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Author |
Sargison, P.A. |
Title |
Essentially a woman's work: A history of general nursing in New Zealand, 1830-1930 |
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Year |
2002 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Otago Library |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Keywords |
History of nursing; Gender |
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Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 1127 |
Serial |
1112 |
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Author |
Williams, H. |
Title |
One for the boys: An evaluative study of primary health care access by men in Tairawhiti |
Type |
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Year |
2006 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
NZNO Library |
Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Keywords |
Gender; Primary health care; Access; Male |
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Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1138 |
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Author |
Douche; Jeanie; Mitchell, Mani |
Title |
Aotearoa childhood genital (re)assignment surgery:A case for the right to bodily integrity |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2018 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
34 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
17-27 |
Keywords |
Sex-gender binary; intersex; hetero-normativity; pathologising |
Abstract |
Backgrounds the definition and incidence of Disorders of Sex Development (DSD),and explains the rationale behind Childhood Genital Reassignment Surgery (CGRS). Places the discourse surrounding normalising surgery within essentialist and social constructionist perceptions of sex and gender. Draws upon personal experience and poststructuralist ideas to examine the practice of CGRS. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1603 |
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Author |
Harding, T.S.; North, N.; Perkins, R. |
Title |
Sexualizing men's touch: Male nurses and the use of intimate touch in clinical practice |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Research & Theory for Nursing Practice |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
22 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
88-102 |
Keywords |
Male nurses; Nurse-patient relations; Gender |
Abstract |
Drawn from a larger study, this article reports the experiences of a group of male nurses regarding the use of intimate physical touch. Using discourse analysis, interview data from 18 male nurses were analysed and related to existing text on men as nurses. The analysis reveals that although touch is important in nursing care, it is problematic for men because discourses have normalised women's use of touch as a caring behaviour and have sexualised men's touch. Participants described their vulnerability, how they protected themselves from risk, and the resulting stress. The complicity of nurses in sexualising men's touch and the neglect of educators in preparing men for providing intimate care are revealed. A paradox emerged whereby the very measures employed to protect both patients and men as nurses exacerbate the perceived risk posed by men carrying out intimate care. The authors suggest that deconstructing and reframing prevailing discourses around nursing, gender, and caring involving touch can help to legitimise men's involvement in physical caring. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
960 |
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Author |
Lindsay, L. |
Title |
Atrocity tales: The language of terrorism in nursing |
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Year |
2004 |
Publication |
Whitireia Nursing Journal |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
11 |
Issue |
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Pages |
27-35 |
Keywords |
Gender; Male nurses; Culture |
Abstract |
In this paper, the author explores the concept of 'professional terrorism'. He exposes discrimination against male nurses as being a form of professional terrorism, primarily as it is enacted through use of language. He presents the concept of horizontal violence as a way to understand why nurses, as a marginalised group, perform oppressive acts towards male nurses, who are similarly oppressed. He outlines the cost of such a culture on nursing practice and presents strategies for change. |
Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 1310 |
Serial |
1294 |
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Author |
Harding, Thomas |
Title |
Swimming against the malestream : men choosing nursing as a career |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2009 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
25 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
4-16 |
Keywords |
Nursing; Men; Gender; 'Women's work'; Qualitative research |
Abstract |
Reports on one aspect of a larger study, which used qualitative methods to critically explore the social construction of men as nurses. Draws upon literature pertaining to gender and nursing, and interviews with 18 NZ men, to describe the factors underpinning decisions to turn away from 'malestream' occupations and enter a profession stereotyped as 'women's work'. Outlines the five thematic groupings revealed to be significant with respect to the decision-making process. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1447 |
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Author |
Burrell, B. |
Title |
Mixed-sex rooms: Invading patients' privacy? |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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Volume |
9 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
26-28 |
Keywords |
Cross-cultural comparison; Patient rights; Hospitals; Nursing; Gender |
Abstract |
The author considers the issue of mixed-sex rooming (MSR) in New Zealand hospitals. A review of the literature is presented, with a focus on the attitudes and experiences of patients in the UK, where the issue has been most practised and studied. Findings of a survey of a group of New Zealand female patients are presented. The patients feelings of embarrassment and loss of dignity and privacy are discussed. The legal issues are explored, with the practice evaluated against the patient's rights detailed in the Code of Health and Disability Services and the Privacy Act 1993. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1000 |
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Author |
Cowan, L.M.; Deering, D.; Crowe, M.; Sellman, D.; Futterman-Collier, A.; Adamson, S. |
Title |
Alcohol and drug treatment for women: Clinicians' beliefs and practice |
Type |
Journal Article |
Year |
2003 |
Publication |
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
12 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
48-55 |
Keywords |
Psychiatric Nursing; Substance abuse; Gender; Attitude of health personnel; Alcoholism; Drug abuse |
Abstract |
The present paper reports on the results of a telephone survey of 217 alcohol and drug treatment clinicians on their beliefs and practice, in relation to service provision for women. Nurses comprised the second largest professional group surveyed. Seventy-eight percent of clinicians believed that women's treatment needs differed from men's and 74% reported a range of approaches and interventions, such as assisting with parenting issues and referral to women-only programmes. Several differences emerged in relation to approaches and interventions used, depending on clinician gender, work setting and proportion of women on clinicians' caseload. Implications for mental health nursing include the need to more systematically incorporate gender-based treatment needs into practice and undergraduate and postgraduate education and training programmes. |
Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
652 |
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Author |
Searle, J. |
Title |
Gender bias: Women and heart disease |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Vision: A Journal of Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
7 |
Issue |
12 |
Pages |
10-14 |
Keywords |
Cardiovascular diseases; Gender; Nursing; Female |
Abstract |
This article discusses the apparent gender bias prevalent in health care for women who experience cardiovascular disease. It considers how gender expectations and stereotypes affect health practices. Changes at the social, political and practice level necessary to achieve equitable care for women with cardiovascular disease are outlined. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1282 |
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Author |
Crowe, M. |
Title |
Psychiatric diagnosis: Some implications for mental health nursing care |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2006 |
Publication |
Journal of Advanced Nursing |
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Volume |
53 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
125-131 |
Keywords |
Psychiatric Nursing; Diagnosis; Culture; Gender; Socioeconomic factors; Nursing models |
Abstract |
This article explores some of the functions of psychiatric diagnosis and the implications this has for mental health nursing care. It critiques the psychiatric diagnosis as a categorisation process that maintains oppressive power relations within society, by establishing and enforcing normality through gender, culture and class biases. The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is used to illustrate some of the inherent biases in the diagnostic process. The author argues that mental health nursing practice needs to demonstrate an awareness of the power relations inherent in any diagnostic process and make attempts to redress these at both the individual and sociopolitical levels. To create a true patient-centred partnership in mental health nursing, the nursing focus should be on the patient's experience rather than the psychiatric diagnosis with which the experience is attributed. NB this is a reprint of article first published in Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2000 Mar; 31(3), 583-9. |
Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
837 |
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Author |
Harding, T.S. |
Title |
Men's clinical career pathways: Widening the understanding |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Klinisk sygepleje |
Abbreviated Journal |
Coda: An institutional repository for the New Zealand ITP sector |
Volume |
22 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
48-57 |
Keywords |
Male nurses; Gender; Careers in nursing |
Abstract |
This article, drawn from a larger study, reports on the factors that have influenced the choice of a group of New Zealand male nurses' clinical career pathways. Using discourse analysis, interview data from 18 participants were analysed and related to existing literature on male nurses. The analysis revealed that the predominance of men in selected areas of nursing can be attributed to multiple factors including: socialisation pressures that are grounded on gender stereotyping, a desire for challenge, homosocial tendencies, and the belief that multiple work experience equips them to be better nurses. The results challenge essentialist readings of masculinity within the context of nursing and identifies challenges for nursing education and the profession to enable men to contribute more widely to nursing. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
646 |
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Author |
Campbell, K. |
Title |
Experiences of rural women who have cared for their terminally ill partners |
Type |
Book Chapter |
Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Jean Ross (Ed.), Rural nursing: Aspects of practice (pp. 166-178) |
Abbreviated Journal |
Ministry of Health publications page |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Keywords |
Palliative care; Parents and caregivers; Nurse-family relations; Gender; Community health nursing |
Abstract |
This chapter firstly offers background information in relation to palliative care and the role of women as providers of care in the home setting. Secondly, it discusses a study that evolved from a trend the author observed as a district nurse providing community palliative care in rural New Zealand and from New Zealand literature; that the majority of carers of the terminally ill in home-settings are women. The aim of this research study was to offer insights into the requirements of caring for a dying person at home and provide information to assist nurses working in the community and other women who take on the caregiver's role. |
Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 776 |
Serial |
760 |
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Author |
Entwistle, M. |
Title |
Women only? An exploration of the place of men within nursing |
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Year |
2004 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Victoria University of Wellington Library |
Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Keywords |
Nursing; Male nurses; Gender; Recruitment and retention |
Abstract |
This dissertation came out of the author's wondering why there are still so few men going into nursing especially when the history of nursing reveals that men have been a part of nursing for a long time. In New Zealand it is only since the mid seventies that men have been able to gain the exact same nursing qualifications as their women colleagues. The author notes that men in nursing are still seen as unusual in that they work in a predominantly female occupation and have had their masculinity questioned by the myth that all men in nursing must be gay. There is also the notion that caring is a difficult task for men and is seen by society as a uniquely feminine ability. Both issues are related to dominant notions of masculinity. In addition to this there is currently a crisis in terms of a nursing shortage and it has been suggested that one way to resolve this crisis is to encourage more men into nursing. Thus this exploration as to why there are so few men in nursing is timely. Men who choose nursing as a career risk challenging the traditional roles of their gender stereotype. A comprehensive search of the literature from different disciplines reveals deeper issues than just the commonly held assumption that nursing is not masculine. Exploring the issues of gender with a particular focus on masculinity has uncovered the concept of hegemonic masculinity. This describes how gender is practiced in a way that legitimises patriarchy, reinforcing the dominant position of men over women as well as over other groups of men. It is these patriarchal attitudes that have seen men marginalised within nursing. On the one hand men in nursing could be seen as challenging the current dominant masculine ideal. However, on the other hand men in nursing may not challenge this hegemonic masculinity; instead often supporting the status quo in an effort to maintain their own masculinity. The author suggests that the implication for nursing, if it is to increase the numbers of men in the profession, is to challenge this notion of hegemonic masculinity. This needs to be done appropriately by critically examining this concept rather than by merely replacing one hegemony with another. He goes on to say that it is now time for nursing education to include a critical exploration of gender issues and how it relates to men as part of undergraduate nursing education for both men and women students. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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601 |
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Author |
Day, W. |
Title |
Women and cardiac rehabilitation: A review of the literature |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
16 |
Issue |
1-2 |
Pages |
92-101 |
Keywords |
Cardiovascular diseases; Gender; Nursing; Research |
Abstract |
This literature review explores some of the issues related to women's experience of cardiac rehabilitation and demonstrates that women's experience may be different to that of men. Much of the research related to coronary heart disease (CHD) has been performed using either exclusively male populations or such small numbers of women that the results from the women studied were unable to be analysed independently. The author advocates that nurses working within this area of practice require an understanding of women's experience of recovery from a heart attack in order to better meet their needs. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
879 |
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Author |
Polaschek, N. |
Title |
The concerns of Pakeha men living on home haemodialysis: A critical interpretive study |
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Year |
2000 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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Keywords |
Gender; Chronically ill; Nursing |
Abstract |
This nursing study seeks to understand the experience of one group of people with chronic renal failure using renal replacement therapy, Pakeha men living on home haemodialysis. It is based on the assumptions that people living on dialysis have distinctive experiences that are characterised by common concerns reflecting their shared position as subjects of renal illness and therapy. In order to understand the experience of people living on dialysis, this study develops a critical interpretive approach, seeking the participant's own interpretation of their individual experiences. The experiences are then reinterpreted them from a critical standpoint, recognising that they can only be adequately understood by contextualising them. This enables the researcher to discern the common perspective underlying them in contrast to the dominant professional viewpoint in the renal setting. The concerns identified include symptoms from chronic renal failure and dialysis, limitations resulting from the negotiation of the therapeutic regime into their lifestyle, their sense of ongoingness and uncertainty of living on dialysis, and the altered interrelationship between autonomy and dependence inherent in living on dialysis. The study suggests that the individual accounts can be understood as resulting from the interaction of the various dimensions of their own personal social locations, including their gender and ethnicity, with the concerns of client discourse, reflecting their common position as people living on dialysis. The author concludes that one implication of this understanding is that the role of nursing in the renal setting can be articulated as a response to the experience of the person living on dialysis. The nurse can support the renal client in seeking to integrate the requirements of the therapeutic regime into their personal situation. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1195 |
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