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Author (up) Farrow, T. openurl 
  Title 'No suicide contracts' in community crisis situations: A conceptual analysis Type Journal Article
  Year 2003 Publication Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 10 Issue 2 Pages 199-202  
  Keywords Mental health; Community health nursing; Psychology; Suicide  
  Abstract 'No suicide contracts' take the form of a 'guarantee of safety', along with a 'promise' to call specified persons if the suicidal ideation becomes unmanageable for the person concerned. They are commonly used in community crisis situations with suicidal people in New Zealand. This article describes and analyses the use of 'no suicide contracts' in these settings. It is argued that the theoretical base (transactional analysis) of the 'no suicide contract' is likely to be deleterious in the community crisis situation.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 779  
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Author (up) Farrow, T. openurl 
  Title Owning their expertise: Why nurses use 'no suicide contracts' rather than their own assessments Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication International Journal of Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 11 Issue 4 Pages 214-219  
  Keywords Interprofessional relations; Psychiatric Nursing; Community health nursing; Qualiltative research; Suicide  
  Abstract 'No suicide contracts' are a tool commonly used by nurses in community crisis situations. At times this tool is utilised because the clinician believes that it is beneficial. However, there are other occasions when 'No suicide contracts' are introduced in a manner that runs counter to the clinical judgement of the crisis nurse. This paper discusses the results of a qualitative study that addressed the question of why nurses use 'No suicide contracts' in such situations, rather than relying on their own expertise. This analysis suggests that underlying concerns of clinicians can determentally affect decision-making in such circumstances, and recommends that rather than subjugating nursing expertise, underlying issues be addressed directly.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 785  
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Author (up) Farrow, T.; McKenna, B.; O'Brien, A.J. openurl 
  Title Advanced 'prescribing' of nurses' emergency holding powers under New Zealand mental health legislation Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication International Journal of Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 11 Issue 3 Pages 164-169  
  Keywords Mental health; Law and legislation; Psychiatric Nursing; Scope of practice  
  Abstract A new approach to mental health legislation has seen the involvement of a range of health professionals in legislated mental health roles, including the power of registered nurses to detain patients in hospital under Section 111 of the New Zealand Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act (1992). Under this Section, a nurse who believes that a voluntary patient meets the legal criteria of the Act can independently detain the patient for a period of up to six hours, pending further assessment by a medical practitioner. However, anecdotal evidence and a clinical audit undertaken by the authors suggest some doctors 'prescribe' Section 111 at the time of admission. This practice instructs nurses to initiate Section 111 if particular voluntary patients choose to leave hospital. This study outlines practice issues resulting from 'prescribing' Section 111; provides a legal critique of medical practitioners' involvement in this practice; and makes recommendations for guidelines toward a more constructive use of Section 111.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 651  
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Author (up) Farrow, T.; McKenna, B.; O'Brien, A.J. openurl 
  Title Initiating committal proceedings 'just in case' with voluntary patients: A critique of nursing practice Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 18 Issue 2 Pages 15-23  
  Keywords Patient rights; Law and legislation; Mental health; Nurse-patient relations  
  Abstract The authors report a clinical audit that, combined with anecdotal evidence, verifies the practice of putting section 8B medical certificates on the files of voluntary mental health patients at the time of admission. This is seen as a strategy to balance the requirement to support and promote the autonomy of voluntary patients with the need to protect those patients or other people. A conceptual analysis of these issues indicates that such a practice is both legally questionable and ethically inappropriate. The authors suggest an alternative framework for practice that is legally and ethically preferable for both nurses and patients.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 618  
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Author (up) Farrow, T.; O'Brien, A.J. openurl 
  Title Discourse analysis of newspaper coverage of the 2001/2002 Canterbury, New Zealand mental health nurses' strike Type Journal Article
  Year 2005 Publication International Journal of Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 14 Issue 3 Pages 187-195  
  Keywords Mental health; Nursing specialties; Industrial relations  
  Abstract This paper reports on research into print media representations of industrial disputes in Canterbury in 2001, when mental health nurses undertook a variety of strike actions after stalled negotiations with the local district health board. One response to these actions was the temporary reduction of many of the regions' mental health services. The researchers identified themes of juxtaposed but largely deprecatory images of both mental health nursing and of consumers of services. Some professional nursing voices were given print space during the strike; however, these were largely incorporated into existing discourses rather than offering a nursing viewpoint on the strike. The researchers suggest organisational efforts to focus on ways of ensuring that mental health nurses are seen as a legitimate authority by the media.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 692  
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Author (up) Hughes, F.; Farrow, T. openurl 
  Title Caring for obese patients in a culturally safe way Type Journal Article
  Year 2007 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 13 Issue 4 Pages 14-16  
  Keywords Nursing models; Obesity; Cultural safety  
  Abstract The authors review the contemporary notion of obesity and suggest that the nursing approach, with an emphasis on treatment, are shaped by a culture located within “western” views of ideal body shape. The biomedical framework regards obesity as disease and obese people as the cause of their own health problems. The authors note varying cultural interpretations of obesity, and suggest that by viewing obesity as a disease, the cultural, social or economic determinants of obesity are not acknowledged. Nursing needs to broaden the concept of the categories of difference to respond in a culturally safe way to obesity. Cultural safety asks that nurses care for people “regardful” of difference. This means nurses must reflect on the care given, so that the biomedical model is not just replicated. Nurse-led clinics offer an opportunity for practices based on nursing values of care and cultural safety. Such clinics are based on nursing's social model of health, rather than a biomedical, disease-focused model.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 994 Serial 978  
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Author (up) Hughes, M.; Farrow, T. openurl 
  Title Invisible borders: Sexual misconduct in nursing Type Journal Article
  Year 2005 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 15-25  
  Keywords Patient safety; Nursing; Guidelines  
  Abstract This paper identifies the issue of sexual misconduct by nurses in New Zealand. There is evidence that some nurses have been involved in sexual misconduct, resulting in disciplinary proceedings against them. Despite this, there is an absence of guidelines and discussion for New Zealand nurses to prevent such occurrences. This article identifies difficulties in naming and defining sexual misconduct, and discusses sexual misconduct as an abuse of power by nurses. New Zealand and international literature about sexual misconduct by nurses and other health professionals is described, as are guidelines designed to prevent sexual misconduct. Finally, the authors make recommendations for actions needed to facilitate New Zealand nurses in identifying and avoiding sexual misconduct in practice.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 537  
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Author (up) Thompson, R.; Farrow, T. openurl 
  Title The Workbook Portfolio: Facilitating undergraduate student learning in the mental health clinical area Type Journal Article
  Year 1999 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 14 Issue 2 Pages 21-30  
  Keywords Mental health; Teaching methods; Critical thinking  
  Abstract This article describes the use of a model that has been developed to assist students in tackling the complex issues surrounding mental health nursing. The Workbook Portfolio has identifiable components that encourage the development of reflective and analytical skills, which allow nurses to practice within an environment that is influenced and determined by a complex, and sometimes contradictory, range of external influences. The article explains the workings of this model so it can be used by educators to for students in the mental health setting.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 637  
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