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Author Nicol, M.J. openurl 
  Title The teaching of genetics in New Zealand undergraduate nursing programmes Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication Nurse Education Today Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume 22 Issue 5 Pages 401-408  
  Keywords Curriculum; Nursing; Education  
  Abstract This paper reports the results of a survey to determine how much genetics is taught in the bioscience component of the three-year Bachelor of Nursing degree offered by 16 tertiary education institutes in New Zealand. A questionnaire was mailed to the bioscience lecturers seeking information on the bioscience and genetics content of current programmes. They were also asked to indicate their perception of the impact and relevance of new genetic knowledge on health care and nursing education. Results indicated that on average 250-350 hours are devoted to the teaching of biosciences. Less than 10 hours are devoted to genetics at 66% of institutes, one institute did not teach any aspect of genetics. None of the institutes taught more than 20 hours of genetics in the programme, although 47% of lecturers said they would like to teach more genetics if there were more time available in the curriculum. Lecturers teaching bioscience to Bachelor of Nursing students are aware of the importance of genetics in health care and to nursing in particular, and the majority are of the opinion that more genetics should be included in undergraduate programmes, however 'curriculum crowding' is a problem.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1076  
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Author Crowe, M. openurl 
  Title Reflexivity and detachment: A discursive approach to women's depression Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication Nursing Inquiry Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume 9 Issue 2 Pages 126-132  
  Keywords Gender; Mental health; Psychiatric Nursing; Culture  
  Abstract This paper explores a discursive approach to understanding women's depression by presenting the results of research into women's narratives of their experiences. The discursive approach taken acknowledges women's immersion in cultural practices that determine the subject positions available to them and places a value on attributes of reflexivity and detachment that are not usually associated with their performance. The social and cultural context of the individual's experience is significant because if the focus is simply on the individual this supposes that the problem lies solely with the individual. An understanding of cultural expectations and their relation to mental distress is important to mental health nursing practice. The psychotherapeutic relationship that is fundamental to mental health nursing practice requires an understanding of the meaning of individual's responses in their cultural context in order to provide facilitative and meaningful care for the women that they nurse.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1077  
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Author Kirkham, S.; Smye, V.; Tang, S.; Anderson, J.; Blue, C.; Browne, A.; Coles, R.; Dyck, I.; Henderson, A.; Lynam, M.J.; Perry, J.(see also C.); Semeniuk, P.; Shapera, L. openurl 
  Title Rethinking cultural safety while waiting to do fieldwork: Methodological implications for nursing research Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication Research in Nursing & Health Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume 25 Issue 3 Pages 222-232  
  Keywords Cultural safety; Hospitals; Health behaviour; Culture; Nursing research  
  Abstract The authors trace a series of theoretical explorations, centered on the concept of cultural safety, with corresponding methodological implications, engaged in during preparation for an intensive period of fieldwork to study the hospitalisation and help-seeking experiences of diverse ethnocultural populations.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1078  
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Author Kyle, W. openurl 
  Title Dementia specific nursing in New Zealand: History and practice today Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume 8 Issue 14 Pages 3-9  
  Keywords Dementia; Nursing specialties  
  Abstract The author examines influences on contemporary dementia specific nursing practice. She addresses the current situation and future developments in this area.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1079  
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Author McLeland, A.; Williams, A. openurl 
  Title An emancipatory praxis study of nursing students on clinical practicum in New Zealand: Pushed to the peripheries Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication Contemporary Nurse Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 185-193  
  Keywords Nursing; Education; Clinical supervision; Preceptorship  
  Abstract The purpose of this qualitative study was to analyse the learning experiences of nine nursing students on clinical placement in New Zealand. The students were in their third and final year of their baccalaureate nursing degree. The study specifically examined what impinged upon their learning experience in the clinical venue. Data was obtained from interviewing the students, initially individually and finally in a focus group. Themes emerged through words and concepts as the data was analysed. The themes included powerlessness; marginalisation; the move from a holistic to a reductionist approach in care; the exploitation of minority students and the myth of praxis. Clinical practice was a time for nursing students to apply their knowledge to their practice, and to gain experience and confidence. Their clinical practice was normally a positive experience, but, each student spoke of the occasional negative episode. These left them with feelings of powerlessness and marginalisation. The Maori students felt exploited. The students were concerned about the lack of time to debrief at the end of the day, and to share their experiences with their educator and colleagues. The students' negative experiences were often the result of a clinical practitioner's high workload, under resourcing and the nurse educator's unavailability.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1081  
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Author Garrod, A. openurl 
  Title Cultural safety: Living with disability Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication Whitireia Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume 9 Issue Pages 14-19  
  Keywords Cultural safety; People with disabilities; Nursing models  
  Abstract This article outlines some of the health experiences and concerns of people with physical and/or mental disabilities. These experiences and concerns are explored within the context of the practice of cultural safety. In 1996, the Nursing Council of New Zealand adopted its definition of cultural safety and defines 'culture', in the context of 'cultural safety', as involving all people who are not part of the culture of nursing. Each person with a disability is unique, and they may also be part of a larger disability culture, which has its own shared experiences, values, beliefs and lifestyles. People with disabilities are also a minority within the population. Therefore, any power they might have within their own culture is minimal, compared to the advantages enjoyed by the rest of the population.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1082  
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Author Milligan, K. openurl 
  Title Aesthetic knowledge and the use of arts in nursing Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication Beginning Journeys: A Collection of Work Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume 7 Issue Pages 9-14  
  Keywords Nursing philosophy; Nursing; Education; Teaching methods  
  Abstract The author considers aesthetic knowing and the use of the arts in nursing. She identifies concepts that pertain to the art of nursing. The interrelationship of the moral sense and the art of nursing is explored. The author concludes that the mediums of non-fiction, fiction and poetry can provide valuable contributions to the aesthetic way of knowing in nursing education, practice and research.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1094  
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Author Bickley, J. openurl 
  Title A study of medical, nursing, and institutional not-for-resuscitation (NFR) discourses Type
  Year 2002 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume Issue Pages 317 pp  
  Keywords Clinical decision making; Attitude of health personnel; Hospitals; Terminal care  
  Abstract This study investigates the way that medical, nursing and institutional discourses construct knowledge in the specific context of Not-for-resuscitation (NFR)in a New Zealand general hospital where NFR guidelines are available in the wards and from the regional ethics committee. The thesis argues that there are ranges of techniques that staff use to construct NFR knowledge, enacted through various forms of speech and silence, which result in orderly and disorderly experiences for patients nearing death. The study was conducted through a critical analysis of the talk of health professionals and the Chairperson of the Regional Ethics Committee.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1117  
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Author Haggerty, C. openurl 
  Title Preceptorship for entry into practice Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication Whitireia Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume 9 Issue Pages 7-13  
  Keywords Preceptorship; Psychiatric Nursing; Nursing; Education  
  Abstract The author examines some of the issues affecting preceptorship in relation to a graduate diploma programme of psychiatric mental health nursing. Previous research by the author lead to recommendations on clarifying the roles and responsibilities of those involved in the programme, and improving preceptor selection, training, support and evaluation. By providing such clarity and support, the preceptor role in the clinical setting is given the best chance to succeed.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1295  
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Author Tautua, Pelei openurl 
  Title Exploring primary health care nursing for child and family health (specifically targeting 0-5 year's age group). Margaret May Blackwell Travel Study Fellowship for Nurses of Young Children 2002 Type Report
  Year 2002 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume Issue Pages 82 p.  
  Keywords Primary health care – Nursing; Pacific Islanders – Health; Child health services; Family health  
  Abstract Compares the delivery models used by primary health-care nurses in Auckland for follow-up services aimed at Pacific children discharged from hospital with preventable illnesses, with similar services and programmes in Tonga and Samoa. Also compares NZ and Pacific Island programmes to promote immunisation and breastfeeding. Part of the Margaret May Blackwell Scholarship Reports series.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1420  
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Author Holdaway, Maureen Ann url  openurl
  Title A Maori model of primary health care nursing Type Book Whole
  Year 2002 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up)  
  Volume Issue Pages 192 p.  
  Keywords Primary health care nursing; Maori women's health; Maori model of health; Kaupapa Maori research; Health reforms; Health policy; Surveys  
  Abstract Identifies how traditional nursing practice in Maori communities may be enhanced. Highlights the need for nursing to broaden concepts of health, community, and public health nursing, to focus on issues of capacity-building, community needs, and a broader understanding of the social, political, cultural, and economic contexts of the communities primary health-care nurses serve. Explores how health is experienced by Maori women during in-depth interviews using critical ethnographic method, underpinned by a Maori-centred approach. Articulates a model of health that is a dynamic process based on the restoration and maintenance of cultural integrity, derived from the principle of self-determination.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1809  
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Author Ardagh, M.; Wells, E.; Cooper, K.; Lyons, R.; Patterson, R.; O'Donovan, P. url  openurl
  Title Effect of a rapid assessment clinic on the waiting time to be seen by a doctor and the time spent in the department, for patients presenting to an urban emergency department: A controlled prospective trial Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication New Zealand Medical Journal Abbreviated Journal (up) Access is free to articles older than 6 months, and abstracts.  
  Volume 115 Issue 1157 Pages  
  Keywords Emergency nursing; Time factors; Clinical assessment; Clinical decision making  
  Abstract The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that triaging certain emergency department patients through a rapid assessment clinic (RAC) improves the waiting times, and times in the department, for all patients presenting to the emergency department. For ten weeks an additional nurse and doctor were rostered. On the odd weeks, these two staff ran a RAC and on even weeks, they did not, but simply joined the other medical and nursing staff, managing patients in the traditional way. During the five weeks of the RAC clinic a total of 2263 patients attended the emergency department, and 361 of these were referred to the RAC clinic. During the five control weeks a total of 2204 patients attended the emergency department. There was no significant difference in the distribution across triage categories between the RAC and non-RAC periods. The researchers found that the rapid management of patients with problems which do not require prolonged assessment or decision making, is beneficial not only to those patients, but also to other patients sharing the same, limited resources.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 617  
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Author Litchfield, M. openurl 
  Title The successful design and delivery of rural health services: The meaning of success Type Report
  Year 2002 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) Accessible from www.moh.govt.nz  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Rural health services; Management; Primary health care  
  Abstract A report on the analysis of data from an in-depth survey designed by Sue Dawson, previously Rural Health Researcher in the Centre for Rural Health, and follow-up interviews. The study purpose was to construct a definition of ?successful design and delivery of rural health services? as a step towards a measurement tool. Participants were grouped as general practitioners (GPs), nurses and community representatives. A format for a participatory approach to evaluation of rural health services is derived from the criteria of success identified, with its relevance for the implementation of the new Government primary health care strategy explicit. This format provided the basis for a subsequent evaluation case study undertaken in a small rural forestry township by the Centre for Rural Health.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1328  
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Author Gohns, A. url  openurl
  Title Management of opioid substitution treatment in the primary health care setting: A national training course for service providers Type Journal Article
  Year 2002 Publication New Zealand Family Physician Abbreviated Journal (up) Full text online from the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners' website  
  Volume 29 Issue 3 Pages 172-175  
  Keywords Pharmacology; Evaluation; Primary health care  
  Abstract The aim of this research was to describe a national opioid treatment training programme that was introduced into primary health care, and evaluate its effectiveness following its first year of operation. The programme was introduced as a strategy to recruit, train and support a primary health care workforce in the provision of methadone treatment. For the evaluation a written questionnaire was sent to the general practitioner, practice nurse and pharmacist participants of training programmes held throughout New Zealand in 2000. One hundred and forty-five (98%) participants reported that the overall quality of the course was good or better, and that relevant issues were, in general, covered. However a recurring theme related to difficulties in designing a course relevant to the three different professional groups, with some material not equally applicable to all. Another prominent theme pertained to the issue of funding. general practitioners lamented the failure to address the issue of transferring patients from a free specialist clinic to their practice for care. The evaluation of this pilot programme indicates that this training in methadone maintenance treatment was well-received by primary health care providers. However, the author notes that there is no benchmark with which to compare it.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1099  
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Author Adams-Smith, P.H. url  openurl
  Title An exploration of issues of primary health services for Taranaki Te Atiawa children based on the expectations and perceptions of their female caregivers Type
  Year 2002 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) http://hdl.handle.net/10063/75  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Parents and caregivers; Primary health care; Access; Maori; Children  
  Abstract The intention of this research is, through collaborative discussion and selective conversations, to explore female caregivers' expectations and perceptions of primary health services for some Te Atiawa Maori children. The research process was developed in a partnership between the Maori women participants and the researcher. In addition, two local kuia actively participated in and supported the process. Emancipatory critical social theory underpinned and informed the project. Power relationships between the researcher and the participants can be overtly explored within this theoretical framework. In terms of this particular exploratory study, participatory research appeared to be applicable. The participants are female caregivers of Te Atiawa children. Data collection was done using group interactions and semi-structured interviews in the winter of the year 2000. A thematic analysis of the data was used, in which common themes were identified, compared and discussed. From the analysis of the data of the participants' conversations, key ideas were identified. The major findings have been identified within two main themes. These are: a concept of health is not the same for Pakeha as for Maori, and access issues are still problematic for the participants in this study. Many quotes from the interview participants are included in order to keep the focus of the project on the voices of the women interviewed. In terms of the significant contribution of this research, this study aims to allow voices of female caregivers of Te Atiawa Maori children to be heard. Individual and collaborative interactions offer insights into what is important to them in terms of Maori child health. Clearly, the primary health initiatives promoted by the New Zealand government are not reaching at least some of the people for whom they are intended. The research participants offered their ideas as to how these deficits could be remedied in their community.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1216  
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