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Author Brinkman, A.; Wilson-Salt, R.; Walker, L.
Title Education survey report: Implications for practice Type Report
Year 2008 Publication Abbreviated Journal http://www.nzno.org.nz
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Professional development; Professional Competence; Nursing
Abstract Professional development is an ongoing requirement of nurses as a result of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act. The Act?s principal purpose is to protect the health and safety of the public by ensuring health practitioners are fit and competent to practise. This survey was designed to explore the avenues nurses have taken, and would prefer to take, for their professional development. The questionnaire was sent to a random sample of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation's registered and enrolled nurse members. Nurses overwhelmingly favoured professional development in the workplace. More than half the respondents reported a conflict with other time commitments, while a number of respondents wrote of their desire for work-life balance. The cost of fees, ability to take time off work, and time and travelling distance were all hurdles to professional development. Nurses cited information technology, conflict resolution, managing challenging behaviour, and dealing with rostered & rotating shifts as aspects of their current work for which their nursing education (pre and post) had not adequately prepared them. Nurses also indicated that their pre-registration education in health systems and political processes was inadequate for their current work. As nurses aged, their interest in professional development increased, though many still preferred workplace options. The authors conclude that, in order for professional development opportunities to be accessible and relevant, resources and time must be made available. This is vital to achieve ongoing education of nurses and improved patient outcomes. Management support, combined with effective assessment of learning needs guiding professional development opportunities, are fundamental to ensuring nurse competence.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1329
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Author Brinkman, A.
Title Collating for collaboration: Tertiary education funding structures Type Report
Year 2008 Publication Abbreviated Journal Available from http://www.nzno.org.nz
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Nursing; Education; Policy
Abstract The nursing education environment is complex and varied, and is affected by both the education and health systems. This report backgrounds the funding systems that underwrite the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) processes. The two primary objectives that have guided this collation are: to stimulate awareness and discussion of the issues around funding nursing education in New Zealand; and to promote understanding of the complex funding structures currently in place in New Zealand by students, nurses, nurse educators and nurse managers.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1330
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Author Dawson, A.L.
Title Same person different nurse : A study of the relationship between nurse and patient based on the experience of shifting from secondary care to home based nursing Type
Year 2008 Publication Abbreviated Journal Held by Lakes DHB Library (ROM)
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Abstract A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Nursing.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1370
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Author Atkin, Rachel
Title Discourses of deficiency: An analysis of the critical care outreach literature Type
Year 2008 Publication Abbreviated Journal http://researcharchive.wintec.ac.nz/1/
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Abstract Critical care outreach is part of a new approach to manage all critically ill patients, regardless of where they are located in the hospital. It is the complete process of care that focuses on individual patients needs rather than on beds and buildings. There has been a proliferation of research literature since critical care outreach teams were introduced and subsequently required to provide robust evidence in the form of research to prove the effectiveness of their service. The research conducted by nurses has largely focused on phenomenological inquiry and has utilised methodologies such as questionnaires and interviews.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1376
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Author Robertson, Heather R; Neville, Stephen
Title Health promotion impact evaluation : 'healthy messages calendar (Te maramataka korero hauora)' Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 24 Issue 1 (Mar) Pages p.24-35
Keywords Health promotion; Inequalities; Impact evaluation; Maori health
Abstract Evaluates the project to determine if it was an effective health promotion tool for the dissemination of health information. Obtains qualitative data from 5 focus groups and analyses data using a general inductive approach. Concludes that there are positive links between health promotion practices and the health needs of a local community.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1430
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Author Fernandez, Carole; Wilson, Denise
Title Maori women's views on smoking cessation initiatives Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 24 Issue 2 (Jul) Pages 27-40
Keywords Maori health; Smoking cessation; Primary health-care nursing; Maori-centred research
Abstract Interviews a group of Maori women who have successfully ceased smoking and asks about influences and supportive interventions that helped them quit smoking. Analyses the data using Boyatzis' (1998) approach and identifies two primary themes providing insight for nurses working with Maori women smokers: transmission of whanau values; and factors crucial in influencing change.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1431
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Author Blockley, Colette; Alterio, Maxine
Title Patients' experiences of interpersonal relationships during first time acute hospitalisation Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 24 Issue 2 (Jul) Pages p16-26.
Keywords Acute hospitalisation; Vulnerability; Support; Nurse-patient relationships
Abstract Examines the role of interpersonal relationships on patients' experiences during first time acute hospitalisation. Involving 12 first time acute medical and surgical admission patients, it was developed from a wider study exploring patients' overall experiences. Using a qualitative methodology with data collected by means of personal stories and semi-structured interviews findings suggest that patient vulnerability is reduced through supportive interpersonal relationships and that it is nurses who play a key role in developing and maintaining these relationships with patients.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1432
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Author Yarwood, Judy
Title Nurses' view of family nursing in community contexts: an exploratory study Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 24 Issue 2 (Jul) Pages 41-51
Keywords Family; Family nursing; Community Nurses; Relationships
Abstract Explores, through the use of focus groups, ways in which community based nurses interact with family as a whole. Identifies Public health, Practice, District, Well child health and rural nurses as all having an integral role in building relationships with family to ensure child and family health. Suggests the findings point to a need for the establishment of a recognised family/family health nursing role.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1433
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Author Barton, Pipi; Wilson, Denise
Title Te Kapunga Putohe (the restless hands) : a Maori centred nursing practice model Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 24 Issue 2 (Jul) Pages 6-15
Keywords Maori-centred practice; Nursing model; Maori health; Indigenous; Kaupapa Maori; Maori health
Abstract Notes an absence of nursing practice models focussing on the traditional beliefs of Maori amongst nursing literature. Presents Te Kapunga Putohe (the restless hands) model of Maori centred nursing practice. Illustrates how Maori knowledge and nursing knowledge can be incorporated to deliver nursing care that is both culturally appropriate and can improve the nursing experience for Maori clients.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1434
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Author Wilkinson, Jillian Ann
Title Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing : a struggle for control Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 24 Issue 3 Pages 5-16
Keywords Nurse practitioner; Politics; Autonomy; Unionism
Abstract Traces the constitution and work of the Taskforce, along with the struggle that arose between nursing groups for power to control the future of advanced nursing practice. Backgrounds the factors that led to the withdrawal of the NZ Nurses' Organisation (NZNO) from the Taskforce.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1435
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Author Wilkinson, Jillian Ann
Title Constructing consensus : developing an advanced nursing practice role Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 24 Issue 3 Pages 17-26
Keywords Nurse practitioner; Consensus; Autonomy; Unionism
Abstract Presents a study using a discourse analytical approach to trace the ongoing struggle between nursing groups for power to control the future of advanced nursing practice. Outlines the political discourses dominant in nursing during the period that led to the Nursing Council of New Zealand having regulatory control of the nurse practitioner role.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1436
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Author Smythe, Liz
Title Re-collecting and 'thinking' the story of New Zealand's postgraduate nursing scholarship development Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 24 Issue 3 Pages 27-40
Keywords Scholarship; Postgraduate education; Heidegger
Abstract Looks at the history of postgraduate scholarly nursing study over the past 40 years. Performs hermeneutic analysis of nurse scholars' reflections on nursing finding its own body of knowledge and moving into research.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1437
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Author Watson, Paul
Title Preschool children frequently seen but seldom heard in nursing care Type Journal Article
Year 2008 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 24 Issue 3 Pages 41-48
Keywords Preschool children; Children's voices; Paediatric nursing
Abstract Maintains that children's voices are largely unheard in nursing practice. Recommends the need for research that seeks to understand how preschool children experience being ill and how they communicate those experiences to others.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1438
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Author Kennedy, Wendy Lynette
Title How do Registered Nurses utilise self assessment and performance appraisal to inform their professional practice? Type Book Whole
Year 2008 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 97 p.
Keywords Registered Nurses; Self-assessment; Performance appraisal; Surveys
Abstract Describes an exploratory study of Registered Nurses (RNs) within a local District Health Board which pursued the question of 'if' and 'how' professional practice frameworks assisted nurses in their individual professional practice, specifically self-assessment and performance appraisal. Utilises a qualitative descriptive framework to explore the experiences of RNs in inpatient settings, via questionnaire. Identifies 8 themes related to self-assessment, performance appraisal, and professional practice.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1703
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Author Cumming, Glynis
Title From a generic to a gynaecological oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist: an evolving role Type Book Whole
Year 2008 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 106 p.
Keywords Clinical Nurse Specialist; Nursing role; Patient outcomes; Patient satisfaction; Gynaecology nursing; Oncology nursing
Abstract Explores the role of the generic clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in order to provide clarity and guidance for an evolving Gynaecological Oncology CNS. Undertakes an integrative literature review to identify the generic components of a CNS role, the factors that impact on role development, and to establish what current literature states regarding the impact of the CNS role on patient outcomes. Highlights clinical expert, educator, consultant, researcher and care coordinator as generic components of a CNS role, with relational practice key to improved patient outcomes and satisfaction.
Call Number (down) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1704
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