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Author Parton, Beverley May url  openurl
  Title Maori women, health care, and contemporary realities : a critical reflection Type Book Whole
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 249 p.  
  Keywords Hauora; Maori health; Maori women -- health care; Surveys  
  Abstract Aims to explore the influences on health and health care engagement from the experiences of urban Maori women using Kokiri Marae Health and Social Services (KMHSS), Lower Hutt, NZ. Conducts unstructured interviews which are analysed thematically. Employs the nursing theory of cultural safety, Kawa Whakaruruhau, to inform a qualitative approach to the examination of the historical, social, cultural, economic, political, racial and gendered factors contributing to Maori women's health and health-care engagement. Makes recommendations for nursing practice, research site and research.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ WA 300.KN4 PAR Serial 1429  
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Author Tewin, Maureen Heather url  openurl
  Title Exploring the impact of the lung cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist role on patient care in a regional hospital in New Zealand Type Book Whole
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 193 p.  
  Keywords Lung cancer; Clinical nurse specialist; Patient care; Standards of care; Hospitals  
  Abstract Distributes a questionnaire to 50 members of the multidisciplinary team within a regional lung cancer service to investigate the impact of an advanced nursing role within the team. Performs an audit of five months of clinical data relating to patients cared for by the lung cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist as judged against the MOH Standards of Service Provision for Lung Cancer Patients in New Zealand .  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1576  
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Author Beaver, Peter James url  openurl
  Title Contemporary patient safety and the challenges for New Zealand Type Book Whole
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 329 p.  
  Keywords Patient safety; Hospitals; Accidents; Risk; Surveys  
  Abstract Outlines the history, emergence, necessity, challenges, and strategies of the patient safety movement. Explores the challenges for staff working to reduce harm and implement safety improvement in NZ hospitals. Considers medical harm as a persistent and expensive threat to public health. Analyses health policy in the US, England and NZ using the theory of countervailing powers, and a shift from medical to managerial dominance. Reviews theories of accidents and risk, and the safety improvement literature. Provides staff perspectives from NZ by means of interviews with doctors, nurses and managers in two hospitals.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1578  
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Author Connolly, Megan J url  openurl
  Title Clinical leadership of Registered Nurses working in an Emergency Department Type Book Whole
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 109 p.  
  Keywords Registered nurses; Clinical leadership; Empowerment; Emergency Departments; Surveys  
  Abstract Employs a non-experimental survey design to examine the psychological and structural empowerment, and clinical leadership of Registered Nurses (RNs) working in an adult emergency department (ED) in a large tertiary hospital in Auckland City. Includes qualitative questions relating to those factors that support or inhibit their clinical leadership at point of care.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1579  
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Author Stewart, J.; Floyd, S.; Thompson, S. openurl 
  Title The way we were : collegiality in nursing in the '70s and '80s Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 4-8  
  Keywords Collegiality; Oral history; Focus Groups; History of Nursing; Nursing Training  
  Abstract Reports the findings of oral history research into nurses' experiences of training and working in hospitals in NZ during the 1970s and 1980s and their accounts of early collegiality forged as a result of residential living and training in hierarchical hospitals. Conducts two focus group discussions among 10 long-serving nurses from two district health boards (DHBs).  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1405  
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Author Rhodes, J. openurl 
  Title Using PeerWise in nursing education -- a replicated quantitative descriptive research study Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 10-15  
  Keywords Nursing Education; PeerWise; Quantitative Studies; Surveys  
  Abstract Surveys the views of third-year Bachelor of Nursing students with the aim of replicating or refuting the results from an earlier study on the use of the online learning tool PeerWise in nursing education. Uses a quantitative descriptive research method and survey, as in the earlier study, to determine whether PeerWise does provide a positive medium for nursing students to acquire, extend and revise nursing knowledge. Employs manifest content analysis on the data collected in the first study in 2013.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1406  
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Author Clendon, J.; Tseng, A.; O'Connor, M. (and others) openurl 
  Title Working with young nurses to develop peer-support strategies : evaluation of a participatory project Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 16-23  
  Keywords Workforce Retention; Peer Support; Participatory Research  
  Abstract Evaluates a project undertaken with a group of nurses aged under 30, to identify and implement mechanisms of support for peers in the workplace. Employs a participatory research approach to work with 9 nurses over two years. Conducts two projects : a website with a forum and Facebook page; the Young Nurse of the Year Awards.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1407  
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Author Burke, A.; Walker, L.; Clendon, J. openurl 
  Title Managing intergenerational nursing teams : evidence from the literature Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 24-27  
  Keywords Intergenerational; Multigenerational; Nursing Workforce; Ageing; Workplace Conflict  
  Abstract Examines current literature on the intergenerational nature of the nursing workplace, and presents strategies for creating work environments that acknowledge and cater for differences among nurses spanning four generations. Suggests recommendations to managers and policy-makers on how to utilise generational strengths and minimise intergenerational conflict.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1408  
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Author Whitehead, N.; Parsons, J.; Dixon, R. openurl 
  Title Quality and staffing : is there a relationship in residential aged care? Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 28-35  
  Keywords Residential Aged Care; Nursing Homes; Staffing; Relationships  
  Abstract Explores whether there is a relationship between staffing and quality indicators in residential care of older people, in both rest homes and continuing-care hospitals. Conducts a longitudinal survey of 18 residential-care rest homes and 16 continuing-care hospitals in the greater Auckland region to explore the relationship between direct-care staffing levels, skill mix and quality indicators. Collects data over a 6-month period on type of staffing, including registered nurses, enrolled nurses, and support workers; quality indicators, including falls, new fractures, pressure ulcers, weight loss, urinary tract infections (UTI), poly-pharmacy or multiple medications, presence of indwelling catheters and use of daily restraints. Uses logistic analysis to analyse the inverse relationship between staffing levels and adverse events, and whether there is an association between staff type and the incidence of the five quality indicators.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1409  
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Author Skerman, N.; Manhire, K.; Thompson, S.; Abel, S. openurl 
  Title Extended Plunket Service for vulnerable teenage mothers : well-child nurses' perspectives Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 36-40  
  Keywords Teenage Mothers; Well-Child Nurses; Nurse-Client Relationships; Social Issues; Postnatal Health Services; Surveys  
  Abstract Reports nurses' perspectives on their role in the extended Well Child/Tamariki Ora service to teenage mothers which has been delivered by the Royal NZ Plunket Society since 2011 to adolescent mothers in Hawke's Bay. Focuses on what nurses consider necessary for this client population and the challenges nurses face. Evaluates the service at two intervals : first when the babies were six months old, and second when they were three years. Conducts interviews to identify the factors essential to successful service delivery : trusting nurse/client relationships, strong inter-agency relationships, team-work and support.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1410  
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Author Philips, Hazel; Wilkinson, Jill openurl 
  Title Non-prescribing diabetes nurse specialist views of nurse prescribing in diabetes health Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 31 Issue 1 Pages 5-15  
  Keywords Diabetes nurse specialist; Diabetes nurse prescriber; Registered nurse; Workforce planning  
  Abstract Presents the results of a survey of non-prescribing diabetes nurse specialists' views of prescribing in the wake of a trial and staged implementation of diabetes nurse specialist prescribing. Conducts on online survey of members of the diabetes nurse specialist section of NZNO. Analyses the results descriptively, finding a statistically significant relationship between being a specialist and the intention to prescribe. Avers that for diabetes nurse specialist prescribing to continue, the resources for supervision must be taken into account in workforce planning.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1498  
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Author Adams, Sue; Carryer, Jenny; Wilkinson, Jillian Ann openurl 
  Title Institutional ethnography : an emerging approach for health and nursing research Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 31 Issue 1 Pages 18-26  
  Keywords Institutional ethnography; Ruling relations; Nurse practitioners; Health research; Sociological inquiry  
  Abstract Introduces institutional ethnography as an approach to sociological inquiry for health and nursing research in NZ. Provides an overview, introducing key concepts, and describing how institutional ethnography is used in research on the establishment of nurse practitioners and their services in rural primary health care.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1499  
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Author Garcia, Alicia; Whitehead, Dean; Winter, Helen S openurl 
  Title Oncology nurses' perception of cancer pain: a qualitative exploratory study Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 31 Issue 1 Pages 27-33  
  Keywords Cancer pain; Oncology nurses; Pain assessment; Pain management; Nursing education  
  Abstract Undertakes research to explore how oncology nurses perceive cancer pain in patients. Presents the findings of semi-structured interviews with a sample of 5 registered nurses working in a NZ oncology ward, who reported their responses to under-treatment of cancer pain. Highlights the need to explore cancer pain management with patients.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1500  
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Author Tipa, Zoe; Wilson, Denise; Neville, Stephen; Adams, Jeffery url  openurl
  Title Cultural Responsiveness and the Family Partnership Model Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 35-47  
  Keywords Well-child care; Family partnership model; Child and family nursing; Maori; Biculturalism; Nurse-patient relationship  
  Abstract Investigates the bicultural nature of the Family Partnership Model for working with Maori whanau in the context of well-child care services. Reports a mixed-methods study in 2 phases: an online survey of 23 nurses trained in the Family Partnership Model and 23 not trained in the model; observation of nurses' practice and interviews with 10 matched nurse-Maori client pairs. Identifies 3 aspects of the findings: respectful relationships, allowing clients to lead, and lack of skills.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1501  
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Author Roy, Dianne; Gasquoine, Susan; Caldwell, Shirrin; Nash, Derek openurl 
  Title Health professional and family perceptions of post-stroke information  Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication (up) Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 7-24  
  Keywords Stroke; Patient education; Families; Surveys  
  Abstract Conducts a mixed-methods descriptive survey to ascertain information needs of stroke families, as part of a longitudinal research programme, Stroke Families Whanau Programme. Asks 19 family members and 23 practitioners via interviews their opinions on current resources, and the appropriateness, accessibility, timeliness or omissions in the information provided, following a stroke. Identifies barriers to information provision.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1502  
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