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Fernandez, Carole; Wilson, Denise |
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Title |
Maori women's views on smoking cessation initiatives |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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24 |
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2 (Jul) |
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27-40 |
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Maori health; Smoking cessation; Primary health-care nursing; Maori-centred research |
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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 @ |
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1431 |
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Blockley, Colette; Alterio, Maxine |
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Title |
Patients' experiences of interpersonal relationships during first time acute hospitalisation |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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24 |
Issue |
2 (Jul) |
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p16-26. |
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Keywords |
Acute hospitalisation; Vulnerability; Support; Nurse-patient relationships |
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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 |
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Title |
Nurses' view of family nursing in community contexts: an exploratory study |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
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24 |
Issue |
2 (Jul) |
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41-51 |
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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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Barton, Pipi; Wilson, Denise |
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Title |
Te Kapunga Putohe (the restless hands) : a Maori centred nursing practice model |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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24 |
Issue |
2 (Jul) |
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6-15 |
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Keywords |
Maori-centred practice; Nursing model; Maori health; Indigenous; Kaupapa Maori; Maori health |
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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. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1434 |
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Wilkinson, Jillian Ann |
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Title |
Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing : a struggle for control |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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24 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
5-16 |
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Keywords |
Nurse practitioner; Politics; Autonomy; Unionism |
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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. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1435 |
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Wilkinson, Jillian Ann |
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Title |
Constructing consensus : developing an advanced nursing practice role |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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24 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
17-26 |
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Keywords |
Nurse practitioner; Consensus; Autonomy; Unionism |
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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. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1436 |
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Author |
Smythe, Liz |
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Re-collecting and 'thinking' the story of New Zealand's postgraduate nursing scholarship development |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
24 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
27-40 |
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Keywords |
Scholarship; Postgraduate education; Heidegger |
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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. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1437 |
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Author |
Watson, Paul |
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Title |
Preschool children frequently seen but seldom heard in nursing care |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
24 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
41-48 |
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Preschool children; Children's voices; Paediatric nursing |
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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. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1438 |
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Author |
Harding, T.S. |
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Title |
Men's clinical career pathways: Widening the understanding |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Klinisk sygepleje |
Abbreviated Journal |
Coda: An institutional repository for the New Zealand ITP sector |
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22 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
48-57 |
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Keywords |
Male nurses; Gender; Careers in nursing |
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This article, drawn from a larger study, reports on the factors that have influenced the choice of a group of New Zealand male nurses' clinical career pathways. Using discourse analysis, interview data from 18 participants were analysed and related to existing literature on male nurses. The analysis revealed that the predominance of men in selected areas of nursing can be attributed to multiple factors including: socialisation pressures that are grounded on gender stereotyping, a desire for challenge, homosocial tendencies, and the belief that multiple work experience equips them to be better nurses. The results challenge essentialist readings of masculinity within the context of nursing and identifies challenges for nursing education and the profession to enable men to contribute more widely to nursing. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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646 |
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Harding, T.S.; North, N.; Perkins, R. |
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Title |
Sexualizing men's touch: Male nurses and the use of intimate touch in clinical practice |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Research & Theory for Nursing Practice |
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Volume |
22 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
88-102 |
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Keywords |
Male nurses; Nurse-patient relations; Gender |
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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 @ |
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960 |
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Gardner, A.; Hase, S.; Gardner, G.; Dunn, S.; Carryer, J.B. |
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Title |
From competence to capability: A study of nurse practitioners in clinical practice |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Journal of Clinical Nursing |
Abbreviated Journal |
Author copy available 12 months after publication from QUT ePrints |
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Volume |
17 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
250-258 |
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Nurse practitioners; Professional competence; Advanced nursing practice; Evaluation |
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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. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ 945 |
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929 |
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Author |
Tweed, C.; Tweed, M. |
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Intensive care nurses' knowledge of pressure ulcers: Development of an assessment tool and effect of an educational program |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
American Journal of Critical Care |
Abbreviated Journal |
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Volume |
17 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
338-347 |
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Intensive care nursing; Training; Evaluation |
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The aim of this study was to assess intensive care nurses' knowledge of pressure ulcers and the impact of an educational programme on knowledge levels. A knowledge assessment test was developed. A cohort of registered nurses in a tertiary referral hospital in New Zealand had knowledge assessed three times: before an educational programme, within two weeks after the programme, and 20 weeks later. Completion of the educational programme resulted in improved levels of knowledge. Mean scores on the assessment test were 84% at baseline and 89% following the educational programme. The mean baseline score did not differ significantly from the mean 20-week follow-up score of 85%. No association was detected between demographic data and test scores. Content validity and standard setting were verified by using a variety of methods. Levels of knowledge to prevent and manage pressure ulcers were good initially and improved with an educational programme, but soon returned to baseline. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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958 |
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Rose, L.; Nelson, S.; Johnston, L.; Presneill, J.J. |
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Workforce profile, organisation structure and role responsibility for ventilation and weaning practices in Australia and New Zealand intensive care units |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Journal of Clinical Nursing |
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Volume |
17 |
Issue |
8 |
Pages |
1035-1043 |
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Advanced nursing practice; Clinical decision making; Intensive care nursing; Cross-cultural comparison |
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The aim of this research is to provide an analysis of the scope of nursing practice and inter-professional role responsibility for ventilatory decision-making in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units (ICU). Self-administered questionnaires were sent to nurse managers of eligible ICUs within Australia and New Zealand. Survey responses were available from 54/180 ICUs. The majority (71%) were located within metropolitan areas and categorised as a tertiary level ICU (50%). The mean number of nurses employed per ICU bed was 4.7 in Australia and 4.2 in New Zealand, with 69% (IQR: 47-80%) of nurses holding a postgraduate specialty qualification. All units reported a 1:1 nurse-to-patient ratio for ventilated patients with 71% reporting a 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio for non- ventilated patients. Key ventilator decisions, including assessment of weaning and extubation readiness, were reported as predominantly made by nurses and doctors in collaboration. Overall, nurses described high levels of autonomy and influence in ventilator decision-making. Decisions to change ventilator settings, including FiO(2) (91%, 95% CI: 80-97), ventilator rate (65%, 95% CI: 51-77) and pressure support adjustment (57%, 95% CI: 43-71), were made independently by nurses. The authors conclude that the results of the survey suggest that, within the Australian and New Zealand context, nurses participate actively in ventilation and weaning decisions. In addition, they suggest, the results support an association between the education profile and skill-mix of nurses and the level of collaborative practice in ICU. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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962 |
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Author |
Goodyear-Smith, F.; Janes, R. |
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New Zealand rural primary health care workforce in 2005: More than just a doctor shortage |
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Year |
2008 |
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Australian Journal of Rural Health |
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16 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
40-46 |
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Personnel; Physicians; Rural health services; Nursing; Primary health care; Pharmacists |
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The aim of this study was to obtain a 2005 snapshot of the New Zealand rural primary health care workforce, specifically GPs, general practice nurses and community pharmacists. A postal questionnaire was distributed to rural general practice managers, GPs, nurses, community pharmacy managers and pharmacists in November 2005. The self-reported data included information on demographics, country of training, years in practice, business ownership, hours worked including on-call, and intention to leave rural practice. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
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966 |
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Curtis, K.; Donoghue, J. |
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The trauma nurse coordinator in Australia and New Zealand: A progress survey of demographics, role function, and resources |
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Year |
2008 |
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Journal of Trauma Nursing |
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15 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
34-42 |
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Emergency nursing; Personnel; Nurse managers; Economics |
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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 @ |
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964 |
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