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Peri, K.; Kerse, N.; Kiata, L.; Wilkinson, T.; Robinson, E.; Parsons, J.; Willingale, J.; Parsons, M.; Brown, P.; Pearson, J.R.; von Randow, M.; Arroll, B. |
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Promoting independence in residential care: Successful recruitment for a randomized controlled trial |
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Journal Article |
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2008 |
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Journal of the American Medical Directors Association |
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9 |
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4 |
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251-256 |
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Research; Geriatric nursing; Rest homes; Evaluation; Attitude of health personnel |
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The aim of this study was to describe the recruitment strategy and association between facility and staff characteristics and success of resident recruitment for the Promoting Independence in Residential Care (PIRC) trial. A global impression of staff willingness to facilitate research was gauged by research nurses, facility characteristics were measured by staff interview. Forty-one (85%) facilities and 682 (83%) residents participated, median age was 85 years (range 65-101), and 74% were women. Participants had complex health problems. Recruitment rates were associated (but did not increase linearly) with the perceived willingness of staff, and were not associated with facility size. Design effects from the cluster recruitment differed according to outcome. The recruitment strategy was successful in recruiting a large sample of people with complex comorbidities and high levels of functional disability despite perceptions of staff reluctance. Staff willingness was related to recruitment success. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 803 |
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787 |
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Phibbs, S.; Curtis, B. |
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Gender, nursing and the PBRF |
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Journal Article |
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2006 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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22 |
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2 |
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4-11 |
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Research; Sex discrimination; Administration; Education |
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The authors examine gender based disparities for academics with respect to remuneration, academic grading and Perfomance Based Research Fund (PBRF) scores, whereby women do less well than men in each of these areas. In this article individualised explanations for the failure of women to progress are set in the context of a critical exploration of the PBRF evaluation methodology. It is argued that both academia and the PBRF research assessment exercise embody a form of academic masculinity that systematically disadvantages women in general and nursing in particular. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 538 |
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524 |
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Phillips, B.N. |
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A survey of mental health nurses' opinion of barriers and supports for research |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2005 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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21 |
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1 |
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24-32 |
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Professional development; Mental health; Nursing research |
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This paper reports the findings of a preliminary survey of two district health boards, which shows that high workloads and lack of relief staffing appear as the greatest hurdles to mental health nurses participating in practice-based nursing research. A further constraint on their participation is lack of research expertise and experience. Consultative discussions with senior mental health nurses support these conclusions. In this paper, mentoring and flexible research designs are promoted as possible ways of overcoming these barriers. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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532 |
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Phillips, B.N. |
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An interpretation of four men's experiences of suicidality |
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2004 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Mental health; Psychiatric Nursing; Gender; Qualiltative research |
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This study draws upon Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics to explore the understandings that four men have had of their past suicidal experiences. The interpretations developed in this study, as far as possible, make explicit use of the author's own particular horizon of meaning as researcher and mental health nurse. In addition, by consciously bringing an anti-essentialist perspective of masculinity to this process, he explores the way in which gender impacts on men's suicidality. The primary source of information for this study is in-depth, open-ended conversations with four men of European descent in their middle adult years who were asked to talk about their past experiences of suicidality. The interpretations developed here show that for these men, the hermeneutic fusion of history, language, and sociocultural context, provided limited possibilities with which they were able to construe themselves as 'fitting in' with normative standards. These constraints, that are otherwise taken-for-granted and invisible, became explicit through their experience of ongoing victimisation. Furthermore, early understandings of these experiences became a potent horizon of meaning from which they then came to understand later difficult experiences. Victimisation became constitutive of an understanding of self as fundamentally different and (hierarchically)'less-than' other men. Ultimately, suicidality emerged out of a background of ever-present psychological pain accompanying a construction of self as being unable to see themselves as ever 'fitting in'. These men did not regard themselves as having recovered from suicidality, but remain in a process of recovering. This process did not mean figuring out how to 'fit in', or become 'normal' men, but rather, to live meaningfully as men in spite of not 'fitting in' with the sociocultural ideal. Recovering was a continual and idiosyncratic process, rather than an outcome of a specific technique or knowledge. The position taken in this study is that mental health nursing seeks to engage with people and work with them in collaborative, respectful, human relationships. It is argued that mental health nurses work with an individual's situated understandings rather than delivering prescribed treatment determined by diagnosis. Hence, viewing suicidality as socioculturally situated and historically emergent suggests mental health nurses must closely attend to the way in which we bring ourselves into relationships with our clients so that we are then able to create opportunities for change. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1214 |
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1199 |
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Author |
Phillips, B.N. |
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Title |
Possibilities for mental health nursing practice-based research |
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Report |
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2003 |
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Keywords |
Nursing research; Psychiatric Nursing |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1257 |
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1242 |
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Phiri, Tari; Mowat, Rebecca; Cook, Catherine |
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Title |
What nursing interventions and healthcare practices facilitate type 1 diabetes self-management in young adults? An integrative review |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2022 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand |
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38 |
Issue |
2 |
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32-43 |
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Keywords |
Type 1 diabetes; Diabetes nursing; Young adults; Digital technology; Medical technology; Nursing research |
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Explores how current nursing and health-care practices can be designed to facilitate effective type 1 diabetes (T1D) self-management in young adults aged 16-25 years. Reviews quantitative and qualitative literature published between 2017 and 2021. Identifies four themes by means of thematic analysis: digital information systems; glucose monitoring and insulin devices; group- and peer-education and peer support; diabetes care delivery style. Highlights the importance of adopting age-appropriate interventions to improve young adults' engagement in T1D self-management, requiring nurses and health-care practitioners to keep up to date with the rapid changes in digital technology and diabetes-related device technology. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1807 |
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Prentice, Jennifer Joan |
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“Tell someone who cares” -- participatory action research of motivation and workplace engagement among caregivers in aged residential care, New Zealand |
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Book Whole |
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2019 |
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180 p. |
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Aged residential care; Motivation; Action research; Caregivers |
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Aims to understand the factors that encourage motivation and engagement of caregivers who are relatively poorly paid, with limited training, but who are required to provide personal care to an increasingly frail population. Undertakes an initial exploratory study, with participants from four rural aged-residential care (ARC) facilities, to identify three key themes that influence caregiver motivation. Subsequently develops these initial themes, within a 42-bed facility, to explore how to encourage caregiver motivation. Bases the four-step process on Lewin’s cycle: plan, act, observe, and reflect. Establishes an advisory group of caregivers who develop a nine-point action plan, accepted by management and implemented in the facility. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1638 |
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Raleigh, S. |
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The meaning and importance of service for health professionals |
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2007 |
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ScholarlyCommons@AUT |
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Qualiltative research; Nursing; Education |
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The primary purpose of this study was to explore and identify the meaning and importance of service for health professionals. Those who participated in this study are all registered nurses who each have between 10 and 40 years of clinical nursing and nurse lecturing experience. The participants each wrote two stories, one about the meaning of service and the other about the importance of service. Definitions of service generally suggest organised labour involving an act of help or assistance. Our intent was to understand what constituted service for each of us in the healthcare – and specifically the nursing practice/education – context. A secondary purpose of this qualitative research was guided by participatory and critical theory paradigms. Seven participants and the initiating researcher formed a co-operative inquiry group to undertake the research using a collaborative process. Within this method the leader and the group became co-participants and co-researchers. Nurses and women are identified as marginalised people and by honouring the principles of co-operative inquiry we were empowered through this process. While the initial data was analysed thematically by the lead researcher, the original 19 sub-themes were refined by participants into five themes. The findings of the participants are consistent with overseas studies on emotional labour and sentimental work. The five themes that emerged as the meaning of service are helping, giving, elements of service, acts of doing, and pride in work. This study affirmed that service has much importance to those involved and deepened our understanding of the blend of meanings service expresses. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1204 |
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Reynolds, Kate; Isaak, Dan; Woods, Heather; Stodart, Kathy; McClunie-Trust, Patricia |
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Title |
How to conduct a rigorous database search in 10 steps |
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Journal Article |
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2022 |
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Kai Tiaki Nursing Research |
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13 |
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1 |
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42-46 |
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Research methodology; Health research; PICO |
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Sets out the 10 steps involved in conducting a literature review: identifying a review question; determining the types of research sought; framing a research question using the PICO format (Population, Intervention, Comparison and Outcome); identifying which concepts to use; choosing databases; documenting the search process; and mapping search strategies. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1821 |
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Richardson, S. |
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Incorporation of research into clinical practice: The development of a clinical nurse researcher position |
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Journal Article |
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2005 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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21 |
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1 |
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33-42 |
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Emergency nursing; Nursing research; Hospitals |
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The author backgrounds the development of the role of an innovative Nurse Researcher (Emergency Medicine) role at Christchurch Hospital. She describes the emergency department and the factors leading to the creation of the role. Specific nursing research projects are reviewed, and the nature of nursing in relation to research is discussed. The author argues that the nurse researcher is integral to the expansion of evidence-based nursing, and that the role of Clinical Nurse Researcher in the emergency department has resulted in a higher profile for research, and the gradual integration of research as a clinical skill with direct practical relevance. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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536 |
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Smith, M.C. |
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Reviewing the role of a mental health nurse practitioner |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
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Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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14 |
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3 |
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20-22 |
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Psychiatric Nursing; Nurse practitioners; Evaluation research; Professional competence |
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The author describes his experience of five years as a nurse practitioner in mental health at Waikato District Health Board. A recent review of the role gave him the opportunity to reflect on the learning associated with assuming the nurse practitioner role. A key area of learning has been in negotiating the shifting responsibilities and changing relationships associated with his role as an nurse practitioner and also as a Responsible Clinician, a role traditionally held by psychiatrists. The Responsible Clinician role is a statutory one under the Mental Health Act (1992), generally performed by psychiatrists but open to other suitably qualified professionals. He reports the results of a review based on feedback from fellow professionals, clients and their families, along with quantitative data from basic statistics connected to the role, such as a time and motion study. The review asked fellow professionals to rate the performance of the nurse practitioner against the Nursing Council competencies. These results indicate the nurse practitioner role is of some value and that other professionals and clients seem satisfied with the role. There is some evidence it is delivering outcomes acceptable to clients and other professionals. The study has many limitations which are discussed, such as a poor response rate and short time frame. Further research is planned to evaluate this role. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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993 |
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Spence, D. |
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Title |
Advanced nursing practice through postgraduate education, part one |
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Journal Article |
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2004 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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20 |
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2 |
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46-55 |
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Advanced nursing practice; Education; Professional development; Research |
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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. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 555 |
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541 |
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Spence, D. |
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Advancing nursing practice through postgraduate education, part two |
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2004 |
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Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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20 |
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3 |
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21-30 |
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Advanced nursing practice; Professional development; Education; Research |
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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. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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542 |
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Author |
Spence, D. |
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Experiencing difference in nursing |
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Journal Article |
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2001 |
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Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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7 |
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5 |
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13-15 |
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Transcultural nursing; Nursing research |
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Draws on the author's doctoral thesis to examine the prejudices, paradoxes and possibilities inherent in nursing a person from a culture other than one's own. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1045 |
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1029 |
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Stewart, A. |
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When an infant grandchild dies: Family matters |
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2000 |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Grief; Nurse-family relations; Infants; Nursing research |
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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. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1205 |
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