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Author Brown, E.F. openurl 
  Title Work-related back pain among nurses: nurses perceptions of the causative factors Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal Christchurch School of Medicine – University of Ot  
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  Abstract (down) Work-related back pain among nurses is a problem of significant proportion. Nurses have a high rate of back pain compared to the general population and other occupational groups. There has been little reduction in the rates of nurses back pain and solutions to this complex problem continue to be elusive. Many quantitative studies have been undertaken examining and identifying the risk factors contributing to a high risk of back pain among nurses. Few of these studies focus on the complexities and context of the nurses physical and social environment. An exploration of these factors may assist to explain why interventions have not been successful and why the risk of back pain among nurses remains high.This study, using a qualitative methodology, explores nurses views and perceptions of the factors that they believe contribute to nurses having a high risk for work-related back pain. In-depth interviews were conducted with nurses working in previously identified high risk areas asking them about their perceptions of the risk factors and the activities that lead to risk situations for back pain. The strongest theme to emerge from the participant interviews was that it is the work demands from nursing that create and expose nurses to high levels of risk. Other risk factors identified were environmental hazards, equipment management and the physical work environment. The interview responses were analysed using two theoretical models of risk. The Health Belief Model examines risk behaviour using a cognitive psychological approach and the Social Model of Risk views all behaviour as influenced by the social environment. Both models offer explanations as to why nurses take actions that place them at risk for back pain. This study highlights the main ideas and concerns raised by the participants. It makes recommendations for managing the problem of work-related back pain in the nursing profession, and suggests areas where more research is needed  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 415 Serial 415  
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Author Rickard, Debbie openurl 
  Title Parents as experts: partnership in the care of the chronically ill children : Margaret May Blackwell Travel Study, Fellowship for Nurses of Young Children, 1999 Type Report
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 65p.  
  Keywords Chronically ill children – home care; Child health services; Paediatric nursing; Community health nursing; Reports  
  Abstract (down) Visits paediatric community nursing services in the UK and Australia to report on how specialist and children's community nurses work with parents to deliver health care to children with asthma, diabetes and other endocrine disorders, cystic fibrosis, eczema, cardiac diseases, and liver transplants. Part of the Margaret May Blackwell Scholarship Reports series.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1414  
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Author MacDonald, S. openurl 
  Title Having attitude: nurses' perceptions of the qualities and skills needed to successfully nurse the 10 -24 year old client Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library, Whitireia Community Po  
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  Abstract (down) This thesis presents a grounded theory study following Glaser's methodological stance. It explores nursing of the 10-24 year old client through interviews with thirteen registered nurses. The participants worked in a variety of clinical settings including community, hospital and specific adolescent services. From the analysis of the data emerged the complexity of the nurses work with the chosen age group. The study identifies that the quality of the nurse/client encounter may enable the young person to feel accepted and to be empowered to make their own health choices.This thesis identifies how Having Attitude is seen by the nurse participants as critical in the care of the young person. Having Attitude is about the nurse balancing the dependence/independence needs of the young person with their family and peers, and about being acceptable to the client. This results from the work of the nurse which is characterised by the nurse being competent' and 'being supportive whilst taking into account all of the socio-political factors that effect the nurses working situation. The socio-political context impacts upon the young persons life in terms of the types of health issues they have, and the availability and affordability of appropriate health services. It also impacts on the environment in which the nurse works, in terms of the complexity of the concerns with which young people present, current health reforms and funding issues. The nurse needs to have a broad knowledge base and ability to work within a complex situation. Nurses believe they can make a difference to the young persons health experience when they are supportive, competent and have attitude  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 368 Serial 368  
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Author Neehoff, S.M. openurl 
  Title Pedagogical possibilities for nursing Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Otago Library  
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  Keywords Nursing; Nursing philosophy; Feminist critique  
  Abstract (down) This thesis is about what the author terms the 'invisible bodies of nursing'. The physical body of the nurse, the body of practice, and the body of knowledge. The physical body of the nurse is absent in most nursing literature, it is sometimes inferred but seldom discussed. The contention is that the physical body of the nurse is invisible because it is tacit. Much nursing practice is invisible because it is perceived by many nurses to be inarticulable and is carried out within a private discourse of nursing, silently and secretly. Nursing knowledge is invisible because it is not seen as being valid or authoritative or sanctioned as a legitimate discourse by the dominant discourse. These issues are approach through an evolving 'specular' lens. Luce Irigaray's philosophy of the feminine and her deconstructing and reconstructing of psychoanalytic structures for women inform this work. Michel Foucault's genealogical approach to analysing discourses is utilized, along with Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology. Nursing's struggle for recognition is ongoing. The author discusses strategies that nurses could use to make themselves more 'visible' in healthcare structures. The exploration of the embodied self of the nurse and through this the embodied knowledge of nursing is nascent.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1287 Serial 1272  
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Author Mitchell, D.F. url  openurl
  Title Is it possible to care for the “difficult” male? A study exploring the interface between gender issues, nursing practice and men's health Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
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  Keywords Male; Nurse-patient relations; Gender  
  Abstract (down) This thesis is about caring for males, especially those males who could be considered “difficult” to care for through their use of behaviours such as silence, anger or defensive humour. This thesis is positioned in the view that these behaviours are often expressions of distress, which typically distance males from those who attempt to care for them. The author suggests that the word “distress” more accurately reflects the theme of the thesis, and it is used throughout the work. This thesis explores the interface between gender issues, nursing practice and caring for males. It is informed by a review of relevant literature and data gathered from a focus group of nine registered nurses. The analysis is framed by questions that are developed from a series of reflections on my personal and professional life. Critical social theory, with its emphases on dominant dialogue, power and emancipation is used to inform and guide this analysis. What is most obvious is the contrast between themes arising from the literature and those arising from the focus group. It appears that the literature, in the main, is critical of males in regard to concepts of masculinity, issues related to gender, and men's health. Males are portrayed as arbitrators of their own misfortune, as deliberately choosing a lifestyle that reflects poorly on their health, their self-expression, and communication with others. Concepts such as power and control over others, both at a societal and individual level, often feature. Conversely, the literature is noticeably lacking in regard to information about the health related experiences of males and about caring for males. In contrast, the participants of the focus group frame their discussion in the positive. For example, they suggest that males are interested in their health but require an environment that supports this expression of interest. They support this by identifying a range of behaviours they believe are effective in caring for males. The participants also suggest that it is the registered nurse rather than the male who manages issues to do with power and control. The thesis concludes that creating and sustaining an environment supportive of, and sensitive to the needs of males, is an activity that requires considerable thought, skill and experience. These areas are not adequately addressed in academic dialogue, research activity, or in the education of registered nurses. The thesis suggests that this situation is inconsistent with an ethic of care and that nursing should make a priority of broadening its research and knowledge base to better understand and care for males.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 503 Serial 489  
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Author King, S.L.J. url  openurl
  Title Getting on top of pain: a critical analysis of surgical nurses' talk about their work with hospitalised patients reporting pain Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal ResearchArchive@Victoria  
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  Abstract (down) This thesis investigates the relationship between language, 'discourse' and professional knowledge and power in a specific context; that of surgical nurses' “talk” about their work managing pain in hospitalised patients. This thesis argues that the work of 'caring for' hospitalised surgical patients who report pain is influenced by discourses which are predicated on different readings/understandings of the body/patient, and from which different knowledge is constructed. Of interest to this thesis are the discourses of biomedicine and nursing, and their role in constructing a particular reality/ies which determine the ways in which surgical nurses talk about their work managing pain. Using the method of critical discourse analysis, the “texts” of transcribed audio-taped conversations with four registered nurses working in surgical specialties were analysed to uncover 'discourses of pain management'. The results of the analysis indicate that the biomedical construction of pain, and approaches to pain management, remain the dominant influence over surgical nurses' practice. There was evidence of nursing discourses with an emphasis on nurse-patient relationships also playing a role. These discourses were critically examined for what they reveal about relations of professional knowledge and power in this specific context of the nurses' practice. The implications for nursing and nursing research are considered significant because the study critically (re)presents a different perspective on, and reality for surgical nurses' pain management practices. In so doing, it elucidates an explanation for, and understanding of, why surgical nurses take care of patients reporting pain in particular ways.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 383 Serial 383  
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Author Roberts, F. openurl 
  Title The people the programme & the place: Nurses' perceptions of the Lakeland Health Professional Development Programme Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library, Victoria University of Wellington Library  
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  Keywords Careers in nursing; Professional development; Registered nurses  
  Abstract (down) This thesis concerns the Professional Development Programme at Lakeland Health. In New Zealand, such programmes were introduced as a mechanism to openly recognise the clinical expertise of nurses. Clinical Career Pathways were introduced to nursing in North America in the 1970's at a time of nursing shortage. Prior to their inception, nurses wishing to develop their careers had to move to administration, management or education. The programmes recognised and rewarded expertise in practice. A qualitative, descriptive approach (using focus groups) was used with Registered Nurses to gather their perceptions of what helps nurses enroll in the Professional Development Programme. The ideas and insights of nine Registered Nurses were clustered around three main categories: The People (fear; being struck; motivation; feedback; peer support; ways of learning); the Programme (relevance; flexibility; Bachelor's Degrees; implementation; supporting information; fairness); the Place (time; regular and accessible; support from nurse leaders; management). These perceptions are discussed in more detail in the context of nursing at Lakeland Health and of Clinical Career Pathways in New Zealand. The findings are helpful for the evaluation and future development of the Professional Development at Lakeland Health. The research contributes to our understanding of what helps nurses enroll in a Clinical Career Pathway, and emphasises the importance of the People, the Programme and the Place.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1150 Serial 1135  
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Author Crowe, M. openurl 
  Title Doing what no normal woman would do Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal Department of Film,Media &Cultural Studies Griffit  
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  Abstract (down) This text begins with a discourse analysis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (fourth edition, 1994 – DSM -IV- to illustrate the discursive construction of mental disorder. The analysis identifies how productivity, moderation, entariness and rationality are constructed by this psychiatric discourse as the fundamental attributes of normality. It is argued that this discursive construction of normality has particular implications for the subject positions available to women.The text explores how those subject positions are constituted by analysing the narratives of women who have been diagnosed as having a mental disorder. Its object is to explore how the categories 'mental disorder' and 'women' are constituted; the effect this has on some women's experiences; and to offer a feminist interpretation of those experiences. The text explores the meaning of these women's experiences and proposes that their responses can be regarded as tactical responses to the non-recognition, or disconfirming recognition, accorded to the subject positions available to them.The women's tactical responses although taking different forms, reveal some commonalities in their responses to a lack of recognition for their performances: shame regarding the body which marks them as women; a sense of meaningless and emptiness in the available performances; a sense of themselves as objects for the use of others; passive performances as self-protective tactics; a need to suppress anger; and a tension between cultural expectations of normality and their own subjective experiences. The tactical responses that these women had employed take the form of over-conformity, withdrawal and resistance. They reflect that Sass (1992:58) describes as attempts to escape the 'form of the real'. It is the women's body which establishes her engendered subjectivity and it is through the body that the tensions related to her expected performances emerge. Each women's tactical response is imbued with multiple and sometimes contradictory meanings that may represent their ambivalence in relational to the cultural expectations for productive, moderate, unitary and rational performances. To enable the meaning of the women's distress to emerge it is necessary that it be recognised by interpretations that reflect their multiple and contradictory form.Alternative readings of these women's tactical responses position the desire for recognition as central. It proposes that it is necessary to pay attention to both the literal and figurative functions of language. The possibility of 'advancing our understanding of social life' (Gergen, women constructed as mentally disordered. These readings of the narratives require an understanding of the context and construction of the narrator's life and opens up the possibility for multiple understandings that do not necessarily privilege productivity, moderation, unitariness and rationality.By attending to the significance of the women's narratives this text proposes that the DSM-IV's (1994) construction of mental disorder of effectively marginalises women's experiences of their culturally determined subject positions. It acknowledges the need to understand how women symbolize their distress in a way that creates and communicates meaning  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 352 Serial 352  
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Author Maher, J.M. url  openurl
  Title An exploration of the experience of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing on firefighters within a region of the New Zealand Fire Service Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal ResearchArchive@Victoria  
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  Keywords Stress; Occupational health and safety; Nursing research; Nursing specialties  
  Abstract (down) This study originates from the author's practice experience working for the New Zealand Fire Service back in the late 1980's and early 1990's as an Occupational Health Nurse where she piloted a Critical Incident Stress Peer Support programme in the No.4 Region. The author identified work-related stress and related it to Critical Incident Stress (CIS) from firefighters exposure to critical incidents. This study explores four firefighters experience of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) within a Region of the New Zealand Fire Service. It explores the application of CISD as one component of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), and the Nurse Researcher's philosophy of Clinical Nurse practice in relation to the application of CISD. The knowledge gained from the analysis of the data has the potential to influence professionals understanding of their experience and affect future practice and that of others working in the field of CISM. Much of the literature that supported CISD appeared to offer a rather superficial understanding of the firefighters experience in relation to CISD. A narrative approache was chosed as the methodology, utilising four individual case studies as a method of social inquiry in order to explore the experience of CISD. The narratives were able to creatively capture the complexity and the dynamic practice of CISD. An overall pattern of the formalised process was uncovered through the participants' narratives. Eight dominant themes were highlighted from the narratives which included safe environment; ventilating the stress reaction; similar feelings; getting the whole picture; peer support; bonding and resolution. While these themes were common to all the participants, each participant had a particular theme/s which was unique to their experience.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1206 Serial 1191  
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Author Spence, D. openurl 
  Title Prejudice, paradox and possibility Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal Auckland  
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  Abstract (down) This study explores the the experience of nursing a person, or people, form cultures other than one's own. Informed by the tradition of philosophical hermeneutics, and drawing specifically on some of the notions articulated by Hans-Georg Gadamer and Charles Taylor, it seeks to understand everyday nursing practices within their cultural and historical context.Against a background of Maori resurgence, nurses in New Zealand have been challenged in Aotearoa-New Zealand to recognise and address racism in their practice. Meeting the health needs of all people has long been important in nursing yet the curricular changes implemented in the early 1990s to enhance nursing's contribution to a more equitable health service created uncertainty and tension both within nursing, and between nursing and the wider community.In this study, I have interpreted the experiences of seventeen nurses practising in an increasingly ethnically diverse region. Personal understandings and those from relevant literature have been used to illuminate further the nature of cross-cultural experience from a nurse's perspective. The thesis asserts that the notions of prejudice, paradox and possibility can be used to describe the experience of nursing a person from another culture. Prejudice refers to the prior understandings that influence nursing action in both a positive and a negative sense. Paradox relates to the coexistence and necessary interplay of contradictory meanings and positions, while possibility points to the potential for new understandings to surface from the fusion of past with present, and between different interpretations. As New Zealand nurses negotiate the conflicts essential for ongoing development of their practice, the play of prejudice, paradox and possibility is evident at intra-personal and interpersonal levels as well as in relation to professional and other social discourses. This thesis challenges nurses to persist in working with the tensions inherent in cross-cultural practice. It encourages continuation of their efforts to understand and move beyond the prejudices that otherwise preclude the exploration of new possibilities.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 448 Serial 448  
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Author McKenna, B. openurl 
  Title Patient perception of coercion on admission to acute psychiatric services: the New Zealand experience Type Journal Article
  Year 1999 Publication International Journal of Law and Psychiatry Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 143-153  
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  Abstract (down) This study considers the influence of legal status, interactive processes, and mediating factors upon patient perception of coercion, within the context of admission to mental health services in New Zealand. The admission experiences of 69 involuntary inpatient psychiatric admissions and 69 informal admissions are compared using the MacArthur Admission Experience Survey. The influence of demographic, clinical and situational variables on the experience are considered. The results indicate there is a strong significant difference in the perception of coercion between involuntary and informal patients, with legal status having predictive value in relation to patient perception of coercion. Patient perception of procedural justice is strongly negatively correlated with perception of coercion. Perception of negative interactive processes is strongly felt by involuntary patients. This experience is not fully explained by identifiable incidents throughout the admission process. In the New Zealand context, there remains a need to highlight the aspects of procedural justice which could be improved in order to reduce patient perception of coercion. Current methodology focuses on the experience of admission rather than the expectation of that experience. This point needs to be considered in relation to the experience of Maori (the indigenous people of New Zealand)  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 443 Serial 443  
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Author Walker, J.; Bailey, S. openurl 
  Title The clinical performance of new degree graduates Type Journal Article
  Year 1999 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 14 Issue 2 Pages 31-42  
  Keywords New graduate nurses; Professional competence; Nursing; Education; Teaching methods  
  Abstract (down) This study aimed to identify how graduates perceived their clinical performance during their first year of practice. A convenience sample of 30 graduates was surveyed after 3 months and 7 months in practice, using an adapted form of a questionnaire devised by Ryan and Hodson (1992). The results showed that over time, graduates generally required less direction in all areas of clinical competence. After 7 months in practice, the majority of the graduates rated their performance in nursing skills, communication skills, and professionalism at the expected level or above. However, some still required direction with using theory and research in practice, with meeting client's psychosocial needs and with teaching clients. In the leadership competency, after 7 months, most graduates saw themselves functioning at the expected level related to client care and needed less direction in unit management skills. However, many of the unit management skills were rated as 'not applicable' indicating that new graduates are not initially placed in a management role. Implications for nursing education and limitations of the research are discussed.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 638  
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Author Blair, S. openurl 
  Title The human cost of 'caring' care for registered nurses in clinical practice Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington  
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  Abstract (down) This research utilized a focus group methodology to discover what nurses in clinical practice considered 'caring' care meant for them. Six registered nurses volunteered to participate in the project. They practiced over a wide variety of real settings within the public hospital, which provided both acute and elective surgical and medical services, including an extensive elderly population. Taking these important 'caring' statements, I then explored with the group what factors in their work environment hindered of enhanced their identified 'caring' care in clinical practice as did their overseas counterparts. This study also highlighted the impact the health reforms had on the individual clinical practice at this hospital. The effects of the institutional changes in response to the health reforms were far reaching at both the personal and professional level. Caring is an important concept found in nursing practice. It has been widely documented By nurse scholars, researchers and nurse authors that care is at the core of nursing practice.Some have even referred to care as being the heart of nursing. The finding from the present research indicates the importance nurses place on caring in their day to day encounters with patients. It also demonstrates how nurses express their care and their perceptions of the importance of care has in the clinical practice  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 246 Serial 246  
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Author Holloway, K. T. openurl 
  Title Developing an evidence base for teaching nursing practice skills in an undergraduate nursing program Type Journal Article
  Year 1999 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 22-32  
  Keywords Nursing; Education; Curriculum; New graduate nurses; Evaluation  
  Abstract (down) This research seeks to determine an evidence basis for selecting content for the clinical skills curriculum in an undergraduate programme. Thirty-three senior nurse clinicians from medical-surgical areas in 2 large hospitals offering student placements were asked to rate the frequency of performance of 77 skills for the beginning registered nurse. Those skills frequently used and rated over 65% were considers for inclusion in the undergraduate programme. Clinicians were asked to list the 10 most important skills and related level of competence expected from the newly-registered nurse.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 640  
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Author Crowe, M. openurl 
  Title Mad talk: attending to the language of distress Type Journal Article
  Year 1999 Publication Nursing Inquiry Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue March Pages  
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  Abstract (down) This paper will examine how one woman, Madeleine's narrative can be constructed as symptomatic of the diagnosis of schizophrenia and how it can also be read from other perspectives, particularly a post-structural feminist one. The readings are presented as possibilities for understanding the woman's experiences and the implications of this for mental health nursing practice. A post-structural feminist reading acknowledges the gendered experiences of subjectivity and how those experiences are constructed in language.The purpose of this paper is to identify for mental health nursing practice an approach which recognises the figurative and literal characteristics of language in order to provide nursing care which positions the individual's experience of mental distress as central. This requires an acknowledgment of Madeleine's path into mental distress rather than simply a categorisation of what is observed in a clinical setting. Intervention may need to include a range of strategies: medical and non-medical, psychotherapeutic and social, physical and environmental. It may also require the provision of sanctuary and security while these options are explored  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 438 Serial 438  
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