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Author Robertson, Heather R; Neville, Stephen openurl 
  Title Health promotion impact evaluation : 'healthy messages calendar (Te maramataka korero hauora)' Type Journal Article
  Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 24 Issue 1 (Mar) Pages p.24-35  
  Keywords (up) Health promotion; Inequalities; Impact evaluation; Maori health  
  Abstract Evaluates the project to determine if it was an effective health promotion tool for the dissemination of health information. Obtains qualitative data from 5 focus groups and analyses data using a general inductive approach. Concludes that there are positive links between health promotion practices and the health needs of a local community.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1430  
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Author Burrow, Maria; Gilmour, Jean; Cook, Catherine url  openurl
  Title The information behaviour of health care assistants: a literature review Type Journal Article
  Year 2018 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 34 Issue 3 Pages 6-17  
  Keywords (up) Health-care Assistants; Information ehaviour; Literature Review; Social Contexts  
  Abstract Reviews existing research literature to examine health-care assistants'(HCA) and other paid caregivers' information-seeking behaviour. e.g. identifying a need for information; and seeking, avoiding or sharing information. Identifies four social contexts for the behaviour: home health-care, residential dementia care, nursing homes, and acute hospital environments. Garners this data to support registered nurses (RN) who delegate direct care to a growing body of unregistered health-care assistants. Highlights the influence that situational factors and social contexts have on information behaviours.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1605  
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Author Burrow, Marla; Cook, Catherine; Gilmour, Jean url  openurl
  Title Life in the round and aged care: A theoretical exemplar for research with marginalised populations in institutional settings Type Journal Article
  Year 2017 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 33 Issue 3 Pages p.21-30  
  Keywords (up) Health-care assistants; Information poverty; Residential aged care; Life in the round; Social norms  
  Abstract Employs the concept of 'life in the round', drawn from social network theory and the model of information dissemination, including the supporting theories of information poverty and normative behaviours, to explore the information behaviours of marginalised populations participating in small institutionalised worlds. Uses the context of residential aged care as an exemplar for the application of the theory of 'life in the round' and provides examples to support application of these concepts to the information practices of health-care assistants.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1588  
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Author Burrow, Maria; Gilmour, Jean; Cook, Catherine openurl 
  Title Healthcare assistants and aged residential care: A challenging policy and contractual environment Type Journal Article
  Year 2017 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 7-19  
  Keywords (up) Healthcare assistants; Aged care; Registered nurses; Supervision; Retention; Nursing education  
  Abstract Examines NZ policy and care demands in aged residential care. Maintains that registered nurses need to understand the socio-political, economic and educational factors that influence care delivery in aged residential care. Presents an overview of the current role of healthcare assistants (HCAs)in aged residential care, based on a review of the existing grey literature, current national policy, DHB contract agreements and NZNO collective agreements.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1533  
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Author Wood, Pamela J openurl 
  Title Understanding and evaluating historical sources in nursing history research Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 27 Issue 1 Pages 25-33  
  Keywords (up) History of nursing; Historical research; Research methodology; Nurse researchers  
  Abstract Describes four historical sources relevant to the history of nursing in NZ. Uses them to explain how nurse researchers can evaluate their research material. Outlines the five dimensions of evaluation: provenance, purpose, context, veracity, and usefulness. Explains the questions that must be addressed in each dimension of the evaluation. Illustrates the different kinds of information available in the 4 selected historical sources, by references to individual nurses.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1462  
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Author Papps, E. openurl 
  Title (Re)positioning nursing: Watch this space Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 17 Issue 2 Pages 4-12  
  Keywords (up) History of nursing; Nurse practitioners  
  Abstract This paper traces the emergence of categories of nurse over the last hundred years from the time that the Nurses Registration Act became law in 1901. Insights from the work of Michel Foucault are utilised to show how nurses and nursing have been historically shaped and positioned. It is suggested that the recent endorsement by the Nursing Council of New Zealand of the concept and title of 'nurse practitioner' represents an opportunity for nurses to imagine what might be constructed for their roles.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 630  
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Author Chenery, K. openurl 
  Title Family-centred care: Understanding our past Type Miscellaneous
  Year 2004 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 20 Issue 3 Pages 4-12  
  Keywords (up) History of nursing; Nurse-family relations; Paediatric nursing; Parents and caregivers  
  Abstract Oral history accounts of the care of the hospitalised child in the context of family are used to argue that current practice paradoxes in family-centred care are historically ingrained. The article looks at the post-war period, the intervening years, and current practice, centred on the changing concept of motherhood throughout that time. The conflict between clinical expediency versus family and child needs is explored.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1113 Serial 1098  
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Author Adams, Sue; Cook, Catherine; Jones, Mark url  doi
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  Title Jocelyn Keith's prescient question about the human right to health and healthcare Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 37 Issue 1 Pages 14-18  
  Keywords (up) Human rights; Health care; Health equity; Maori health  
  Abstract Reflects on a paper by Jocelyn Keith delivered at the conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, entitled 'The Right to Health or the Right to Health Care'. Places the article in the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006, the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 2007, and the WHO Sustainable Development Goals, 2015. Considers the need to redress disparities in health in relation to the Health and Disability Systems Review, 2020.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1684  
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Author Coats, Adrienne; Marshall, Dianne openurl 
  Title Inpatient hypoglycaemia : a study of nursing management Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 29 Issue 2 Pages 15-24  
  Keywords (up) Hypoglycaemia, Inpatient, Protocol  
  Abstract Uses a retrospective audit of inpatient treatment and progress notes to examine nursing adherence to a hypoglycaemic protocol. Includes adult medical and surgical inpatients with type 1 or 2 diabetes who had experienced hypoglycaemia during a three-month period. Describes the treatment of hypoglycaemic episodes and variation from the established protocol. Identifies a high degree of recurrent and prolonged hypoglycaemia.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1483  
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Author Foster, Pam; Neville, Steven openurl 
  Title Women over the age of 85 years who live alone : a descriptive study Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 26 Issue 1 Pages 4-13  
  Keywords (up) Independence; Older women; Gerontological nursing; Living alone  
  Abstract Explores and describes experiences of older women who live alone in the community, and who are often perceived by both society and health professionals as frail and dependent. Employs a qualitative descriptive methodology to underpin a survey of 5 older women living alone in their own homes, and analyses the data using a general inductive approach. Identifies 3 themes that emerge from the data.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1451  
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Author Ripekapaia Gloria Ryan; Wilson, Denise openurl 
  Title Nga tukitanga mai koka ki tona ira : Maori mothers and child to mother violence Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 26 Issue 3 Pages 25-35  
  Keywords (up) Indigenous women; Maori mothers; Child-to-mother violence; Kaupapa Maori; Support agencies  
  Abstract Explores the experiences of Maori mothers who have been abused by a son or daughter using a qualitative descriptive research design based on kaupapa Maori methodology. Conducts semi-structured interviews with five Maori mothers, recording their experiences of abuse by a child, and its impact on the whanau/family. Analyses the interview transcripts for common themes. Highlights the importance of nurses in facilitating whanau ora (family wellbeing).  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1459  
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Author Adams, Sue; Carryer, Jenny; Wilkinson, Jillian Ann openurl 
  Title Institutional ethnography : an emerging approach for health and nursing research Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 31 Issue 1 Pages 18-26  
  Keywords (up) Institutional ethnography; Ruling relations; Nurse practitioners; Health research; Sociological inquiry  
  Abstract Introduces institutional ethnography as an approach to sociological inquiry for health and nursing research in NZ. Provides an overview, introducing key concepts, and describing how institutional ethnography is used in research on the establishment of nurse practitioners and their services in rural primary health care.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1499  
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Author Mowatt, Rebecca; Haar, Jarrod url  openurl
  Title Sacrifices, benefits and surprises of internationally-qualified nurses migrating to New Zealand from India and the Philippines Type Journal Article
  Year 2018 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 34 Issue 3 Pages 18-31  
  Keywords (up) Internationally-qualified Nurses; Migrant nurses; Culture shock; Surveys  
  Abstract Examines the experiences of internationally-qualified nurses from the

Philippines and India upon migration to NZ. Employs an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study to survey the migrant nurses and to identify dominant themes.
 
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1606  
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Author Carryer, J.B.; Boyd, M. openurl 
  Title The myth of medical liability for nursing practice Type Journal Article
  Year 2003 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 19 Issue 4-12 Pages 4-12  
  Keywords (up) Interprofessional relations; Law and legislation; Nurse practitioners; Advanced nursing practice  
  Abstract This article explores the complex nature of liability in the case of standing orders and vicarious liability by employers, and also when nurses and doctors are in management roles. The authors address misconceptions about medico-legal responsibility for nursing practice with the advent of nurse prescribers and nurse practitioners. They refer to the submission made by the College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ) on the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (2003), and discuss practice liability and nurse-physician collaboration.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 624 Serial 610  
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Author Finlayson, M.; Aitken, L.H. openurl 
  Title New Zealand nurses' reports on hospital care: An international comparison Type Journal Article
  Year 2007 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 23 Issue 1 Pages 17-28  
  Keywords (up) Job satisfaction; Cross-cultural comparison; Workplace  
  Abstract The authors present the results of a 2001 New Zealand survey on nurses' perception of staffing, work organisation and outcomes, comparing this with the 2001 International Hospital Outcomes Study (US, Canada, England, Scotland and Germany). The report describes the findings for job dissatisfaction, burnout and the intent to leave, the work climate in hospitals, workforce management, the structure of nurses' work, and quality of care. The authors discuss these findings and their implications for nursing in New Zealand.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 462  
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