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Author Garrod, A.
Title Cultural safety: Living with disability Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Whitireia Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal
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 Wilkinson, J.A.
Title A mantle of protection? A critical analysis of the personal safety of district nurses Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Whitireia Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal Whitireia Community Polytechnic and Massey University libraries
Volume 9 Issue 30-6 Pages 30-36
Keywords Occupational health and safety; Workplace violence; District nursing
Abstract This qualitative inquiry, informed by Critical Social Theory, explored the personal safety experiences of district nurses in a New Zealand city.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 1083
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Author Haggerty, C.
Title Preceptorship for entry into practice Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Whitireia Nursing Journal Abbreviated Journal
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 Kyle, W.
Title Dementia specific nursing in New Zealand: History and practice today Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal
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 Warren, S.
Title Cultural safety, where does it fit? A literature review Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Vision: A Journal of Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 8 Issue 14 Pages 27-30
Keywords Cultural safety; Cross-cultural comparison; History of nursing
Abstract This literature review discusses the history of the inclusion of culture into nursing studies. There is a small sample of overseas literature for critique with a focus on the inclusion of cultural safety in New Zealand. The concept of cultural safety was first introduced into New Zealand in the late 1980s. It was adopted by the New Zealand Nursing Council for nurses and midwives in 1992 and became part of the basic curriculum for nursing and midwifery education.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 1095 Serial 1080
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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.
Title Rethinking cultural safety while waiting to do fieldwork: Methodological implications for nursing research Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Research in Nursing & Health Abbreviated Journal
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 Davy, R.
Title Strategy to increase smear testing of older women Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Practice nurse: Official Journal of the New Zealand College of Practice Nurses Abbreviated Journal
Volume 2 Issue 3 Pages 13-14
Keywords Health promotion; Older people; Screening
Abstract The author presents a project to increase enrolments of women aged 60-69 years in the cervical screening programme. The programme included provision of packages comprising fliers, counter signs, stickers, postcards and pens to 1387 women's groups or locations where women gather. The author collates and analyses calls to the advertised 0800 telephone number, smear tests at the Well Women's Nursing Trust, and enrolment rates on the Cervical Screening Register from June to August 2001.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 637 Serial 623
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Author Brasell-Brian, R.; Vallance, E.
Title Clinical practice/education exchange: Bridging the theory-practice gap Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 17-26
Keywords Education; Interprofessional relations
Abstract 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.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 613
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Author Fourie, W.; Oliver, J.D.
Title Defining currency of practice for nurse educators Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
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.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 614
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Author Finlayson, M.; Gower, S.E.
Title Hospital restructuring: Identifying the impact on patients and nurses Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 18 Issue 2 Pages 27-35
Keywords Quality of health care; Hospitals; Organisational change
Abstract 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.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 615
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Author Warren, B.L.
Title Intramuscular injection angle: Evidence for practice? Type Miscellaneous
Year 2002 Publication (down) Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 18 Issue 2 Pages 42-51
Keywords Patient safety; Immunisation
Abstract 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.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 616
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Author Farrow, T.; McKenna, B.; O'Brien, A.J.
Title Initiating committal proceedings 'just in case' with voluntary patients: A critique of nursing practice Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 18 Issue 2 Pages 15-23
Keywords Patient rights; Law and legislation; Mental health; Nurse-patient relations
Abstract 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.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 618
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Author Mackay, B.
Title Leadership development: Supporting nursing in a changing primary health care environment Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 18 Issue 2 Pages 24-32
Keywords Leadership; Professional development; Primary health care; Nursing
Abstract 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.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 619
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Author Carryer, J.B.; Budge, C.; Russell, A.
Title Measuring perceptions of the Clinical Career Pathway in a New Zealand hospital Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 18 Issue 3 Pages 18-29
Keywords Professional development; Careers in nursing; Nursing; Hospitals
Abstract The authors outline the Clinical Career Pathways (CCPs) for nurses, which were first established in New Zealand during the late 1980s. This paper introduces a new instrument, the Clinical Career Pathway Evaluation Tool (CCPET) designed to assess nurses' and midwives' knowledge of and attitudes towards their Clinical Career Pathway. The 51 item instrument takes the form of a self-report questionnaire. The development of the CCPET is described and results from an initial application of the instrument with 239 nurses and midwives in a New Zealand hospital are presented. Results indicate that knowledge levels were moderate in this sample and were correlated with both positive and negative attitudes. Results of t-test comparisons indicated that, on average, the group who had already completed a CCP portfolio had greater knowledge and more positive attitudes than the group who had not.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 634 Serial 620
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Author McKenna, B.
Title Risk assessment of violence to others: Time for action Type Journal Article
Year 2002 Publication (down) Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 36-43
Keywords Mental health; Workplace violence; Risk management; Nursing; Nurse-patient relations; Psychiatric nursing
Abstract 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.
Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 621
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