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Author Miles, M.A.P.
Title Why they leave: a Heideggerian hermeneutic study of the reasons why ten registered nurses left nursing practice to enter the professions of medicine or law Type
Year 1997 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library, Bill Robertson Library
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Abstract The purpose of the study was to research the reasons for the dissatisfaction experienced by ten professional nurse-practitioners who chose to leave nursing to join the professions of law or medicine. The mnotivation for professional nurses to chose entry to these particular professions may in some way throw light upon the difficulties being experienced in attempts to bring about changes of an emancipatory nature in the nursing profession (Habermas, 1974). The approach for the study is hermeneutic phenomenology (Gadamer, 1975 – ; Heidegger, 1962)
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 148 Serial 148
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Author Berry, R.
Title Psychiatric comorbidity and childhood adversity in women seeking treatment for alcohol and/or drug dependence Type
Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library, Dunedin
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Abstract Eighty alcohol and/or drug dependent women who were consecutive admissions to an outpatient alcohol and drug service were interviewed with the aim of gathering information regarding childhood adversity, psychiatric comorbidity and alcohol and drug history, including extent of treatment and alcohol and drug related criminality. A secondary aim of the study was to investigate associations between both the multiplicity of alcohol and drug dependence diagnosis and the presence of psychiatric comorbidity in relation to exposure to childhood adversity, including sexual, physical and emotional abuse.The data demonstrate that the study sample was a relatively severe group of alcohol and drug dependent women. A sizeable percentage came from backgrounds characterised by parental separation, conflict and alcohol and drug problems. Many were regularly exposed to physical abuse perpetrated by both parents or main parental figures and over two-thirds were exposed to some form of sexual abuse within their first 15 years. Sixty percent had been dependent on more than one psychoactive substance, with half having undergone previous alcohol and drug treatment. The women also presented with substantial histories of criminal convictions, with a quarter having served a prison sentence. The results indicate the presence of extensive psychiatric comorbidity in the sample. Two-thirds of the women met current DSM-IV criteria forat least one of the following Axis I disorders: major depressive syndrome, social phobia or bulimia nervosa, while nearly half had antisocial personality disorder. More importantly, significant associations were found regarding the presence of psychiatric comorbidity in relation to four measures of severe childhood adversity, i.e. childhood sexual, physical and emotional abuse and parental problems. Multiplicity of alcohol and drug dependence diagnosis was associated with severe emotional abuse, severe parental problems andpsychiatric comorbidity. Emotional abuse during childhood was the most pervasive indicator of comorbidity and multiplicity of alcohol and/or drug dependence. The main implication for clinical practice arising from the results of this study is the need for the development of a broader approach to alcohol and drug service provision. In order to achieve positive treatment outcomes, alcohol and drug service may need to routinely screen and plan treatment for unresolved childhood trauma, psychiatric disorder and other problems related to alcohol and drug use in all clients presenting for alcohol and drug treatment
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 210 Serial 210
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Author Howie, E.
Title A nutritional education needs assessment of child health nurses Type
Year 1989 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 229 Serial 229
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Author Papps, E.
Title The doctoring of childbirth and the regulation of midwifery Type
Year 1992 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 233 Serial 233
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Author Beckingham, C.R.
Title One great network: the family as an environmental influence in the prose works of Thomas Hardy Type
Year 1983 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 240 Serial 240
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Author Wood, P.J.
Title Constructing colonial dirt: a cultural history of dirt in the nineteenth century colonial settlement of Dunedin, New Zealand Type
Year 1997 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 331 Serial 331
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Author Richardson, A.
Title Health promotion and public health nursing Type
Year 1998 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 405 Serial 405
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Author Henderson, A.P.
Title Nursing a colonial hangover: towards bicultural planning in New Zealand Type
Year 1994 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 409 Serial 409
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Author Lilley, S.
Title Experiences of mentoring in primary health care settings: Registered nurses' and students' perspectives Type
Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Keywords Mentoring; Students; Registered nurses; Primary health care
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 505 Serial 491
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Author Patel, R.
Title Evaluation and assessment of the online postgraduate intensive care nursing course Type
Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Keywords Education; Intensive care nursing; Nursing specialties
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 519 Serial 505
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Author Miles, M.A.P.
Title A critical analysis of the relationships between nursing, medicine and the government in New Zealand 1984-2001 Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Keywords Policy; Nursing
Abstract This thesis concerns an investigation of the tripartite arrangements between the government, the nursing and the medical sectors in New Zealand over the period 1984 to 2001 with a particular focus on primary health care. The start point is the commencement of the health reforms instituted by the Fourth New Zealand Labour Government of 1984. The thesis falls within a framework of critical inquiry, specifically, the methodology of depth hermeneutics (Thompson, 1990), a development of critical theory. The effects of political and economic policies and the methodologies of neo-liberal market reform are examined together with the concept of collaboration as an ideological symbolic form, typical of enterprise culture. The limitations of economic models such as public choice theory, agency theory and managerialism are examined from the point of view of government strategies and their effects on the relationships between the nursing and medical professions. The influence of American health care policies and their partial introduction into primary health care in New Zealand is traversed in some detail, together with the experiences of health reform in several other countries. Post election 1999, the thesis considers the effect of change of political direction consequent upon the election of a Labour Coalition government and concludes that the removal of the neo-liberal ethic by Labour may terminate entrepreneurial opportunities in the nursing profession. The thesis considers the effects of a change to Third Way political direction on national health care policy and on the medical and nursing professions. The data is derived from various texts and transcripts of interviews with 12 health professionals and health commentators. The histories and current relationships between the nursing and medical professions are examined in relation to their claims to be scientific discourses and it is argued that the issue of lack of recognition as a scientific discourse is at the root of nursing's perceived inferiority to medicine. This is further expanded in a discussion at the end of the thesis where the structure of the two professions is compared and critiqued. A conclusion is drawn that a potential for action exists to remedy the deficient structure of nursing. The thesis argues that this is the major issue which maintains nursing in the primary sector in a perceived position of inferiority to medicine. The thesis also concludes that the role of government in this triangular relationship is one of manipulation to bring about necessary fundamental change in the delivery of health services at the lowest possible cost without materially strengthening the autonomy of the nursing or the medical professions.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 596 Serial 582
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Author Wilson, B.
Title Maintaining equilibrium: The community mental health nurse and job satisfaction Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Keywords Community health nursing; Mental health; Job satisfaction; Stress
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 681 Serial 667
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Author Richardson, C.A.
Title Ever decreasing circles: Non-curative terminal illness, empowerment and decision making: Lessons for nursing practice Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Keywords Nursing; Palliative care; Terminal care; Psychology
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 683 Serial 669
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Author Ross, M.E.
Title A study into the effects of the New Zealand health reforms of the 1990's on the role of the nurse manager Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Keywords Nurse managers; History; Policy
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 687 Serial 673
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Author Goulding, M.T.
Title The influence of work-related stress on nurses' smoking: A comparison of perceived stress levels in smokers and non-smokers in a sample of mental health nurses Type
Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
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Keywords Smoking; Psychiatric Nursing; Stress; Mental health
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 701 Serial 687
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