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Author McKelvie, R. openurl 
  Title (up) Partnership in paediatric nursing: A descriptive exploration of the concept and its practice Type
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Paediatric nursing; Parents and caregivers; Children; Relationships  
  Abstract A 50 point research project presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Nursing at Massey University.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 484 Serial 471  
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Author Rameka, M. openurl 
  Title (up) 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 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 Ross, J. openurl 
  Title (up) Perspectives on developing the advanced role of rural nursing in New Zealand Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Health Manager Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 8 Issue 1 Pages 19-21  
  Keywords Rural nursing; Advanced nursing practice; School nursing; Professional competence  
  Abstract The author traces the development of rural nursing, which began as an assistant role for general practitioners, to the present role which incorporates advanced nursing practice. She reports the results of two surveys of nurses' roles and skills, from 1996 and 1999-2000. Specific rural competencies are identified, in managing isolation, professionalism in a small community, nurse/patient relationships in a small community, and independence.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1313 Serial 1297  
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Author Wilson, H.V. openurl 
  Title (up) Power and partnership: A critical analysis of the surveillance discourses of child health nurses Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 36 Issue 2 Pages 294-301  
  Keywords Paediatric nursing; Nurse-family relations; Nursing philosophy; Plunket  
  Abstract The aim of this research was to explore surveillance discourses within New Zealand child health nursing and to identify whether surveillance practices have implications in this context for power relations. Five experienced and practising Plunket nurses were each interviewed twice. The texts generated by these semi-structured interviews were analysed using a Foucauldian approach to critical discourse analysis. In contrast with the conventional view of power as held and wielded by one party, this study revealed that, in the Plunket nursing context, power is exercised in various and unexpected ways. Although the relationship between the mother and the nurse cannot be said to operate as a partnership, it is constituted in the nurses' discourses as a dynamic relationship in which the mother is actively engaged on her own terms. The effect of this is that it is presented by the nurses as a precarious relationship that has significant implications for the success of their work.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1085  
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Author Spence, D. openurl 
  Title (up) 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 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 Clendon, J.; McBride, K. openurl 
  Title (up) Public health nurses in New Zealand: The impact of invisibility Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 17 Issue 2 Pages 24-32  
  Keywords Public health; Nursing specialties  
  Abstract This research study examined the role of the public health nurse. Utilising community needs analysis method, 17 key informants and two focus groups were asked questions to determine perceptions of the public health nurse. Findings indicated that participants lacked knowledge regarding the role. Additional findings intimated that participants had difficulty in accessing public health nurse services and that 'knowing the system' was beneficial to receiving needed care. One of the major conclusions of this study was that many facets of care managed by public health nurses were invisible to the communities in which they work. Conclusions suggest that public health nurses need to enhance their service by improving accessibility to services and promoting their service in a more visible manner.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 643 Serial 629  
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Author Skadiang, K. openurl 
  Title (up) 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 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 Prentice, D.; Hathaway, M. openurl 
  Title (up) Responding to a death from meningococcal disease: A case study Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7 Issue 5 Pages 16-18  
  Keywords Infectious diseases; Public health; Infection control  
  Abstract The public health nurses present a case study on adapting meningococcal disease public health protocols to work with the situation of a Cook Island family following the death of a member from meningococcal disease. They discuss the meningococcal disease epidemic in New Zealand and outline the signs and symptoms of the disease.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1016  
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Author Ross, J. url  openurl
  Title (up) Role identification: An impediment to effective core primary health care teamwork Type
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Multidisciplinary care teams; Teamwork; Primary health care  
  Abstract This study, which is methodologically grounded in qualitative research and philosophically informed by critical social science, explores aspects of the socio-political context in which practice nurses and general practitioners (core primary health care team) work within a team environment. It is indicated in the literature that there are benefits for improved health care through the development of collaborative teamwork. However, there have been many barriers identified which prevent collaborative teamwork. Amongst the many barriers, is the lack of role clarity and attitudinal differences. This thesis explored and highlighted whether the lack of role clarity and attitudinal differences do indeed impede the team's success, and are barriers to teamwork. The views and opinions of practice nurses and general practitioners and the understanding of their own and each other's current roles within the general practice setting were explored. The participants had the opportunity to discuss together, in focus group meetings, their thoughts on the topic. This raised their awareness of their taken for granted ideas on role and teamwork. Focus groups offered the participants the added opportunity to question each other which allowed for a deeper and more fulfilling understanding of role. New understandings that emerged could lead to alternative models of health care and influence the future delivery and planning of general practice. The thesis concludes by offering a potentially suitable model/framework which has been developed to further the understanding of teamwork in the future.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 571  
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Author Rummel, L. openurl 
  Title (up) Safeguarding the practices of nursing: The lived experience of being-as preceptor to undergraduate student nurses in acute care settings Type
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University, Albany, Library  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Preceptorship; Nursing; Education; Identity; Intensive care nursing  
  Abstract This thesis used a Heideggerian Hermeneutic approach to explore the experiences of registered nurses who act as preceptors to undergraduate student nurses. The researcher interviewed fifteen volunteer registered nurses twice as preceptors to investigate their experience. The data generated was audio-taped and analysed. Four dominant themes emerged. The first, 'Becoming attuned – the call', related to registered nurses responding to the call to be preceptors to students in their clinical placement. The second, “The emerging identity of being-as preceptor: keeping the student in mind”, related to preceptors cultivating their own identity as preceptors as they worked with students in the world of nursing practice. The third, 'Assessing where the student is at: the preceptor and preceptee working and growing together', related to a constant evaluation by preceptors of students' knowledge, readiness to learn, and the provision of learning opportunities. The fourth, 'Preceptors as builders of nursing practice through teaching reality nursing', facilitated the preceptee's experience of the real world of nursing practice. An overall constitutive theme: 'Preceptors as the safeguarders of the practices of nursing', emerged as the essence of the experience.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1263  
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Author Clear, G.M.; Carryer, J.B. openurl 
  Title (up) Shadow dancing in the wings: Lesbian women talk about health care Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 17 Issue 3 Pages 27-39  
  Keywords Sexuality; Patient satisfaction; Nursing research; Quality of health care; Feminist critique  
  Abstract A participatory approach, grounded in both critical social and feminist research, was used in this study of seven women who claim being lesbian as part of their identity. With the objective of providing information to enhance safe care provision for this marginalised group, the study explored factors which hindered or facilitated these women's sense of safety related to health care. The findings indicate that barriers to receiving health care exist for these women. As there is little local or international research on lesbians and healthcare, this work offers a starting place for future New Zealand nursing research involving lesbians. The authors encourage other nurses to explore previously ignored sections of our society in order to strive for safety for all those whom nursing serves.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 843  
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Author Giddings, D.L.S.; Smith, M.C. openurl 
  Title (up) Stories of lesbian in/visibility in nursing Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Nursing Outlook Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 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 Peach, J. url  openurl
  Title (up) The contribution of nursing to the health of New Zealand Type
  Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal ResearchArchive@Victoria  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Nursing; Health status  
  Abstract Nursing in New Zealand has been a recognised profession for one hundred years. Throughout this time the profession has made a significant contribution to the health of communities, nationally and internationally. Despite the obvious effort and achievement, the author suggests that the evidence of this contribution is not well known. She goes on to say that nurses, now as never before, are challenged to show how they 'add value' and to explain why nursing expertise is essential to safe service delivery. Finding a way to communicate this contribution has been identified as one of the most important issues facing the profession. This thesis explores the concept of contribution and presents a model, the 'Contribution Model', to show how nursing can articulate the action and achievements that show how nursing professionals have and will continue to contribute to health gain in New Zealand. Through the application of the 'Contribution Model' and framework presented in this thesis, nursing is shown to have made a contribution to health gain by using the broad range of knowledge, skills and experiences in a wide range of settings, to provide care wherever and whenever required. Case studies and scenarios from history, observation and prediction are used to show how the actions and achievements of nursing meet the expectations of individuals, the community and society: past, present and future.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 501 Serial 487  
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Author Spence, D. openurl 
  Title (up) The evolving meaning of 'culture' in New Zealand nursing Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 17 Issue 3 Pages 51-61  
  Keywords Cultural safety; Biculturalism; History of nursing; Maori  
  Abstract The author traces the nursing definition of biculturalism as it has evolved from the colonial period to the present. An examination of nursing literature demonstrates that local understandings of culture have matured beyond anthropological interpretations to a sociopolitical definition of Maori culture. The author suggests that, in nursing, culture has come to mean cultural safety.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 625  
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Author Clendon, J.; White, G.E. openurl 
  Title (up) The feasibility of a nurse practitioner-led primary health care clinic in a school setting: A community needs analysis Type Journal Article
  Year 2001 Publication Journal of Advanced Nursing Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 34 Issue 2 Pages 171-178  
  Keywords Primary health care; Nurse managers; Advanced nursing practice; Community health nursing; School nursing  
  Abstract The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of establishing a nurse practitioner-led, family focused, primary health care clinic within a New Zealand primary school environment as a means of addressing the health needs of children and families. A secondary aim was to ascertain whether public health nurses were the most appropriate nurses to lead such a clinic. Utilising a community needs analysis method, data were collected from demographic data, 17 key informant interviews and two focus group interviews. Analysis was exploratory and descriptive. Findings included the identification of a wide range of health issues. These included asthma management and control issues, the need to address poor parenting, and specific problems of the refugee and migrant population. Findings also demonstrated that participant understanding of the role of the public health nurse was less than anticipated and that community expectations were such that for a public health nurse to lead a primary health care clinic it would be likely that further skills would be required. Outcomes from investigating the practicalities of establishing a nurse practitioner-led clinic resulted in the preparation of a community-developed plan that would serve to address the health needs of children and families in the area the study was undertaken. Services that participants identified as being appropriate included health information, health education, health assessment and referral. The authors conclude that the establishment of a nurse practitioner-led, family focused, primary health care clinic in a primary school environment was feasible. While a public health nurse may fulfil the role of the nurse practitioner, it was established that preparation to an advanced level of practice would be required.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 952  
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