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| Author |
Gardner, A.; Hase, S.; Gardner, G.; Dunn, S.; Carryer, J.B. |
| Title |
From competence to capability: A study of nurse practitioners in clinical practice |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Journal of Clinical Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
Author copy available 12 months after publication from QUT ePrints |
| Volume |
17 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
250-258 |
| Keywords |
Nurse practitioners; Professional competence; Advanced nursing practice; Evaluation |
| Abstract |
This research aimed to understand the level and scope of practice of the nurse practitioner in Australia and New Zealand further using a capability framework. The original study, from which the present paper was developed, sought to identify competency standards for the extended role of the nurse practitioner in Australia and New Zealand. In doing so the researchers became aware that while competencies described many of the characteristics of the nurse practitioner they did not manage to tell the whole story. In a search of the literature, the concept of capability appeared to provide a potentially useful construct to describe the attributes of the nurse practitioner that went beyond competence. A secondary analysis of data obtained from the interviews with 15 nurse practitioners working in Australia and New Zealand was undertaken. The analysis showed that capability and its dimensions is a useful model for describing the advanced level attributes of nurse practitioners. Thus, nurse practitioners described elements of their practice that involved: using their competences in novel and complex situations as well as the familiar; being creative and innovative; knowing how to learn; having a high level of self-efficacy; and working well in teams. This study suggests dimensions of capability need to be considered in the education and evaluation of nurse practitioners. |
| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 945 |
Serial |
929 |
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| Author |
Hales, A.; Dignam, D. |
| Title |
Nurse prescribing lessons from the US |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
8 |
Issue |
10 |
Pages |
12-15 |
| Keywords |
Nurse practitioners; Prescriptive authority; Cross-cultural comparison; Advanced nursing practice; Education |
| Abstract |
The researchers present a survey of a sample population of 32 advanced practice nurses (APN) in the US about their experiences of acquiring and implementing prescriptive authority. The issues relevant to nurse practitioners in New Zealand are discussed, around acquiring knowledge and education, relationships with other professionals, establishing the role, and retaining the nursing role. The intent and scope of APN prescribing in the US is also discussed. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1007 |
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| Author |
Holloway, Kathryn |
| Title |
The New Zealand nurse specialist framework: Clarifying the contribution of the nurse specialist |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2012 |
Publication |
Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
13 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
147-153 |
| Keywords |
Nurse Specialist Framework; Advanced nursing practice; Workforce planning; Capability models |
| Abstract |
Presents an overview of the NZ Nurse Specialist Framework (NZNSF), developed through a consensus approach as part of a doctoral study, and which provides an over-arching structure to support coherence, clarity and consistency for nurse specialists. Maintains that the framework supports workforce policy makers in planning effective utlisation of the nurse specialist in health care delivery. |
| Call Number |
NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1827 |
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| Author |
Jacobs, S. |
| Title |
Credentialling: Setting standards for advanced nursing practice |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2000 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
15 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
38-46 |
| Keywords |
Scope of practice; Advanced nursing practice |
| Abstract |
This article examines professional regulation with particular reference to advanced practice. As well as providing an overview of credentialing and other aspects of professional regulation, including licensure, certification, registration, and titling, the question of how much regulation, and by whom, is explored. |
| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
632 |
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| Author |
Jacobs, S. |
| Title |
Advanced nursing practice: Time and meaning |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
19 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
29-39 |
| Keywords |
Advanced nursing practice; Nurse practitioners; Professional development; History of nursing |
| Abstract |
The particular, contemporary meanings ascribed to “advanced nursing practice” in New Zealand have been debated and delineated in the 1990s, culminating in the launch of the nurse practitioner role at a conference sponsored by the Ministry of Health and the Nursing Council of New Zealand in August, 2001. Drawing on archival materials, documents, other texts and voices, this article explores the evolution of connotations and meanings of the word “advanced” as applied to nursing in New Zealand. The focus is on clinical practice, research, teaching, consulting, higher education, and advancement of the profession. Historical aspects of advancement in New Zealand nursing are examined, including registration, unsupervised practice, technical specialisation, and career development. |
| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
552 |
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| Author |
Jacobs, S. |
| Title |
Advanced nursing practice and the nurse practitioner: New Zealand nursing's professional project in the late 20th century |
Type |
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| Year |
2005 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Massey University Library |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Nurse practitioners; History; Policy; Leadership; Advanced nursing practice |
| Abstract |
This thesis examines the forces influencing the development of contemporary advanced nursing practice in New Zealand. It begins with an historical approach to explore the various meanings of advanced nursing practice from the late 1800s through the first years of the 21st century. Seven historical understandings of the meaning of 'advanced' nursing practice emerge. The author's analysis of the broad scope of New Zealand nursing history, including a case study of the development and implementation of the nurse practitioner, draws on theoretical perspectives from sociology, political science, and nursing. She develops a “framework of critical factors for nursing to take into account when considering how to ensure the profession is able to deliver on its great potential to improve the health of New Zealand communities”. Examining the work of a range of nursing leaders, past and present, and drawing on the work of political scientist, John Kingdon, the author describes the work of several nurses as “policy entrepreneurship.” |
| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
671 |
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| Author |
Jefferson, F.E. |
| Title |
An exploration of the competencies for advanced nursing practice in the perioperative setting |
Type |
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| Year |
2007 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University of Otago Library |
| Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Advanced nursing practice; Operating theatre |
| Abstract |
A clinical research practicum. |
| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 826 |
Serial |
810 |
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| Author |
Jones, B. |
| Title |
Neonatal nurse practitioners: A model for expanding the boundaries of nursing culture in New Zealand |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
14 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
28-35 |
| Keywords |
Advanced nursing practice; Neonatal nursing; Interprofessional relations |
| Abstract |
This article outlines the development of the neonatal nurse practitioner role in New Zealand as an example of one advanced practice nursing role. A model of how nursing culture changes to include roles that incorporate components that historically have been considered the domain of other health professionals is proposed. This article outlines some of the issues surrounding the neonatal nurse practitioner role, including the educational requirements for this role in New Zealand. |
| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 659 |
Serial |
645 |
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| Author |
Lee, S.V. |
| Title |
The advanced practitioners' guide to integrating physical and mental health: Introducing the role of the mental health consultation liaison nurse |
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| Year |
2005 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Advanced nursing practice; Mental health; Nursing specialties |
| Abstract |
Evidence within the literature highlights that staff within the general hospital wards are not necessarily equipped to assess and meet the needs of patients with mental health or behavioural problems. The author notes that this is cause for concern as a number of people requiring admission to the general wards often have a complex, interrelated combination of physical and mental health problems. Within New Zealand there have also been a number of changes to health care policies that have increased general nurses contact with mental health patients over the last decade. The Mental Health Consultation Liaison Nurse is an advanced nurse specialist who can meet this need. Having reviewed the literature and communicated with Mental Health Consultation Liaison Nurses in New Zealand and Australia, the author says it is clear that the availability of a mental health nurse within the district health board general wards would be advantageous to all. The role has been shown to positively influence the care of patients and benefit other health care professionals. It provides an improved system of care that is co-ordinated, integrated and responsive to the needs of patients and health care staff. The implementation of the Mental Health Consultation Liaison Nurse role has the potential to cut costs in relation to decreasing length of stay with untreated mental health issues, and reduce the cost of continued use of 'specialling' unnecessarily. Also of importance is the fact that such a position would assist the district health board to comply with the standards of health care provision as directed by the Mental Health Commission and the Ministry of Health. The author suggests that the introduction of the Mental Health Consultation Liaison Nurse role represents a change in traditional ways of providing general nursing and consequently there are a number of issues that may hinder its success. This dissertation aims to increase the visibility of mental health nursing and provide a resource for others debating the development and implementation of the Mental Health Consultation Liaison Nurse role. |
| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
771 |
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| Author |
Lesa, R.; Dixon, D.A. |
| Title |
Physical assessment: Implications for nurse educators and nursing practice |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2007 |
Publication |
International Nursing Review |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
54 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
166-172 |
| Keywords |
Advanced nursing practice; Clinical assessment; Cardiovascular diseases; Nursing; Education |
| Abstract |
In New Zealand, the physical assessment of a patient has traditionally been the domain of the medical profession. Recent implementation of advanced practice roles has expanded the scope of practice and nurse practitioners may now be expected to perform physical assessments. The aim of this literature review was to discover what could be learnt from the experiences of Western countries. Nurses from the USA, Canada and Australia readily incorporate physical assessment skills into their nursing practice as a component of health assessment. The international literature identified that any change to the nurse's role in health assessment, to include physical assessment skills, requires strategies that involve the regulatory, educational and practice components of nursing. |
| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
786 |
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| Author |
Litchfield, M. |
| Title |
The language of nursing practice in hospitals |
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Conference Article |
| Year |
1997 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
held by NZNO Library and author |
| Volume |
Proceedings of the National Nursing Informatics Co |
Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Hospitals; Nurse managers; Advanced nursing practice; Nurse-patient relations; Care plans |
| Abstract |
A paper presenting the findings of a small research project involving a group of self-selected senior nurses of Wellington Hospital to explore the nature of nursing practice in the care and management of hospitalised patients and to formalise the language that would acknowledge its significance in the current effort of hospitals to define patient care pathways. The nature of hospital nursing practice was described in themes of a generic process of nurse-patient care that articulates a distinct specialism of hospital nursing, whatever the hospital department in which nurses hold positions. |
| Call Number |
NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1322 |
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| Author |
Litchfield, M. |
| Title |
Achieving health in a rural community: A case study of nurse – community partnership |
Type |
Book Whole |
| Year |
2004 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
University and Polytechnic Libraries, NZNO Library |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Rural health services; Nursing models; Advanced nursing practice; Health promotion; Organisational change |
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This study describes rural, nurse-led health services provided by the Takapau Health Centre (Central Hawkes Bay) and its outreach, Norsewood & District Health Centre. The study looks at its model of service delivery through to 2002. It examines the establishment, development, funding and management of the service, along with the nursing practice and the healthcare people received. The book is a snapshot of nursing initiative and survival through a decade of change in health policy and service funding and delivery. The information was subsequently used to move the health centre service into the new paradigm of primary health care launched in the New Zealand Health Strategy. |
| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 1183 |
Serial |
1168 |
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| Author |
Litchfield, M.; Laws, M. |
| Title |
Achieving family health and cost-containment outcomes: Innovation in the New Zealand Health Sector Reforms |
Type |
Book Chapter |
| Year |
1999 |
Publication |
Cohen,E. & De Back,V. (Eds.), The outcomes mandate: New roles, rules and relationships. Case management in health care today (pp. 306-316) |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Advanced nursing practice; Nurse managers; Teamwork; Nurse-family relations; Leadership; Health reforms |
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The chapter presents the research findings of the 1992-1993 Wellington Nurse Case Management Scheme Project as a distinct model of nurse case management, which introduced a role and form of practice of a family nurse and a diagram of the service delivery structure required for support and relevant for the New Zealand health system reforms. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1169 |
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| Author |
Logan, C.M. |
| Title |
Anaesthetic nursing: Focusing perioperative practice on the patient |
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| Year |
2000 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Nursing specialties; Advanced nursing practice; Nurse-patient relations; Nursing; Education |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this literature review is to generate a picture of what is known and what needs to be investigated further about anaesthetic nursing in the perioperative nursing role in New Zealand, and to examine this in relation to international trends. Nurse anaesthetists in the United States are described in American nursing literature, and recognised as one of the four advanced nurse practitioner roles. In New Zealand, recent efforts to provide appropriate post-graduate education for the perioperative nurse have been challenged by other inter-professional interests, thus restricting the development of an expanded role. The author notes that this has caused concern for New Zealand's perioperative nurses who consider anaesthetic nursing is an integral part of perioperative practice. Anaesthetic nursing forms a substantial component of the basic competencies required of a registered nurse working in the operating theatres. Orientation programmes and ongoing education at all levels of professional development incorporate anaesthetic nursing competencies to provide continuity of patient care and support perioperative practice. Care of the patient undergoing anaesthesia is an area where nurses demonstrate their advanced assessment skills and clinical judgement and is included in perioperative specialist or nurse practitioner job descriptions. The Perioperative Nurses Association in New Zealand is concerned to develop postgraduate education in their area of speciality to support their application for 'College' status within the New Zealand Nurses Organisation. For this to happen in a cogent fashion, information and knowledge generated from research, are required to clarify perioperative nursing's current position and determine how practice can be shaped to best care for patients undergoing surgical interventions. Evidence from research supports nurses in the anaesthetic role by demonstrating that the preoperative visits and assessments they undertake can reduce patients' anxieties, decrease the need for pain relief and shorten hospital stays. This review includes literature sources that explore disparities between the development of New Zealand anaesthetic nursing and international models. The author suggests that information and understanding gained from conducting this review will allow future developments in anaesthetic nursing practice to be informed by previous initiatives and projects and identifies areas for further research. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
790 |
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| Author |
McArthur, J. |
| Title |
Discursive understanding of knowledge within advanced nursing practice roles: A co-operative inquiry in an acute health care organisation |
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Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Auckland University of Technology Library |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Advanced nursing practice; Organisational culture |
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| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 1280 |
Serial |
1265 |
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