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Author Kennedy, Barry url  openurl
  Title The Relationships between empathy and burnout in nurses Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2013 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 1v  
  Keywords Empathy; Burnout; Earthquakes; Acute nursing; Surveys  
  Abstract Surveys nurses at two hospitals during April and May of 2012. Uses bivariate correlations, group comparisons, analysis of variance and multiple regression to analyse the results. Notes that nurses were still experiencing negative emotional effects of the earthquakes and aftershocks of the preceding 18 months. Finds empathy levels and burnout levels were lower than the normative mean, and that empathy and burnout were negatively correlated with age and experience.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1565  
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Author Miller, Jodi Shirlene url  openurl
  Title Workplace learning: exploring the context and culture in New Zealand Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2013 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 234 p.  
  Keywords Workplace learning; Post-registration education; Postgraduate education; Professional development; Learning culture; Critical reflection; Mentoring  
  Abstract Explores the rationale underpinning the development of education programmes within urban district hospitals throughout the country, and ascertains how these workplaces develop education programmes, given that the majority of nurses in New Zealand have identified that they prefer to participate in workplace-based professional development. Cites a clear requirement to foster learning during a nurse's development post-registration, while considering how prepared nurse educators were to fulfil their roles as lifelong learning facilitators and mentors. Utilises the perspective of nurse educators employed in District Health Boards (DHBs) geographically isolated from universities providing post-registration learning.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1566  
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Author Lienert-Brown, Melanie Faye url  openurl
  Title Exploring undergraduate nursing students' experiences of their first clinical placement in an acute adult mental health inpatient service Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2013 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 124 p.  
  Keywords Undergraduate nursing students; Clinical learning; Mental health nursing  
  Abstract Seeks to develop a better understanding of the undergraduate nursing students' experience of their clinical placement in mental health, and to identify the influences on student learning in an acute adult mental health service. Enrols a cohort of 13 nursing students to analyse their lived experiences through their written reflections on practice, which offered important insights into the students' experience of their first mental health clinical placement. Identifies six themes by means of thematic analysis.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1567  
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Author Yip, Jacqueline Chi Yan url  openurl
  Title Development of a brief heart healthy eating assessment tool for use by practice nurses in New Zealand Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2014 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 1v  
  Keywords Dietary assessment; Practice nurses; Heart healthy eating; Nutrition counselling; Cardiovascular disease  
  Abstract Aims to determine how a brief dietary assessment tool should be designed for use by practice nurses in New Zealand with the intention of providing individualised nutrition advice to reduce individuals' risk of cardiovascular disease (heart healthy eating counselling). Recruits 11 practice nurses from the Auckland region for interview and analyses data from the 2008/2009 NZ adult nutrition survey. Uses an action research approach as the underlying strategy of inquiry for the study.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1568  
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Author Sandford, Germaine url  openurl
  Title What do critical care nurses perceive as barriers to mentorship within the critical care environment? Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2013 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 151 p.  
  Keywords Critical care nursing; Mentorship; Student nurses; Novice nurses; Surveys  
  Abstract Seeks to describe the perceptions and experiences of a sample of nurses working in a critical-care tertiary referral centre in New Zealand, engaged in mentorship of new staff and/or student nurses. Undertakes a descriptive study which identifies four barriers within the critical care environment: the impact that clinical workload has on the provision of mentorship; lack of acknowledgement of the mentorship role; challenge of assessment of new and student nurses; insufficient training and knowledge opportunities for mentors.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1569  
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Author Shaw-Brown, Helen Stewart url  openurl
  Title A survey of Canterbury nurses' perceptions of the activities, effectiveness and benefits of professional supervision Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2013 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 143 p.  
  Keywords Professional supervision; Canterbury; Surveys  
  Abstract Aims to enrol all Canterbury nurses involved in professional supervision (PS) to describe their experiences, its effectiveness and the benefits they gained. Includes both nurse supervisees and nurse supervisors, with more than half coming from the mental health sector and the remainder coming from a variety of nursing specialities.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1570  
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Author Baby, Maria url  openurl
  Title Mental health nurses' experiences of patient assaults Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2013 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 1v  
  Keywords Patient assaults; Mental health nurses; Violence; Surveys  
  Abstract Interviews thirteen registered nurses and one enrolled nurse working in different nursing positions within the Southern District Health Board -- Mental Health Services. Codes data into 24 sub-themes related to the sequence and impact of assaults on the participants. Discusses the nature and impact of assaults and the supportive strategies associated with violence against mental health nurses.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1571  
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Author Hollins, Joanne url  openurl
  Title Registered nurses' perceptions and experiences of nursing adolescents in an adult mental health unit. Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2014 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 111 p.  
  Keywords Registered nurses; Adolescents; Mental health units  
  Abstract Conducts a qualitative study to explore Registered Nurses' (RN) attitudes towards caring for adolescents in adult mental health (MH) in-patient services. Uncovers the reasons adolescents access such services and considers the training and knowledge RNs have in relation to the assessment and management of adolescents with MH problems. Identifies areas that may be improved or developed.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1572  
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Author Harrington, Karen url  openurl
  Title Mental health nurses' understanding of the concept of self-management of borderline personality disorder Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2014 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 159 p.  
  Keywords Borderline personality disorder; Mental health nurses; Self-management  
  Abstract Determines what mental health (MH) nurses understand the concept of self-management to mean in relation to patients with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Interviews 10 MH nurses using a semi-structured format and analyses data using the general inductive approach, resulting in 26 sub-themes organised into three over-arching themes: self management is self-responsibility, self-management is self-awareness, self-management is maintaining safety.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1573  
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Author Lala, Anita Carol url  openurl
  Title Variability in neonatal gentamicin administration influencing drug delivery kinetics Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 109 p.  
  Keywords Drugs; Drug delivery; Neonates; Neonatal nurses; Neonatal Intensive Care Units; Surveys  
  Abstract Distributes a self-administered questionnaire to Dunedin Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurses to investigate: the site of administration, comparing peripheral intravenous line (PIV) or umbilical venous catheter (UVC); and which dose of gentamicin would be used in two clinical scenarios describing babies of 24 and 32-weeks' gestation. Simulates gentamycin delivery and notes clinical variability.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1574  
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Author Garrett, Cara A. url  openurl
  Title Simulation learning for critical care nurses : an integrative review Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2013 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 121 p.  
  Keywords Simulation learning; Nursing education; Critical care nursing  
  Abstract Investigate the current literature on simulation learning as a learning tool for critical care nursing education. Identifies how the evidence demonstrates simulation is an effective learning tool for nurses who are involved in critical care, using the Joanna Briggs Institute quality appraisal tools. Endeavours to explore the experiences of both nurses and educators utilising simulation learning to prepare for critical care nursing.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1575  
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Author Tewin, Maureen Heather url  openurl
  Title Exploring the impact of the lung cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist role on patient care in a regional hospital in New Zealand Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2015 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 193 p.  
  Keywords Lung cancer; Clinical nurse specialist; Patient care; Standards of care; Hospitals  
  Abstract Distributes a questionnaire to 50 members of the multidisciplinary team within a regional lung cancer service to investigate the impact of an advanced nursing role within the team. Performs an audit of five months of clinical data relating to patients cared for by the lung cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist as judged against the MOH Standards of Service Provision for Lung Cancer Patients in New Zealand .  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1576  
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Author Joyce, Sophie url  openurl
  Title Running some tests: essays on doctors, nurses and hospital health care Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2013 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 242 p.  
  Keywords Demographics; Decision-making; Nursing hours; Patient outcomes; Caesarean sections; Health economics  
  Abstract Comprises three essays on the economics of health-care delivery in hospitals: considers the relationship between gender and/or ethnic concordance between a doctor and patient, and the number of diagnostic tests ordered during a hospital stay; estimates the impact of doctor-patient demographic concordance (where doctor and patient share the same ethnic group and/or gender) on a doctor's decision-making for diagnostic resources and medical treatments; calculates the relationship between ward-level nursing hours and a patient's health outcome, e.g. mortality and length of ward stay. Uses a detailed nursing-staff dataset, a novel instrumental variable for nursing hours (the amount of sick and bereavement leave taken by nurses on a ward) and the separate effect of nursing and patient hours in a ward, on a patient's health outcome.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1577  
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Author Beaver, Peter James url  openurl
  Title Contemporary patient safety and the challenges for New Zealand Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2015 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 329 p.  
  Keywords Patient safety; Hospitals; Accidents; Risk; Surveys  
  Abstract Outlines the history, emergence, necessity, challenges, and strategies of the patient safety movement. Explores the challenges for staff working to reduce harm and implement safety improvement in NZ hospitals. Considers medical harm as a persistent and expensive threat to public health. Analyses health policy in the US, England and NZ using the theory of countervailing powers, and a shift from medical to managerial dominance. Reviews theories of accidents and risk, and the safety improvement literature. Provides staff perspectives from NZ by means of interviews with doctors, nurses and managers in two hospitals.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1578  
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Author Connolly, Megan J url  openurl
  Title Clinical leadership of Registered Nurses working in an Emergency Department Type (up) Book Whole
  Year 2015 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 109 p.  
  Keywords Registered nurses; Clinical leadership; Empowerment; Emergency Departments; Surveys  
  Abstract Employs a non-experimental survey design to examine the psychological and structural empowerment, and clinical leadership of Registered Nurses (RNs) working in an adult emergency department (ED) in a large tertiary hospital in Auckland City. Includes qualitative questions relating to those factors that support or inhibit their clinical leadership at point of care.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1579  
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