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Author Water, Tineke; McCall, Elaine; Britnell, Sally; Rea, Miriam; Thompson, Sarah; Mearns, Gael
Title Paediatric nurses' understanding and utilisation Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 34 Issue 1 Pages 32-45
Keywords Evidence-based practice; Paediatric nursing; Nursing practice; Surveys
Abstract Explores how nurses working in a tertiary-level paediatric health-care facility understand research and evidence-based practice. Offers a descriptive, self-reporting, anonymous questionnaire to 600 paediatric nurses, asking both quantitative and qualitative questions on attitudes, knowledge and barriers relating to research and evidence-based practice utilisation. Identifies the barriers to undertaking research/evidence-based practice in paediatric nursing practice.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1592
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Author Watson, Paul
Title Preschool children frequently seen but seldom heard in nursing care Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 24 Issue 3 Pages 41-48
Keywords Preschool children; Children's voices; Paediatric nursing
Abstract Maintains that children's voices are largely unheard in nursing practice. Recommends the need for research that seeks to understand how preschool children experience being ill and how they communicate those experiences to others.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1438
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Author Rickard, Debbie
Title Parents as experts: partnership in the care of the chronically ill children : Margaret May Blackwell Travel Study, Fellowship for Nurses of Young Children, 1999 Type Report
Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 65p.
Keywords Chronically ill children – home care; Child health services; Paediatric nursing; Community health nursing; Reports
Abstract Visits paediatric community nursing services in the UK and Australia to report on how specialist and children's community nurses work with parents to deliver health care to children with asthma, diabetes and other endocrine disorders, cystic fibrosis, eczema, cardiac diseases, and liver transplants. Part of the Margaret May Blackwell Scholarship Reports series.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1414
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Author Lichfield, M.
Title The paediatric nurse and the child in hospital Type Journal Article
Year 1974 Publication New Zealand Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal
Volume 67 Issue 11 Pages
Keywords Paediatric nursing; Nurse-family relations; Nurse managers
Abstract A paper intended to inform paediatric nurses and influence service policy and management, adapted from a presentation at an inservice education study day for nurses at Wellington Hospital. The paper grew out of the findings of a small research project undertaken by the author as part of nursing practice in a paediatric ward of Wellington Hospital. The observations of the stress in the experience of infants and parents and the ambiguities inherent in the relationships between parents and nurses were the basis for arguing for changes in nursing practice and ward management.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1312
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Author Crawford, R.
Title Nutrition: Is there a need for nurses working with children and families to offer nutrition advice? Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7 Issue 13 Pages 10-15
Keywords Paediatric nursing; Community health nursing; Nurse-family relations; Socioeconomic factors; Diet
Abstract Using nursing and associated literature, the relevance of nutrition in the care of children and families is highlighted in this article. The role of a nurse in providing nutrition advice and interventions is examined, in the context of social and economic pressures on the provision of a healthy diet. Relevant examples of the provision of such advice is provided, along with competencies required to achieve this in practice.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1276
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Author Davidson, L.
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
Abstract
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1281 Serial (down) 1266
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Author Woodbridge, M.
Title From child savers to child activists: A participatory action research project with community child health nurses Type
Year 2002 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Community health nursing; Paediatric nursing
Abstract
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1266 Serial (down) 1251
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Author Water, T.
Title The meaning of being in dilemma in paediatric practice: A phenomenological study Type
Year 2008 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages 259 pp
Keywords Psychology; Paediatric nursing; Paedetric practice; Problem solving
Abstract This study explores the phenomenon of dilemma in paediatric practice. Using a hermeneutic phenomenological method informed by the writings of Heidegger [1889-1976] and Gadamer [1900-2002] this study provides an understanding of the meaning of 'being in dilemma' from the perspective of predominantly paediatric health care professionals but also families in New Zealand. Study participants include four families who had a child requiring health care and fifteen health care practitioners from the disciplines of medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, play specialist and occupational therapy who work with families and children requiring health care. Participants' narratives of their experiences of 'being in dilemma' were captured via audio taped interviewing. These stories uncover the everyday realities facing health professionals and families and provide an ontological understanding for the notion of dilemma. The findings of this study suggest that experience of dilemma for health professionals reveals a world that is uncertain and questionable where they are thrown into having to make uncomfortable choices and must live with the painful consequences of their actions. The consequences of being in such dilemma are having to find ways of living with the angst, or risk becoming too sensitive or desensitizing. For families the experience of dilemma reveals a similar phenomenon most evident in circumstances where they feel totalized by the impact of heath care encounters. This study has uncovered that the perspectives that health professionals and families bring to the experience of dilemma reveal different concerns and commitments and may be hidden from each other. This thesis proposes that health professionals and families need support in living with their own personal encounters of enduring experiences of dilemma.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1234
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Author Murphy, S.E.E.
Title Through mothers' eyes: The lived experience of caring for a child who has undergone and recovered from a liver transplantation Type
Year 2008 Publication Abbreviated Journal ResearchArchive@Victoria
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Parents and caregivers; Paediatric nursing; Children; Surgery
Abstract Mothers, whose children had undergone a liver transplant more than one year ago at time of interview and whose children were outpatients of Starship Children's Hospital, were invited to participate in this research. A Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenological approach, informed by the work of van Manen (1990) was used. Three mothers of children who had received a liver transplant were interviewed to reveal the meanings of the phenomenon – what is the meaning of lived experience of mothers in caring for their child who has undergone and recovered following liver transplantation? Little previous study regarding mothers' lived experience of caring for their child, who had recovered from a liver transplant, was found in the literature. The emerging themes were punctuated with stress being a consistent feature. Utilising Ruddick's (1983) concepts of maternal thinking, the emerging themes were merged within the three interests governing maternal practice; preservation, growth and acceptability. The absolute capacity for attentive love draws the experience together. An essential theme identified out of the analysis was the concept of survival relating to the unique features of liver transplantation and the consequences of liver rejection and failure. The findings contribute to the understanding of the phenomenon, emphasising the need for good support systems for families of children who have undergone transplantation; assistance in the establishment of maternal coping strategies and regular feedback on the children's progress acknowledging the role and care provided by mothers.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1242 Serial (down) 1227
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Author Chenery, K.
Title 'Can mummy come too?' Rhetoric and realities of 'family-centred care' in one New Zealand hospital, 1960-1990 Type
Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal ResearchArchive@Victoria
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Nurse-family relations; Policy; Hospitals; History of nursing; Paediatric nursing
Abstract This study explores the development of 'family-centred care' in New Zealand as part of an international movement advanced by 'experts' in the 1950s concerned with the psychological effects of mother-child separation. It positions the development of 'family-centred care' within the broader context of ideas and beliefs about mothering and children that emerged in New Zealand society between 1960 and 1980 as a response to these new concerns for children's emotional health. It examines New Zealand nursing, medical and related literature between 1960 and 1990 and considers both professional and public response to these concerns. The experiences of some mothers and nurses caring for children in one New Zealand hospital between 1960 and 1990 illustrate the significance of these responses in the context of one hospital children's ward and the subsequent implications for the practice of 'family-centred care'. This study demonstrates the difference between the professional rhetoric and the parental reality of 'family-centred care' in the context of one hospital children's ward between 1960 and 1990. The practice of 'family-centred care' placed mothers and nurses in contradictory positions within the ward environment. These contradictory positions were historically enduring, although they varied in their enactment.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1206
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Author Smart, S.
Title Post-operative pain management knowledge and attitude of paediatric nurses: A New Zealand regional view Type
Year 2005 Publication Abbreviated Journal ResearchArchive@Victoria
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Pain management; Paediatric nursing; Hospitals; Pharmacology
Abstract This research explored the knowledge and attitudes towards paediatric post-operative pain, within the New Zealand context of small regional hospitals. It established how nurses working in these areas obtain and update their paediatric pain management knowledge, and what is it that influences their paediatric post-operative pain management practices. A questionnaire survey of registered nurses working in three small paediatric units (5 to 12 beds), in regional secondary service hospitals was undertaken. The survey had a 79% (n=33) response rate. Findings corroborate many findings in previously published literature including that nurses do well in questions related to assessment. However pharmacological knowledge continues to be lacking. Results also indicated that while nurses have a good understanding about who is the best person to rate pain, this wasn't carried through in the clinical scenarios provided. Education is clearly an important factor in improving the knowledge and attitudes needed in clinical practice. While this survey was somewhat limited, both in size and in that a clear correlation between the results and actual clinical practice could not be made, results are significant for the areas surveyed and for the development of pain education for nurses.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1194 Serial (down) 1179
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Author Andrews, C.M.
Title Developing a nursing speciality: Plunket Nursing 1905 – 1920 Type
Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal ResearchArchive@Victoria
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Plunket; History of nursing; Nursing specialties; Paediatric nursing
Abstract This paper focuses on the history of Plunket nursing and Truby King's ideology and other dominant ideologies, during the years 1905 – 1920. To provide a context, the paper explores the development of a new nursing speciality – Plunket nursing, that became part of the backbone of a fledgling health system and the New Zealand nursing profession. Correspondingly, Truby King presented the country with a vision for improving infant welfare underpinned by his eugenics view of the world and his experimentation with infant feeding. The author argues that nurses were drawn to the work of the newly created Plunket Society and that the Society had lasting influence on the development of nursing in New Zealand.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1167 Serial (down) 1152
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Author Morgan, F.A.
Title Primary health care nurses supporting families parenting pre-term infants Type
Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library, University of Otago Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Primary health care; Community health nursing; Paediatric nursing; Premature infants
Abstract This thesis reviews the role of primary health care nurses, who have an opportunity to play a unique role in teaching, touching and empowering families with newly discharged pre-term babies. Birth of a baby earlier than 37 weeks gestation ushers in a period of uncertainty and stress for parents. Uncertainties may centre on whether their infant will survive and what ongoing growth and developmental issues their infant will face.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1132
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Author Grant-Mackie, D.
Title A literature review of competence in relation to speciality nursing Type
Year 2000 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library, NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Paediatric nursing; Nursing specialties; Professional competence; Nursing; Education
Abstract The original aim of the study was to find out through a questionnaire what child health/paediatric nurses in New Zealand/Aotearoa saw as their needs for post-registration education. Nurses were completing courses in the United Kingdom and returning to New Zealand/Aotearoa and realising that their nursing capabilities had improved. They became senior nurses with education responsibilities and exhibited political leadership among their colleagues in the field of child health/paediatric nursing. They were becoming increasingly concerned at the lack of any clinical courses in the specialty of child health/paediatric nursing to promote an appropriate standard of practice. It was intended that a research project about post-registration child health/paediatric education would assist concerned nurses to develop a programme. The time needed for such a project did not fit with a limited research paper. It was decided to reduce the project to a review of the literature on competence in nursing, with some comment on the specialty of child health/paediatric nursing. In order for nurses to find what they need to learn and know, an understanding of competence in nursing practice is required. Competence is defined as the ability of the nurse to carry out specific work in a designated area at a predetermined standard. Issues around competence, defining a scope of practice, development and assessment of competence, and regulation of nursing, are part of the context in which accountability for the practice of nurses sits.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial (down) 1123
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Author Wilson, H.V.
Title Paradoxical pursuits in child health nursing practice: Discourses of scientific mothercraft Type Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication Critical Public Health Abbreviated Journal
Volume 13 Issue 3 Pages 281-293
Keywords Plunket; Nurse-family relations; Paediatric nursing; Nursing philosophy
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the discourses of scientific mothercraft and their implications for the nurse-mother relationship, drawing on the author's recent research into surveillance and the exercise of power in the child health nursing context. The application of Foucauldian discourse analysis to the texts generated by interviews with five New Zealand child health nurses confirms that this paradoxical role has never been fully resolved. Plunket nurses primarily work in the community with the parents of new babies and preschool children. Their work, child health surveillance, is considered to involve routine and unproblematic practices generally carried out in the context of a relationship between the nurse and the mother. However, there are suggestions in the literature that historically the nurse's surveillance role has conflicting objectives, as she is at the same time an inspector and family friend.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1116 Serial (down) 1101
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