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| Author |
Litchfield, M.; Jonsdottir, H. |
| Title |
A practice discipline that's here and now |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Advances in Nursing Science |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
31 |
Issue  |
1 |
Pages |
79-92 |
| Keywords |
Nursing research; Policy; Nursing philosophy |
| Abstract |
The article is a collaborative writing venture drawing on research findings from New Zealand and Iceland to contribute to the international scholarship on the status and future direction of the nursing discipline. It takes an overview of the international historical trends in nursing knowledge development and proposes a framework for contemporary nursing research that accommodates the past efforts and paradigms of nurse scholars and reflects the changing thinking around the humanness of the health circumstance as the focus of the nursing discipline. It addresses contemporary challenges facing nurses as practitioners and researchers for advancement of practice and delivery of health services, and for influencing health policy. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1174 |
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Wilson, S.; Carryer, J.B. |
| Title |
Emotional competence and nursing education : A New Zealand study |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
24 |
Issue |
1 (Mar) |
Pages |
36-47 |
| Keywords |
Teaching methods; Communication; Nursing; Education; Nursing models |
| Abstract |
Explores the challenges encountered by nurse educators who seek to assess aspects related to emotional competence in nursing students. This emotional competence includes nurses managing their own emotional life along with the skill to relate effectively to the multiple colleagues and agencies that nurses work alongside. The research was designed to explore the views of nurse educators about the challenges they encounter when seeking to assess a student's development of emotional competence during the three year bachelor of nursing degree. Focus groups were used to obtain from educators evidence of feeling and opinion as to how theory and practice environments influence student nurses' development of emotional competence. The process of thematic analysis was utilised and three key themes arose as areas of importance to the participants. These were personal and social competence collectively comprises emotional competence in nursing; emotional competence is a key component of fitness to practise; and transforming caring into practice. The findings of the study indicate a need for definition of what emotional competence is in nursing. It is argued that educators and practicing nurses, who work alongside students, must uphold the expectation that emotional competence is a requisite ability and should themselves be able to role model emotionally competent communication. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
451 |
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| Author |
Jacobs, S.; Boddy, J.M. |
| Title |
The genesis of advanced nursing practice in New Zealand: Policy, politics and education |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
24 |
Issue |
1 (Mar) |
Pages |
11-22 |
| Keywords |
Nurse practitioners; History of nursing; Policy; Scope of practice |
| Abstract |
This contemporary historical study examines the health sector environment of the 1990s and the turn of the 21st century, and assesses the policy initiatives undertaken to advance nursing in New Zealand during that period. The authors look at the conditions and forces that saw nursing achieve a new emphasis on advanced and expanded scope of nursing practice, less than a decade after the commencement of New Zealand's first pre-registration nursing degrees. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
452 |
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| Author |
Diers, D. |
| Title |
“Noses and eyes”: Nurse practitioners in New Zealand |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
24 |
Issue |
1 (Mar) |
Pages |
4-10 |
| Keywords |
Cross-cultural comparison; Nurse practitioners; History of nursing |
| Abstract |
Principles for understanding and evolving nurse practitioner practice, politics and policy are distilled from 40 years of experience in the United States and Australia. The issues in all countries are remarkably similar. The author suggests that some historical and conceptual grounding may assist the continuing development of this expanded role for nursing in New Zealand. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
965 |
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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 |
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| 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. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1430 |
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| Author |
Wilson, D.; Neville, S.J. |
| Title |
Nursing their way not our way: Working with vulnerable and marginalised populations |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
27 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
165-176 |
| Keywords |
Maori; Geriatric nursing; Nurse-patient relations |
| Abstract |
This paper uses the findings of two studies to explore the nature of nurses' practice when working with vulnerable and marginalised populations, particularly with regard to the attributes of holism and individualised care. The first study was with the elderly with delirium and used a critical gerontological methodology informed by postmodernism and Foucault's understanding of discourse. The other study with indigenous Maori women utilised Glaserian grounded theory informed by a Maori-centred methodology. The findings show that a problem focussed approach to health care is offered to patients that does not incorporate individual health experiences. In addition, the social context integral to people's lives outside of the health care environment is ignored. Consequently, the foundations of nursing practice, that of holism, is found to be merely a rhetorical construct. |
| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 799 |
Serial |
783 |
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| Author |
Walsh, K.; Moss, C.; Lawless, J.; McKelvie, R.; Duncan, L. |
| Title |
Puzzling practice: A strategy for working with clinical practice issues |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
14 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
94-100 |
| Keywords |
Nursing philosophy; Clinical decision making; Problem solving |
| Abstract |
The authors share the evolution of innovative ways to explore, 'unpack' and re-frame clinical issues that exist in everyday practice. The elements of these processes, which they call 'puzzling practice', and the techniques associated with them, were delineated over a two year period by the authors using action theory based processes. The authors have evolved several different frameworks for 'puzzling practice' which they draw on and use in their practice development work and in research practice. This paper pays attention to a particular form of puzzling practice that they found to be useful in assisting individual clinicians and teams to explore and find workable solutions to practice issues. In this example 'puzzling practice' uses seven different elements; naming the issue; puzzling the issue; testing the puzzle; exploring the heart of out practice; formulating the puzzle question; visualising the future; and generating new strategies for action. Each of the elements is illustrated by the story and the key foundations and ideas behind each element is explored. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
838 |
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| Author |
DeSouza, R. |
| Title |
Wellness for all: The possibilities of cultural safety and cultural competence in New Zealand |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Journal of Research in Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
13 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
125-135 |
| Keywords |
Cultural safety; Nursing models; Cross-cultural comparison; Maori |
| Abstract |
The author contends that responses to cultural diversity in nursing need to consider the theory and practice developments of the profession, whilst also responding to broader social and historical process that prevent marginalised groups from utilising universal health services. A combination of approaches is suggested in this paper to meet these two imperatives. Cultural safety is one indigenous New Zealand nursing approach derived in response to inequalities for Maori, whereas cultural competence is an imported paradigm derived from a multicultural context. Furthermore, research and dialogue are required to examine points of complementarity and tension. This paper offers a beginning for this process. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 943 |
Serial |
927 |
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| Author |
Gardner, A.; Hase, S.; Gardner, G.; Dunn, S.; Carryer, J.B. |
| Title |
From competence to capability: A study of nurse practitioners in clinical practice |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Journal of Clinical Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
Author copy available 12 months after publication from QUT ePrints |
| Volume |
17 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
250-258 |
| Keywords |
Nurse practitioners; Professional competence; Advanced nursing practice; Evaluation |
| Abstract |
This research aimed to understand the level and scope of practice of the nurse practitioner in Australia and New Zealand further using a capability framework. The original study, from which the present paper was developed, sought to identify competency standards for the extended role of the nurse practitioner in Australia and New Zealand. In doing so the researchers became aware that while competencies described many of the characteristics of the nurse practitioner they did not manage to tell the whole story. In a search of the literature, the concept of capability appeared to provide a potentially useful construct to describe the attributes of the nurse practitioner that went beyond competence. A secondary analysis of data obtained from the interviews with 15 nurse practitioners working in Australia and New Zealand was undertaken. The analysis showed that capability and its dimensions is a useful model for describing the advanced level attributes of nurse practitioners. Thus, nurse practitioners described elements of their practice that involved: using their competences in novel and complex situations as well as the familiar; being creative and innovative; knowing how to learn; having a high level of self-efficacy; and working well in teams. This study suggests dimensions of capability need to be considered in the education and evaluation of nurse practitioners. |
| Call Number |
NRSNZNO @ research @ 945 |
Serial |
929 |
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| Author |
Harding, T.S.; North, N.; Perkins, R. |
| Title |
Sexualizing men's touch: Male nurses and the use of intimate touch in clinical practice |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Research & Theory for Nursing Practice |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
22 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
88-102 |
| Keywords |
Male nurses; Nurse-patient relations; Gender |
| Abstract |
Drawn from a larger study, this article reports the experiences of a group of male nurses regarding the use of intimate physical touch. Using discourse analysis, interview data from 18 male nurses were analysed and related to existing text on men as nurses. The analysis reveals that although touch is important in nursing care, it is problematic for men because discourses have normalised women's use of touch as a caring behaviour and have sexualised men's touch. Participants described their vulnerability, how they protected themselves from risk, and the resulting stress. The complicity of nurses in sexualising men's touch and the neglect of educators in preparing men for providing intimate care are revealed. A paradox emerged whereby the very measures employed to protect both patients and men as nurses exacerbate the perceived risk posed by men carrying out intimate care. The authors suggest that deconstructing and reframing prevailing discourses around nursing, gender, and caring involving touch can help to legitimise men's involvement in physical caring. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
960 |
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Kool, B.; Thomas, D.; Moore, D.; Anderson, A.; Bennetts, P.; Earp, K. |
| Title |
Innovation and effectiveness: Changing the scope of school nurses in New Zealand secondary schools |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
32 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
177-180 |
| Keywords |
School nursing; Maori; Pacific peoples; Socioeconomic factors; Evaluation; Scope of practice |
| Abstract |
The aim of this research was to describe the changing role of school nurses in eight New Zealand secondary schools from low socio-economic areas with high Pacific Island and Maori rolls. An evaluation of a pilot addressing under-achievement in low-decile schools in Auckland(2002-05) was made. Annual semi-structured school nurse interviews and analysis of routinely collected school health service data were undertaken. Two patterns of school nurse operation were identified: an embracing pattern, where nurses embraced the concept of providing school-based health services; and a Band-Aid pattern, where only the basics for student health care were provided by school nurses. The researchers conclude that school nurses with an embracing pattern of practice provided more effective school-based health services. School health services are better served by nurses with structured postgraduate education that fosters the development of a nurse-practitioner role. The researchers go on to say that co-ordination of school nurses either at a regional or national level is required. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
963 |
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| Author |
Curtis, K.; Donoghue, J. |
| Title |
The trauma nurse coordinator in Australia and New Zealand: A progress survey of demographics, role function, and resources |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Journal of Trauma Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
15 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
34-42 |
| Keywords |
Emergency nursing; Personnel; Nurse managers; Economics |
| Abstract |
An initial profile of the demographics and current practice of Australian trauma nurse coordinators (TNCs) was conducted in 2003. The study identified common and differing role components, provided information to assist with establishing national parameters for the role, and identified the resources perceived necessary to enable the role to be performed effectively. This article compares the findings of the 2003 study with a 2007 survey, expanded to include New Zealand trauma coordinators. Forty-nine people, identified as working in a TNC capacity in Australia and New Zealand, were invited to participate in February 2007. Participation in the research enabled an update of the previously compiled Australia/New Zealand trauma network list. Thirty-six surveys (71.5% response rate) were returned. Descriptive statistics were undertaken for each item, and comparisons were made among states, territories, and countries. Participants reported that most of their time was spent fulfilling the trauma registry component of the role (27% of total hours), followed by quality and clinical activities (19% of total hours), education, and administration. The component associated with the least amount of time was outreach (3% of total hours). Although the proportion of time has almost halved since 2003, TNCs still spend the most time maintaining trauma registries. Compared to the 2003 survey, Australian and New Zealand TNCs are working more unpaid overtime, spending more time performing quality and clinical activities and less time doing data entry. Despite where one works, the role components identified are fulfilled to a certain extent. However, the authors conclude that trauma centres need to provide the TNC with adequate resources if trauma care systems are to be optimally effective |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
964 |
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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 |
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| 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. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1431 |
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| Author |
Blockley, Colette; Alterio, Maxine |
| Title |
Patients' experiences of interpersonal relationships during first time acute hospitalisation |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| 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. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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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 |
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| Volume |
24 |
Issue |
2 (Jul) |
Pages |
41-51 |
| Keywords |
Family; Family nursing; Community Nurses; Relationships |
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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. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1433 |
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