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Author Mahoney, L.
Title (up) Making the invisible visible: Public health nurses role with children who live with a parent with a mental illness Type
Year 2008 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Public health; Children; Community health nursing; Scope of practice
Abstract This research uses focus group methodology to examine the public health nursing practice with children living with a mentally ill parent. These children are often neglected, yet are at increased risk of developing mental illnesses themselves. The research data identified the burgeoning impact on public health nurses of such care, and found their role to be primarily assessment and advocacy.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1304 Serial 1289
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Author Brownie, S.M.
Title (up) Management perspectives of the second evel nurse Type
Year 1993 Publication Abbreviated Journal National Library, NZNO Library,
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Abstract This study presents information, obtained from health service managers, on the present use and possible future use of second level nurses within the region encompassing the Wanganui, Rangitikei, Manawatu, Tararua, Palmerston North City and Horowhenua districts. “ Second level nurses” are currently known as enrolled nurses and, in accordance with Section 53A of the 1983 Amendment to the Nurses Act, are required to work under the direction and supervision of registered nurses or medical practitioners. Enrolled nurses are usually allocated less responsibility for nursing assessment and judgement than registered nurses.Management perspectives, from seventy seven health workforce managers, were sought in relation to the future workforce need, the scope and boundaries of practice, and the alternatives for the future educational preparation of second level nurses. Seventy two percent of managers said that they thought enrolled nurses were essential to New Zealand's future nursing workforce. They predicted increased opportunities for enrolled nurses in care of the elderly and community care settings. Patterns in the current workforce utilization of enrolled nurses, however, did not support these views.In relation to the education of enrolled nurses, managers indicated that hospital-based training was the most preferred option. However, managers asserted that, in view of the current lack of employment opportunities no more enrolled nurses should be prepared at the present time.Although questions about education were focussed on the educational preparation of enrolled nurses, many of the respondent managers also expressed opinions about the educational preparation of comprehensive nurses. As a result, an evaluation of comprehensive nursing programmes is suggested.While the numbers of second level nurses being prepared and used is decreasing, there is a concomitant increase in the preparation and use of caregivers. This rapidly increasing group isfast becoming a “cheaper” second level workforce. The increase in the use of caregivers is seen to result from the pressure on healthcare employers to reduce spending within the current highly competitive, de-regulated economy. Managers asserted that enrolled nurses are not cost effective in comparison with either caregivers or registered nurses.The study concludes with thirteen recommendations which are made under the following four groups;1. Manawatu Polytechnic – provider of nursing education.2. Healthcare employers – users of nursing education.3. Enrolled nurses – participants in nursing education.4. Professional nursing bodies – guardians of nursing education
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 407 Serial 407
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Author Gifford, H.; Walker, L.; Clendon, J.; Wilson, D.; Boulton, A.
Title (up) Maori nurses and smoking; Conflicted identities and motivations for smoking cessation Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal Available through NZNO library
Volume 4 Issue 1 Pages 33-38
Keywords Maori nurses; Smoking cessation; smoking; Qualitative research
Abstract This research aims to design and test the feasibility of an intervention promoting smoking cessation, and reducing smoking relapse, among Māori nurses who smoke. It is being conducted in two phases. Phase one, a national web-based survey, conducted in December 2012, explored the views of Māori nurses (smokers, ex-smokers and non-smokers) regarding smoking. This paper reports on the analysis of qualitative responses from 410 nurses and nursing students identifying as Māori who completed an online survey. Five themes were identified: beliefs about smoking; ?for our tamariki?; personal stories of quitting; dissatisfaction with current approaches; and plans for future strategies. The findings confirm that nurses who smoke may experience feelings of conflict, and regard their behaviour as inconsistent with their role as nurses and health promoters. Nurses who smoke must be supported to become, and to stay, smokefree. Tailored Māori-specific cessation initiatives are needed.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1392
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Author Honey, M.L.L.
Title (up) Methodological issues with case study research Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library
Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 9-11
Keywords Research, nursing; Research methodology; Study design; data analysis; Data collection methods
Abstract Case study research, as a qualitative methodology, attracts some criticism, especially related to rigour, reliability and validity. A New Zealand-based study that explored complex phenomena – flexible learning for postgraduate nurses – provides a practical example of how the case study design can address these criticisms. Through describing the mixed methods used, different sources and methods of data collection, and data analysis, the process of achieving data quality and trustworthiness are highlighted.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1338
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Author Surtees, R.
Title (up) Midwifery as Feminist Praxis in Aotearoa/New Zealand Type
Year 2003 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages 323 pp
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Abstract A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree

of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY 2003.

This thesis highlights the ways in which the practices of contemporary midwives in

Aotearoa/New Zealand are caught within the intersection of an array of competing discourses. The context for this is the reconstruction of midwifery in Aotearoa/New Zealand as an autonomous feminist profession founded on partnership with women. Interviews and participant observation with midwives, based mainly in one New Zealand city, are the basis of an analysis of the complexity of midwives? praxis as professionals. The analysis draws on insights from critical and feminist approaches to Foucault?s theories of discourse, power and the subject. It includes discussion of the conditions which came to produce and authorise the concept of ?partnership?. Which subjects can speak about partnership, and when? What claims

are made about it? What challenges it?
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1403
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Author Clinical Training Agency,
Title (up) National review of clinical training agency funded advanced mental health nursing programme Type
Year 1998 Publication Abbreviated Journal CTA – HFA – NZNO Library
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Abstract In 1997, Advanced Mental Health Nursing Programmes were funded nationally by the Clinical Training Agency using the funds made available subsequent to the 1996 Mason Report. The training leads to an award of either a post graduate certificate or diploma awarded by a tertiary education provider.A review was conducted with the aim to monitor the impact on service provision of advanced mental health nurse practitioner training. This was done by obtaining feedback through using an agreed standard questionnaire from course participants and mental health service providers.In seeking to learn more about the impact of these programmes, the CTA identified the following key issues:- what effect the courses may have had on mental health workforce make-up, skills and retention.- perceptions of programme delivery and content.- the impact on service delivery.Overall findings are shared which highlight that the course was seen as well organised and participants and service providers would recommend it to their colleagues. The greatest effect of the course appeared to be in developing more understanding of clinical supervision. Participating in the course had also led to positive changes in relationships with the clients and colleagues for more than three quarters of the group.The provision of an Advanced Mental Health Nursing Programme in 1997 has had many positive effects. The funding strategy and delivery models that have evolved may provide a useful template for other nursing specialty areas
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 355 Serial 355
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Author Pirret, A M
Title (up) Nurse practitioner diagnostic reasoning Type
Year 2013 Publication Abbreviated Journal Available from the NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages 280 pp
Keywords Nurse practitioners; Diagnostic reasoning; Diagnostic accuracy; Surveys; Decision-making theory
Abstract Uses a post-positivist mixed-methods convergent-parallel design to explore nurse practitioner diagnostic reasoning and compare it to that of registrars. Includes 30 nurse practitioners and 16 registrars in a case scenario. Outlines nurse practitioner practice in NZ and how the NZ title of nurse practitioner differs from that used internationally.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Reference only Serial 1394
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Author Spackman, N. E.
Title (up) Nurses' early experiences with patient death Type
Year 2008 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages 156 pp
Keywords New graduate nurses; Terminal care
Abstract Chronic stress and 'burnout' have been extensively researched in nursing populations, but very little is known about the impact of specific acutely stressful or significant events. A novice nurse's first encounter with patient death may pose considerable cognitive, emotional and clinical challenges. Using a mixed methods design, this study explored the clinical circumstances, impact and challenges and rewards of nurses' early experiences with patient death.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1292
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Author Barber, M
Title (up) Nursing and living in rural New Zealand communities: an interpretive descriptive study Type
Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages 116pp
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Abstract A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Nursing at Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand. June 2007

This study used an interpretive descriptive method to gain insight into and

explore key issues for rural nurses working and living in the same

community. Four Rural Nurse Specialists were recruited as participants. The

nurses had lived and nursed in the same rural community for a minimum of

12 months. Participants were interviewed face to face and their transcribed

interviews underwent thematic analysis.

The meta-theme was: the distinctive nature of rural nursing. The themes

identified were: interwoven professional and personal roles; complex role of

rural nurses and relationships with the community. A conceptual model was

developed to capture the relationship between the meta-theme and the

themes. A definition for rural nursing was developed from the findings.

This research identified some points of difference in this group of rural

nurses from the available rural nursing literature. It also provides a better

understanding of the supports Rural Nurse Specialists need to be successful

in their roles, particularly around the recruitment and retention of the rural

nursing workforce.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1386
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Author Butler, A.M.
Title (up) Nursing research in New Zealand – author index Type
Year 1977 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library, Wellington
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 419 Serial 419
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Author Williams, H.
Title (up) One for the boys: An evaluative study of primary health care access by men in Tairawhiti Type
Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Gender; Primary health care; Access; Male
Abstract
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1138
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Author Cook, Deborah.
Title (up) Open visiting: does this benefit adult patients in intensive care units Type
Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages 32 pp
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Abstract A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Nursing at Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand.

As the healthcare system moves toward a consumer-driven paradigm, visiting hours for family and significant others of the intensive care unit patient have become a topic of interest and discussion. Research since the 1970s has generated controversy and speculation over the ideal visiting practices in the adult intensive care unit. Analysis of the growing body of research can now be reviewed to enable existing visiting policies to be revised.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1332
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Author Barton, J.
Title (up) Pain knowledge and attitudes of nurses and midwives in a New Zealand context Type
Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Nursing; Pain management; Attitude of health personnel
Abstract
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1140 Serial 1125
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Author Woods, M.
Title (up) Parental resistance. Mobile and transitory discourses: A discursive analysis of parental resistance towards medical treatment for a seriously ill child Type
Year 2008 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Nurse-family relations; Parents and caregivers; Pacific peoples; Communication; Children; Chronically ill
Abstract This qualitative thesis uses discourse analysis to examine parental resistance towards medical treatment of critically ill children. It is an investigation of the 'mobile and transitory' discourses at play in instances of resistance between parents, physicians and nurses within health care institutions, and an examination of the consequences of resistance through providing alternative ways of perceiving and therefore understanding these disagreements. The philosophical perspectives, methodology and methods used in this thesis are underpinned by selected ideas taken from the works of Michel Foucault and Pierre Bourdieu and supported by relevant literature in the fields of media, law, children, parenting, caring, serious childhood illness, medicine and nursing. It is argued that from an examination of interview based texts, parental resistance is an omnipresent but transitory occurrence that affects many of the interactions between the parents of seriously ill children and clinical staff. It is maintained that within these interactions, the seeds of this resistance are sown in both critical decision making situations and in everyday occurrences between doctors, nurses and parents within healthcare institutions. Contributing factors to parental resistance include the use of power games by staff, the language of medicine, forms of symbolic violence, the presence or absence of trust between parents and medical staff, the effects of medical habitus, and challenges to the parental role and identity. Overall, it is proposed in this thesis that parents who resist treatment for their seriously ill child are not exceptions to the normative patient-physician relationship.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1140
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Author Rickard,D
Title (up) Parents as experts: Partnership in the care of chronically ill children Type Report
Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal Held by NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages 65 pp
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Abstract Margaret May Blackwell Travel Study Fellowship for Nurses of Young Children.

This report discusses the partnership between parents and nurses and its relationship to delivering optimal care to the child.

The author has a background in paediatric nursing in a hospital environment.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1354
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