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Pybus, M. W., & Thomson, M. (1979). Health awareness and health actions of parents health. Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: The parents of 238 children in standard one (7 – 8 year olds) in two localities in New Zealand (one group chosen randomly, the other a census of a small community) were interviewed about health matters. Objectives of the study were:1. To describe parents understanding of the nature of health.2. Their understanding of threats to their health.3. To describe actions they take to promote their own and their children's health.Few respondents describe health as being just the absence of illness: the concept of energy is important in many descriptions of health. Threats to the health of children are seen as coming more from the environment as compared with adults, for whom more threats are seen as having a physiological origin. Only 13% of adults thought that they put a lot of effort into keeping healthy. The underlying rationale is the recognition of the importance of people's own actions in the attainment and maintenance of health
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King, B. E., & Fletcher, M. P. (1979). Nursing staff employed by hospital boards in New Zealand, 1977 and 1979. Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: The primary purposes of this paper were: to return to hospital boards the results of the analysis of information on a National level, that they had provided individually, to provide an indication of the absolute size of the Nursing workforce in public hospitals in the two years for which the comparable information was available, to illustrate the potential use of basic information to depict the real size of the Nursing workforce at National, regional and local level
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Kapoor, S. D. (1979). The development of effective learning to help nurses achieve their professional obligation. Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: Research paper presented as part of the requirements for Nursing Studies component of a B.A. Degree Wellington Victoria University, Wellington
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Nevatt, E. A. (1979). The place of the problem oriented record in nursing practice. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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Bird, A. (1979). Social withdrawal among early patients in a long-stay psychiatric ward. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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McIntosh(nee Martison), M. J. (1979). The effect of pre-information on clinical inference and nursing actions. Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: A study to examine the effects of pre- information ( what a Nurse learns about a patient before they meet) on clinical inference and Nursing actions, in a simulated Nurse- Patient situation. It was hypothesised that the nature of the pre-information will influence the way the patient is perceived and the resulting Nursing actions. The research was conducted in an obstetrical setting. There were 55 subjects within three groups. Two groups comprised student midwives and the third group was of second year comprehensive Nursing students near completion of clinical experience in maternal and child health nursing. A 5 minute videotape sequence of a role played post natal patient was made for use in the research. All subjects were given the same initial pre-information, viewed the videotape and gave written description of what they saw on the videotape and their response ( as the Nurse in the situation). This data provided a base line for each subject. Subject were then given additional pre-information concerning the patient's physical condition, her baby's condition or formed part of the control group ( receiving no additional information) The procedure was repeated. These responses were then compared with the base line for each subject. Responses were coded by means of content analysis. Group data was analysed using multivariate one way analysis of variance graphical display. The results indicated support of the hypothesis that the nature of the pre-information does influence the way in which a Nurse perceives a patient and resulting Nursing actions. Implications of these findings for Nurses are discussed
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Litchfield, M. (1979). Survey of child health care in primary schools in the Wellington area (Vol. 75). Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: The study was undertaken as a project for the International Year of the Child. There was a need for information to identify what health care in needed in schools and to contribute to a review of the role of the nurses. Teachers and principals of all primary schools of the Wellington area were surveyed to describe the health care being provided and needed. Recommendations were made for school nurses who would support the health-related teaching by teachers, provide first aid and advice, and take an extended role for family health operating from a clinic in the school.
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Lysaght, E. (1979). A report on health problems of theatre nurses. New Zealand Nursing Journal, 72(1), 24–26.
Abstract: This paper reports the results of a questionnaire sent to 300 theatre nurses
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Kapoor, S. D. (1980). Smoking and health: an analysis of policymaking structure and process within the Department of Health concerned with the issue of smoking and health. Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: An analysis of policy making structure and process within the department of Health concerned with the issue of smoking and health. This paper deals with an important area of public policy both in terms of process and substance. It attempts to identify how policy is made in New Zealand. How policy is determined by the elected representative of the people and how far policy is made by the permanent state employees. The way political power is brought to bear in policy implementation is examined, as is the question: What level of policy research and analysis on smoking and health is affected in New Zealand? Attention is directed towards complex ideas of participation, representation and minority rights as well as to democratic theory in relation to cause and influence of conflict, public opinion formation, interest group influence and public policy making
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King, B. E., & Fletcher, M. P. (1980). The work life of qualified nurses in one metropolitan hospital – a pilot project. Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: The two interrelated objectives of the project were first to develop and test an approach to obtain relevant data on the characteristics and work patterns of qualified Nurses in New Zealand. Secondly, to institute a system to provide objective data as a basis for management and planning
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King, B. E., Fletcher, M. P., & McKenzie, S. (1980). The work life of qualified nurses: the pilot project: a users guide to methodology and mechanics. Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: A paper specifically foe persons interested in using the methodology developed for the project in their own setting. This paper focuses on the problems of undertaking this project and concludes with some practical guidelines about adapting and or simplifying the questionnaire used by the researchers
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Butler, A. M. (1980). Towards a staffing formula: a staffing system for general and obstetric wards. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(3), 8–10.
Abstract: A system of staffing is described which can be used to distribute existing staff equitably throughout wards according to patient numbers and the degree of patient/ nurse dependency
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Butler, A. M. (1980). Towards a staffing formula: home visit rating scales for community health nurses (Vol. 73). Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: Reports the development of a set of Rating scales which can be used to measure the Home visiting part of the workload of Community Health Nurses. The scales provide a useful tool for the equitable distribution of Home visits among existing staff and can assist in the assessment of the total workload of the Community Health Nurses
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White, E. L. (1980). A co-operative approach to nursing manpower planning. Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: The paper reviews, as a case history, the progress (to 1980) of the development of a Nursing Manpower Plan for Wellington Hospital Board.The main features of protocol are delineated.The prime requirement for the development of a manpower plan are perceived of as having available, reliable, quantifiable and comparable data.Discussion indicates the methods of collection, analysis and use (actual and potential) of quantifiable data.The use of quantifiable data indicated the potential, for the use of “nursing hours per patient per day”
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Eopapong-Thongkajai, E. (1980). Effects of structured pre-operative teaching upon post-operative physical recovery and psychological welfare. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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