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Author Spence, D.; Smythe, E.
Title Courage as integral to advancing nursing practice Type (up) Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages 43-55
Keywords Ethics; Advanced nursing practice
Abstract This paper focuses on the illumination of courage in nursing. The authors suggest it is a fundamental component of nursing, yet it is seldom mentioned or recognised in the literature, or supported in practice. Data from a hermeneutic analysis of nurses' practice stories is integrated with literature to assist deeper understanding of the meaning of courage in contemporary nursing practice. The purpose is to make visible a phenomenon that needs to be actively fostered if nursing is to effectively contribute to an improved health service.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 470 Serial 456
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Author Spence, D.; Anderson, M.
Title Implementing a prescribing practicum within a Master's degree in advanced nursing practice Type (up) Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages 27-42
Keywords Advanced nursing practice; Education; Nurse practitioners; Prescribing; Teaching methods
Abstract This article reports the implementation of a collaborative project undertaken to monitor and improve the effectiveness of the prescribing practicum papers delivered within two Master's degree programmes in advanced nursing practice. The recent introduction of Nurse Practitioner registration in New Zealand has resulted in the development of a number of Master's degree programmes in which students can complete a Nursing Council of New Zealand approved programme for prescribing. For the study, a developmental action research approach was used. Data were collected through interviews with practicum students, their medical supervisors and academic staff. Formative findings were progressively used to refine delivery of the practicum papers and a thematic analysis of summative findings identified areas for further improvement. The findings suggest that the processes being implemented are developing well. The researchers recommend that further education is required to clearly differentiate medical and advanced nursing roles. They recommend that greater attention needs to be paid to the preparation of medical supervisors and, most significantly, revision of funding is required to more equitably support the ongoing development of nurses for advanced practice roles.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 457
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Author Spence, D.
Title Advanced nursing practice through postgraduate education, part one Type (up) Journal Article
Year 2004 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 20 Issue 2 Pages 46-55
Keywords Advanced nursing practice; Education; Professional development; Research
Abstract In New Zealand the clinically focused postgraduate papers and programmes, available through universities and polytechnics, are evaluated from an educational perspective but little evaluation of the implications for practice has been undertaken. This paper is Part One of a report on a study that sought to illuminate the impact of clinically focused postgraduate education on advancing nursing practice. Hermeneutic methodology provided a framework for analysing both the perspectives of nurses who had undergone such education and those who had directly employed and worked alongside these nurses. Emerging themes are described here. In a second article the findings will be discussed in relation to literature. Constraining factors will be identified and strategies designed to maximise the benefits of education for advancing nursing practice will be recommended.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 555 Serial 541
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Author Spence, D.
Title Advancing nursing practice through postgraduate education, part two Type (up) Journal Article
Year 2004 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 20 Issue 3 Pages 21-30
Keywords Advanced nursing practice; Professional development; Education; Research
Abstract This paper continues presentation of the findings of a North Island based research project that explored the impact of clinically focused postgraduate education on advancing nursing practice. Like their international counterparts, increasing numbers of New Zealand nurses are enrolling in advanced practice programmes. Yet, despite international evidence supporting the usefulness of Masters level preparation for advancing clinical practice, questions about the need for such development persist. This paper argues that postgraduate education contributes to the development of courage and that this, in turn, is essential to overcoming the barriers that currently constrain the advancement of nursing practice.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 542
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Author Spence, D.
Title The evolving meaning of 'culture' in New Zealand nursing Type (up) Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 17 Issue 3 Pages 51-61
Keywords Cultural safety; Biculturalism; History of nursing; Maori
Abstract The author traces the nursing definition of biculturalism as it has evolved from the colonial period to the present. An examination of nursing literature demonstrates that local understandings of culture have matured beyond anthropological interpretations to a sociopolitical definition of Maori culture. The author suggests that, in nursing, culture has come to mean cultural safety.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 625
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Author Spence, D.
Title Hermeneutic notions augment cultural safety education Type (up) Journal Article
Year 2005 Publication Journal of Nursing Education Abbreviated Journal
Volume 44 Issue 9 Pages 409-414
Keywords Cultural safety; Nursing; Education; Transcultural nursing
Abstract In this article, the author integrates literature pertaining to the implementation of kawa whakaruruhau, or cultural safety, with the findings of a hermeneutic project that described the experience of nursing people from cultures other than one's own. It is argued that the Gadamerian notions of “horizon,” “prejudice,” and “play” can be used to facilitate understanding of the tensions and contradictions inherent in cross-cultural practice. Strategies are recommended that enable students to explore the prejudices, paradoxes, and possibilities experienced personally and professionally.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 704
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Author Spence, D.
Title Hermeneutic notions illuminate cross-cultural nursing experiences Type (up) Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 35 Issue 4 Pages 624-630
Keywords Transcultural nursing; Nursing
Abstract The aim of this paper was to articulate selected hermeneutic notions for the purpose of extending current understanding of cross-cultural nursing practice, and build on the author's work in this area. The project asserted that the notions of prejudice, paradox and possibility portray a nursing view of this phenomenon. The emphasis in this paper, rather than being methodological, is on showing how specific hermeneutic notions contribute to deeper understanding of the nature of cross-cultural practice. It is argued that contact with, and the capacity to explore, the play of conflicting prejudices and possibilities enhances understanding of the complex and paradoxical nature of cross-cultural nursing.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 705
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Author Spence, D.
Title Nursing people from cultures other than one's own: A perspective from New Zealand Type (up) Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication Contemporary Nurse Abbreviated Journal
Volume 15 Issue 3 Pages 222-231
Keywords Transcultural nursing; Maori; Psychiatric Nursing
Abstract This paper provides an overview of the evolving meaning of 'culture' in New Zealand nursing. Then, drawing upon the findings of research that used hermeneutic phenomenology to explore the experience of nursing people from cultures other than one's own, a description of the constituent parts is of this phenomenon is briefly outlined and followed by an exemplar that describes the coalescent and contradictory nature of the phenomenon as a whole. As New Zealand nurses negotiate the conflicts essential for ongoing development of their practice, interplay of the notions of prejudice, paradox and possibility is evident at intrapersonal and interpersonal levels as well as in relation to professional and other discourses.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 798 Serial 782
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Author Spence, D.; Wood, E.E.
Title Registered nurse participation in performance appraisal interviews Type (up) Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Journal of Professional Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 23 Issue 1 Pages 55-59
Keywords Registered nurses; Management; Professional development; Attitude of health personnel
Abstract This article presents the findings of an interpretive study that explored and documented the meaning and impact of nurse participation in performance appraisal interviews. Data gleaned from nine New Zealand registered nurses employed by a single district health board provide evidence that nurses are often disappointed by the process of performance appraisal. Although they believe in the potential value of performance appraisal interviews, they seldom experience the feedback, direction, and encouragement necessary for an effective appraisal process. It is suggested that changes to the current professional development program and its accompanying performance appraisal will require skilled commitment on the part of nurses, managers, and the employing organisation to improve and develop the assessment and promotion of nursing practice.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 840
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Author McKinney, C.; Cassels-Brown, K.; Marston, A.; Spence, D.
Title Linking cultural safety to practice: Issues for student nurses and their teachers Type (up) Journal Article
Year 2005 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue 13(1) Pages
Keywords Students; Cultural safety; Teaching methods; Nursing; Education
Abstract Student nurses rely on their teachers, both academic and clinical, to assist them to develop their capacity to practice safely. Yet, in relation to cultural safety, relatively little has been written to assist the integration of theoretical knowledge to the world of practice. This article presents the findings of a small project undertaken by lecturers whose experiences supporting students' learning during clinical placements in Auckland stimulated interest in the students' attempts to use their classroom learning to begin their journey towards culturally safe nursing practice. A qualitative descriptive approach was used to explore the experience of nursing clients from cultures other than one's own and to describe culturally safe practice from the perspective of third year students.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 862
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Author Spence, D.; Fielding, S.
Title Win-win-win: Collaboration advances critical care practice Type (up) Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication Contemporary Nurse Abbreviated Journal
Volume 13 Issue 2/3 Pages 223-228
Keywords Nursing specialties; Rural nursing; Nursing; Education; Curriculum
Abstract This paper provides an overview of the structure and processes of an eighteen month, distance education course focused on developing advanced practice in the context of critical care nursing. Within the framework of a Master of Health Science, the postgraduate certificate (critical care nursing) was developed as a collaboration between Auckland University of Technology and two regional health providers. Students enrol in science and knowledge papers concurrently then, in the second half of the course, are supported within their practice environment to acquire advanced clinical skills and to analyse, critique and develop practice within their specialty. This course is set against a background of increasing interest in education post registration. The acquisition of highly developed clinical capabilities requires a combination of nursing experience and education. This requires collaboration between clinicians and nurse educators, and approaches to address accessibility of relevant educational opportunities for nurses outside the country's main centres.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 878
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Author Spence, D.
Title Experiencing difference in nursing Type (up) Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7 Issue 5 Pages 13-15
Keywords Transcultural nursing; Nursing research
Abstract Draws on the author's doctoral thesis to examine the prejudices, paradoxes and possibilities inherent in nursing a person from a culture other than one's own.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1045 Serial 1029
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Author Spence, D.
Title Prejudice, paradox, and possibility: Nursing people from cultures other than one's own Type (up) Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Journal of Transcultural Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 100-106
Keywords Cultural safety; Transcultural nursing; Nurse-patient relations
Abstract This article provides a brief overview of the findings of a hermeneutic study that explored the experience of nursing people from cultures other than one's own. The notions prejudice, paradox, and possibility are argued to describe this phenomenon. Nurses in New Zealand are being challenged to recognise and address racism in their practice. Yet, the implementation of cultural safety in nursing education has created tension within the profession and between nursing and the wider community. As nurses negotiate the conflicts essential for ongoing development of their practice, the play of prejudice, paradox, and possibility is evident at intrapersonal and interpersonal levels as well as in relation to professional and other discourses. Nurses are challenged to continue their efforts to understand and move beyond the prejudices that otherwise preclude the exploration of new possibilities.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1104 Serial 1089
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Author Spence, D.; Anderson, M.
Title Implementing a prescribing practicum within a Masters programme in advanced nursing practice. A pilot study Type (up) Report
Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO theses and research material webpage
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Prescription authority; Nursing; Education; Students; Advanced nursing practice
Abstract This report presents the findings and recommendations derived from a collaborative action research pilot project undertaken alongside the implementation of two nurse prescribing practicum courses. The students, teachers and supervisors participating in year long Masters' level prescribing practica at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) were interviewed about their perceptions, concerns and actions relating the first time implementation of their respective practicum papers. Research findings suggest that the practicum implementation has been successful overall, however there is a need to refine delivery, and to review current funding arrangements.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1136
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Author Spence, D.
Title Prejudice, paradox and possibility Type (up)
Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal Auckland
Volume Issue Pages
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Abstract This study explores the the experience of nursing a person, or people, form cultures other than one's own. Informed by the tradition of philosophical hermeneutics, and drawing specifically on some of the notions articulated by Hans-Georg Gadamer and Charles Taylor, it seeks to understand everyday nursing practices within their cultural and historical context.Against a background of Maori resurgence, nurses in New Zealand have been challenged in Aotearoa-New Zealand to recognise and address racism in their practice. Meeting the health needs of all people has long been important in nursing yet the curricular changes implemented in the early 1990s to enhance nursing's contribution to a more equitable health service created uncertainty and tension both within nursing, and between nursing and the wider community.In this study, I have interpreted the experiences of seventeen nurses practising in an increasingly ethnically diverse region. Personal understandings and those from relevant literature have been used to illuminate further the nature of cross-cultural experience from a nurse's perspective. The thesis asserts that the notions of prejudice, paradox and possibility can be used to describe the experience of nursing a person from another culture. Prejudice refers to the prior understandings that influence nursing action in both a positive and a negative sense. Paradox relates to the coexistence and necessary interplay of contradictory meanings and positions, while possibility points to the potential for new understandings to surface from the fusion of past with present, and between different interpretations. As New Zealand nurses negotiate the conflicts essential for ongoing development of their practice, the play of prejudice, paradox and possibility is evident at intra-personal and interpersonal levels as well as in relation to professional and other social discourses. This thesis challenges nurses to persist in working with the tensions inherent in cross-cultural practice. It encourages continuation of their efforts to understand and move beyond the prejudices that otherwise preclude the exploration of new possibilities.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 448 Serial 448
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