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Author (up) Poot, Betty; Nelson, Katherine; Zonneveld, Rebecca; Weatherall, Mark url  doi
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  Title Potentially inappropriate medicine prescribing by nurse practitioners in New Zealand Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Abbreviated Journal JAANP  
  Volume 32 Issue 3 Pages 220-228  
  Keywords Nurse prescribing; Nurse practitioners; Potentially inappropriate medicines (PIM); Older people  
  Abstract Reports the prescribing of potentially-inappropriate medicines (PIM) to older adults (> 65 years). Undertakes a subset analysis of data from the Ministry of Health pharmaceutical collection for the years 2013-2015. Includes nurse practitioner (NP) registration number, medicines dispensed, patient age, gender and NZ Deprivation level. Uses the Beers 2015 criteria to identify PIM. Details the medicines most commonly inappropriately prescribed.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1768  
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Author (up) Rook, Helen; Hales, Caz; Milligan, Kaye; Jones, Mark url  doi
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  Title Dr Jill Wilkinson's discourse analysis of the sources of power and agency for nursing Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 37 Issue 1 Pages 37-41  
  Keywords Advanced nursing practice; Nurse practitioners  
  Abstract Highlights two articles written by Jill Wilkinson in 2008 pertaining to the Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing in 1998, in which she discusses the conflict between autonomy and unionism in nursing and the development of the nurse practitioner (NP) role. Considers the ongoing challenges to establish NP toles in mainstream health services.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1689  
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Author (up) Smith, M.C. openurl 
  Title Reviewing the role of a mental health nurse practitioner Type Journal Article
  Year 2008 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 14 Issue 3 Pages 20-22  
  Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Nurse practitioners; Evaluation research; Professional competence  
  Abstract The author describes his experience of five years as a nurse practitioner in mental health at Waikato District Health Board. A recent review of the role gave him the opportunity to reflect on the learning associated with assuming the nurse practitioner role. A key area of learning has been in negotiating the shifting responsibilities and changing relationships associated with his role as an nurse practitioner and also as a Responsible Clinician, a role traditionally held by psychiatrists. The Responsible Clinician role is a statutory one under the Mental Health Act (1992), generally performed by psychiatrists but open to other suitably qualified professionals. He reports the results of a review based on feedback from fellow professionals, clients and their families, along with quantitative data from basic statistics connected to the role, such as a time and motion study. The review asked fellow professionals to rate the performance of the nurse practitioner against the Nursing Council competencies. These results indicate the nurse practitioner role is of some value and that other professionals and clients seem satisfied with the role. There is some evidence it is delivering outcomes acceptable to clients and other professionals. The study has many limitations which are discussed, such as a poor response rate and short time frame. Further research is planned to evaluate this role.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 993  
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Author (up) Speed, G. openurl 
  Title Advanced nurse practice Type Journal Article
  Year 2003 Publication Nursing dialogue: A Professional Journal for nurses Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 10 Issue Pages 6-12  
  Keywords Nurse practitioners; Cross-cultural comparison; Law and legislation; Advanced nursing practice  
  Abstract The concept and characteristics of advanced nursing practice in New Zealand and overseas is compared with the nurse practitioner role. There is an international debate over definitions of advanced nursing and the range of roles that have developed. The rationale for the nurse practitioner role in New Zealand is examined, along with the associated legislation currently before Parliament. Job titles and roles of nurses within the Waikato Hospital intensive care unit are discussed and ways of developing the role of nurse practitioner are presented.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1096  
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Author (up) Spence, D.; Anderson, M. openurl 
  Title Implementing a prescribing practicum within a Master's degree in advanced nursing practice Type 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 (up) Unac, Fiona; Marshall, Bob; Crawford, Ruth openurl 
  Title Nurse practitioner access to radiology and laboratory ser Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 26 Issue 1 Pages 27-37  
  Keywords NZ nurse practitioner; Radiology tests; Laboratory tests; Barriers  
  Abstract Reports the findings of a quantitative descriptive survey of all NZ registered nurse practitioners (NPs), exploring NP access to radiology and laboratory services in 2008. Identifies the types of diagnostic tests NPs order from either laboratory or radiology services and the obstacles they face.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1453  
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Author (up) Vernon, R.A.; Jacobs, S.; Papps, E. url  openurl
  Title An innovative initiative for advanced nursing practice roles Type Journal Article
  Year 2007 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal Available online from Eastern Institute of Technology  
  Volume 14 Issue 2 Pages 16-17  
  Keywords Advanced nursing practice; Primary health care; Nurse practitioners; Nursing models  
  Abstract This paper reports an initiative which is an example of partnership between education and health organisations resulting in the implementation of a jointly funded advanced nursing practice role. The model is for community based Nurse Practitioner-managed health care for primary health and disease management. The key partners in this project are the Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawke's Bay District Health Board, and a Primary Health Organisation (Tu Meke – First Choice). This article summarises the objectives, implementation, evaluation and benefits of the programme.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1311  
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Author (up) Wilkinson, J.A. url  openurl
  Title The New Zealand nurse practitioner polemic: A discourse analysis Type
  Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nurse practitioners; History of nursing  
  Abstract The purpose of this research has been to trace the development of the nurse practitioner role in New Zealand. Using a discourse analytical approach informed by the work of Michel Foucault, the study foregrounds the discourses that have constructed the nurse practitioner role within the New Zealand social and political context. The author suggests that discourses of nursing and of medicine have established systems of disciplinary practices that produce nurses and physicians within defined role boundaries, not because of legislation, but because discourse has constructed certain rules. The nurse practitioner role transcends those boundaries and offers the possibility of a new and potentially more liberating identity for nurses and nursing. A plural approach of both textuality and discursivity was used to guide the analysis of texts chosen from published literature and from nine interviews conducted with individuals who have been influential in the unfolding of the nurse practitioner role. Both professionally and industrially and in academic and regulatory terms dating back to the Nurses Registration Act, 1901, the political discourses and disciplinary practices serving to position nurses in the health care sector and to represent nursing are examined. The play of these forces has created an interstice from which the nurse practitioner role in New Zealand could emerge. In combination with a new state regime of primary health care, the notion of an autonomous nursing profession in both practice and regulation has challenged medicine's traditional right to surveillance of nursing practice. Through a kind of regulated freedom, the availability of assessment, diagnostic and prescribing practices within a nursing discourse signals a radical shift in how nursing can be represented. The author concludes that the nurse practitioner polemic has revolutionised the nursing subject, and may in turn lead to a qualitatively different health service.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 517 Serial 503  
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Author (up) Wilkinson, Jillian Ann openurl 
  Title Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing : a struggle for control Type Journal Article
  Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 24 Issue 3 Pages 5-16  
  Keywords Nurse practitioner; Politics; Autonomy; Unionism  
  Abstract Traces the constitution and work of the Taskforce, along with the struggle that arose between nursing groups for power to control the future of advanced nursing practice. Backgrounds the factors that led to the withdrawal of the NZ Nurses' Organisation (NZNO) from the Taskforce.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1435  
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Author (up) Wilkinson, Jillian Ann openurl 
  Title Constructing consensus : developing an advanced nursing practice role Type Journal Article
  Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 24 Issue 3 Pages 17-26  
  Keywords Nurse practitioner; Consensus; Autonomy; Unionism  
  Abstract Presents a study using a discourse analytical approach to trace the ongoing struggle between nursing groups for power to control the future of advanced nursing practice. Outlines the political discourses dominant in nursing during the period that led to the Nursing Council of New Zealand having regulatory control of the nurse practitioner role.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1436  
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Author (up) Wilkinson, Jillian Ann url  openurl
  Title The New Zealand nurse practitioner polemic : a discourse analysis : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand Type Book Whole
  Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 308 pp.  
  Keywords Nurse practitioners; Nursing history; Advanced nursing practice; Nursing identity; Discourse analysis; Nursing regulation; Surveys  
  Abstract Traces the development of the nurse practitioner role in NZ since its establishment in 2001, using a discourse analytical approach to examine those discourses that have defined the role. Employs both textual and discursive analysis of texts from published literature and from nine interviews with individuals influential in the evolution of the role. Examines political perspectives and disciplinary practices dating back to the Nurses Registration Act of 1901. Considers the implications of an autonomous nursing profession in both practice and regulation.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1614  
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