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Author French, P. openurl 
  Title Nursing registration: A time to celebrate? Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue 8 Pages 17-19  
  Keywords History of nursing; Interprofessional relations; Physicians; Nursing philosophy  
  Abstract (up) This article examines the knowledge and power relationships between the medical profession and nurses during the first half of the twentieth century. It argues that the 1901 Nurses' Registration Act allowed doctors to exert control over the nursing profession and that the hierarchal structure of the profession contributes to the culture of control and surveillance.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1029 Serial 1013  
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Author O'Brien, A.J. openurl 
  Title The therapeutic relationship: Historical development and contemporary significance Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 8 Issue 2 Pages 129-137  
  Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Nursing models; History of nursing; Nurse-patient relations  
  Abstract (up) This article examines the therapeutic relationship, a concept held by many to be fundamental to the identity of mental health nurses. While the therapeutic relationship was given formal expression in nursing theory in the middle of the last century, its origins can be traced to attendants' interpersonal practices in the asylum era. The dominance of medical understandings of mental distress, and the working-class status of asylum attendants, prevented the development of an account of mental health nursing based on attendants' relationships with asylum inmates. It was left to Peplau and other nursing theorists to describe mental health nursing as a therapeutic relationship in the 1940s and later. Some distinctive features of colonial life in New Zealand suggest that the ideal of the attendant as the embodiment of bourgeoisie values seems particularly unlikely to have been realised in the New Zealand context. However, New Zealand literature from the 20th century shows that the therapeutic relationship, as part of a general development of a therapeutic discourse, came to assume a central place in conceptualisations of mental health nursing. While the therapeutic relationship is not by itself a sufficient basis for professional continuity, it continues to play a fundamental role in mental health nurses' professional identity. The way in which the therapeutic relationship is articulated in the future will determine the meaning of the therapeutic relationship for future generations of mental health nurses.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1088  
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Author Horrocks, T. openurl 
  Title Implementing change combining Maori and Western knowledge in health delivery Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue 13 Pages 37-41  
  Keywords Maori; Cross-cultural comparison; Organisational culture; Quality assurance  
  Abstract (up) This article explores the incorporation of western knowledge with kaupapa Maori in the delivery of health care. It presents a fictional kaupapa Maori service, as a tool to explore the change process and influence that organisational culture and leadership styles have on a process of integrating a kaupapa Maori nursing service. The importance of continual evaluation through quality assurance measures was also conveyed.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1280  
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Author Kyle, W. openurl 
  Title The influence of technology in nursing practice with elder care facilities Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue 12 Pages 20-23  
  Keywords Older people; Technology; Nursing specialties; Ethics; Training  
  Abstract (up) This article firstly describes the application of technological care practices in elder care, and then looks at the attitudes of the elderly and their families towards this care. The value of the equipment in terms of quality of care is considered, and a discussion of the continuing education needs of nurses is presented. The ethical questions around the use of technology are examined, along with possible strategies to deal with such issues.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1299 Serial 1284  
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Author Rameka, M. openurl 
  Title Perioperative nursing practice & cultural safety Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Dissector Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 29 Issue 3 Pages 21-23  
  Keywords Nursing specialties; Surgery; Cultural safety  
  Abstract (up) This article is from a conference paper presented to the 12th World Conference on Surgical Patient Care. It presents cultural safety, as differentiated from transcultural nursing, and investigates how it relates to perioperative nursing. Examples are presented of how nurses can adhere to medical requirements, and address the cultural needs of Maori patients.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1084  
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Author Ward, J. openurl 
  Title High acuity nursing Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue 12 Pages 15-19  
  Keywords Nurse-family relations; Emergency nursing; Technology  
  Abstract (up) This article looks at the role of technology in nursing, and the interaction between it and human compassion and caring. The interface between critical care technologies and caring is explored, along with the social and political issues facing critical care areas.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1298 Serial 1283  
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Author Spence, D. openurl 
  Title Prejudice, paradox, and possibility: Nursing people from cultures other than one's own Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Journal of Transcultural Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 100-106  
  Keywords Cultural safety; Transcultural nursing; Nurse-patient relations  
  Abstract (up) This article provides a brief overview of the findings of a hermeneutic study that explored the experience of nursing people from cultures other than one's own. The notions prejudice, paradox, and possibility are argued to describe this phenomenon. Nurses in New Zealand are being challenged to recognise and address racism in their practice. Yet, the implementation of cultural safety in nursing education has created tension within the profession and between nursing and the wider community. As nurses negotiate the conflicts essential for ongoing development of their practice, the play of prejudice, paradox, and possibility is evident at intrapersonal and interpersonal levels as well as in relation to professional and other discourses. Nurses are challenged to continue their efforts to understand and move beyond the prejudices that otherwise preclude the exploration of new possibilities.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1104 Serial 1089  
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Author Skadiang, K. openurl 
  Title Researching post-tonsillectomy bleeding Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue 4 Pages 22-23  
  Keywords Surgery; Health status; Nursing  
  Abstract (up) This article reports findings from an audit of post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage among patients at South Auckland Health from October 1998 to April 1999. All patients who underwent tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy were contacted by telephone, after the 14th day and before the 21st day following surgery.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1015  
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Author Vernon, R.A. openurl 
  Title Clinical case study: Acute traumatic head injury Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue 12 Pages 3-9  
  Keywords Trauma; Emergency nursing; Nursing specialties; Quality of health care  
  Abstract (up) This clinical case study takes an integrated approach to investigation and critical analysis of the complex physiological and pathophysiological treatment modalities instigated when a patient presents following acute traumatic head injury. A broad overview of the developmental physiology of the brain and an explanation of the mechanism of traumatic brain injury as it relates to alterations in cerebral blood flow, intracranial pressure and cerebral metabolism is presented. The author describes in narrative form the clinical presentation of a patient, her symptoms and initial treatment rationale. It concludes with analysis of the patients initial treatment priorities and symptom management during the first 48 hours of her care.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1281  
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Author Watson, K. openurl 
  Title Culture, breastfeeding and bottles Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue 13 Pages 19-23  
  Keywords Breastfeeding  
  Abstract (up) This essay explores some of the historical influences in New Zealand that have lead to the current infant feeding practices. It critically examines recent cultural influences on breastfeeding practices and seeks to explain why there is no breastfeeding culture.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1292 Serial 1277  
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Author Hall, L. openurl 
  Title Burnout: Results of an empirical study of New Zealand nurses Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Contemporary Nurse Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 71-83  
  Keywords Occupational health and safety; Stress; Nursing  
  Abstract (up) This is the first New Zealand study to use the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Phase Model of Burnout to determine the extent and severity of burnout in a population of 1134 nurses. Burnout is conceptualised as a syndrome consisting of three components-emotional exhaustion, reduced personal accomplishment and depersonalisation of clients or patients that occurs in individuals who work in the human service professions, particularly nursing. It has been observed that nurses are at a high risk of burnout and burnout has been described as the 'professional cancer' of nursing. Results revealed an overall 'low to average' level of burnout, suggesting that New Zealand nurses, apart from those in the 41-45 age group, are doing better than expected insofar as they are managing to avoid or not progress to the advanced phases of burnout. Possible explanations and directions for future research are presented.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1117 Serial 1102  
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Author Litchfield, M. url  openurl
  Title A framework of complementary models of nursing practice: A study of nursing roles and practice for a new era of healthcare provision in New Zealand Type Report
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Online on the Ministry of Health's Centre for Rural Health pages  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nursing models; Rural nursing; Policy; Scope of practice  
  Abstract (up) This is the second of a series of research projects undertaken to present the contemporary picture of the nurse workforce and their work in rural settings to inform policy for development of rural healthcare. The document presents the findings of telephone interviews with nurses in different work rural work settings around the country discussing their practice. The analysis identified a framework of four models of nursing practice: two traditional models defined by the institutions employing nurses, and two emerging models defined by the new positions requiring nurses to respond directly to health need.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1176  
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Author Wilson, L.J. openurl 
  Title Futurist planning, not a shortage stopgap: Recruitment and retention of registered nurses in New Zealand Type
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Recruitment and retention; Registered nurses; Policy; Careers in nursing  
  Abstract (up) This literature review critically examines contributing factors to the current nursing shortage in New Zealand, centering on recruitment and retention of registered nurses. There is a dramatic widening between the supply of registered nurses and the demand for their services. All regions in New Zealand are reporting difficulty in hiring experienced and specialty nurses, and recruiting time is lengthening. This report suggests that the shortage is closely linked to factors in the nursing care environment. As a result of multiple factors during the centralising, cost-containing, acuity-increasing decade of the 1990s, the care environment has driven practising nurses out of acute care settings and discouraged new students from entering the profession. The availability of numerous alternative career opportunities has heightened the effect. Continuing causes to the non-selection of nursing as a profession are the influences of wage compression and limited career progression over the lifetime of the nurse, and insufficient orientation and mentoring of new nurses. Recent changes in the health care system have gone unevaluated and without oversight by nursing regulatory agencies – a situation not in the best interests of patients or nurses. A number of both literature-supported and resourceful approaches, including recommendations towards addressing the nursing shortage are proposed in this review.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1258  
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Author Herbert, B. openurl 
  Title How often do health professionals wash their hands? Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue 13 Pages 29-32  
  Keywords Infection control; Attitude of health personnel  
  Abstract (up) This literature review presents evidence on health professionals' practice in hand washing. The research was primarily quantitative and consistently showed that health professionals did not have a lack of knowledge, but that hand washing was not always done. More qualitative research is required to investigate reasons for this and possible interventions.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1293 Serial 1278  
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Author Carryer, J.B. openurl 
  Title Embodied largeness: A significant women's health issue Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Nursing Inquiry Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 8 Issue 2 Pages 90-97  
  Keywords Nurse-patient relations; Attitude of health personnel; Feminist critique  
  Abstract (up) This paper describes a three-year long research project in which nine large-bodied women have engaged in a prolonged dialogue with the researcher about the experience of being 'obese'. The study involved an extensive review of the multidisciplinary literature that informs our understandings of body size. The literature review was shared with participants in order to support their critical understanding of their experience. The experience of participants raised questions as to how nursing could best provide health-care for large women. An examination of a wide range of literature pertinent to the area of study reveals widespread acceptance of the notion that to be thin is to be healthy and virtuous, and to be fat is to be unhealthy and morally deficient. According to the literature review, nurses have perpetuated an unhelpful and reductionist approach to their care of large women, in direct contradiction to nursing's supposed allegiance to a holistic approach to health-care. This paper suggests strategies for an improved response to women who are concerned about their large body size.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 941 Serial 925  
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