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| Author | Blanchard, D.L. | ||||
| Title | Developing the place and role of family within the culture of critical care nursing: An action research approach | Type | |||
| Year | 2006 | Publication  |
Abbreviated Journal | Victoria University of Wellington Library | |
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| Keywords | Relationships; Nurse-family relations; Intensive care nursing; Nursing research | ||||
| Abstract | This research examines how nurses negotiate the context of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) while working with families. The action research described in this thesis developed through a series of meetings and conversations where the conversations supported the reflexive intent of the research. In commissioning the research, the design of the meetings and conversations were as a series of overlapping actions. Data collection and data analysis occurred in the action research by meetings, reflective conversations, ad libitum observations, and in a research journal. Conceptual maps explain the progress and findings of the research in this thesis while categories distilled from the conversations also support the findings in the research. The Family Action Research Group that was established within this project proposed a Family Assessment Form for the family to provide an assessment of themselves and the patient. Implementing this assessment tool demonstrated that clear information was needed for the family in the ICU. Findings in this research focus on developing action research and family care in ICU. Findings also focused on the role of the researcher being of and not being of the context where action research is undertaken. Recommendations include staff examining relationships for potential asymmetries and seeking ways to address these to support families and staff. Suggested strategies for developing action research in a clinical context include detailed planning, clear focusing, transparency of data, and working to explain change initiatives through the research are also included. | ||||
| Call Number | NRSNZNO @ research @ 494 | Serial | 480 | ||
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| Author | Connor, M. | ||||
| Title | Sharing the burden of strife in chronic illness: A praxiological study of nursing practice in a community context | Type | |||
| Year | 2002 | Publication |
Abbreviated Journal | Victoria University of Wellington Library | |
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| Keywords | Chronically ill; Nursing; Nurse-patient relations; Nursing research; Methodology | ||||
| Abstract | This inquiry is an in-depth exploration of one middle aged woman's experience of strife in chronic illness and her nursing care involving four nurses (including the author) in a community context over a three-year period. The study is praxiological in that the understanding achieved is derived from practice within a 'research as praxis' methodology positioned in the disciplinary perspective of nursing as a practical human science. Five methodological premises inform the research processes: reflexivity, dialogue, moral comportment, re-presentation in narrative and critique. They emanate from an eclectic ontological praxiology based on the research framework constructed from Gadamerian philosophical hermeneutics, components of other philosophical praxiologies evolved from an exploration of the practical discourse in philosophy and my preferred health and nursing assumptions. The research processes include researcher journalling, a summary of Sarah's nursing record and dialogical meetings with Sarah and the nurse co-participants. Using the research material a narrative is then co-constructed. The narrative is structured around what Sarah viewed as the overall nursing contribution to her care; the 'sharing of her burden of illness'. This, she maintained, enabled her to live safely in the community. Finally there occurs a critique of the narrative within a discursive framework. Three themes, embedded in particular discourses, emerged from the narrative both in Sarah's and the nurses' experience; paradox, moral meaning and metaphor. Sarah's experience is interpreted as taking place in the 'in-between space' of the disease and health-illness discourses. Two main concepts which depict the tension experienced in this space are the 'the ontological assault of illness' and 'entrapment in the disease discourse'. The nurses, in this instance, 'pushed the boundaries' to create a space for the nursing as a caring practice discourse on the margins of nursing as a functional service discourse. The author notes that, within the nursing as a caring practice space, many 'fine lines' were walked with Sarah. Walking the 'fine line' of an 'intense relationship' was seen as advanced nursing practice. The research highlights important implications for a person and/or families who live with chronic illness and practice and educational issues for advanced nurse practitioners. Further, it promotes praxiological methodologies as advantageous for expanding nursing knowledge. | ||||
| Call Number | NRSNZNO @ research @ 495 | Serial | 481 | ||
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| Author | Thompson, L. | ||||
| Title | Suctioning adults with an artifical airway: A systematic review | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2000 | Publication |
Abbreviated Journal | Subscriber access at the Joanna Briggs Institute | |
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| Keywords | Evidence-based medicine; Nursing research | ||||
| Abstract | This systematic review was conducted by the New Zealand Centre for Evidence Based Nursing, a collaborating centre of The Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery. The aim was to present the best available evidence on interventions, which are effective in preventing or reducing the prevalence of complications associated with suctioning, in hospitalised adult patients with an artificial airway who are breathing spontaneously or are artificially ventilated and who require suctioning. The specific questions addressed were as follows: Which methods of suctioning reduce the prevalence of mucosal trauma or mucosal dysfunction, and promote the removal of respiratory secretions? Which techniques or methods are effective in reducing the occurrence of suctioning -induced hypoxaemia, during or following the suctioning procedure? Which techniques or methods are effective in minimising the haemodynamic or pulmonary complications associated with the suctioning procedure? | ||||
| Call Number | NRSNZNO @ research @ 1136 | Serial | 1121 | ||
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| Author | Maher, J.M. | ||||
| Title | An exploration of the experience of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing on firefighters within a region of the New Zealand Fire Service | Type | |||
| Year | 1999 | Publication |
Abbreviated Journal | ResearchArchive@Victoria | |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | |||
| Keywords | Stress; Occupational health and safety; Nursing research; Nursing specialties | ||||
| Abstract | This study originates from the author's practice experience working for the New Zealand Fire Service back in the late 1980's and early 1990's as an Occupational Health Nurse where she piloted a Critical Incident Stress Peer Support programme in the No.4 Region. The author identified work-related stress and related it to Critical Incident Stress (CIS) from firefighters exposure to critical incidents. This study explores four firefighters experience of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) within a Region of the New Zealand Fire Service. It explores the application of CISD as one component of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), and the Nurse Researcher's philosophy of Clinical Nurse practice in relation to the application of CISD. The knowledge gained from the analysis of the data has the potential to influence professionals understanding of their experience and affect future practice and that of others working in the field of CISM. Much of the literature that supported CISD appeared to offer a rather superficial understanding of the firefighters experience in relation to CISD. A narrative approache was chosed as the methodology, utilising four individual case studies as a method of social inquiry in order to explore the experience of CISD. The narratives were able to creatively capture the complexity and the dynamic practice of CISD. An overall pattern of the formalised process was uncovered through the participants' narratives. Eight dominant themes were highlighted from the narratives which included safe environment; ventilating the stress reaction; similar feelings; getting the whole picture; peer support; bonding and resolution. While these themes were common to all the participants, each participant had a particular theme/s which was unique to their experience. | ||||
| Call Number | NRSNZNO @ research @ 1206 | Serial | 1191 | ||
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| Author | Phillips, B.N. | ||||
| Title | Possibilities for mental health nursing practice-based research | Type | Report | ||
| Year | 2003 | Publication |
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| Volume | Issue | Pages | |||
| Keywords | Nursing research; Psychiatric Nursing | ||||
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| Call Number | NRSNZNO @ research @ 1257 | Serial | 1242 | ||
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| Author | Stewart, A. | ||||
| Title | When an infant grandchild dies: Family matters | Type | |||
| Year | 2000 | Publication |
Abbreviated Journal | ResearchArchive@Victoria | |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | |||
| Keywords | Grief; Nurse-family relations; Infants; Nursing research | ||||
| Abstract | This research undertaken by a nurse working with bereaved families, aimed to explore how grandparents, parents and health/bereavement professionals constructed grandparent bereavement when an infant grandchild died unexpectedly. The 26 participants, living in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, included 16 grandparents and 6 parents from 11 families, in addition to three health/bereavement professionals. A constructivist inquiry informed by writings on nursing, storying and postmodernism was used. Through an exploration of the methodological and ethical issues that arose and were addressed during the study, this work adds to knowledge of how constructivist inquiry can be used in nursing and bereavement research. In addition, the context of this research as a partnership with multiple family members contributes to the ongoing debate about whether participation in bereavement research may be harmful or therapeutic. Conversations in this research formed a series of interviews and letters, which led to the development of a joint construction and each individual's story. A grandchild's death was constructed as a challenge which grandparents faced, responded to and then managed the changes that arose from the challenge. The context of their bereavement was seen as underpinned by their relationship as “parents of the adult parents” of the grandchild who died. This meant that grandparents placed their own pain second to their wish to support and “be with” the parents. Outside the family was where many grandparents found friends, colleagues or their community forgot, or chose not to acknowledge, their bereavement. This work shows how some grandparents help to create a space within the family which maintains a continuing relationship with the grandchild who died. | ||||
| Call Number | NRSNZNO @ research @ | Serial | 1205 | ||
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| Author | Little, S. | ||||
| Title | An exploration of vicarious traumatisation in emergency nurses | Type | |||
| Year | 2002 | Publication |
Abbreviated Journal | Victoria University of Wellington Library | |
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| Keywords | Emergency nursing; Occupational health and safety; Nursing research; Stress | ||||
| Abstract | This thesis explores the theoretical notions of suffering and caring within the nurse patient relationship in the context of emergency nursing. It includes a small pilot study that aimed to assess the feasibliity of a major research project, by describing the impact of vicarious traumatisation in emergency nurses, specifically in relation to their self capacities. This pilot study utilised a descriptive, correlational design. Data was collected by using the Inner Experience Questionnaire (IEQ) a twenty four-item questionnaire developed by Dr Pearlman (1995), and a profile sheet which identified demographic details. Twenty-seven emergency nurses participated in this pilot study. The IEQ was assessed for internal reliability by applying the Cronbachs alpha and utilising a focus group to gain insight into the usability and relevance of the questions. The internal reliability of the IEQ suggests that it may be an appropriate tool to measure disruption of self capacities in the population of emergency nurses. Although the results are limited, and conclusions cannot be drawn, findings suggest a correlation between the variables of age, experience, nursing qualifications and a history of personal trauma and the IEQ. There is evidence that emergency nurses are affected psychologically when caring for the victims of trauma in emergency departments and the IEQ has the potential as a tool to be integrated into future emergency nursing studies. A multidimensional methodological approach is recommended to capture the many contours of the complex phenomena of vicarious traumatisation and the emergency nurse. | ||||
| Call Number | NRSNZNO @ research @ | Serial | 1249 | ||
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| Author | Kidd, J.D. | ||||
| Title | What's going on? Mental health nursing in New Zealand | Type | |||
| Year | 2002 | Publication |
Abbreviated Journal | Otago Polytechnic Library | |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | |||
| Keywords | Psychiatric Nursing; Nursing research | ||||
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| Call Number | NRSNZNO @ research @ | Serial | 1255 | ||
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| Author | Litchfield, M | ||||
| Title | To advance health care: The origins of nursing research in New Zealand | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2009 | Publication |
Abbreviated Journal | ||
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 129 pp | ||
| Keywords | Nursing Research Section, New Zealand Nurses Organisation | ||||
| Abstract | This book examines in detail the confluence of personalities and professional and practice agendas, out of which emerged the research section, intent on placing research at the centre of the profession's evolution. It provides a fascinating look at how a group of women, utterly committed to nursing, drove their research agenda and it expands understandings of why nursing research is significant for the development of nursing. It also provides an insight into that web of relationships between the professional body, NZNA, the Department of Health, service delivery and education. To order a copy: Email: publications@nzno.org.nz NZNO members: $25 (incl GST + p&p) Non-NZNO members: $35 (incl GST + p&p) |
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| Call Number | NZNO @ research @ | Serial | 1341 | ||
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| Author | McGregor, Jennifer | ||||
| Title | Historical Trauma Theory: The implications for nursing in Aotearoa New Zealand | Type | Book Whole | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication |
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| Volume | Issue | Pages | 79 p. | ||
| Keywords | Historical Trauma Theory; Kaupapa Maori research methodology; Te Kapunga Putohe; Maori nursing research | ||||
| Abstract | Presents the findings of an integrative literature review exploring the possibility of applying Historical Trauma Theory to nursing practice. Uses Kaupapa Maori research methodology to apply Historical Trauma Theory to health care practice, in a Maori context. Considers how trauma theory can be used to support Wilson and Barton's Te Kapunga Putohe nursing model. | ||||
| Call Number | NZNO @ research @ | Serial | 1748 | ||
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| Author | Giddings, D.L.S.; Grant, B.M. | ||||
| Title | A Trojan Horse for positivism? A critique of mixed methods research | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2007 | Publication |
Advances in Nursing Science | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 30 | Issue | 1 | Pages | 52-60 |
| Keywords | Nursing research; Methodology; Evaluation | ||||
| Abstract | This paper presents an analysis of mixed methods research, which the authors suggest is captured by a pragmatically inflected form of post-positivism. Although it passes for an alternative methodological movement that purports to breach the divide between qualitative and quantitative research, most mixed methods studies favour the forms of analysis and truth finding associated with positivism. The authors anticipate a move away from exploring more philosophical questions or undertaking modes of enquiry that challenge the status quo. At the same time, they recognise that mixed methods research offers particular strengths and that, although it serves as a Trojan Horse for positivism, it may productively carry other paradigmatic passengers. | ||||
| Call Number | NRSNZNO @ research @ | Serial | 650 | ||
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| Author | Litchfield, M. | ||||
| Title | Practice wisdom | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 1999 | Publication |
Advances in Nursing Science | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 22 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 62-73 |
| Keywords | Nursing research; Nursing; Health knowledge | ||||
| Abstract | The paper is the report of two cumulative research projects studying the nature of nursing knowledge and methodology to develop it. They were undertaken as theses for masters and doctoral degrees at the University of Minnesota, USA. Nursing knowledge is depicted as relational: an evolving participatory process of research-as-if-practice of which 'health' (its meaning), dialogue, partnership and pattern recognition are threads inter-related around personal values of vision and community. | ||||
| Call Number | NRSNZNO @ research @ 1186 | Serial | 1171 | ||
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| Author | Litchfield, M.; Jonsdottir, H. | ||||
| Title | A practice discipline that's here and now | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2008 | Publication |
Advances in Nursing Science | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 31 | Issue | 1 | Pages | 79-92 |
| Keywords | Nursing research; Policy; Nursing philosophy | ||||
| Abstract | The article is a collaborative writing venture drawing on research findings from New Zealand and Iceland to contribute to the international scholarship on the status and future direction of the nursing discipline. It takes an overview of the international historical trends in nursing knowledge development and proposes a framework for contemporary nursing research that accommodates the past efforts and paradigms of nurse scholars and reflects the changing thinking around the humanness of the health circumstance as the focus of the nursing discipline. It addresses contemporary challenges facing nurses as practitioners and researchers for advancement of practice and delivery of health services, and for influencing health policy. | ||||
| Call Number | NRSNZNO @ research @ | Serial | 1174 | ||
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| Author | Darbyshire, P. | ||||
| Title | 'Never mind the quality, feel the width': The nonsense of 'quality', 'excellence', and 'audit' in education, health and research | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2008 | Publication |
Collegian: Journal of the Royal College of Nursing Australia | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 15 | Issue | 1 | Pages | 35-41 |
| Keywords | Accountability; Quality assurance; Organisational change; Nursing research; Nursing; Education | ||||
| Abstract | The author contends that health care and education have been colonised by 'The Audit Society' and managerialism. It is argued that under the benign guise of 'improving quality' and 'ensuring value for money' a more Orwellian purpose operates. Academics had to be transformed into a workforce of 'docile bodies', willing to scrutinise and survey themselves and their 'performance' as outcome deliverers and disciples of the new 'Qualispeak'. This paper critiques the current obsession with audit and performativity, and the constant and often pointless 'change' that is held to be so self-evidently 'a good thing' and identifies policy discussion as a linguistic wasteland. | ||||
| Call Number | NRSNZNO @ research @ | Serial | 967 | ||
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| Author | Drake, M. | ||||
| Title | The sonata form of musical composition as a framework for thesis writing | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2004 | Publication |
Contemporary Nurse | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 16 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 252-258 |
| Keywords | Nursing research; Nursing; Education | ||||
| Abstract | This article introduces an innovation in writing master's level research and suggests that other structures may offer new and different frameworks for reporting nursing research. This is exemplified by reference to an example of nursing research which adopted the sonata form of musical composition as the framework for presentation of the thesis. | ||||
| Call Number | NRSNZNO @ research @ | Serial | 876 | ||
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