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Author Seymour, P.D.
Title Improvement in the motivation of student nurses Type Journal Article
Year 1973 Publication New Zealand Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 66 Issue 7 Pages 4-6
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 64 Serial 64
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Author Therkleson,T.
Title Ginger compress therapy for adults with osteoarthritis Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 66 Issue 10 Pages 2225?2233
Keywords Ginger compress therapy; Giorgi?s method; nursing; osteoarthritis
Abstract Abstract

Aim. This paper is a report of a study to explicate the phenomenon of ginger

compresses for people with osteoarthritis.

Background. Osteoarthritis is claimed to be the leading cause of musculoskeletal

pain and disability in Western society. Management ideally combines non-pharmacological

strategies, including complementary therapies and pain-relieving

medication. Ginger has been applied externally for over a thousand years in China

to manage arthritis symptoms.

Method. Husserlian phenomenological methodology was used and the data were

collected in 2007. Ten purposively selected adults who had suffered osteoarthritis

for at least a year kept daily diaries and made drawings, and follow-up interviews

and telephone conversations were conducted.

Findings. Seven themes were identified in the data: (1) Meditative-like stillness

and relaxation of thoughts; (2) Constant penetrating warmth throughout the

body; (3) Positive change in outlook; (4) Increased energy and interest in the

world; (5) Deeply relaxed state that progressed to a gradual shift in pain and

increased interest in others; (6) Increased suppleness within the body and (7)

More comfortable, flexible joint mobility. The essential experience of ginger

compresses exposed the unique qualities of heat, stimulation, anti-inflammation

and analgesia.

Conclusion. Nurses could consider this therapy as part of a holistic treatment for

people with osteoarthritis symptoms. Controlled research is needed with larger

numbers of older people to explore further the effects of the ginger compress

therapy.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1346
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Author Harding, T.S.
Title The construction of men who are nurses as gay Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal Coda: An institutional repository for the New Zealand ITP sector
Volume (down) 60 Issue 6 Pages 636-644
Keywords Male nurses; Prejudice; Sexuality
Abstract This paper is a report of a study to determine the construction of male nurses as gay, and to describe how this discourse impacts on a group of New Zealand male nurses. This social constructionist study drew on data collected from existing texts on men, nursing and masculinity and interviews with 18 New Zealand men conducted in 2003-2004. Discourse analysis, informed by masculinity theory and queer theory, was used to analyse the data. Despite the participants' beliefs that the majority of male nurses are heterosexual, the stereotype persists. A paradox emerged between the 'homosexual' general nurse and the 'heterosexual' pyschiatric nurse. The stigma associated with homosexuality exposes male nurses to homophobia in the workplace. The heterosexual men employed strategies to avoid the presumption of homosexuality; these included: avoiding contact with gay colleagues and overt expression of their heterosexuality. These stigmatising discourses create a barrier to caring and, aligned with the presence of homophobia in the workplace, deter men's entry into the profession and may be important issues with respect to their retention.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 647
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Author McBride-Henry, K.; Foureur, M.
Title A secondary care nursing perspective on medication administration safety Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 60 Issue 1 Pages 58-66
Keywords Patient safety; Drug administration; Organisational culture; Nursing
Abstract This paper reports on a study to explore how nurses in a secondary care environment understand medication administration safety and the factors that contribute to, or undermine, safe practice during this process. Data were collected in 2005 using three focus groups of nurses that formed part of a larger study examining organisational safety and medication administration from a nursing perspective. A narrative approach was employed to analyse the transcripts. Participants had good understandings of organisational culture in relation to medication safety and recognised the importance of effective multi-disciplinary teams in maintaining a safe environment for patients. Despite this, they acknowledged that not all systems work well, and offered a variety of ways to improve current medication practices. These findings highlight the meaningful contribution nurses can make to patient safety and emphasise the importance of including the nursing voice in any quality improvement initiatives.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 648
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Author Payne, D.; Goedeke, S.
Title Holding together: Caring for clients undergoing assisted reproductive technologies Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 60 Issue 6 Pages 645-653
Keywords Nursing specialties; Sexual and reproductive health; Communication; Multidisciplinary care teams
Abstract This paper reports a study to investigate the roles and experiences of nurses caring for clients undergoing assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Nurses are in a potentially unique position in the assisted reproductive technology environment as they maintain a more constant contact with the client. A qualitative approach was taken and a convenience sample of 15 nurses from New Zealand was interviewed in 2005. Data were analysed using interpretive description. The overarching theme identified was that of the potential role of the nurse to 'hold together' multiple components of the assisted reproductive technology process: holding together clients' emotional and physical experiences of assisted reproductive technologies; holding together the roles of different specialist team members; and holding together personal own emotions. It encompasses practices such as information-giving, interpreting, supporting and advocating. The researchers note that recognition of and support for the complexity of the role of ART nurses may positively contribute to clients' experiences.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 985 Serial 969
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Author Polaschek, L.; Polaschek, N.
Title Solution-focused conversations: A new therapeutic strategy in Well Child health nursing telephone consultations Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 59 Issue 2 Pages 111-119
Keywords Telenursing; Communication; Evaluation
Abstract This paper reports a study to explore Well Child nurses' perceptions of outcomes resulting from the use of solution-focused conversations in their telephone consultations with clients. The standard problem-solving approach used to address physical issues is less effective for various non-physical concerns, where different communication strategies may be helpful. In this qualitative, action-oriented study, a small group of Well Child telenurses in New Zealand was introduced to a specific communication strategy, called 'solution-focused conversations', during 2005. They applied this approach in their practice and then reflected together on their experiences in focus groups. The nurses considered that the solution-focused conversations enabled clients to: recognise the nature of the parenting issue of concern that had motivated their call; identify more effective parenting practices to address specific issues with their child; increase their confidence in their own parenting capabilities. This study suggested the value of learning a specific communication strategy for the practice of a group of Well Child telenurses.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 973
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Author Giddings, D.L.S.; Roy, D.E.; Predeger, E.
Title Women's experience of ageing with a chronic condition Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 58 Issue 6 Pages 557-565
Keywords Chronic diseases; Age factors; Gender; Nursing
Abstract This paper is a report of a study to explore the experiences of 'almost old' women as they grow older while living with a chronic condition. Little is known about the contextual effects of ageing and how it shapes and is shaped by a woman's chronic illness experience. Seven women aged between 50 and 58 years participated in this interpretive descriptive study that explored the issues of ageing with a chronic condition. Three focus groups were held between March 2003 and March 2004. Transcriptions were analysed after each focus group. Participants were given the opportunity to respond to the findings as the analysis progressed. The experience of living with a chronic illness foreshadowed what was to come with ageing and embodied the ageing process: it was just part of their lives. Alongside this, the women now felt less out of place. Their peers were catching up and beginning to experience aspects of participants' everyday reality. The women, however, experienced double jeopardy because ageing amplified the ongoing vulnerabilities of living with a chronic condition. The authors conclude that nurses who recognise the resourcefulness and expertise of women who live with a chronic condition can effectively be co-strategists in helping them to age well.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 880
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Author Neville, S.J.; Henderson, H.M.
Title Perceptions of lesbian, gay and bisexual people of primary healthcare services Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 55 Issue 4 Pages 407-415
Keywords Sexuality; Attitude of health personnel; Primary health care
Abstract This paper reports a study exploring people's perceptions of disclosure about lesbian, gay and bisexual identity to their primary healthcare providers. Disclosure of sexual identity to healthcare professionals is integral to attending to the health needs of lesbian, gay and bisexual populations, as non-disclosure has been shown to have a negative impact on the health of these people. From April to July 2004, a national survey of lesbian, gay and bisexual persons was carried out in New Zealand. Participants were recruited through mainstream and lesbian, gay and bisexual media and venues, and 2269 people completed the questionnaire, either electronically or via hard copy. The 133-item instrument included a range of closed-response questions in a variety of domains of interest. In this paper, we report results from the health and well-being domain. More women than men identified that the practitioner's attitude toward their non-heterosexual identity was important when choosing a primary healthcare provider. Statistically significantly more women than men reported that their healthcare provider usually or always presumed that they were heterosexual and in addition more women had disclosed their sexual identity to their healthcare provider. The authors advise that nurses reconsider their approach to all users of healthcare services by not assuming everyone is heterosexual, integrating questions about sexual identity into health interviews and ensuring that all other aspects of the assessment process are appropriate and safe for lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1059 Serial 1043
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Author Lesa, R.; Dixon, D.A.
Title Physical assessment: Implications for nurse educators and nursing practice Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication International Nursing Review Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 54 Issue 2 Pages 166-172
Keywords Advanced nursing practice; Clinical assessment; Cardiovascular diseases; Nursing; Education
Abstract In New Zealand, the physical assessment of a patient has traditionally been the domain of the medical profession. Recent implementation of advanced practice roles has expanded the scope of practice and nurse practitioners may now be expected to perform physical assessments. The aim of this literature review was to discover what could be learnt from the experiences of Western countries. Nurses from the USA, Canada and Australia readily incorporate physical assessment skills into their nursing practice as a component of health assessment. The international literature identified that any change to the nurse's role in health assessment, to include physical assessment skills, requires strategies that involve the regulatory, educational and practice components of nursing.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 786
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Author Giddings, D.L.S.
Title Health disparities, social injustice, and the culture of nursing Type Journal Article
Year 2005 Publication Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 54 Issue 5 Pages 304-312
Keywords Cross-cultural comparison; Racism; Attitude of health personnel; Feminist critique
Abstract The aim of this cross-cultural study was to collect stories of difference and fairness within nursing. The study used a life history methodology informed by feminist theory and critical social theory. Life story interviews were conducted with 26 women nurses of varying racial, cultural, sexual identity, and specialty backgrounds in the United States (n = 13) and Aotearoa New Zealand (n = 13). Participants reported having some understanding of social justice issues. They were asked to reflect on their experience of difference and fairness in their lives and specifically within nursing. Their stories were analysed using a life history immersion method. Nursing remains attached to the ideological construction of the “White good nurse.” Taken-for-granted ideals privilege those who fit in and marginalise those who do not. The nurses who experienced discrimination and unfairness, survived by living in two worlds, learned to live in contradiction, and worked surreptitiously for social justice. For nurses to contribute to changing the systems and structures that maintain health disparities, the privilege of not seeing difference and the processes of mainstream violence that support the construction of the “White good nurse” must be challenged. Nurses need skills to deconstruct the marginalising social processes that sustain inequalities in nursing and healthcare. These hidden realities-racism, sexism, heterosexism, and other forms of discrimination-will then be made visible and open to challenge.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 943
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Author Hughes, F.
Title Nurses at the forefront of innovation Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication International Nursing Review Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 53 Issue 2 Pages 94-101
Keywords Organisational culture; Technology; Policy; Nursing
Abstract This paper explores the concept of innovation in nursing, the inherent set of characteristics that need to be present in order for innovations to succeed, and the barriers that impede innovation from occurring. Successful innovations developed and implemented by nurses are featured, and organisational factors necessary to support innovation are described. This paper is based on a presentation given by the author at the 23rd Quadrennial ICN Congress and 7th International Regulation Congress in Taipei in May 2005.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 796 Serial 780
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Author Crowe, M.
Title Psychiatric diagnosis: Some implications for mental health nursing care Type Journal Article
Year 2006 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 53 Issue 1 Pages 125-131
Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Diagnosis; Culture; Gender; Socioeconomic factors; Nursing models
Abstract This article explores some of the functions of psychiatric diagnosis and the implications this has for mental health nursing care. It critiques the psychiatric diagnosis as a categorisation process that maintains oppressive power relations within society, by establishing and enforcing normality through gender, culture and class biases. The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is used to illustrate some of the inherent biases in the diagnostic process. The author argues that mental health nursing practice needs to demonstrate an awareness of the power relations inherent in any diagnostic process and make attempts to redress these at both the individual and sociopolitical levels. To create a true patient-centred partnership in mental health nursing, the nursing focus should be on the patient's experience rather than the psychiatric diagnosis with which the experience is attributed. NB this is a reprint of article first published in Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2000 Mar; 31(3), 583-9.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 837
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Author Willers, Shona; Jowsey, Tanisha; Chen, Yan
Title How do nurses promote critical thinking in acute care? A scoping literature review Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Nurse Education in Practice Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 53 Issue Pages 1-12
Keywords Nursing education; Critical thinking; Acute care
Abstract Employs Arksey and O'Malley's framework to undertake a scoping literature review to find out how critical thinking is promoted among nursing learners such as students and junior nurses in acute care.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1774
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Author Giddings, D.L.S.; Smith, M.C.
Title Stories of lesbian in/visibility in nursing Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Nursing Outlook Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 49 Issue 1 Pages 14-19
Keywords Sexuality; Nursing; Identity; Work
Abstract A study of the life histories of five self-identified lesbian women in nursing is reported. A metastory of “In/Visibility” captured the essence of lesbians being the focus of intense scrutiny while at the same time feeling the pressure to keep their lifestyle and identity hidden from others. Seven story themes were elaborated: closeting of lesbianism in nursing, isolating and hiding from self and others, living a double-life, self-loathing and shame, experiencing discrimination from others, keeping safe, and threatening others who are closeted.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 844
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Author Kinealy, T.; Arroll, B.; Kenealy, H.; Docherty, B.; Scott, D.; Scragg, R.; Simmons, D.
Title Diabetes care: Practice nurse roles, attitudes and concerns Type Journal Article
Year 2004 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume (down) 48 Issue 11 Pages 68-75
Keywords Diabetes Type 2; Practice nurses; Attitude of health personnel; Primary health care
Abstract The aim of this paper is to report a study to compare the diabetes-related work roles, training and attitudes of practice nurses in New Zealand surveyed in 1990 and 1999, to consider whether barriers to practice nurse diabetes care changed through that decade, and whether ongoing barriers will be addressed by current changes in primary care. Questionnaires were mailed to all 146 practice nurses in South Auckland in 1990 and to all 180 in 1999, asking about personal and practice descriptions, practice organisation, time spent with patients with diabetes, screening practices, components of care undertaken by practice nurses, difficulties and barriers to good practice, training in diabetes and need for further education. The 1999 questionnaire also asked about nurse prescribing and influence on patient quality of life. More nurses surveyed in 1999 had post-registration diabetes training than those in 1990, although most of those surveyed in both years wanted further training. In 1999, nurses looked after more patients with diabetes, without spending more time on diabetes care than nurses in 1990. Nevertheless, they reported increased involvement in the more complex areas of diabetes care. Respondents in 1999 were no more likely than those in 1990 to adjust treatment, and gave a full range of opinion for and against proposals to allow nurse prescribing. The relatively low response rate to the 1990 survey may lead to an underestimate of changes between 1990 and 1999. Developments in New Zealand primary care are likely to increase the role of primary health care nurses in diabetes. Research and evaluation is required to ascertain whether this increasing role translates into improved outcomes for patients.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1100
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