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Giddings, D.L.S. |
| Title |
Mixed-methods research: Positivism dressed in drag |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2006 |
Publication |
Journal of Research in Nursing |
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| Volume |
11 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
195-203 |
| Keywords |
Methodology; Nursing research |
| Abstract |
The author critiques the claim that mixed method research is a third methodology, and the implied belief that the mixing of qualitative and quantitative methods will produce the 'best of both worlds'. The author suggests that this assumption, combined with inherent promises of inclusiveness, takes on a reality and certainty in research findings that serves well the powerful nexus of economic restraint and evidence-based practice. The author argues that the use of the terms 'qualitative' and 'quantitative' as normative descriptors reinforces their binary positioning, effectively marginalising the methodological diversity within them. Ideologically, mixed methods covers for the continuing hegemony of positivism, albeit in its more moderate, postpositivist form. If naively interpreted, mixed methods could become the preferred approach in the teaching and doing of research. The author concludes that rather than the promotion of more co-operative and complex designs for increasingly complex social and health issues, economic and administrative pressures may lead to demands for the 'quick fix' that mixed methods appears to offer. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
717 |
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| Author |
Litchfield, M. |
| Title |
Thinking through diagnosis: Process in nursing practice |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
1986 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
1 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
9-12 |
| Keywords |
Diagnosis; Nursing philosophy; Nursing research |
| Abstract |
A paper following on from the paper “Between the idea and reality” (Nursing Praxis in New Zealand 1(2), 17-29) proposing the focus for the discipline of nursing – practice and research – is diagnosis. For nursing practice, diagnosis is a practice that collapses “The Nursing Process”; for research to develop nursing practice, diagnosis is one continuous relational process that merges and makes the separate tasks od assessment, intervention and evaluation redundant. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1314 |
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| Author |
Litchfield, M. |
| Title |
Knowledge embedded in practice |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
1989 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
82 |
Issue |
10 |
Pages |
24-25 |
| Keywords |
Nursing research; diagnosis; Education; Nursing philosophy |
| Abstract |
A statement of the nature of research needed to distinguish the knowledge of nursing practice from knowledge developed by other disciplines. It orients to the interrelationship of practice and research as the foundation of the discipline of nursing. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1315 |
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Clear, G.M.; Carryer, J.B. |
| Title |
Shadow dancing in the wings: Lesbian women talk about health care |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
17 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
27-39 |
| Keywords |
Sexuality; Patient satisfaction; Nursing research; Quality of health care; Feminist critique |
| Abstract |
A participatory approach, grounded in both critical social and feminist research, was used in this study of seven women who claim being lesbian as part of their identity. With the objective of providing information to enhance safe care provision for this marginalised group, the study explored factors which hindered or facilitated these women's sense of safety related to health care. The findings indicate that barriers to receiving health care exist for these women. As there is little local or international research on lesbians and healthcare, this work offers a starting place for future New Zealand nursing research involving lesbians. The authors encourage other nurses to explore previously ignored sections of our society in order to strive for safety for all those whom nursing serves. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
843 |
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| Author |
Drake, M. |
| Title |
The sonata form of musical composition as a framework for thesis writing |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2004 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
16 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
252-258 |
| Keywords |
Nursing research; Nursing; Education |
| Abstract |
This article introduces an innovation in writing master's level research and suggests that other structures may offer new and different frameworks for reporting nursing research. This is exemplified by reference to an example of nursing research which adopted the sonata form of musical composition as the framework for presentation of the thesis. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
876 |
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| Author |
Bland, M.F. |
| Title |
Patient observation in nursing home research: Who was that masked woman? [corrected] [published erratum appears in Contemporary Nurse 2002 Apr; 12(2): 135] |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Contemporary Nurse |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
12 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
42-48 |
| Keywords |
Nursing research; Ethics; Rest homes; Nurse-patient relations |
| Abstract |
This article discusses the issues that one nurse researcher faced during participant observation in three New Zealand nursing homes. These include the complexity of the nurse researcher role, the blurring of role boundaries, and various ethical concerns that arose, including the difficulties of ensuring that all those who were involved in the study were kept informed as to the researcher's role and purpose. Strategies used to maintain ethical and role integrity are outlined, with further debate and discussion around fieldwork issues and experiences for nurse researchers called for. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
892 |
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Stone, P.W.; Tourangeau, A.E.; Duffield, C.M.; Hughes, F.; Jones, C.A.; O'Brien-Pallas, L.; Shamian, J. |
| Title |
Evidence of nurse working conditions: A global perspective |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice |
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| Volume |
4 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
120-130 |
| Keywords |
Nursing; Recruitment and retention; Policy; Cross-cultural comparison; Nursing research |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this article is to review evidence about nurse workload, staffing, skill mix, turnover, and organisational characteristics' effect on outcomes; discuss methodological considerations in this research; discuss research initiatives currently under way; review policy initiatives in different countries; and make recommendations where more research is needed. Overall, an understanding of the relationships among nurse staffing and organisational climate to patient safety and health outcomes is beginning to emerge in the literature. Little is known about nursing turnover and more evidence is needed with consistent definitions and control of underlying patient characteristics. Research and policy initiatives in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States are summarised. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
951 |
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| Author |
Darbyshire, P. |
| Title |
'Never mind the quality, feel the width': The nonsense of 'quality', 'excellence', and 'audit' in education, health and research |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Collegian: Journal of the Royal College of Nursing Australia |
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| Volume |
15 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
35-41 |
| Keywords |
Accountability; Quality assurance; Organisational change; Nursing research; Nursing; Education |
| Abstract |
The author contends that health care and education have been colonised by 'The Audit Society' and managerialism. It is argued that under the benign guise of 'improving quality' and 'ensuring value for money' a more Orwellian purpose operates. Academics had to be transformed into a workforce of 'docile bodies', willing to scrutinise and survey themselves and their 'performance' as outcome deliverers and disciples of the new 'Qualispeak'. This paper critiques the current obsession with audit and performativity, and the constant and often pointless 'change' that is held to be so self-evidently 'a good thing' and identifies policy discussion as a linguistic wasteland. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
967 |
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| Author |
Tielemans, W. |
| Title |
Encouraging young women to have regular smear tests |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
14 |
Issue |
7 |
Pages |
16-18 |
| Keywords |
Nursing research; Sexual and reproductive health; Screening; Attitude to health; Cancer |
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The author presents the results of a study carried out as part of a research project with two nurse researchers from Maastricht University in the Netherlands. The aim of this study was to examine awareness among female students aged 18 to 25 about cervical cancer and to identify factors associated with their decision or intention to enter the cervical screening programme. Students aged 18-25 were recruited from four tertiary institutions in the Wellington region. A questionnaire was available online and distributed by student health centres and the researchers. Questions covered the following areas: intentions, attitude, knowledge, awareness, modelling, and support systems and efficacy. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics, multiple regression and independent t-tests. The findings are presented, and factors associated with intention and participation in cervical screening are discussed. The results indicate that the information concerning the national screening programme needs to be adjusted for the different age groups. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
984 |
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Gaskin, C.J.; O'Brien, A.P.; Hardy, D.J. |
| Title |
The development of a professional practice audit questionnaire for mental health nursing in Aotearoa/New Zealand |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing |
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| Volume |
12 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
259-270 |
| Keywords |
Professional competence; Psychiatric Nursing; Clinical decision making; Nursing research |
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This paper reports the three-stage development of a professional practice audit questionnaire for mental health nursing in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In Study 1, clinical indicator statements (n = 99) generated from focus group data, which were considered to be unobservable in the nursing documentation in consumer case notes, were included in a three-round Delphi process. Consensus of ratings occurred for the mental health nurse and academic participants (n = 7) on 83 clinical indicator statements. In Study 2, the clinical indicator statements (n = 67) that met importance and consensus criteria were incorporated into a questionnaire, which was piloted at a New Zealand mental health service. The questionnaire was then modified for use in a national field study. In Study 3, the national field study, registered mental health nurses (n = 422) from 11 New Zealand district health board mental health services completed the questionnaire. Five categories of nursing practice were identified: professional and evidence-based practice; consumer focus and reflective practice; professional development and integration; ethically and legally safe practice; and culturally safe practice. Analyses revealed little difference in the perceptions of nurses from different backgrounds regarding the regularity of the nursing practices. Further research is needed to calibrate the scores on each clinical indicator statement with behaviour in clinical practice. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1064 |
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Kirkham, S.; Smye, V.; Tang, S.; Anderson, J.; Blue, C.; Browne, A.; Coles, R.; Dyck, I.; Henderson, A.; Lynam, M.J.; Perry, J.(see also C.); Semeniuk, P.; Shapera, L. |
| Title |
Rethinking cultural safety while waiting to do fieldwork: Methodological implications for nursing research |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2002 |
Publication |
Research in Nursing & Health |
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| Volume |
25 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
222-232 |
| Keywords |
Cultural safety; Hospitals; Health behaviour; Culture; Nursing research |
| Abstract |
The authors trace a series of theoretical explorations, centered on the concept of cultural safety, with corresponding methodological implications, engaged in during preparation for an intensive period of fieldwork to study the hospitalisation and help-seeking experiences of diverse ethnocultural populations. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1078 |
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| Author |
Jonsdottir, H.; Litchfield, M.; Pharris, M. |
| Title |
Partnership in practice |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2003 |
Publication |
Research & Theory for Nursing Practice |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
17 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
51-63 |
| Keywords |
Nurse-patient relations; Nursing philosophy; Nursing research |
| Abstract |
This article presents a reconsideration of partnership between nurse and client as the core of the nursing discipline. It points to the significance of the relational nature of partnership, differentiating its features and form from the prevalent understanding associated with prescriptive interventions to achieve predetermined goals and outcomes. The meaning of partnership is presented within the nursing process where the caring presence of the nurse becomes integral to the health experience of the client as the potential for action. Exemplars provide illustration of this emerging view in practice and research. This is the first of a series of articles written as a partnership between nurse scholars from Iceland, New Zealand and the USA. The series draws on research projects that explored the philosophical, theoretical, ethical and practical nature of nursing practice and its significance for health and healthcare in a world of changing need. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1172 |
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| Author |
Litchfield, M.; Jonsdottir, H. |
| Title |
A practice discipline that's here and now |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2008 |
Publication |
Advances in Nursing Science |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
31 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
79-92 |
| Keywords |
Nursing research; Policy; Nursing philosophy |
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The article is a collaborative writing venture drawing on research findings from New Zealand and Iceland to contribute to the international scholarship on the status and future direction of the nursing discipline. It takes an overview of the international historical trends in nursing knowledge development and proposes a framework for contemporary nursing research that accommodates the past efforts and paradigms of nurse scholars and reflects the changing thinking around the humanness of the health circumstance as the focus of the nursing discipline. It addresses contemporary challenges facing nurses as practitioners and researchers for advancement of practice and delivery of health services, and for influencing health policy. |
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NRSNZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1174 |
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| Author |
Litchfield, M. |
| Title |
Between the idea and reality |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
1986 |
Publication |
Nursing Praxis in New Zealand |
Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume |
1 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
17-29 |
| Keywords |
Nursing research; Nursing philosophy; Diagnosis; Evaluation |
| Abstract |
A paper presented as one of the four “Winter Lecture Series” hosted by the Nursing Studies unit of the Department of Education, Victoria University of Wellington. It is a critique of “ The Nursing Process” referred to commonly in nursing education programmes. It challenges the usefulness for nursing of the linear sequence of steps of assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
Serial |
1313 |
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| Author |
Litchfield, M. |
| Title |
Priorities for research |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
1993 |
Publication |
kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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| Volume |
1 |
Issue |
8 |
Pages |
28-30 |
| Keywords |
Nursing research |
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An article adapted from the author's contribution as an invited member of the International Panel of Nurse Researchers leading the Special Research Seminar of the 1993 International Council of Nurses Quadrennial Congress, Madrid, Spain. The priorities of nursing research in New Zealand were derived from the findings of a semi-structured survey of the opinions of nurses in academic settings. |
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NZNO @ research @ |
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1320 |
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