse-nurse communication; nurse-patient relationships at night; wars management; and the independence of nurses  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 179 Serial 179  
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Author (up) Walton, J.A. openurl 
  Title Nursing practice in New Zealand hospitals: staff nurses and enrolled nurses: an investigation into the nature and organisation of nursing practice Type
  Year 1989 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Abstract Review of the preparation and initial employment of nurses  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 319 Serial 319  
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Author (up) Watson, P.B. openurl 
  Title An understanding of family in the context of families facing the diagnosis of childhood cancer Type
  Year 1998 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library, Manawatu Polytechnic Li  
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  Abstract The diagnosis of childhood cancer has a profound impact on the family. How nurses understand family affects their practice with families facing the diagnosis of childhood cancerShaped by Heideggerian phenomenology, van Manens methodology for hermeneutic phenomenology was used to construct an understanding of family from the experiences of family members facing the diagnosis of childhood cancer. Seven family members from two families, one mother, two fathers, two siblings, and two grandparents were interviewed about their experience of facing the diagnosis of childhood cancer.From the participants experience the meaning of family was interpreted as being-with-others, for-the-sake-of-others, who one might not distinguish from oneself. This understanding of family is recognisable, yet different from traditional definitions of family and may help nurses and family members to act more thoughtfully and tactfully with each other  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 153 Serial 153  
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Author (up) Wenmoth, J.D.A. openurl 
  Title A phenomenological study examining the experience of nausea, vomiting and retching associated with pregnancy Type
  Year 1997 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Abstract This paper outlines a phenomenological study carried out to explore the experience of nausea, vomiting and retching associated with pregnancy. These phenomena lack Nursing research and are debilitating symptoms which effect the quality of life for 50-75% of all pregnant women. Madjar ( 1991) indicates that the communication of such experiences can deepen our understanding of human life and coping. It is importance for Nurses to develop an understanding of lived experiences so that they can make more effective interventions. This study explores the essential humanness of life experiences as they are for those who live them. It involved collecting data from those experiencing the phenomena and analysing it. It focuses on the study of phenomena not as separate entities in themselves but as they are perceived as they are experienced. A 'purposeful sample' was required for this study. The aim was to include women who had direct knowledge of the phenomena of nausea, vomiting and retching associated with pregnancy. The study involved in depth interviewing of six women, the interviews were taped and independently transcribed, the transcripts were analysed to determine the meaning of the experience and to identify common themes. The experiences of the women are discussed in relation to what van Manen (1990) describes as four main life world existentials; the lived body, the lived other, lived space and lived time  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 15 Serial 15  
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Author (up) Wenn, J. openurl 
  Title Hospital information systems: a nursing viewpoint Type
  Year 1983 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 181 Serial 181  
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Author (up) White, J.M. openurl 
  Title Becoming a resident Type
  Year 1992 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 182 Serial 182  
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