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Author Keer-Keer, Trudy
Title The lived experience of adults with myasthenia gravis : a phenomenological study Type
Year 2012 Publication Abbreviated Journal Available from the NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages 120 pp
Keywords Myasthenia gravis; Myasthenia gravis --Patients --Attitudes; Myasthenia gravis --Patients --Care; Phenomenological studies
Abstract Examines the lived experiences of adults with myasthenia gravis(MG). Uses an interpretive phenomenological approach applying the research methodology of van Manen (1990). Interviews seven people living with MG and records their experiences of the disease. Poses broadly-worded questions about various topics related to MG, that include diagnosis, symptoms, treatments and coping strategies, guided by individual experiences. Reveals by means of thematic analysis that MG affects every aspect of a person?s ?lifeworld?: their sense of time, body, and space and their relationships with others. Highlights three main themes embedded in the data experienced by a person with MG: living with uncertainty, living with weakness and living with change.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1396
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Author Gillespie, Moira Elizabeth
Title Compassion fatigue and cancer nurses: a national survey of cancer nurses in New Zealand Type
Year 2013 Publication Abbreviated Journal Available through NZNO library
Volume Issue Pages 91 pp
Keywords Cancer; Nurses -- Job Stress; Empathy; Burnout, Professional -- Psychology; Surveys
Abstract Identifies the experiences of NZ cancer nurses whose primary role is to care for patients aged 20 or older, and their whanau/family, and describes the factors that may influence care. Examines whether nurses received training in the management of stressors associated with caring for cancer patients, either during their training or while in the cancer workplace setting. Considers whether nurses working in peripheral (satellite) cancer centres were at more risk than their colleagues in larger regional centres. Conducts a quantitative, descriptive and anonymous survey of members of the Cancer Nurses' Section of the NZNO, using the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) questionnaire, which scores compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and burnout.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ WY GIL Serial 1397
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Author Wotton, Janice
Title The exploration of proactive nursing practice and health services to address the needs of vulnerable children and their families Type Report
Year 2014 Publication Abbreviated Journal Held NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages 63 p.
Keywords Child health services; Child welfare; Reports
Abstract Reports a five-week study tour of nurse-led child health practices in the US, Scandinavia and the UK to determine what effect such clinics have on child health, and how they differ from NZ practice. Visits nurse clinics in San Francisco, Denver and New York in the US, Copenhagen in Denmark, and Norfolk in England; visits collaborative practices in these locations as well as in London, England and in Stockholm, Sweden. Examines health promotion opportunities in these same places. Part of the Margaret May Blackwell Scholarship Reports series.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1402
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Author Surtees, R.
Title Midwifery as Feminist Praxis in Aotearoa/New Zealand Type
Year 2003 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages 323 pp
Keywords
Abstract A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree

of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY 2003.

This thesis highlights the ways in which the practices of contemporary midwives in

Aotearoa/New Zealand are caught within the intersection of an array of competing discourses. The context for this is the reconstruction of midwifery in Aotearoa/New Zealand as an autonomous feminist profession founded on partnership with women. Interviews and participant observation with midwives, based mainly in one New Zealand city, are the basis of an analysis of the complexity of midwives? praxis as professionals. The analysis draws on insights from critical and feminist approaches to Foucault?s theories of discourse, power and the subject. It includes discussion of the conditions which came to produce and authorise the concept of ?partnership?. Which subjects can speak about partnership, and when? What claims

are made about it? What challenges it?
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1403
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Author Parton, Beverley May
Title Maori women, health care, and contemporary realities : a critical reflection Type Book Whole
Year 2015 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 249 p.
Keywords Hauora; Maori health; Maori women -- health care; Surveys
Abstract Aims to explore the influences on health and health care engagement from the experiences of urban Maori women using Kokiri Marae Health and Social Services (KMHSS), Lower Hutt, NZ. Conducts unstructured interviews which are analysed thematically. Employs the nursing theory of cultural safety, Kawa Whakaruruhau, to inform a qualitative approach to the examination of the historical, social, cultural, economic, political, racial and gendered factors contributing to Maori women's health and health-care engagement. Makes recommendations for nursing practice, research site and research.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ WA 300.KN4 PAR Serial 1429
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Author Scheibmair, Amanda
Title Promoting New Zealand children's active participation in healthcare: Margaret May Blackwell Travel Fellowship 2015/2016 Report Type Report
Year 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 24 p.
Keywords Child health; Child health services; Child welfare
Abstract Cites children's right to participation in their own healthcare under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and describes the nature of their participation. Reports a study tour of the UK, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands to learn perspectives, strategies and methods of including children in their own healthcare.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1503
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Author Darkins, Tina
Title Merging health and social day care: report on a New Zealand-based model of holistic day care service for the elderly, frail and those with disabilities Type Report
Year 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 73 p.
Keywords Aged care -- New Zealand
Abstract Highlights the service innovation model that establishes a new community relationship between health and nursing services, and day-care providers to the elderly, frail and those with disabilities. Performs a literature review of research on the topic, outlining the goals of adult day care, and describing the Forget Me Not (FMN) programme used at the FMN Centre in Whangarei. Highlights the levels of care within the programme and the proposed outcomes.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1504
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Author Bigsby, Margaret Anne
Title The characteristics of nurses in relation to their attitudes about career planning and development activities Type Book Whole
Year 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 121 p.
Keywords Career planning; Attitudes to nursing; Nursing workforce; Ageing; Surveys
Abstract Examines nurses' attitudes to activities that promote career progression as well as training and education. Identifies demographic characteristics of nurses who are, respectively, most and least positive about career progression and training/education. Analyses existing data from the NZNO Employment Survey 2015, using quantitative methods to describe and compare responses with those from nurses registered with the Nursing Council of NZ. Investigates the relationship between nurses' attitudes about career progression and training/education and their experiences of participation in some of those activities.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1505
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Author Hughes, Margaret Eleanor
Title Nurses' storied experiences of direction and delegation Type Book Whole
Year 2017 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 295 p.
Keywords Direction; Delegation; Enrolled Nurses; Registered Nurses; Narrative research
Abstract Offers a NZ perspective on direction and delegation, a professional competency required of all NZ nurses. Explores nurses' perceptions about their direction and delegation experiences using a narrative approach, reflecting the importance of story in nursing. Uses the methodology and methods of narrative research to uncover how Enrolled and Registered Nurses understand the knowledge, skills and attitudes required during delegation interactions and how they applied this understanding to their communication. Identifies eight patterns, presented as eight narratives, that emerged from interviews with Enrolled and Registered Nurses, and the implications for nursing practice, research, policy design, and nursing education.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1532
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Author Litchfield, M
Title To advance health care: The origins of nursing research in New Zealand Type Book Whole
Year 2009 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 129 pp
Keywords Nursing Research Section, New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Abstract This book examines in detail the confluence of personalities and professional and practice agendas, out of which emerged the research section, intent on placing research at the centre of the profession's evolution. It provides a fascinating look at how a group of women, utterly committed to nursing, drove their research agenda and it expands understandings of why nursing research is significant for the development of nursing. It also provides an insight into that web of relationships between the professional body, NZNA, the Department of Health, service delivery and education.

To order a copy:

Email: publications@nzno.org.nz

NZNO members: $25 (incl GST + p&p)

Non-NZNO members: $35 (incl GST + p&p)
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1341
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Author Truscott, J.M.; Townsend, J.M.; Arnold, E.P.
Title A successful nurse-led model in the elective orthopaedic admissions process Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication New Zealand Medical Journal Abbreviated Journal NZ Medical Association website. Access free to articles older than 6 months.
Volume 120 Issue 1265 Pages
Keywords Surgery; Hospitals; Nursing; Administration
Abstract This paper documents a successful nurse-led admissions process for same day orthopaedic surgery, on relatively fit patients under 70 years of age. During the 6-month study, 31 patients with a median age of 38 years were categorised into 3 streams. 252 patients (76%) underwent a nursing-admission process without the need for further consultation with a junior medical officer or an anaesthetist. The remaining patients not included in the study were admitted and clerked by a house officer. No safety issues arose and the surgeons and anaesthetists were satisfied with the process. The junior medical officers described improved job satisfaction by being able to attend theatre, other educational opportunities, and working more closely with the consultant. The process has now been incorporated into elective orthopaedic admissions at Burwood Hospital.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 516
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Author Grayson, S.; Horsburgh, M.; Lesa, R.; Lennon, D.
Title An Auckland regional audit of the nurse-led rheumatic fever secondary prophylaxis programme Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication New Zealand Medical Journal Abbreviated Journal Access is free to articles older than 6 months, and abstracts.
Volume 119 Issue 1243 Pages
Keywords Community health nursing; Patient compliance
Abstract The researchers assessed the compliance rates with the rheumatic fever secondary prophylaxis programme established through the Auckland Rheumatic Fever Register and managed by community nursing services in Auckland. They undertook an audit of the 1998 and 2000 Auckland Rheumatic Fever Register data to establish the compliance rates of patients with the rheumatic fever secondary prophylaxis programme. The sample included all patients on the Auckland Rheumatic Fever Register during this time. Results showed compliance rates across the three Auckland DHBs ranging from 79.9% to 100% for individual community nursing offices. They found that a community-based nurse-led secondary prophylaxis programme for rheumatic fever heart disease is able to deliver excellent patient compliance levels. Secondary prophylaxis is the WHO-recommended cost effective first step to rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease control. Community health workers have a key role to play in facilitating this compliance.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 520
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Author Richardson, S.; Ardagh, M.; Hider, P.
Title New Zealand health professionals do not agree about what defines appropriate attendance at an emergency department Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication New Zealand Medical Journal Abbreviated Journal Access is free to articles older than 6 months, and abstracts.
Volume 119 Issue 1232 Pages
Keywords Hospitals; Clinical assessment; Interprofessional relations
Abstract This study aims to examine the concept of 'inappropriate' emergency department attendances in relation to the emergency department at Christchurch Hospital. It specifically seeks to determine whether there is a consensus opinion among healthcare providers regarding a definition of 'inappropriate'. An exploratory survey of health professionals involved with the referral, assessment, transport, and treatment of emergency department patients in Christchurch was carried out. A range of health professionals, including ambulance personnel, general practitioners, emergency department physicians, emergency nurses, and hospital managers were approached. A series of questions relating to definition and response to 'inappropriate' patients was asked, with an additional open-ended question relating to the definition of 'appropriateness'. The researchers found significant differences in the attitudes and perceptions of key health professionals involved in the referral, treatment, and admission of patients to the emergency department. This has implications for any interventions aimed at addressing emergency department 'overcrowding' that assume the presence of a consensus understanding of this concept.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 526
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Author Barber, A.; Charleston, A.; Anderson, N.; Spriggs, D.; Bennett, D.; Bennett, P.; Thomas, K.; Baker, Y.
Title Changes in stroke care at Auckland Hospital between 1996 and 2001 Type Journal Article
Year 2004 Publication New Zealand Medical Journal Abbreviated Journal Access is free to articles older than 6 months
Volume 117 Issue 1190 Pages
Keywords Multidisciplinary care teams; Nursing specialties; Hospitals
Abstract The researchers repeat the 1996 audit of stroke care in Auckland Hospital to assess changes in stroke management since the introduction of a mobile stroke team. The audit prospectively recorded information for all patients with stroke from 1 June to 30 September 2001. They describe the work of the stroke team physician and the specialist stroke nurse and allied health staff who coordinate the multidisciplinary care of patients. Variables examined include time to arrival and medical assessment, investigations, acute management, inpatient rehabilitation, and stroke outcome. The researchers then describe recent developments in stroke care and the impact of the stroke service on patient management.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 544
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Author Mackay, B.
Title General practitioners' perceptions of the nurse practitioner role: An exploratory study Type Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication New Zealand Medical Journal Abbreviated Journal Access is free to articles older than 6 months, and abstracts.
Volume 116 Issue 1170 Pages
Keywords Nurse practitioners; Physicians; Interprofessional relations; Primary health care
Abstract This study explores perceptions of general practitioners in the Northland District Health Board (NDHB) regarding the nurse practitioner role, identifying their knowledge of and perceived problems with that role, and their experience of nurses in advanced practice. A purposive sample of all 108 general practitioners in NDHB was undertaken, with a response rate of 46.3%. General practitioners favourably viewed nurse practitioner functions traditionally associated with nursing, such as health teaching, home visiting, obtaining health histories, and taking part in evaluation of care, but less favourably viewed those functions associated with medicine, such as prescribing, ordering laboratory tests, and physical assessment. While expecting few problems with patient acceptance, the general practitioners felt that funding and doctors' acceptance would be problematic. Most general practitioners indicated they had knowledge of the nurse practitioner role and had experienced working with a nurse in advanced practice, but some uncertainty and lack of knowledge about the nurse practitioner role was evident. The author recommends more education and discussion with Northland general practitioners to ensure they are fully informed about the nurse practitioner role and its potential positioning in primary healthcare, to reduce uncertainty, minimise role confusion and promote collaboration between general practitioners and nurse practitioners.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 557
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