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Kidd, J.D. |
| Title |
Aroha mai: Nurses, nursing and mental illness |
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2008 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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| Keywords |
Mental health; Nursing; Culture |
| Abstract |
This research takes an autoethnographical approach to exploring the connections between being a nurse, doing nursing work, and experiencing a mental illness. Data is comprised of autoethnographical stories from 18 nurses. Drawing on Lyotard's (1988) postmodern philosophy of 'regimes of phrases' and 'genres of discourse,' the nurses' stories yielded three motifs: Nursing, Tangata Whaiora (people seeking wellness) and Bullying. Interpretation of the motifs was undertaken by identifying and exploring connected or dissenting aspects within and between the motifs. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 478 |
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465 |
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| Author |
Desmond, N. |
| Title |
Aspects of nursing in the general practice setting and the impact on immunisation coverage |
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| Year |
2007 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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| Keywords |
Nurse-family relations; Immunisation; Primary health care; Nursing |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 510 |
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496 |
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| Author |
Prebble, K. |
| Title |
Ordinary men and uncommon women: A history of psychiatric nursing in New Zealand public mental hospitals, 1939-1972 |
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| Year |
2007 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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| 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. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 763 |
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749 |
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| Author |
Whitehead, N. |
| Title |
Quality and staffing: Is there a relationship in aged residential care |
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| Year |
2007 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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| Keywords |
Rest homes; Patient safety; Older people; Nursing specialties |
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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. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1159 |
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| Author |
Weidenbohm, K. |
| Title |
Pioneering rural nursing practice: An impact evaluation of a preventive home visiting service for older people |
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| Year |
2006 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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| Keywords |
Community health nursing; Rural health services; Older people; Home care; Preventive health services |
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| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 579 |
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565 |
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| Author |
Dewes, C.A. |
| Title |
Perceptions and expectations of a kaiawhina role |
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2006 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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| Keywords |
Maori; Students; Nursing |
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| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 692 |
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678 |
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| Author |
Robinson, T. |
| Title |
Advancing nursing practice and deep vein thrombosis prevention |
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| Year |
2005 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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Issue |
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| Keywords |
Cardiovascular diseases; Nursing; Prevention |
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| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 477 |
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464 |
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| Author |
Harding, T.S. |
| Title |
Constructing the “other”: On being a man and a nurse |
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| Year |
2005 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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| 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. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 595 |
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581 |
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| Author |
Sheridan, N.F. |
| Title |
Mapping a new future: Primary health care nursing in New Zealand |
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| Year |
2005 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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| Keywords |
Primary health care; Chronic diseases; Community health nursing; Nursing models |
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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 |
665 |
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| Author |
Betts, J.A. |
| Title |
Establishing and evaluating a nurse practitioner leg ulcer clinic: The journey |
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| Year |
2005 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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| Keywords |
Nurse practitioners; Community health nursing |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 684 |
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670 |
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| Author |
Ratnasabapathy, P. |
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Silent suffering: The 'lived experience' of women who have experienced early pregnancy loss and used the health services for their care |
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2005 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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| Keywords |
Pregnancy; Grief; Psychology |
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| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 786 |
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770 |
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| Author |
Neugebauer, A.F. |
| Title |
The adult congenital heart disease service: An evidence-based development of a nurse specialist position |
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| Year |
2004 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Cardiovascular diseases; Nursing specialties; Nursing |
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| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 482 |
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469 |
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| Author |
Murray, D.J. |
| Title |
The roles of nurses working with adolescents in Auckland secondary schools |
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| Year |
2004 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Adolescents; Nurse-patient relations |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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605 |
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| Author |
Maloney-Moni, J. |
| Title |
Kia Mana: A synergy of wellbeing |
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| Year |
2004 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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Transcultural nursing; Psychology; Maori |
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| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 841 |
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825 |
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| Author |
Seton, K.M. |
| Title |
Diversity in action: Overseas nurses' perspectives on transition to nursing practice in New Zealand |
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| Year |
2004 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Auckland Library |
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| Keywords |
Nursing; Cross-cultural comparison; Education |
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| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1110 |
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