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Neugebauer, A.F. |
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The adult congenital heart disease service: An evidence-based development of a nurse specialist position |
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2004 |
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University of Auckland Library |
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Cardiovascular diseases; Nursing specialties; Nursing |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 482 |
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469 |
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Patel, R. |
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Evaluation and assessment of the online postgraduate intensive care nursing course |
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2006 |
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University of Otago Library |
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Education; Intensive care nursing; Nursing specialties |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 519 |
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505 |
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Grayson, S. |
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Nursing management of the rheumatic fever secondary prophylaxis programme |
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2001 |
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University of Auckland Library |
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Community health nursing; Management; Nursing specialties |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 576 |
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562 |
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Vandergoot, A. |
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From ward nurse to proficient critical care nurse: A narrative inquiry study |
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2005 |
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Akoranga Theses Collection, Auckland University of Technology |
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Nursing specialties |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 602 |
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588 |
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Sutton, D.M. |
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An analysis of the application of Christensen's Nursing Partnership Model in vascular nursing: A case study approach |
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2007 |
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University of Otago Library |
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Nursing specialties; Nursing models; Cardiovascular diseases |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 822 |
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806 |
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Mears, A. |
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The role of the clinical nurse co-ordinator |
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2003 |
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Journal of the Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses Association |
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6 |
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3 |
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24-25 |
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Nursing; Nursing specialties; Older people |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 907 |
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891 |
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Raynel, S. |
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Nurse-led clinics on ophthalmic practice: A vision for the future |
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2002 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Nursing specialties |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1267 |
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1252 |
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Isaac, D. |
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Passionate dedication: A qualitative descriptive study of nurses' and hospital play specialists' experiences on a children's burn ward |
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2006 |
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Auckland University of Technology Library |
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Children; Nursing specialties; Mentoring; Job satisfaction |
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A qualitative descriptive approach was undertaken to explore the experience of eight registered nurses and two hospital play specialists who care for children hospitalised with burn injuries. The research participants were recruited from a paediatric ward that offers centralised specialty care to children with burns. Emerging out of the data was the over-arching theme of 'passionate dedication' that shows the nurses and hospital play specialists genuine compassion and commitment to meet the needs of the children with burns. The findings of the study reveal that the participant's dedication is shaped and determined by a dynamic process that involves having professional integrity and in-depth knowledge of caring for children and burn management. The nurses and the hospital play specialists have a common understanding of what their role entails and the skills required to provide quality care and support to the children and the children's family. On a personal and professional level the participants encounter several challenges in this care context that are physically and emotionally overwhelming. Despite becoming overwhelmed the participants are revealed as being resourceful and resilient in their aptitude to find ways that enable them to cope and get through. The author suggests that this study supports international literature that suggests that caring for children with burns is equally rewarding, as much as it is physically and emotionally demanding. The author identifies that the implication in this study for the organisation is to seriously consider issues regarding productivity and efficiency of the workforce with acknowledgement that nurses and hospital play specialists cannot do this emotional work without effective systems of support in place. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 577 |
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563 |
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Litchfield, M.; Ross, J. |
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The role of rural nurses: National survey |
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2000 |
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Online on the Ministry of Health's Centre for Rural Health pages |
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Rural nursing; Personnel; Nursing specialties; Primary health care |
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A survey was used to reach as many nurses as possible involved with nursing in “rural” areas throughout New Zealand and to build a profile of nurses involved in the provision of healthcare beyond the urban centres. The contact also sought to inform nurses of the rural healthcare project and encourage them to contribute their experience to the development of health services in the new health service structure. Data is presented on the characteristics and employment conditions of nurses and access to resources including information technology. The inadequacy of information on the rural nurse workforce is identified: nurse roles are historically defined yet employment patterns are changing according to the workforce demands of new structures, and the existing definitions of rural health service design and delivery are only in terms of general medical practices and on-call coverage. Recommendations are made for definitions of “rurality” and “rural nurse” that will allow a more useful depiction of the nurse workforce. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1175 |
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Litchfield, M. |
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The scope of advancing nursing practice |
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1998 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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13 |
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3 |
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13-24 |
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Nursing specialties; Nursing |
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An overview of the model of nursing practice and nurse roles derived through a programme of nursing research in the context of the changing New Zealand health system. The emphasis is on the complementary nature of the practice of family nurses taking a generic integrative service delivery hub role and the practice of other nurses advancing in specialist roles. Nursing care is presented as a professional, collective practice of registered nurses spread across all health service sectors and employment settings. Nurse roles are differentiated according to the interplay of two factors influencing the extent of practice autonomy the nurses assume (educationally supported) in responding to health need. A diagram depicts the interrelationship of competency and scope for the inclusive three different career trajectories of nurses advancing in practice. NOTE: This paper was published with an error in the title of the article (stated correctly on the journal contents page). An apology from the journal editor with an explanation of the importance of the use of the term ?advancing? and not ?advanced? was published in the subsequent issue (Nursing Praxis in NZ,14(1)). |
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1325 |
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Van der Harst, J. |
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Inside knowledge: A qualitative descriptive study of prison nursing in New Zealand |
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University of Auckland Library |
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Nursing specialties |
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Analysis of the research literature on prison nursing revealed a paucity of research, both in New Zealand and internationally. The aim of this research was to describe the working life of the nurse in a New Zealand prison and provide an understanding of and documentation on prison nursing in New Zealand. A qualitative descriptive study was undertaken to determine what it is like to nurse in a New Zealand prison. Ten nurses working at two public prisons and one private prison took part in the study. Data was collected by the use of semi-structured interviews and analysed thematically into four main themes. The participants' descriptions of their working lives as prison nurses expose the multifaceted nature of this work and the inherent relational dynamics. These dynamics determine the nurse's ability to practise effectively in the prison setting. Findings highlighted many paradoxical situations for nurses when working in this environment. The very aspects of the work that participants described as negative were also identified, in some instances, as challenging and satisfying. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 886 |
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870 |
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Lee, S.V. |
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The advanced practitioners' guide to integrating physical and mental health: Introducing the role of the mental health consultation liaison nurse |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Advanced nursing practice; Mental health; Nursing specialties |
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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. |
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771 |
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Fielding, S. |
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Learning to do, learning to be: The transition to competence in critical care nursing |
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2006 |
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Auckland University of Technology Library |
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Intensive care nursing; Preceptorship; Nursing specialties |
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Making the transition to an area of specialist nursing practice is challenging for both the learner and staff who are responsible for education and skill development. This study uses grounded theory methodology to explore the question: “How do nurses learn critical care nursing?” The eight registered nurses who participated in this study were recruited from a range of intensive care settings. The criteria for inclusion in the study included the participant having attained competency within the critical care setting. Data was collected from individual interviews. This study found that nurses focus on two main areas during their orientation and induction into critical care nursing practice. These are learning to do (skill acquisition) and learning to be (professional socialisation). The process of transition involves two stages: that of learning to do the tasks related to critical care nursing practice, and the ongoing development of competence and confidence in practice ability. The relationship of the learner with the critical care team is a vital part of the transition to competency within the specialist area. This study identifies factors that influence the learner during transition and also provides an understanding of the strategies used by the learners to attain competency. These findings are applicable to educators and leaders responsible for the education and ongoing learning of nurses within critical care practice. The use of strategies such as simulated learning and repetition are significant in skill acquisition. However attention must also be paid to issues that influence the professional socialisation process, such as the quality of preceptor input during orientation and the use of ongoing mentoring of the learner. |
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509 |
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Lindsay, N.M. |
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Skeletal attraction: Childcare provisions and the recruitment and retention of orthopaedic nurses in New Zealand |
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2006 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Recruitment and retention; Nursing specialties |
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New Zealand's ageing population is predicted to have increasing degenerative musculoskeletal changes affecting both mobility and morbidity. In response, the New Zealand government is supporting a one hundred per cent increase in the number of elective joint replacements performed across the country from 2004 to 2008. However, like other specialties, orthopaedic nursing is experiencing shortages. In order to improve the recruitment and retention of orthopaedic nurses, as with other nursing specialties, childcare is offered as a strategy for consideration. In 2005, New Zealand parents indicated in an online survey, that in order for them to work, they needed affordable, quality and conveniently located childcare. Nurses have similarly indicated the importance of childcare when considering and managing a balance between their work and home lives. This paper explores contextual work and home life balance dialogues in relationship to nursing recruitment and retention issues and New Zealand nursing. Childcare as a recruitment and retention strategy, is explored in the context of New Zealand nursing and compared with the childcare strategies employed for nurses by Britain and Australia – New Zealand's major competitors for New Zealand nurses. The author concludes that, in light of the international shortage of nurses, childcare is an important recruitment and retention strategy which is currently absent in many of New Zealand's district health boards. Recommendations are offered to support the balance between work and home life for nurses and reconcile orthopaedic nurses to the clinical setting in order to provide the quality and efficient care that is needed for New Zealand's ageing society. |
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740 |
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Keene, J.M. |
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The role of the nurse in the outpatient setting |
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2006 |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Nursing; Nursing specialties |
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Outpatient nurses are often seen as nurses who are less important or skilled and can no longer physically cope with working in busy wards. This report is aimed to challenge this presumption and show that there are many educated and highly skilled nurses working in these departments. The diversity of the role of the nurse within the continued advancement of nursing practice in the outpatient department is evidence to disprove the perceptions other nurses have of the outpatient nurse. The purpose of this report was to discuss the changing role of the outpatient nurse from 'handmaiden' to 'autonomous practitioner', and secondly, to discuss nurse-led services and what experience and/or skills these nurses are expected to have to fulfill these roles. Literature was gathered to inform this report from the academic circles, policy from the Ministry of Health, the District Health Board website, and in relation to the author's own role with the outpatient department. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 493 |
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479 |
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