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Author Hill, N.
Title A shared revelation: A comparative, triangulated study on improving quality of life in the terminally ill Type
Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Quality of life; Terminal care; Nursing
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 793 Serial 777
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Author Rydon, S.E.
Title Attitudes, skills and knowledge of mental health nurses: The perception of users of mental health services Type
Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Mental health; Psychiatric Nursing; Patient satisfaction; Attitude of health personnel
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 819 Serial 803
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Author Richardson, S.; Allen, J.
Title Casualization of the nursing workforce: A New Zealand perspective on an international phenomenon Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication International Journal of Nursing Practice Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7 Issue 2 Pages 104-108
Keywords Industrial relations; Organisational change; Nursing; Personnel staffing and scheduling
Abstract A discussion of the increased use of 'casual' nursing staff (those nurses employed on a casual or 'per diem' basis) is presented. Reference is made to related literature, together with consideration of the implications associated with this trend. This issue has international significance, with the increased use of casual staff being widely recognised. A New Zealand perspective is included, with the provision of nursing care at Christchurch Hospital presented to illustrate certain aspects of the discussion. The impact of changing health-care systems and increased emphasis on efficiency and accountability are identified. This change to workplace practice will inevitably affect nursing; possible future developments are considered.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 909 Serial 893
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Author Carryer, J.B.
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 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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Author French, P.
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 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 Wilson, M.
Title Organisational psychopaths and our health culture Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7 Issue 3 Pages 27-29
Keywords Nursing; Leadership; Organisational change
Abstract The author discusses recent research on organisational psychopaths, and suggests it offers an explanation for the state of the health system since managerialism was ushered in through health reforms. She identifies personality traits of organisational psychopaths and of aberrant self-promoters. The author gives her experience of changes to the structure of nursing at a North Island metropolitan public hospital over an 8-year period.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1030 Serial 1014
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Author McKenna, B.; Poole, S.
Title Debating forensic mental health nursing [corrected] Type Miscellaneous
Year 2001 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7 Issue 6 Pages 18-20
Keywords Psychiatric Nursing; Law and legislation; Cross-cultural comparison; History of nursing
Abstract Forensic mental health nursing roles have developed along different lines in the United States and the United Kingdom. The authors suggest that New Zealand nurses consider the evolution of such roles here.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1043 Serial 1027
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Author Spence, D.
Title Experiencing difference in nursing Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 7 Issue 5 Pages 13-15
Keywords Transcultural nursing; Nursing research
Abstract Draws on the author's doctoral thesis to examine the prejudices, paradoxes and possibilities inherent in nursing a person from a culture other than one's own.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1045 Serial 1029
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Author Spence, D.
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 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 Hall, L.
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 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 Hamilton, C.
Title Nursing care delivery Type
Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Nursing
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1133 Serial 1118
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Author Barton, J.
Title Pain knowledge and attitudes of nurses and midwives in a New Zealand context Type
Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal NZNO Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Nursing; Pain management; Attitude of health personnel
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1140 Serial 1125
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Author Cullens, V.
Title Not just a shortage of girls: The shortage of nurses in post World War 2 New Zealand 1945-1955 Type
Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Recruitment and retention; Nursing; History of nursing
Abstract This thesis explores the shortage of general hospital nurses in post World War II New Zealand between 1945 and 1955. Historical inquiry is used to identify the causes of the shortage and the response to the shortage by the Health Department, hospital boards and nurse leaders. Christchurch Hospital, administered by the North Canterbury Hospital Board, is used to illustrate the situation at one large, public, general hospital. Primary sources provided the majority of material which informed this thesis. Two themes emerge regarding the causes of the shortage of nurses: those that were readily acknowledged by nurse leaders and other health professionals at the time, and those which were less widely discussed, but which contributed to the nature of nursing work appearing less attractive to potential recruits. In response to the shortage the Health Department, hospital boards and the New Zealand Registered Nurses Association mounted several recruitment campaigns throughout the decade. As the shortage showed no sign of abatement the focus turned from recruitment to retention of nurses. While salaries, conditions and training were improved, nurse leaders also gave attention to establishing what nurses' work was and what it was not. Nurse leaders and others promoted nursing as a profession that could provide young women with a satisfying lifelong career. Due to these efforts, by 1955, this episode in the cycle of demand and supply of nurses had begun to improve.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1169 Serial 1154
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Author Stolz-Schwarz, P.
Title Barriers to and facilitators of research use in clinical practice for a sample of New Zealand registered nurses Type
Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Nursing; Evidence-based medicine
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1271 Serial 1256
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Author Rowe, W.
Title An ethnography of the nursing handover Type
Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Massey University Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Administration; Nursing; Organisational culture
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Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1272 Serial 1257
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