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Author (up) Dal Din, A. openurl 
  Title Accepting the challenge: Registered nurses' experiences of undertaking the statutory role of Responsible Clinician in New Zealand Type
  Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Mental health; Registered nurses; Nursing specialties; Scope of practice  
  Abstract This aim of this thesis was to explore and describe registered nurses' experiences of undertaking the statutory role of Responsible Clinician under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992. The role of Responsible Clinician has been available to nurses since 1992 yet to date there has been little research into nurses' experiences of undertaking this role. An exploratory descriptive approach was therefore used in this study. A convenience sample of four nurses who had been undertaking the role of Responsible Clinician was recruited. Their experiences were elicited through in-depth interviews. Analysis of the interview material revealed the themes of legitimacy, relationships, expanding practice, responsibility and accountability, approaches to care, nurses' responsiveness to the role and support of the role. The author points to this research being important to nurses who are working in the psychiatric mental health area so that they can understand the role more fully. In this way, more nurses may choose to undertake the role of Responsible Clinician.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 745 Serial 731  
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Author (up) Dallas, Janette; Neville, Stephen openurl 
  Title Health education and health screening in a sample of older men : a descriptive survey Type Journal Article
  Year 2012 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 28 Issue 1 Pages 6-16  
  Keywords Older men; Health education; Health screening; Gerontological nursing; Surveys  
  Abstract Describes the health education and health screening received by community-dwelling men aged 65 or older. Undertakes a survey of 59 men in Wanganui via a self-administered questionnaire. Investigates the barriers/benefits to healthy living choices.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1470  
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Author (up) Daniels, Anne url  openurl
  Title Listening to New Zealand nurses: A survey of intent to leave, job satisfaction, job stress, and burnout Type Book Whole
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Stress; Job satisfaction; Nursing  
  Abstract This study aims to identify work related factors contributing to New Zealand nurses' intent to leave the job. Two hundred and seventy five surveys (response rate = 68.8%) from a random sample of 400 nurses employed in one district health board were used to explore intent to leave the job. Three research questions directed the description of levels of job satisfaction, job stress, and burnout found in nurse participants, correlations between the three variables, and the identification of variables predicting intent to leave the job through regression analyses. The survey found levels of job satisfaction were high, job stress was low, and burnout was average. Specifically, lack of opportunity to participate in organisational decision making, control over work conditions, control over what goes on in the work setting (key Magnet Hospital characteristics) were not evident, and with pay rates, were the main sources of job dissatisfaction. Workload was the most frequently experienced source of stress by nurse participants. Twenty-five per cent of nurse participants reported high levels of intent to leave the job. Correlations suggested that reductions in job satisfaction influenced increases in job stress and burnout. Job stress was associated with increases in emotional exhaustion. Emotional exhaustion was influenced by eight job satisfaction, job stress, and burnout subscales. Five subscales (professional opportunities, praise and recognition, interaction opportunities, extrinsic rewards, lack of support) explained 26.2% of the variance in nurse participant's intent to leave. The author concludes that issues of power and control were associated with job dissatisfaction, job stress and burnout in nursing practice. However, predictors of intent to leave the job suggest a growing realisation by nurse participants that postgraduate education and nursing research may provide the tools to create positive change in the health care environment and make nursing visible, valued and appropriately rewarded.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 826  
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Author (up) Darbyshire, P. openurl 
  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 (up) Davenport, Angela C. url  openurl
  Title Exploring nurses' documentation of their contribution to Traumatic Brain Injury rehabilitation in an Aotearoa-New Zealand Rehabilitation Unit Type Book Whole
  Year 2020 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 244 p.  
  Keywords Traumatic brain injury; Documentation; Rehabilitation Nursing; Decision-making  
  Abstract Utilises a critical realist case study framework to explore how rehabilitation nurses documented their contribution for clients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), and the influences on that documentation. Administers a questionnaire, undertakes an audit and interviews the nurses about their contribution. Makes six recommendations in relation to organisational level decision-making and the practice of individual nurses.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1744  
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Author (up) Davenport, F.A. openurl 
  Title Dying to know: A qualitative study exploring nurses' education in caring for the dying Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nursing; Education; Terminal care  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1111  
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Author (up) Davidson, L. openurl 
  Title Family-centred care perceptions and practice: A pilot study Type
  Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University, Palmerston North, Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nurse-family relations; Paediatric nursing  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1281 Serial 1266  
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Author (up) Davies, D.C. openurl 
  Title Practice nurses' perceptions of their contribution to the care of individuals with chronic health conditions Type
  Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Primary health care; Chronic diseases; Patient satisfaction; Nursing  
  Abstract Table of Contents: 1. Background and overview; 2. Research design and method; 3. Literature review; 4. Preparation of the individual for an appointment at the general practice; 5. Care provided by the practice nurse at the general practice; 6. The giving of information; 7. A discussion of the dualities of the contribution of practice nurses to the care of individuals with chronic conditions; 8. Study summary and conclusions.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 492 Serial 478  
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Author (up) Davies, M. openurl 
  Title Lived experiences of nurses as they engage in practice at an advanced level within emergency departments in New Zealand Type
  Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Emergency nursing; Nurse practitioners; Advanced nursing practice  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 682 Serial 668  
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Author (up) Davis, J.; Wiapo, C.; Rehana-Tait, H.; Clark, T.C.; Adams, S. url  openurl
  Title Steadfast is the rock: Primary health care Maori nurse leaders discuss tensions, resistance, and their contributions to prioritise communities and whanau during COVID-19 Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 37 Issue 3 Pages 84-93  
  Keywords COVID-19; Primary health care; Maori nursing leadership; Maori communities  
  Abstract Recounts the experiences of 3 Maori nurses in a primary health entity in Northland, NZ as they negotiated with health providers and organisations to protect the health of Maori communities during the first lockdown, in 2020. Emphasises the role of matauranga Maori (Maori knowledge and tradition) in ensuring local Maori were prioritised in the pandemic response in the region.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1737  
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Author (up) Day, W. openurl 
  Title Women and cardiac rehabilitation: A review of the literature Type Journal Article
  Year 2003 Publication Contemporary Nurse Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 16 Issue 1-2 Pages 92-101  
  Keywords Cardiovascular diseases; Gender; Nursing; Research  
  Abstract This literature review explores some of the issues related to women's experience of cardiac rehabilitation and demonstrates that women's experience may be different to that of men. Much of the research related to coronary heart disease (CHD) has been performed using either exclusively male populations or such small numbers of women that the results from the women studied were unable to be analysed independently. The author advocates that nurses working within this area of practice require an understanding of women's experience of recovery from a heart attack in order to better meet their needs.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 879  
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Author (up) Day, W. openurl 
  Title Relaxation: A nursing therapy to help relieve cardiac chest pain Type Journal Article
  Year 2000 Publication Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 40-44  
  Keywords Alternative therapies; Nursing; Patient satisfaction; Cardiovascular diseases  
  Abstract This article discusses ways in which relaxation, when used as an adjunct to medical therapies, can be a useful nursing management tool for effectively relieving cardiac pain. The available literature suggests that although nurses place a lot of importance on cardiac patients being pain free, it is apparent this is often not achieved. Research and documented case studies suggest that relaxation can play an important role in the treatment and prevention of this distressing symptom. The author advocates for nurses to challenge nursing practice and help patients deal effectively with chest pain in a way that meets each individual's needs.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 841  
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Author (up) de Carlo Ahuarangi, K. openurl 
  Title Hei watea taupuhipuhi: The space of symbiosis: A conceptual framework for nursing practice Type
  Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Maori; Teaching methods; Nursing; Transcultural nursing  
  Abstract Te watea taupuhipuhi, the space of symbiosis is a framework for nursing practice. It examines the notion of the nursing presence as holding continuity and multiplicity of viewpoint in space of symbiosis. The author developed a teaching-learning situation as an introduction of key ideas in his work where the Maori word “ako” becomes the catalyst of a particular pedagogy that outlines the central notions of symbiosis. Thus, he notes, his work realises that symbiosis occurs not only on the clinical arena of nursing but in the teaching – learning environment as well, his own space of symbiosis. Four rites of passage coalesce a totality of experience within the space of symbiosis, revealing that the central role of the nursing presence is to surface meaning and sense for all of experience which can be fearful, mysterious, paradoxical and chaotic. These four rites of passage are described as the interpretive, integrative, transformations and transcendent. The twelve dynamics of nursing from the axle around which a praxis of nursing revolves. An analysis of those twelve dynamics in rite of passage is situated within narratives taken from the author's nursing practice. He also draws extensively from Maori ontology and autobiography in positioning his exposition within this local context.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 901  
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Author (up) Dearden, G. openurl 
  Title When things go wrong: The experiences of mental health nurses who have had a patient die through suicide Type
  Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Mental health; Psychiatric Nursing; Nurse-patient relations; Case studies; Suicide  
  Abstract This thesis discusses the findings of a research study, informed by the work of van Manen (1997b), which explored the lived experiences of five mental health nurses who have had a patient die through suicide. Narrative was used as a method in interviews to uncover the essence of their lived experiences. Five interwoven themes uncovered in each of the interviews were: impact, support, feelings, closure and paradox. All of the nurses interviewed experienced a wide range of feelings about their patient's suicides, ranging from shock to guilt, to anger and sadness, and described their patient's suicide as having a significant impact on them. Support received by the nurses following their patient's suicide was variable, and they were often in the difficult position of trying to offer support to the patient's family. Common to all of the nurses was the lack of closure following the suicide. Paradox was found to be the overall essence of the experience of the mental health nurses interviewed. Three main paradoxical themes or statements were identified that are in many respects a summary of all of the themes that emerged. These were: unavoidable – responsible; inevitable – unprepared; duty of care – respect for patient's decision to end their life. The author suggests that the ability of the nurses interviewed to accept and reconcile the paradoxical issues that arise in relation to patient suicide, and accept the lack of closure they experience, is a fundamental element in their ability to continue to work in the mental health setting, despite the significant impact their patient's suicide has had on them. Four recommendations are made based on the insights gained from this research. These are: that every mental health service should have a suicide response policy; that undergraduate nursing education includes the impact of patient suicide; the development of policies which promote dialogue about suicide within the community; and the need for further research in this topic.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 602  
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Author (up) Dellagiacoma, T. openurl 
  Title Contracting as a career option for nurses Type Journal Article
  Year 2007 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 13 Issue 1 Pages 20-22  
  Keywords Professional development; Nursing; Work  
  Abstract A nurse presents research and her own experiences of contracting. Contracting, as defined in this article, refers to a nurse not employed permanently on a wage. It covers agency nursing, short and long fixed-term contracts and secondments. The author identifies the need to continue to develop professionally, which is now a mandatory requirement under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance (HPCA) Act. Contractors have little, if any financial support to develop professionally, and time taken to do courses is not paid. Taking study leave within a contract may also not be an option. Options for managing professional development in these conditions are offered, including goal setting, investing in education or training, and considering some longer contracts. Practical financial advice and examples are given, including managing accounts and consideration of employment law. The author recommends that skilled nurses looking for interesting ways to develop their careers and to branch out in an entrepreneurial way should seriously consider taking up contract work.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 996 Serial 980  
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