toggle visibility Search & Display Options

Select All    Deselect All
 |   | 
Details
   print
  Records Links
Author Whitehead, N. openurl 
  Title Quality and staffing: Is there a relationship in aged residential care Type
  Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Rest homes; Patient safety; Older people; Nursing specialties  
  Abstract This thesis reports a mixed methods study, longitudinal in nature, of consenting Age Related Residential Care (ARRC) hospitals in the upper half of the North Island, which was conducted to examine several factors, including AARC hospital efficiency at producing adverse event free days for residents. An interpretativist approach examined what best practice strategies were implemented by the ARRC hospitals that were identified to be most successful at producing adverse event free days for the residents.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1159  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author Williams, J.L. openurl 
  Title The Cummins model: An adaption to assist foreign nursing students in New Zealand Type
  Year 2003 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nursing; Education; Students  
  Abstract  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1114  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author Doughty, L. openurl 
  Title Evaluation of the 2002 Auckland District Health Board: First year of clinical practice programme Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Clinical supervision; Nursing; Education  
  Abstract  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1113  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author Seton, K.M. openurl 
  Title Diversity in action: Overseas nurses' perspectives on transition to nursing practice in New Zealand Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nursing; Cross-cultural comparison; Education  
  Abstract  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1110  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author Van der Harst, J. url  openurl
  Title Inside knowledge: A qualitative descriptive study of prison nursing in New Zealand Type
  Year 2003 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nursing specialties  
  Abstract Analysis of the research literature on prison nursing revealed a paucity of research, both in New Zealand and internationally. The aim of this research was to describe the working life of the nurse in a New Zealand prison and provide an understanding of and documentation on prison nursing in New Zealand. A qualitative descriptive study was undertaken to determine what it is like to nurse in a New Zealand prison. Ten nurses working at two public prisons and one private prison took part in the study. Data was collected by the use of semi-structured interviews and analysed thematically into four main themes. The participants' descriptions of their working lives as prison nurses expose the multifaceted nature of this work and the inherent relational dynamics. These dynamics determine the nurse's ability to practise effectively in the prison setting. Findings highlighted many paradoxical situations for nurses when working in this environment. The very aspects of the work that participants described as negative were also identified, in some instances, as challenging and satisfying.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 886 Serial (down) 870  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author Shelah, G.E. openurl 
  Title Enabling pedagogy: An enquiry into New Zealand students' experience of bioscience in pre-registration nursing education Type
  Year 2003 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Teaching methods; Nursing; Education  
  Abstract  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 856  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author Maloney-Moni, J. openurl 
  Title Kia Mana: A synergy of wellbeing Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Transcultural nursing; Psychology; Maori  
  Abstract  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 841 Serial (down) 825  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author Ratnasabapathy, P. openurl 
  Title Silent suffering: The 'lived experience' of women who have experienced early pregnancy loss and used the health services for their care Type
  Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Pregnancy; Grief; Psychology  
  Abstract  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 786 Serial (down) 770  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author Prebble, K. url  openurl
  Title Ordinary men and uncommon women: A history of psychiatric nursing in New Zealand public mental hospitals, 1939-1972 Type
  Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Mental health; History; Gender  
  Abstract This social-cultural history explores the changing context, culture, and identity of psychiatric nurses working in New Zealand public mental hospitals between 1939 and 1972. Primary documentary sources and oral history interviews provided the data for analysis. The thesis is divided into two periods: 1939 to 1959 when asylum-type conditions shaped the culture of the institutional workforce, and 1960 to 1972 when mental health reform and nursing professionalisation challenged the isolation and distinct identity of mental hospital nurses. Between 1939 and 1959 the introduction of somatic treatments did not substantially change nursing practice in mental hospitals. Overcrowding, understaffing and poor resources necessitated the continuance of custodial care. The asylum-type institutions were dependent on a male attendant workforce to ensure the safety of disturbed male patients, and the maintenance of hospital farms, gardens, and buildings. Although female nurses provided all the care and domestic work on the female side, the belief that psychiatric nursing was physically demanding, potentially dangerous, and morally questionable, characterised the work as generally unsuitable for women. Introduction of psychiatric nursing registration which was a move toward professionalisation did little to change the dominance of a male, working-class culture. From 1960 to 1972 psychiatric nurses' identity was contested. New therapeutic roles created the possibility of the nurses becoming health professionals. Their economic security and occupational power, however, was tied to an identity as unionised, male workers. As psychiatric nurses were drawn closer to the female-dominated nursing profession through health service changes and nursing education reform, both men and women acted to protect both their working conditions and their patients' welfare. To achieve these ends, they employed working-class means of industrial action. By accepting the notion that psychiatric nurses' identity was socially constructed, this thesis provides an interpretation that goes beyond the assumption that nursing is a woman's profession. Instead, it presents psychiatric nursing as a changing phenomenon shaped by contested discourses of gender, class and professionalisation. Nursing in public mental hospitals attracted ordinary men and uncommon women whose collective identity was forged from the experience of working in a stigmatised role.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 763 Serial (down) 749  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author Dewes, C.A. openurl 
  Title Perceptions and expectations of a kaiawhina role Type
  Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Maori; Students; Nursing  
  Abstract  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 692 Serial (down) 678  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author Betts, J.A. openurl 
  Title Establishing and evaluating a nurse practitioner leg ulcer clinic: The journey Type
  Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nurse practitioners; Community health nursing  
  Abstract  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 684 Serial (down) 670  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author Sheridan, N.F. url  openurl
  Title Mapping a new future: Primary health care nursing in New Zealand Type
  Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Primary health care; Chronic diseases; Community health nursing; Nursing models  
  Abstract The aim of the study was to determine the practice of nurses employed in integrated care projects in New Zealand from late 1999 to early 2001. Integrated care was a major health reform strategy that emphasised primary health care as a means to improve service provision between the health sectors. An investigation of nurses' practice sought to determine the extent to which primary health care principles had been adopted in practice, as a comprehensive primary health care approach has been advocated globally in the management of chronic conditions; the leading cause of disability throughout the world and the most expensive problems faced by health care systems. The philosophical basis of the research was postpositivism. The study employed a quantitative non-experimental survey design because it allowed numeric descriptions of the characteristics of integrated care projects to be gained for the purpose of identifying nurses' practice. The unit of inquiry was the integrated care project, and 80 comprised the study population. Data were obtained on projects from expert informants (n=27) by telephone survey using a structured interview questionnaire developed by the researcher. Data obtained from interviews were statistically analysed in two stages. First, data were produced to comprehensively describe the characteristics of integrated care projects and nurses practice. The 'Public health interventions model' was used as a framework to analyses the interventions (activities) and levels of population-based practice of nurses. Following this, the social values embedded in nurses' practice were determined using 'Beattie's model of health promotion' as a framework for analysis. A strong association was found between nurses' practice in projects and strategies used in integrated care, such as information sharing, guideline development and promotion, and case management, and projects with an ethnic focus, low income focus, chronic condition focus, and well-health focus. Whilst nurses undertook interventions most frequently at the individual practice level they were also strongly associated with the small proportion of interventions that were undertaken at the community level. The majority of interventions by nurses reflected the health promotion value of health persuasion, indicating a paternalist and individual-oriented philosophy. Nurses were engaged in two interventions that indicated a collective-oriented philosophy – coalition building and community development, the latter reflecting health promotion values of negotiation, partnership and empowerment. The study demonstrated that nurses' practice in projects was predominantly centred on individual-focused population-based practice suggesting the need for a framework to assist nurses to transition their practice to include more activity at the community and systems levels. Without a reorientation of practice, nurses will remain limited in their ability to achieve health gains for populations. In response to this conclusion, and drawing on research results and reviewed literature, a new model, The 'Primary Health Care interventions model' was constructed. Recommendations include advocacy for the acceptance of the model by the health funder, professional nursing bodies, health organisations, educational institutions, nurses, communities, and individuals.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 679 Serial (down) 665  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author Murray, D.J. openurl 
  Title The roles of nurses working with adolescents in Auckland secondary schools Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Adolescents; Nurse-patient relations  
  Abstract  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 605  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
Author Harding, T.S. url  openurl
  Title Constructing the “other”: On being a man and a nurse Type
  Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Gender; Male nurses; Careers in nursing  
  Abstract This study explores the experiences of men who are nurses in Aotearoa New Zealand. Utilising discourse analysis a social constructionist reading of men, masculinity and nursing is provided to offer an alternative reading to much of the extant literature with respect to men in nursing. The study draws upon a number of different sources of “text”, including over 600 written works, two films and interviews with eighteen men who currently are, have been or are intending to be, nurses. Drawing primarily upon the “literary” textual sources a number of themes were identified for further exploration in interview with the co-researchers. These themes were the construction of masculinity, the construction of images of the nurse, the reaction to men who are nurses, sexuality issues, career development, and men and caring. The findings of this thesis reveal that the literature pertaining to men in nursing is replete with paradox and contradiction and fails to adequately account for the male experience. It is argued that the images and arguments provided in the literature with respect to men in nursing are based on out-of-date models and understandings of gender relations, masculinity and nursing. It is suggested that rather than enjoying patriarchal privilege, men who enter nursing must contend with being constructed as both an inferior man and inferior nurse. Their careers are not, as is alleged in the literature, based on developing “islands of masculinity” and male privilege, nor upon the avoidance of the emotional labour of nursing but reflect a belief that career is one way of doing care. It is argued in this work that men in nursing have fewer “taken-as-givens” upon which to base work and that they work to develop trusting relationships with their patients that are based on communication and empathy within a context defined by the patients' circumstances.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 595 Serial (down) 581  
Permanent link to this record
 

 
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  
  Abstract  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 579 Serial (down) 565  
Permanent link to this record
Select All    Deselect All
 |   | 
Details
   print