Adams, S., Boyd, M., Carryer, J., Bareham, C., & Tenbensel, T. (2020). A survey of the NP workforce in primary healthcare settings in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1523).
Abstract: Describes the demographics, distribution, clinical settings and employment arrangements of the NZ nurse practitioner (NP) workforce in primary healthcare settings, and organisational factors limiting their practice. Surveys 160 NPs and finds that general practice and aged residential care were the most common clinical settings.
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Hunt, G., Verstappen, A., Stewart, L., Kool, B., & Slark, J. (2020). Career interests of undergraduate nursing students: A ten-year longitudinal study. Nurse Education in Practice, 43.
Abstract: Describes career interests of over 500 undergraduate nursing students in New Zealand over a ten-year period. Invites all Bachelor of Nursing cohorts commencing between 2006 and 2016 to complete a questionnaire which includes questions about their career interests. Identifies emergency care and child health as strongest career interests at entry, with child health and surgery the prevailing interests at exit.
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Tarihoran, E., Honey, M., & Slark, J. (2023). Younger women's experiences of stroke: A qualitative study. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 39(1). Retrieved May 19, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36951/001c.73355
Abstract: Aims to explore the experiences of younger women who have had a stroke to understand their experience and support needs, using a qualitative description approach and conducting a focus group discussion to collect data. Enrols five participants aged 18 to 64 years at the time of stroke, to collect data from which four themes and 11 sub-themes emerged. Notes the complexity of younger women's burdens after stroke.
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Marshall, D. (2023). The impact of simulation-based learning activity using actor patients on final year nursing students' learning. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 39(2). Retrieved May 19, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36951/001c.87843
Abstract: Investigated final-year nursing students' perception of the effectiveness of a ward-based simulation learning activity using actor patients. Conducts focus group interviews after the simulation and three months later after clinical placement. Identifies three themes: decreasing the theory-practice gap; decision-making; nursing behaviour.
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Fostekew, S. L., Andersen, P. R., & Amankwaa, I. (2023). Addison's disease and adrenal crisis: a phenomenological study of the patient experience. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 39(2). Retrieved May 19, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36951/001c.90846
Abstract: Describes the lived experiences and issues central to patients with Addison's disease during hospitalisation due to adrenal crisis. Explores the experiences of six participants who had undergone one or more of these crises, and analyses the experiences using Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis. Three themes emerge: response, adjustment, and learning. Develops the Addison's and Adrenal Crisis Patient Experience model from the analysis
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Komene, E., Sami, L., Wiapo, C., Davis, J., & Adams, S. (2023). Whakaropu: an exemplar fostering professional development and cultural growth with a collective grouping of Maori and Pacific nurses. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 39(2). Retrieved May 19, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36951/001c.90845
Abstract: Reports on the experiences of five Maori and two Pacific nurses, and three senior indigenous nurse leaders, of being involved in a whakaropu (collective grouping) to attend and present at the National Enrolled Nurse Conference. Conducts face-to-face and online interviews with the members of the group to determine the value of the innovation to foster learning experiences for Maori and Pacific nurses.
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Montayre, J., Neville, S., Dimalapang, E., & Ferguson, C. (2022). Cardiovascular health profile of Filipinos living in New Zealand: A cross-sectional survey. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 38(1). Retrieved May 19, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org.10.36951/27034542.2022.05
Abstract: Examines the status and factors contributing to the cardiovascular health of Filipino immigrants by means of a cross-sectional survey adapted from the NZ Health Survey. Presents an odds ratio for at least one cardiovascular risk factor based on a number of factors. Asserts that risk reduction strategies should be targeted to meet the specific ethno-cultural needs of Filipinos.
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Komene, E., Adams, S., & Clark, T. (2022). Korero mai: A Kaupapa Maori study exploring the experiences of whanau Maori caring for tamariki with atopic dermatitis. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 38(2). Retrieved May 19, 2024, from http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36951/27034542
Abstract: Explores the experiences of Maori parents caring for their children with atopic dermatitis. Conducts face-to-face interviews to uncover the experiences of 6 families dealing with the condition. Identifies five common themes, highlighting the importance of matauranga Maori to the families in supporting their children.
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Crossan, M., Honey, M., Wearn, A., & Barrow, M. (2022). Fundamentals of care in pre-registration nursing curricula: Results of a national survey. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 38(2).
Abstract: Argues that the Fundamentals of Care (FOC) conceptual framework is essential for nursing schools to teach and on which to assess nursing students for clinical competency. Provides a national overview of undergraduate pre-registration nursing curricula in NZ, exploring what and how schools of nursing teach and assess FoC. Distributes a cross-sectional descriptive questionnaire to course coordinators between 2019 and 2020, revealing variations in how FOC is taught and the lack of standardisation in course design. Highlights the opportunity for the Nursing Council to develop a national, evidenced-based FOC educational strategy.
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Cook, C., Brunton, M., Chapman, M. K., & Roskruge, M. (2021). Frontline nurses' sensemaking during the initial phase of the COVID19 pandemic in 2020 Aotearoa New Zealand. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 37(3).
Abstract: Identifies the impact of the pandemic on front-line nurses, based on qualitative data from a national mixed-methodology study done between October and December 2020. Conducts 29 interviews via Zoom and telephone with nurses in a range of front-line clinical roles. Highlights the place of organisational culture, communication and clinical leadership in either strengthening or weakening professional commitment.
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Collins, E., & Honey, M. (2021). Access as an enabler and an obstacle to nurses' use of ICT during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of a national survey. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 37(3).
Abstract: Conducts an exploratory study to understand nurses' use of technology during the COVID-19 lockdown, in particular which information and communication technologies (ICT) were being used and how nurses felt about using ICT in their practice. Selects an anonymous online survey, with both open- and closed-ended questions, as a safe data-collection method during level 3 lockdown (from March to May 2020), via social media and email networks. Analyses 220 responses from nurses regarding access issues with ICT, with technical support, connectivity, and with patients and colleagues.
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Jamieson, I., Harding, T., Withington, J., & Hudson, D. (2019). Men entering nursing: has anything changed? Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 35(2).
Abstract: Conducts thematic analysis to identify two predominant gender scripts: of nursing as women's work, and that men who nurse are homosexual. Notes the associated themes of the effect of negative stereotyping on male nurses' career choice, and their resistance to the stereotype of normative masculinity. Considers that the same barriers to men becoming nurses have remained unchanged since first identified and discussed in the 1960s.
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Water, T., McCall, E., Britnell, S., Rea, M., Thompson, S., & Mearns, G. (2018). Paediatric nurses' understanding and utilisation. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 34(1).
Abstract: Explores how nurses working in a tertiary-level paediatric health-care facility understand research and evidence-based practice. Offers a descriptive, self-reporting, anonymous questionnaire to 600 paediatric nurses, asking both quantitative and qualitative questions on attitudes, knowledge and barriers relating to research and evidence-based practice utilisation. Identifies the barriers to undertaking research/evidence-based practice in paediatric nursing practice.
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Mowatt, R., & Haar, J. (2018). Sacrifices, benefits and surprises of internationally-qualified nurses migrating to New Zealand from India and the Philippines. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 34(3).
Abstract: Examines the experiences of internationally-qualified nurses from the
Philippines and India upon migration to NZ. Employs an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study to survey the migrant nurses and to identify dominant themes.
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Wilkinson, J., Nevills, S., Huntington, A., & Watsoon, P. (2016). Factors that influence new graduates' preferences for specialty areas. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 32(1).
Abstract: Reports a survey of nurses who had registered with the Nursing Council of New Zealand in 2012, exploring factors that influenced their preference for three government priority specialty areas: primary health care, mental health and aged-related residential care. Backgrounds the national pilot of the Advanced Choice of Employment system to recruit graduating and newly-graduated registered nurses into 2 first-year practice programmes.
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