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Author McKelvie, R.
Title 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 Uren, M.
Title Nursing: A model for management: Why nurses are well equipped to be leaders of the future? Type
Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal Victoria University of Wellington Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Nurse managers; Nursing; Leadership
Abstract The subject of nursing leadership is approached by reviewing the literature of two prominent nursing theorists, Patricia Benner and Jean Watson, and the literature of transformational leadership. Common themes are identified. An exhortation is offered to nurses to consider that the caring characteristics of nurses are what is required in the corporate world of management. Chapter 1, questions whether nursing and management are different worlds or shared realities. It outlines the author's experience of practising as a manager in a complex organisation and the seeming barriers that exist between managers and nurses and management and nursing. A questioning of those barriers became the impetus for the review. Chapter 2, outlines the work of Patricia Benner and Jean Watson. Caring is identified as a core concept which is said to differ significantly from a conventional understanding of helping and is inextricably linked to a profound understanding of what it means to be human. Chapter 3, reviews the literature of contemporary managers who are exploring a transformed approach to leadership and management. Six themes are identified that are common to nursing theory and transformational leadership theory. Chapter 4, acknowledges that despite the similarities between nursing and contemporary management thought, there remains a gap between nurses and management. Rather than feeling optimistic about the future, and confident in assuming leadership roles, many nurses feel defeated and fearful about the future. It is suggested that this may be a consequence of bad experience of leadership, of loss of joy of caring and of failure to value the strength residing in the collective community of nurses. Nurses are encouraged to recognise that their knowledge and experience of caring and wholeness, healing, sharing and enabling, are the attributes that equip them to be leaders of the future health and corporate world.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 573 Serial 559
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Author Grayson, S.
Title Nursing management of the rheumatic fever secondary prophylaxis programme Type
Year 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal University of Auckland Library
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Community health nursing; Management; Nursing specialties
Abstract
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 576 Serial 562
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Author Jackson, H.
Title Compassion: A concept exploration Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 17 Issue 1 Pages 16-23
Keywords Ethics; Nursing philosophy
Abstract This paper explores the nature of compassion and posits it as a moral virtue that requires the nurse to act in the presence of suffering. Compassion is defined in relation to suffering and reciprocity, and distinguished from sympathy and pity.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 638 Serial 624
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Author Noble-Adams, R.
Title 'Exemplary' nurses: An exploration of the phenomenon Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 17 Issue 1 Pages 24-33
Keywords Nurse-patient relations; Nursing; Professional competence
Abstract This paper examines the phenomenon of exemplary nursing. It includes a literature review to identify the characteristics of good nurses. These include particular personality traits, altruism, caring, expert practice, vocation, commitment and attitude. Aspects of the nurse-patient relationship with such nurses is described.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 640 Serial 626
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Author Hughes, F.
Title Locating health policy and nursing: Time for a closer relationship Type Journal Article
Year 2001 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 17 Issue 3 Pages 5-14
Keywords Policy; Nursing
Abstract This paper outlines the role that policy and nursing have in a demanding and changing health care environment. It shows the basic tenets of policy, and provides strategies to enable nurses to increase their involvement in policy-making.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 641 Serial 627
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Author Clendon, J.; McBride, K.
Title 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 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
Abstract
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
Abstract
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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