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Ramsden, I. |
| Title |
Cultural safety and nursing education in Aotearoa and Te Waipounamu |
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| Year |
2002 |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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| Keywords |
Cultural safety; Maori; Nursing; Education |
| Abstract |
The research on which this thesis is based involves both a private narrative and a public narrative, with the story of cultural safety, and the history, theory and the future direction gathered into one qualitative work. The work is divided into three sections. The first is entitled, Ko Wai Matou? The Private Narrative. This section seeks to explore the historical, social, educational, physical, emotional, political and moral influences and ephiphanies which brought about the personality which introduced cultural safety ideas into nursing and midwifery. Early nursing practice is investigated and examples from practice are used to illustrate learning and consolidation of the ideas which led to Cultural Safety Theory. The second section is entitled He Huarahi Hou: A New Pathway. This section explains the progress of the theory and its relationship to education pedagogy and to nursing practice. Comparison between the work of Madeline Leininger and the Transcultural Theory of Nursing and the New Zealand concept of cultural safety is undertaken. The role and application of the Treaty of Waitangi to the theory of cultural safety is explored in this section. The third section, entitled He Whakawhanuitanga: The Public Narrative, looks at the introduction of cultural safety into the nursing education system and its implementation. The public and media reaction to the inclusion of cultural safety in the national examination for nursing registration and the subsequent parliamentary response are noted. The interviews with nursing and midwifery leadership, Maori and pakeha key players in the process and consumer views of the ideas are documented and pertinent excerpts have been included. The work concludes with a discussion on the likely future of cultural safety as a theory and in practice and outlines several issues which represent a challenge to the viability of the concept in nursing and midwifery education. The author notes that the story of cultural safety is a personal story, but also a very public one. It is set in neo-colonial New Zealand, but has implications for indigenous people throughout the world. It is about human samenesses and human differences, but is also a story about all interactions between nurses and patients because all are power laden. Finally, she points out that, although it is about nursing, it is also relevant to all encounters, all exchanges between health care workers and patients. |
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486 |
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Brasell-Brian, R.; Vallance, E. |
| Title |
Clinical practice/education exchange: Bridging the theory-practice gap |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
18 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
17-26 |
| Keywords |
Education; Interprofessional relations |
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This article positions clinical practice/education exchange (CPEE) within nursing literature and presents narrative accounts from a nurse educator and clinician who exchanged jobs for one year. This type of exchange, between education institutes and service areas where students are placed, is a new concept. The aim is to enhance student learning and facilitating meaningful links between theory and practice for them. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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613 |
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Fourie, W.; Oliver, J.D. |
| Title |
Defining currency of practice for nurse educators |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
18 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
30-39 |
| Keywords |
Quality assurance; Professional competence; Education |
| Abstract |
Recent Nursing Council of New Zealand guidelines for competence-based practising certificates and the fact that all nurse educators must have a current practising certificate prompted the Nursing Schools within the Tertiary Accord of New Zealand (TANZ) to explore issues surrounding current competency in practice and how this can be maintained by nurse educators. The authors note that discussions related to competence-based practising certificates generally refer to competence only in terms of direct patient care. They set out to clarify the issue with specific reference to nurse educators who, by the nature of their scope of practice, often do not carry a patient caseload. They review the literature relating to currency of practice and draw on the findings of a survey of TANZ Nursing Schools and provide a position on how currency of practice applies to nurses working in an educational setting. They present strategies to maintain clinical, teaching and scholarly currency and make some suggestions for providing evidence that currency of practice is maintained. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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614 |
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Finlayson, M.; Gower, S.E. |
| Title |
Hospital restructuring: Identifying the impact on patients and nurses |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
18 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
27-35 |
| Keywords |
Quality of health care; Hospitals; Organisational change |
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The authors report a survey of all nurses working in hospitals included in the International Hospital Outcomes Study of staffing and patient outcomes in New Zealand's secondary and tertiary hospitals from 1988-2001. The survey examines the way in which the hospitals have been restructured and analyses patient outcomes. Research has identified links between how nursing is organised in a hospital and that hospital's patient outcomes. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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615 |
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Warren, B.L. |
| Title |
Intramuscular injection angle: Evidence for practice? |
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Miscellaneous |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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18 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
42-51 |
| Keywords |
Patient safety; Immunisation |
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This article presents the findings of a search for evidence to support the 45-60 degree angle of insertion for intramuscular injection of vaccine which is recommended in New Zealand. With the objective of discovering the evidence base for an intramuscular injection angle which differs from that recommended by the World Health Organisation and the accepted practice experienced by the author in the UK, Canada, Malawi and the USA, a comprehensive library and internet literature search was undertaken. Information was also sought by personal correspondence and contact with a range of immunisation specialists. Both the literature specifically on needle angle and that which includes needle angle within a wider investigation of technique is included. Overwhelmingly the evidence supports a 90 degree angle of needle insertion for intramuscular injection as being most effective in terms of patient comfort, safety and efficacy of vaccine. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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616 |
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Ardagh, M.; Wells, E.; Cooper, K.; Lyons, R.; Patterson, R.; O'Donovan, P. |
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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 |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
New Zealand Medical Journal |
Abbreviated Journal |
Access is free to articles older than 6 months, and abstracts. |
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115 |
Issue |
1157 |
Pages |
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Emergency nursing; Time factors; Clinical assessment; Clinical decision making |
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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. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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617 |
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Farrow, T.; McKenna, B.; O'Brien, A.J. |
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Initiating committal proceedings 'just in case' with voluntary patients: A critique of nursing practice |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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| Volume |
18 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
15-23 |
| Keywords |
Patient rights; Law and legislation; Mental health; Nurse-patient relations |
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The authors report a clinical audit that, combined with anecdotal evidence, verifies the practice of putting section 8B medical certificates on the files of voluntary mental health patients at the time of admission. This is seen as a strategy to balance the requirement to support and promote the autonomy of voluntary patients with the need to protect those patients or other people. A conceptual analysis of these issues indicates that such a practice is both legally questionable and ethically inappropriate. The authors suggest an alternative framework for practice that is legally and ethically preferable for both nurses and patients. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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618 |
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Mackay, B. |
| Title |
Leadership development: Supporting nursing in a changing primary health care environment |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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18 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
24-32 |
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Leadership; Professional development; Primary health care; Nursing |
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The author argues that the involvement of nurses in the decision-making of health organisations is essential to maximise the contribution of nurses and promote positive outcomes for patients. She suggests that development of leadership skills will make nurses aware of power structures in the health system and allow them to become interdependent health professionals in primary health organisations (PHO). The particular competencies discussed are those proposed by Van Maurik (1997), namely ability to understand and manage organisational politics, work facilitatively with people and circumstances, and build a feeling of purpose. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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619 |
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McKenna, B. |
| Title |
Risk assessment of violence to others: Time for action |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
18 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
36-43 |
| Keywords |
Mental health; Workplace violence; Risk management; Nursing; Nurse-patient relations; Psychiatric nursing |
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The author performs a literature search on the topics of risk assessment, dangerousness, aggression, and violence in order to determine an evidence-based approach to risk assessment of patient violence towards others. This is set in the context of possible expansion in the scope of practice of mental health nurses, and the prevalence of nurses being assaulted by patients. In the absence of reliable and valid nursing risk assessment measures, the approach suggested here focuses on the use of observation skills to detect behaviour antecedent to physical assault, and the ability to adapt evidence to specific clinical settings. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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621 |
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Horsburgh, M.; Smith, V.A.; Kivell, D. |
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South Auckland community paediatric nursing service: A framework for evaluation |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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18 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
40-49 |
| Keywords |
Paediatric nursing; Community health nursing; Evaluation research |
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This paper describes the Kidz First paediatric community homecare nursing team in South Auckland. While the service was not initially planned as an integrated approach to child health, its evolution reflects the move to more community based care delivery and the expansion of nurse-led initiatives in New Zealand. The components of a community paediatric home nursing team as described by Eaton (2000) are used to provide the framework with which to describe the service. A focus group held with the Kidz First paediatric community homecare nurses has enabled definition of the key nursing components provided to children and their families living in South Auckland. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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622 |
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Farrow, T.; McKenna, B.; O'Brien, A.J. |
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Advanced 'prescribing' of nurses' emergency holding powers under New Zealand mental health legislation |
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Journal Article |
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2002 |
Publication |
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing |
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11 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
164-169 |
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Mental health; Law and legislation; Psychiatric Nursing; Scope of practice |
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A new approach to mental health legislation has seen the involvement of a range of health professionals in legislated mental health roles, including the power of registered nurses to detain patients in hospital under Section 111 of the New Zealand Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act (1992). Under this Section, a nurse who believes that a voluntary patient meets the legal criteria of the Act can independently detain the patient for a period of up to six hours, pending further assessment by a medical practitioner. However, anecdotal evidence and a clinical audit undertaken by the authors suggest some doctors 'prescribe' Section 111 at the time of admission. This practice instructs nurses to initiate Section 111 if particular voluntary patients choose to leave hospital. This study outlines practice issues resulting from 'prescribing' Section 111; provides a legal critique of medical practitioners' involvement in this practice; and makes recommendations for guidelines toward a more constructive use of Section 111. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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651 |
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Nicol, M.J.; Manoharan, H.; Marfell-Jones, M.; Meha-Hoerara, K.; Milne, R.; O'Connell, M.; Oliver, J.D.; Teekman, B. |
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Issues in adolescent health: A challenge for nursing |
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Journal Article |
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2002 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
Abbreviated Journal |
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12 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
155-163 |
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Adolescents; Health education; Health promotion; Nursing; Risk factors; Suicide; Sexual health; Smoking; Mental health |
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This review provides an overview of the health issues for adolescents, and the implications for nursing practice, particularly around health promotion. It looks at the social context of adolescents including peer pressure, along with health issues such as suicide, mental health, sexual health, and smoking. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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712 |
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McKergow, C.R.W. |
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Preparing to care in the 21st century: A personal search for the meaning of ontological competency through an embodied journey of the soul |
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2002 |
Publication |
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Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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Pages |
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Nursing; Professional development; Breast cancer; Cancer |
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This thesis is a philosophical inquiry that reflects a personal search for the meaning of ontological competency undertaken by the author after developing breast cancer. The text weaves together in creative synthesis, a collection of academic and personal writing undertaken during an MA (Applied) in Nursing degree process. Using the work of Dowling Singe (1999), Watson (1999), and Wilber (1985, 1990, 1991 & 2000), the thesis seeks, through the use of reflective autobiographical inquiry (Johnstone 1999a), to explore the personal meaning-making activities engaged in during this time to throw light upon the nature of nurse / nursing being. Exploring developmental schemata drawn from personal experience and illuminated by theory, nurses and nursing are challenged to become more self-reflective and self-aware. To facilitate the personal and professional growth that underpins notions of ontological competency, various aids in the form of maps and models are provided to support a transformative journey into awareness. From this position of expanding consciousness, the nurse / nursing is encouraged to reach beyond current paradigms, metaparadigms, epistemologies, and restrictive philosophies and to yield to the evolutionary imperative that seeks to prepare for a 21st century clinical practice where caring / healing becomes embodied enactment from “the Ground of All Being”. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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774 |
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Farrow, T. |
| Title |
Owning their expertise: Why nurses use 'no suicide contracts' rather than their own assessments |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing |
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11 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
214-219 |
| Keywords |
Interprofessional relations; Psychiatric Nursing; Community health nursing; Qualiltative research; Suicide |
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'No suicide contracts' are a tool commonly used by nurses in community crisis situations. At times this tool is utilised because the clinician believes that it is beneficial. However, there are other occasions when 'No suicide contracts' are introduced in a manner that runs counter to the clinical judgement of the crisis nurse. This paper discusses the results of a qualitative study that addressed the question of why nurses use 'No suicide contracts' in such situations, rather than relying on their own expertise. This analysis suggests that underlying concerns of clinicians can determentally affect decision-making in such circumstances, and recommends that rather than subjugating nursing expertise, underlying issues be addressed directly. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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785 |
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Spence, D.; Fielding, S. |
| Title |
Win-win-win: Collaboration advances critical care practice |
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Journal Article |
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2002 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
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13 |
Issue |
2/3 |
Pages |
223-228 |
| Keywords |
Nursing specialties; Rural nursing; Nursing; Education; Curriculum |
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This paper provides an overview of the structure and processes of an eighteen month, distance education course focused on developing advanced practice in the context of critical care nursing. Within the framework of a Master of Health Science, the postgraduate certificate (critical care nursing) was developed as a collaboration between Auckland University of Technology and two regional health providers. Students enrol in science and knowledge papers concurrently then, in the second half of the course, are supported within their practice environment to acquire advanced clinical skills and to analyse, critique and develop practice within their specialty. This course is set against a background of increasing interest in education post registration. The acquisition of highly developed clinical capabilities requires a combination of nursing experience and education. This requires collaboration between clinicians and nurse educators, and approaches to address accessibility of relevant educational opportunities for nurses outside the country's main centres. |
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878 |
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