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Author (down) Leamy, J. openurl 
  Title The healing journey: survivors of ritual abuse Type
  Year 1994 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 274 Serial 274  
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Author (down) Lambert, J. openurl 
  Title They can't see what we see: voices and standpoint of twelve Plunket Nurses Type
  Year 1994 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 273 Serial 273  
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Author (down) Key, R.; Habashi, S.; Baber, C.; Cuthbertson, S.; Streat, S.J. openurl 
  Title Long-term follow-up after Bjork flap tracheostomy Type
  Year 1994 Publication Abbreviated Journal DCCM, Private Bag 92024, Auckland  
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  Abstract Because of concern about long-term complications of bjork flap tracheostomy we followed-up 136 intensive care patients who had Bjork flap tracheotomy in 1992 a median of 117 (range 5-402) hours after intubation. Twenty died in hospital, none as a result of tracheostomy. Twenty- six patients were lost to follow-up and eleven declined. The remaining 79 had measures of health status, a quality of life questionnaire, respiratory function testing and physical examination of the neck and upper airway 9-27 months (median 14) later. Various health status measures deteriorated in 9 to 51 of 77 patients. Forty-two of 77 patients were taking prescription medication and 15/32 smokers had stopped smoking. FEV1, FVC and FEV1/FVC were significantly reduced from predicted normal (n=70, 2.8+ 1.1 vs 3.2 +0.9 p<.0001, 3.7 + 1.3 vs 4.0 + 1.0 p<.0001, 76 +11vs 79 +3 p= 0.035 respectively). Pulse oximetry was normal (>92%) in 73/74 patients tested. The median horizontal scar dimension was 45mm (range 20 to 75 mm). Nine had a median vertical scar dimension 15mm (range 8 to 25mm). Nineteen scars were hypertrophic, 56 were tethered. Two patients had already undergone tracheal scar revision at follow-up and further 13 accepted scar revision. Ten patients had abnormal voice examination, four abnormal cough, two stridor, three vocal cord lesions, three tracheal polyps and fourteen asymptomatic tracheal narrowing from 10-60% (median 25%) of the tracheal luminal diameter. Patients surviving critical illness with bjork flap tracheostomy have reduced quality of life and respiratory function and poor cosmetic result but a low incidence of important airway problems  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 201 Serial 201  
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Author (down) Key, R.; Cuthbertson, S.; Streat, S.J. openurl 
  Title Feasibility of a nurse-based critical care follow-up clinic Type
  Year 1994 Publication Abbreviated Journal DCCM, Auckland Hospital Private Bag 92024 Aucklan  
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  Abstract We are about to implement a nurse-based critical care follow-up service and used a follow-up study of tracheostomy to determine the feasibility of such a service. Nine to 27 months median 14 after intensive care admission we attempted to follow-up 116 of our most severely ill survivors. Twenty six could not be found, 11 declined follow-up. A questionnaire, interview and limited examination were used to determine health status. Ten patients unable to come to a clinic were seen at home. Interview time varied between patients but 79 patients took 100 nurse-hours. Ninety percent of patients co-operated with respiratory function testing. Pulse oximetry identified one with severe chronic respiratory failure. In this highly selected group of patients with on going problems (perceived poor health, dependency, disability, changes in appearance, deterioration in personal relationships, poor sleep, pain, altered diet, unaddressed chronic health problems, poor access to health services, and continuing prescription medication) were common, and addressed to some extent by appropriate referral. Approximately 20% of patients reported improvement in their health and personal relationships after critical illness and half of the smokers had given up. Factors contributing to follow-up difficulty included distance, delay in initial contact, change of address (255 of this group), disability and poverty. A nurse-run critical care follow-up clinic is feasible, time consuming but productive. A register of current addresses and phone numbers is recommended. The optimal time for follow-up will vary with patients conditions but early follow-up with protocol- based lines of referral is recommended to reduce persistent health problems  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 205 Serial 205  
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Author (down) Kerslake, M.T. openurl 
  Title The nurse practitioner in the South Pacific region: concerns about this innovation Type
  Year 1994 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 302 Serial 302  
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Author (down) Jones, S. openurl 
  Title Career transition : from professional to manager in the health service Type
  Year 1994 Publication Abbreviated Journal Held by NZNO  
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  Abstract A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Master of Philosophy in Management Studies and Labour Relations, University of Auckland.

The study addresses the question of career transition from a professional role to a management role within the health service – what changes and adjustments in role content (or tasks), relationships and identity are experienced? What skills, perspectives and values are brought forward from the old role to the new role, and which must be abandoned to accommodate a new identity?

Answers to these questions hold relevance for those planning management development and management recruitment in the health service, and also for those planning career development for health professionals.
 
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ WY 105 JON Serial 1362  
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Author (down) Henderson, A.P. openurl 
  Title Nursing a colonial hangover: towards bicultural planning in New Zealand Type
  Year 1994 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 409 Serial 409  
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Author (down) Griffin, H.M. openurl 
  Title Home sweet home birth: a qualitative study on the perceptions and experiences of home birth Type
  Year 1994 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 262 Serial 262  
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Author (down) Fleming, Valerie E M isbn  openurl
  Title Partnership, power and politics: feminist perceptions of midwifery practice Type Book Whole
  Year 1994 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 237 p  
  Keywords Midwifery; Feminism; Power  
  Abstract Provides an interpretative critique of the partnership of a group of independent midwives and their clients in urban NZ. Uses a theoretical basis grounded in the principles of feminism, incorporating aspects of critical social science and post-modernism, to underpin both the methodological approach and the data analysis. Utilises the concepts of subjectivity, power/knowledge and praxis as tools for analysis of data which is collected through semi-structured interviews.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 253  
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Author (down) Boyle, S.D. openurl 
  Title Nursing education in New Zealand: a case study of experiential learning Type
  Year 1994 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library & Welli  
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  Abstract This thesis presents a study of a nursing 'practicum' from the perspectives of nursing students and staff 'buddies'. A grounded theory approach was used to interview six nursing students during their transition placement, the final practicum of their Diploma in Nursing programme. Five staff nurse buddies selected by the students were also interviewed. An informal, conversational interview was used and data was analysed from an experiential learning perspective.This study differs from others because it focuses on the clinical experience component of nursing education, 'practicum', and includess practitioners viewpoints. At present there is a re-evaluing of experience within nursing education with a new emphasis on practice-based learning. Experience-based learning is becoming increasingly acceptable within academia as a 'seamless' education system evolves.I identified three learning stages which students' experience during practicum – initiation, exploration and consolidation. The key stage for learning through experience was exploration. Learning during this stage was predominantly buddy-directed which contradicted the self-directed curriculum design. Students and staff nurses however agreed that communication between them during this stage enabled the development of 'competence'.The learning /teaching approach used by the students and staff nurses made it difficult for students to translate their 'all-round' competencies during practicum. It is argued that it is the useof such competencies during practicum which enable nursing students to become autonomous in the attitudinal and epistemological sense. The predominantly 'technical training' approach adopted was understood by students and staff nurses to be reinforced by 'silence' from tutors.Restructuring gives the opportunity for nursing to develop an ';investigative', enquiry-based approach in practice. There will increasingly be an emphasis on practice-based research as a result of the implementation of degree and post-graduate programmes in nursing. This study highlights some aspects of nursing education and it's relationship with practice which can assist the development of such an approach  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 339 Serial 339  
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Author (down) Bland, M.F. openurl 
  Title Challenging the myths: the lived experience of chronic leg ulcers Type
  Year 1994 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library  
  Volume 2 Issue 3 Pages 13-14  
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  Abstract This phenomenological study explored the experiences of five men and four women whose lives have been shaped by chronic leg ulcers. It reveals the suffering that accompanies these wounds, and challenges health professionals to move from a focus on wound management to understanding the realities of chronic illness experience  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 160 Serial 160  
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