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Farrow, T. |
Title  |
'No suicide contracts' in community crisis situations: A conceptual analysis |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
10 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
199-202 |
| Keywords |
Mental health; Community health nursing; Psychology; Suicide |
| Abstract |
'No suicide contracts' take the form of a 'guarantee of safety', along with a 'promise' to call specified persons if the suicidal ideation becomes unmanageable for the person concerned. They are commonly used in community crisis situations with suicidal people in New Zealand. This article describes and analyses the use of 'no suicide contracts' in these settings. It is argued that the theoretical base (transactional analysis) of the 'no suicide contract' is likely to be deleterious in the community crisis situation. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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779 |
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Vallance, E.; Scott, S. |
| Title |
A critique of problem-based learning in nursing education and the contribution it can make toward beginning professional practice, part one |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
19 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
41-51 |
| Keywords |
Nursing; Education; Critical thinking; Problem solving; Nursing; Teaching methods |
| Abstract |
Within New Zealand nursing education there appears to be a widespread acceptance of problem-based learning and an assumption that the strategies it uses are unproblematic. A review of the literature however, reveals that problem-based learning has drawbacks that may inhibit the achievement of desired graduate outcomes. It seems timely for nurse educators to exercise caution in uncritically accepting problem-based learning approaches and using them as the predominant approach to teaching and learning. To this end, a two-part critique of this teaching and learning method is presented. Part one critiques the methods of problem-based learning, discussing self-directed learning, the group process, self-assessment, and content knowledge. Part two explores the philosophical underpinnings of problem-based learning, and the so-called 'fit' within nursing. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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556 |
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| Author |
Vallance, E.; Scott, S. |
| Title |
A critique of problem-based learning in nursing education and the contribution it can make toward beginning professional practice, part two |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
19 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
40-49 |
| Keywords |
Problem solving; Critical thinking; Nursing; Education |
| Abstract |
In this article, the second of two, the literature is examined to determine the ability of problem-based learning to develop professional nursing practice. Professional practice depends on critical thinking for the development of both rational problem-solving skills and critical reflective thinking. This article proposes that problem-based learning has the potential to develop the critical thinking skills required for problem solving and decision-making. However problem-based learning is less likely to promote the critical reflective thinking without which the transformative practice needed to drive health gains in the 21st century is unlikely to emerge. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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555 |
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Pearson, J.R. |
| Title |
A discussion of the principles of health promotion and their application to nursing |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Whitireia Nursing Journal |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
10 |
Issue |
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Pages |
23-34 |
| Keywords |
Health promotion; Nursing |
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| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 1088 |
Serial |
1073 |
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| Author |
Farrell, E. |
| Title |
A lamp to light the way: Public health nurses' perceptions and experiences of professional/clinical supervision |
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| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Auckland University of Technology |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Public health; Nursing; Clinical supervision; Professional competence |
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| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 887 |
Serial |
871 |
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| Author |
Ellis, T. |
| Title |
A multidimensional approach to caring for a patient with breast cancer: A case study |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Vision: A Journal of Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
Available online from Eastern Institute of Technology |
| Volume |
11 |
Issue |
17 |
Pages |
15-19 |
| Keywords |
Case studies; Breast cancer; Nursing; Cancer; Oncology |
| Abstract |
This story follows the nursing care of a woman in her mid forties, diagnosed with breast cancer. The case study follows her from the diagnosis and decision to undergo a mastectomy, and the requirements of nursing care through that process. It discusses the emotional and physical preparation necessary for surgery, perioperative care, multidisciplinary care, and issues around body image post-mastectomy. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1301 |
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| Author |
Adams, K. |
| Title |
A postmodern/poststructural exploration of the discursive formation of professional nursing in New Zealand 1840 – 2000 |
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2003 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Victoria University Library |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
History of nursing; Careers in nursing; Nursing philosophy |
| Abstract |
This study examines the discursive formation of professional nursing in one country, as revealed by the history of nursing in New Zealand. Michel Foucault's approach to historical research signifies a different level of analysis from conventional approaches, focusing not on the history of ideas but on an understanding of the present, a history of the present. A genealogical method derived from Foucauldian poststructuralism reveals how different understandings of nursing have occurred and have governed nursing practices and scholarship in different historical contexts. The archaeological investigation in this study reveals two moments of epistemic transformation, that is, two intervals of mutation and discontinuity. The Nightingale era in the 1880s precipitated the first epistemic shift – premodernism to modernism. The transfer of nursing education from hospital based training to the tertiary education sector, followed by the introduction of the baccalaureate degree, precipitated the second epistemic shift in the 1990s, the advent of postmodernism. Encompassing these two epistemes, six historical contexts are identified, where significant disruptions to the nursing discourses overturned previously held assumptions about what constituted a nurse. Each historical context is identified by specific discursive constructs. The first is colonial caring, the second the Nightingale ethos and the third heroic, disciplined obedience. In the fourth context, nursing is framed by, and within, discourses of skilled, humanistic caring, in the fifth, scientific, task focused managerialism, and in the 1990s, the sixth context, by multiple realities in an age of uncertainty. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 1258 |
Serial |
1243 |
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| Author |
Pirret, A.M. |
| Title |
A preoperative scoring system to identify patients requiring postoperative high dependency care |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Intensive & Critical Care Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
19 |
Issue |
5 |
Pages |
267-275 |
| Keywords |
Hospitals; Quality of health care; Surgery; Nursing; Clinical assessment |
| Abstract |
The incidence of postoperative complications is reduced with early identification of at risk patients and improved postoperative monitoring. This study describes the development and effect of a nursing preoperative assessment tool to identify patients at risk of postoperative complications and to reduce the number of acute admissions to ICU/HDU. All surgical patients admitted to a surgical ward for an elective surgical procedure (n=7832) over a 23-month period were concurrently scored on admission using the preoperative assessment tool. During the time period studied, acute admissions to ICU/HDU reduced from 40.37 to 19.11%. Only 24.04% of patients who had a PAS >4 were identified by the surgeon and/or anesthetist as being at risk of a postoperative complication, or if identified, no provision was made for improved postoperative monitoring. This study supports the involvement of nurses in identifying preoperatively patients at risk of a postoperative complication and in need of improved postoperative monitoring. The postoperative monitoring requirements for the PAS >4 patients were relatively low technology interventions. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 904 |
Serial |
888 |
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McKenna, B.; Poole, S.; Smith, N.A.; Coverdale, J.; Gale, C. |
| Title |
A survey of threats and violent behaviour by patients against registered nurses in their first year of practice |
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Miscellaneous |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
12 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
56-63 |
| Keywords |
New graduate nurses; Workplace violence; Occupational health and safety; Training; Mental health; Psychiatric nursing |
| Abstract |
For this study, an anonymous survey was sent to registered nurses in their first year of practice. From the 1169 survey instruments that were distributed, 551 were returned completed (a response rate of 47%). The most common inappropriate behaviour by patients involved verbal threats, verbal sexual harassment, and physical intimidation. There were 22 incidents of assault requiring medical intervention and 21 incidents of participants being stalked by patients. Male graduates and younger nurses were especially vulnerable. Mental health was the service area most at risk. A most distressing incident was described by 123 (22%) of respondents. The level of distress caused by the incident was rated by 68 of the 123 respondents (55%) as moderate or severe. Only half of those who described a most distressing event indicated they had some undergraduate training in protecting against assault or in managing potentially violent incidents. After registration, 45 (37%) indicated they had received such training. The findings of this study indicate priorities for effective prevention programmes. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
649 |
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| Author |
Speed, G. |
| Title |
Advanced nurse practice |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Nursing dialogue: A Professional Journal for nurses |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
10 |
Issue |
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Pages |
6-12 |
| Keywords |
Nurse practitioners; Cross-cultural comparison; Law and legislation; Advanced nursing practice |
| Abstract |
The concept and characteristics of advanced nursing practice in New Zealand and overseas is compared with the nurse practitioner role. There is an international debate over definitions of advanced nursing and the range of roles that have developed. The rationale for the nurse practitioner role in New Zealand is examined, along with the associated legislation currently before Parliament. Job titles and roles of nurses within the Waikato Hospital intensive care unit are discussed and ways of developing the role of nurse practitioner are presented. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1096 |
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| Author |
Jacobs, S. |
| Title |
Advanced nursing practice: Time and meaning |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
19 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
29-39 |
| Keywords |
Advanced nursing practice; Nurse practitioners; Professional development; History of nursing |
| Abstract |
The particular, contemporary meanings ascribed to “advanced nursing practice” in New Zealand have been debated and delineated in the 1990s, culminating in the launch of the nurse practitioner role at a conference sponsored by the Ministry of Health and the Nursing Council of New Zealand in August, 2001. Drawing on archival materials, documents, other texts and voices, this article explores the evolution of connotations and meanings of the word “advanced” as applied to nursing in New Zealand. The focus is on clinical practice, research, teaching, consulting, higher education, and advancement of the profession. Historical aspects of advancement in New Zealand nursing are examined, including registration, unsupervised practice, technical specialisation, and career development. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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552 |
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| Author |
Connor, M. |
| Title |
Advancing nursing practice in New Zealand: A place for caring as a moral imperative |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
19 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
13-21 |
| Keywords |
Advanced nursing practice; Ethics; Professional competence; Nurse-patient relations |
| Abstract |
The author argues that the framework of competencies required for advanced nursing practice should include a moral dimension in order to take account of relational as well as functional competencies. There is no recognition of the relational competencies required to practice caring as a moral imperative. The Nursing Council of New Zealand expects that nurses will practise 'in accord with values and moral principles'. The paper explores the history of two nursing discourses, that which sees nursing as a functional occupation and that which emphasises the relationship between nurse and patient. A practice exemplar is used to demonstrate positive outcomes from advanced relational competencies. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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553 |
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Cowan, L.M.; Deering, D.; Crowe, M.; Sellman, D.; Futterman-Collier, A.; Adamson, S. |
| Title |
Alcohol and drug treatment for women: Clinicians' beliefs and practice |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
12 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
48-55 |
| Keywords |
Psychiatric Nursing; Substance abuse; Gender; Attitude of health personnel; Alcoholism; Drug abuse |
| Abstract |
The present paper reports on the results of a telephone survey of 217 alcohol and drug treatment clinicians on their beliefs and practice, in relation to service provision for women. Nurses comprised the second largest professional group surveyed. Seventy-eight percent of clinicians believed that women's treatment needs differed from men's and 74% reported a range of approaches and interventions, such as assisting with parenting issues and referral to women-only programmes. Several differences emerged in relation to approaches and interventions used, depending on clinician gender, work setting and proportion of women on clinicians' caseload. Implications for mental health nursing include the need to more systematically incorporate gender-based treatment needs into practice and undergraduate and postgraduate education and training programmes. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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652 |
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| Author |
Jenkinson, F.H. |
| Title |
An evaluation of nursing documentation as it relates to pro re nata (prn) medication administration |
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| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Massey University Library |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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| Keywords |
Drug administration; Psychiatric Nursing; Administration; Mental health |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 875 |
Serial |
859 |
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| Author |
Scott, S.; Johnson, Y.; Caughley, B. |
| Title |
An evaluation of the new graduate orientation programme: Introduced at Capital Coast District Health Board's Wellington Hospital in March 1998 |
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Report |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
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Abbreviated Journal |
Massey University Library |
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Issue |
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Pages |
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New graduate nurses; Hospitals |
| Abstract |
This report presents a longitudinal research study which evaluated the effectiveness of the twelve months New Graduate Orientation Programme introduced at Capital Coast District Health Board's Wellington Hospital in March 1998. The programme was implemented to assist new nursing graduate's transition into the role of registered nurse. The evaluation project took place over a three-year period. Three annual intakes of new graduates enrolled in the New Graduate Orientation Programme were surveyed by questionnaire on their completion of the programme. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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1156 |
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