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Author McPherson, G.; Horsburgh, M.; Tracy, C.
Title (up) A clinical audit of a nurse colposcopist: Colposcopy, cytology, histology correlation Type Journal Article
Year 2005 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 21 Issue 3 Pages 13-23
Keywords Nurse practitioners; Professional competence; Diagnosis; Advanced nursing practice
Abstract A clinical audit was undertaken to assess the diagnostic skills of the nurse colposcopist measuring colposcopy: histology: cytology correlation. At National Women's Health the first New Zealand nurse colposcopist training programme was developed in 2000. A retrospective audit of the colposcopy clinical records was performed during the nurse's training programme between July 2000 and March 2002. An 82% (82/100) histology: cytology: colposcopy correlation was achieved by the nurse in the third phase of her training programme. The results are comparable with other reported studies involving medical and nurse colposcopists. Expertise in colposcopy examination can be incorporated into the broader role of a Nurse Practitioner working in the area of women's health.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 548 Serial 534
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Author Litchfield, M.; Laws, M.
Title (up) 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) Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Advanced nursing practice; Nurse managers; Teamwork; Nurse-family relations; Leadership; Health reforms
Abstract 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.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1169
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Author Litchfield, M.
Title (up) Achieving health in a rural community: A case study of nurse – community partnership Type Book Whole
Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal University and Polytechnic Libraries, NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Rural health services; Nursing models; Advanced nursing practice; Health promotion; Organisational change
Abstract 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 Speed, G.
Title (up) 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 Jacobs, S.
Title (up) Advanced nursing practice and the nurse practitioner: New Zealand nursing's professional project in the late 20th century Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
Volume Issue Pages
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 Spence, D.
Title (up) Advanced nursing practice through postgraduate education, part one Type 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 Jacobs, S.
Title (up) Advanced nursing practice: Time and meaning Type Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
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 Connor, M.
Title (up) Advancing nursing practice in New Zealand: A place for caring as a moral imperative Type Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 19 Issue 3 Pages 13-21
Keywords Advanced nursing practice; Ethics; Professional competence; Nurse-patient relations
Abstract The author argues that the framework of competencies required for advanced nursing practice should include a moral dimension in order to take account of relational as well as functional competencies. There is no recognition of the relational competencies required to practice caring as a moral imperative. The Nursing Council of New Zealand expects that nurses will practise 'in accord with values and moral principles'. The paper explores the history of two nursing discourses, that which sees nursing as a functional occupation and that which emphasises the relationship between nurse and patient. A practice exemplar is used to demonstrate positive outcomes from advanced relational competencies.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 553
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Author Spence, D.
Title (up) Advancing nursing practice through postgraduate education, part two Type 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 Jefferson, F.E.
Title (up) An exploration of the competencies for advanced nursing practice in the perioperative setting Type
Year 2007 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Advanced nursing practice; Operating theatre
Abstract A clinical research practicum.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 826 Serial 810
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Author Vernon, R.A.; Jacobs, S.; Papps, E.
Title (up) 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 Logan, C.M.
Title (up) Anaesthetic nursing: Focusing perioperative practice on the patient Type
Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library
Volume Issue Pages
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.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 790
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Author Dulieu, F.
Title (up) Collaborative practice: A study in bridging the gap to transform the delivery of specialist palliative nursing care in residential aged care facilities Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Rest homes; Palliative care; Older people; Nursing; Advanced nursing practice; Terminal care; Geriatric nursing
Abstract This paper documents a practice development initiative with the aim of formulating a rationale for the professional practice development of a relatively recently conceived nursing initiative; that of a Palliative Care Liaison Nurse (PCLN) role. The project involved conducting an inquiry through a search of the literature with the aim of discovering ways to articulate, then develop, the role to meet the needs of elderly people living in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs), their family and the whanau. The paper initially explores the concept of liaison roles globally, to consider how this role might be located as an interagency position between palliative care and aged care within the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The paper then reveals the perceived skills and personal attributes required by a person in the PCLN role that the author, drawing from personal and professional experience of having been appointed to this position, considers are necessary to effectively manage the diverse dimensions of this role. Bridging the gap is a key role discussed which centres on the capacity to organise and present an effective education programme while supporting, encouraging and role modeling for staff providing the day to day nursing care. This role involves practice wisdom and advocating for change and tolerance within everyday practice. An example of this dimension is discussed in depth, because the researcher considers that through staff working together, they can effectively bridge the knowledge-practice gap which exists between specialist palliative and gerontological nursing care.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 580
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Author Spence, D.; Smythe, E.
Title (up) Courage as integral to advancing nursing practice Type 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 Jacobs, S.
Title (up) Credentialling: Setting standards for advanced nursing practice Type Journal Article
Year 2000 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
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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