Harrison, I., & Mercer, C. (2021). Rapid antigen detection testing for diagnosis of group A streptococcus (GAS) in children. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 12(1), 63–65.
Abstract: Evaluates the use of the rapid antigen detection tests (RADT) to diagnose group A streptococcus (GAS) in children with pharyngitis symptoms. Suggests that using RADT for GAS as part of diagnostic screening my help to reduce rheumatic fever hospital admission rates.
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Hart, M. (2018). Reducing poverty by addressing equity with a focus on prenatal alcohol exposure and inter-generational trauma: Identify, address and remove systemic barriers. Margaret May Blackwell Travel Study Fellowship Reports. Wellington: New Zealand Nursing Education and Research Foundation.
Abstract: Travels to Australia and Canada to examine public health efforts in those countries to inform pregnant women about the risks of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), particularly among indigenous populations. Studies regional initiatives around NZ to inform the establishment of a preventive and assessment programme in the Bay of Plenty DHB.
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Harvey, G. (2022). 'Thank you for telling our story...': An exploration of the needs of migrant nurses undergoing competence assessment for New Zealand registration. Master's thesis, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin.
Abstract: Seeks to give voice to migrant nurses, using case-study methodology to highlight their experience of the competence assessment process. Distributes a questionnaire to a group of 22 newly-arrived IQNs, and conducts interviews with 10 IQNs who had been working in NZ for several years. Uncovers the motivations among the first group and reflections on the Competence Assessment Programme (CAP) among the second. Makes recommendations for CAP training based on the results of the study.
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Haufe, B., & Honey, M. (2019). Role of whanau in self-management for adults receiving haemodialysis in Aotearoa New Zealand: a qualitative study. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 35(3), www.nursingpraxis.org. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/10.36951/NgPxNZ.2019.011
Abstract: Explores the role of family/whanau on self-management of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Conducts semi-structured interviews with 7 haemodialysis patients, of which 5 were Maori, about their perspectives on whanau's role. Highlights 3 themes: whanau support, whanau importance and whanau hindrance.
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Hawes, P. C. (2016). What educational and other experiences assist recently qualified nurses to understand and deal with clinical risk and patient safety? Master's thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.
Abstract: Interviews 9 nurses in their first year of clinical practice to investigate how newly-qualified nurses recognise and develop those skills relating to clinical risk and patient safety. Identifies workplace culture, clinical role models, exposure to the clinical environment, experiential learning, narrative sharing, debriefing and simulation as contributing to learning and understanding clinical risk and safe patient care. Considers strategies to facilitate professional development.
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Heath, S., Clendon, S., & Hunter, R. (2020). Fit for educational purpose? : the findings of a mixed methods study of nurses' decisions to participate in professional development and recognition programmes. SCOPE (Health and Wellbeing), 5. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.34074/scop.3005008
Abstract: Reports findings from a mixed-methods study that examined nurses' decisions to participate in a PDRP. Considers the obstacles nurses face when making the decision to submit a portfolio and asks whether PDRP is still fit for purpose.
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Hendry, C. (2024). A process to inform rural nursing workforce planning and development. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, . Retrieved May 19, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36951/001c.115490
Abstract: Describes a four-stage project to identify the current status of the nursing and support-worker workforce to develop a plan to match community health needs: profiles current population and health resources available in the community; profiles the current nursing workfoece; surveys local nurses regarding current work and future plans; seeks perspectives of local nurses, health managers and community representatives on strategies to sustain a future nursing workforce. Focuses primarily on the first two stages of the project.
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Henry, A. (2020). Staying at home: A qualitative descriptive study on Pacific palliative health. Master's thesis, University of Otago, Christchurch.
Abstract: Develops an understanding of the experiences of, and barriers for Pacific peoples in Canterbury utilising palliative care services. Considers the strengths and enablers for Pacific peoples accessing palliative care services and how such services, including home based palliative care, could better serve this community. Undertakes interviews using a semi-structured question guide, with nine family members who had provided palliative care within the last three years.
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Hinvest, K. (2020). The meaning of nurses' caring for clinically-deteriorating patients. Master's thesis, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland.
Abstract: Reveals and explores the stories of ten Registered Nurses working in Acute Assessment Units caring for clinically-deteriorating patients. Uses the perspectives of hermeneutic phenomenology to explore the meaning of nurses caring for such patients. Conducts semi-structured interviews with the RNs identifying three main themes.
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Holdaway, M. A. (2002). A Maori model of primary health care nursing. Doctoral thesis, Massey University, Palmerston North.
Abstract: Identifies how traditional nursing practice in Maori communities may be enhanced. Highlights the need for nursing to broaden concepts of health, community, and public health nursing, to focus on issues of capacity-building, community needs, and a broader understanding of the social, political, cultural, and economic contexts of the communities primary health-care nurses serve. Explores how health is experienced by Maori women during in-depth interviews using critical ethnographic method, underpinned by a Maori-centred approach. Articulates a model of health that is a dynamic process based on the restoration and maintenance of cultural integrity, derived from the principle of self-determination.
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Holloway, K. (2012). The New Zealand nurse specialist framework: Clarifying the contribution of the nurse specialist. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 13(3), 147–153.
Abstract: Presents an overview of the NZ Nurse Specialist Framework (NZNSF), developed through a consensus approach as part of a doctoral study, and which provides an over-arching structure to support coherence, clarity and consistency for nurse specialists. Maintains that the framework supports workforce policy makers in planning effective utlisation of the nurse specialist in health care delivery.
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Holloway, K., Baker, J., & Lumby, J. (2009). Specialist nursing famework for New Zealand: A missing link in workforce planning. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 10(4), 269–275.
Abstract: Explores the NZ context underpinning adequate specialist nurse workforce supply, contending that effective workforce planning would be supported by the
development of a single unified framework for specialist nursing practice in NZ, with the potential to support accurate data collection and to enable service providers to identify and plan transparent and transferable pathways for specialist nursing service provision and development. Argues that advanced practice nursing frameworks assist in increasing productivity through building an evidence base about advanced practice, enhancing consistency and equity of expertise, supporting a reduction in role duplication, and enabling succession planning and sustainability.
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Honey, M., Collins, E., & and Britnell, S. (2020). Education into policy: Embedding health informatics to prepare future nurses -- New Zealand case study. JMIR Nursing, 3(1). Retrieved May 19, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16186
Abstract: Explores how health informatics can be included in undergraduate health professional education. Uses a case study approach to consideer health informatics within undergraduate nursing education in NZ, leading to the development of nursing informatics guidelines for nurses entering practice.
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Howorth, G. E. G., & Sculley, D. 'arna. (2020). Socioeconomic factors and the impact on health and social outcomes for mental-health consumers: a literature review. Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services, 27, 9–15.
Abstract: Explores the role of socioeconomic deprivation in determining mental health. Applies literature review findings to the case study of a middle-aged male Maori who has had several periods of imprisonment and multiple compulsory admissions to mental health inpatient units. Discusses deprivation, anti-social behaviour and criminal offending in the context of Mills's concept of the sociological imagination.
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Hughes, F., Blackwell, A., Bish, T., Chalmers, C., Foulkes, K., Irvine, L., et al. (2021). The coming of age: Aged residential care nursing in Aotearoa New Zealand in the times of COVID-19. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 37(3).
Abstract: Provides a commentary on the work of executive nurses within the Nursing Leadership Group of the New Zealand Aged Care Association as COVID-19 spread into some aged residential care (ARC) facilities in early 2020 and threatened the health and wellbeing of many residents and nurses. Examines how the Group influenced the agenda and implementation of policies for ARC and brought the voice of nursing and residents of aged care to the forefront at national and regional levels.
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