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Author Diers, D.
Title “Noses and eyes”: Nurse practitioners in New Zealand Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 24 Issue 1 (Mar) Pages 4-10
Keywords Cross-cultural comparison; Nurse practitioners; History of nursing
Abstract Principles for understanding and evolving nurse practitioner practice, politics and policy are distilled from 40 years of experience in the United States and Australia. The issues in all countries are remarkably similar. The author suggests that some historical and conceptual grounding may assist the continuing development of this expanded role for nursing in New Zealand.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 965
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Author Robertson, Heather R; Neville, Stephen
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 (down) 24 Issue 1 (Mar) Pages p.24-35
Keywords 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 Fernandez, Carole; Wilson, Denise
Title Maori women's views on smoking cessation initiatives Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 24 Issue 2 (Jul) Pages 27-40
Keywords Maori health; Smoking cessation; Primary health-care nursing; Maori-centred research
Abstract Interviews a group of Maori women who have successfully ceased smoking and asks about influences and supportive interventions that helped them quit smoking. Analyses the data using Boyatzis' (1998) approach and identifies two primary themes providing insight for nurses working with Maori women smokers: transmission of whanau values; and factors crucial in influencing change.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1431
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Author Blockley, Colette; Alterio, Maxine
Title Patients' experiences of interpersonal relationships during first time acute hospitalisation Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 24 Issue 2 (Jul) Pages p16-26.
Keywords Acute hospitalisation; Vulnerability; Support; Nurse-patient relationships
Abstract Examines the role of interpersonal relationships on patients' experiences during first time acute hospitalisation. Involving 12 first time acute medical and surgical admission patients, it was developed from a wider study exploring patients' overall experiences. Using a qualitative methodology with data collected by means of personal stories and semi-structured interviews findings suggest that patient vulnerability is reduced through supportive interpersonal relationships and that it is nurses who play a key role in developing and maintaining these relationships with patients.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1432
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Author Yarwood, Judy
Title Nurses' view of family nursing in community contexts: an exploratory study Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 24 Issue 2 (Jul) Pages 41-51
Keywords Family; Family nursing; Community Nurses; Relationships
Abstract Explores, through the use of focus groups, ways in which community based nurses interact with family as a whole. Identifies Public health, Practice, District, Well child health and rural nurses as all having an integral role in building relationships with family to ensure child and family health. Suggests the findings point to a need for the establishment of a recognised family/family health nursing role.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1433
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Author Barton, Pipi; Wilson, Denise
Title Te Kapunga Putohe (the restless hands) : a Maori centred nursing practice model Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 24 Issue 2 (Jul) Pages 6-15
Keywords Maori-centred practice; Nursing model; Maori health; Indigenous; Kaupapa Maori; Maori health
Abstract Notes an absence of nursing practice models focussing on the traditional beliefs of Maori amongst nursing literature. Presents Te Kapunga Putohe (the restless hands) model of Maori centred nursing practice. Illustrates how Maori knowledge and nursing knowledge can be incorporated to deliver nursing care that is both culturally appropriate and can improve the nursing experience for Maori clients.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1434
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Author Wilkinson, Jillian Ann
Title Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing : a struggle for control Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 24 Issue 3 Pages 5-16
Keywords Nurse practitioner; Politics; Autonomy; Unionism
Abstract Traces the constitution and work of the Taskforce, along with the struggle that arose between nursing groups for power to control the future of advanced nursing practice. Backgrounds the factors that led to the withdrawal of the NZ Nurses' Organisation (NZNO) from the Taskforce.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1435
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Author Wilkinson, Jillian Ann
Title Constructing consensus : developing an advanced nursing practice role Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 24 Issue 3 Pages 17-26
Keywords Nurse practitioner; Consensus; Autonomy; Unionism
Abstract Presents a study using a discourse analytical approach to trace the ongoing struggle between nursing groups for power to control the future of advanced nursing practice. Outlines the political discourses dominant in nursing during the period that led to the Nursing Council of New Zealand having regulatory control of the nurse practitioner role.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1436
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Author Smythe, Liz
Title Re-collecting and 'thinking' the story of New Zealand's postgraduate nursing scholarship development Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 24 Issue 3 Pages 27-40
Keywords Scholarship; Postgraduate education; Heidegger
Abstract Looks at the history of postgraduate scholarly nursing study over the past 40 years. Performs hermeneutic analysis of nurse scholars' reflections on nursing finding its own body of knowledge and moving into research.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1437
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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 (down) 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 1438
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Author Spence, D.; Smythe, E.
Title Courage as integral to advancing nursing practice Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 23 Issue 2 Pages 43-55
Keywords Ethics; Advanced nursing practice
Abstract This paper focuses on the illumination of courage in nursing. The authors suggest it is a fundamental component of nursing, yet it is seldom mentioned or recognised in the literature, or supported in practice. Data from a hermeneutic analysis of nurses' practice stories is integrated with literature to assist deeper understanding of the meaning of courage in contemporary nursing practice. The purpose is to make visible a phenomenon that needs to be actively fostered if nursing is to effectively contribute to an improved health service.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 470 Serial 456
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Author Spence, D.; Anderson, M.
Title Implementing a prescribing practicum within a Master's degree in advanced nursing practice Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 23 Issue 2 Pages 27-42
Keywords Advanced nursing practice; Education; Nurse practitioners; Prescribing; Teaching methods
Abstract This article reports the implementation of a collaborative project undertaken to monitor and improve the effectiveness of the prescribing practicum papers delivered within two Master's degree programmes in advanced nursing practice. The recent introduction of Nurse Practitioner registration in New Zealand has resulted in the development of a number of Master's degree programmes in which students can complete a Nursing Council of New Zealand approved programme for prescribing. For the study, a developmental action research approach was used. Data were collected through interviews with practicum students, their medical supervisors and academic staff. Formative findings were progressively used to refine delivery of the practicum papers and a thematic analysis of summative findings identified areas for further improvement. The findings suggest that the processes being implemented are developing well. The researchers recommend that further education is required to clearly differentiate medical and advanced nursing roles. They recommend that greater attention needs to be paid to the preparation of medical supervisors and, most significantly, revision of funding is required to more equitably support the ongoing development of nurses for advanced practice roles.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 457
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Author Finlayson, M.; Aitken, L.H.
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 (down) 23 Issue 1 Pages 17-28
Keywords 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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Author Carryer, J.B.; Russell, L.
Title Nurses' understandings of the Professional Development Recognition Programme Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 23 Issue 2 Pages 5-13
Keywords Professional development; Professional competence
Abstract Professional Development and Recognition Programmes (PDRP) for nurses have developed out of the Clinical Career Pathways (CCP) of the 1990s. The Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (2003) has now required all health professionals to provide evidence that their practice meets criteria set by the individual regulatory body, which, for nursing, is the Nursing Council of New Zealand. In 2002 a tool was developed to measure knowledge and attitudes of the then CCP which was tested with 239 nurses. This paper is a report on the second application of the tool in the same hospital in New Zealand. Results show that knowledge and attitudes of the PDRP are similar to those found in the previous study. It also suggests that greater understanding of the PDRP and the implementation process increases the likelihood of a positive response to the programme.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 476 Serial 463
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Author Rodgers, V.; Neville, S.J.
Title Personal autonomy for older people living in residential care: An overview Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 23 Issue 1 Pages 29-36
Keywords Geriatric nursing; Older people; Rest homes
Abstract This article looks at the concept of autonomy particularly in relation to the population of older persons living in residential care settings. It examines the values underpinning the exercise of personal autonomy and notes how individual autonomy may be enhanced or restricted. The implications for gerontological nursing practice are outlined and suggestions offered as to how personal autonomy for older persons living in residential care may be preserved and promoted.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 529 Serial 515
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