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Author Litchfield, M.
Title The scope of advancing nursing practice Type Journal Article
Year 1998 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal (down)
Volume 13 Issue 3 Pages 13-24
Keywords Nursing specialties; Nursing
Abstract An overview of the model of nursing practice and nurse roles derived through a programme of nursing research in the context of the changing New Zealand health system. The emphasis is on the complementary nature of the practice of family nurses taking a generic integrative service delivery hub role and the practice of other nurses advancing in specialist roles. Nursing care is presented as a professional, collective practice of registered nurses spread across all health service sectors and employment settings. Nurse roles are differentiated according to the interplay of two factors influencing the extent of practice autonomy the nurses assume (educationally supported) in responding to health need. A diagram depicts the interrelationship of competency and scope for the inclusive three different career trajectories of nurses advancing in practice. NOTE: This paper was published with an error in the title of the article (stated correctly on the journal contents page). An apology from the journal editor with an explanation of the importance of the use of the term ?advancing? and not ?advanced? was published in the subsequent issue (Nursing Praxis in NZ,14(1)).
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1325
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Author Litchfield, M.
Title What is nursing research? Type Journal Article
Year 1998 Publication P. Watson & M.Woods (Eds.), Waiora: Nursing research in Aotearoa/New Zealand, evolving a shared sense of our future. Proceedings of the Nursing Research Section/Te Runanga O Aotearoa (New Zealand Nurses' Organisation) conference, Wellington 26-27 March. Abbreviated Journal (down)
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Nursing research; Nursing
Abstract This conference paper outlines the nature of nursing research developing the distinct knowledge for nursing practice. It is presented as a cumulative process of knowledge development about health, practice and service delivery. Nursing research is illustrated by tracing a personal trajectory of research over 25 years that addressed questions relating to and derived from the practice of nursing.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1326
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Author Clendon, Dr. J
Title Motherhood and the 'Plunket Book': A social history Type
Year 2009 Publication Abbreviated Journal (down)
Volume Issue Pages 306 pp
Keywords
Abstract The Well Child/Tamariki Ora Health Book (the Plunket book) is a small booklet given to New Zealand mothers on the birth of a child. Although use of the book has decreased since it?s inception in 1920, it is frequently kept within the family and handed on from mother to child. Utilising an oral history approach, this study has traced the development of the Plunket book over time and explored the experiences of a group of 34 women and one man who have reflected on their ownership of, or involvement with, Plunket books. The study found that the book remains an effective clinical tool for mothers and nurses. Nurses use the book as a tool to help develop a relationship with a mother and her family, and to identify and build on strengths. Mothers have used the book as a tool to link past with present, to maintain kinship ties across generations, to deal with change intergenerationally, and in a manner that contributes to their self-identity as woman and mother. The study recommends that nurses and other health professionals continue to use the Plunket book as a clinical tool mindful of the fact that the book remains in use beyond the health professional?s immediate involvement with the mother and child, playing an important role in the context of the New Zealand family across generations.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1335
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Author Hayward, S.
Title Evaluation of a change programme: model of nursing care delivery Type
Year 2009 Publication Abbreviated Journal (down)
Volume Issue Pages 78 pp
Keywords
Abstract A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Health Sciences.

Primary nursing as a framework within which nurses deliver patient care has been a nursing care delivery system of choice in New Zealand for the last two decades. A number of studies have been carried out, with a review of the literature suggesting inconclusive support for this delivery system over other functional nursing care models. However, there is support for the philosophy underpinning this model, with documented evidence that this framework can help nurses achieve a degree of professional development and autonomous practice that other models cannot. Using documented information created during the move from one model of nursing care to another this work evaluates what were the drivers for the change, how it was managed and what the outcomes were.

Findings indicated that this change project was a success. Analysis of the data collected pre and post implementation indicated some positive shifts, but more importantly it was the information gathered from both patients and nurses that gave creditability to the new model of nursing care.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1336
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Author Litchfield, M
Title To advance health care: The origins of nursing research in New Zealand Type Book Whole
Year 2009 Publication Abbreviated Journal (down)
Volume Issue Pages 129 pp
Keywords Nursing Research Section, New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Abstract This book examines in detail the confluence of personalities and professional and practice agendas, out of which emerged the research section, intent on placing research at the centre of the profession's evolution. It provides a fascinating look at how a group of women, utterly committed to nursing, drove their research agenda and it expands understandings of why nursing research is significant for the development of nursing. It also provides an insight into that web of relationships between the professional body, NZNA, the Department of Health, service delivery and education.

To order a copy:

Email: publications@nzno.org.nz

NZNO members: $25 (incl GST + p&p)

Non-NZNO members: $35 (incl GST + p&p)
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1341
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Author Therkleson, T; Sherwood, P.
Title Patients' experience of the external therapeutic application of ginger by anthroposophically trained nurses Type Journal Article
Year 2004 Publication The Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology Abbreviated Journal (down)
Volume 4 Issue 1 Pages 1-11
Keywords Anthroposophical therapy
Abstract There has been considerable public debate on the range of complementary health practices throughout the western world, perhaps especially in Australia, United States and Europe. Most often, the research critique of these practices is restricted to quantitative or non-user qualitative research methodologies. Consequently, there is a significant gap in the research profile of complementary health services that need to be addressed particularly in view of the rapid and ongoing increase in the use of complementary services, even in the face of sometimes adverse media publicity. This paper demonstrates the contribution that phenomenologically-based research can make to fill this lacuna by explicating, in detail, the client experience of a complementary health practice. The paper explores patient experience of a ginger compress, as applied by anthroposophically trained nurses, to demonstrate various therapeutic effects. Four key themes emerged including an increase in warmth and internal activity in the major organs of the body, changes in thought-life and sensory perception along with a greater sense of well-being and self-focus with the perception of clearer personal boundaries. These themes, emerging from a patient sample in New Zealand, compared favourably to the Filderklinik Study completed in 1992 in a large German state hospital.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1345
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Author Clendon, J; Walker, L
Title Characteristics and perceptions of younger nurses in New Zealand: Implications for retention Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal (down)
Volume 2 Issue 1 Pages 4-11
Keywords
Abstract
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1355
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Author Crawford, R; Hedley, C; Marshall, B
Title Influences on Registered Nurses Having an annual influenza vaccination: Lessons from New Zealand Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal (down)
Volume 2 Issue 1 Pages 12-16
Keywords
Abstract The aim of this research was to explore what influences registered nurses (RNs) to have the annual influenza vaccine. In the past, influenza vaccination of health care workers has been identified as the primary method of preventing influenza transmission to at-risk groups that, by virtue of illness, congregate in and around hospitals.

Findings showed that some RNs have confidence in the influenza vaccine being effective in preventing influenza infection; however there remained a high proportion of RNs who thought that the vaccine could or might cause influenza. Participants had incorrect knowledge and beliefs about the influenza vaccine, infection and cross infection.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1356
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Author Ward, V C
Title Preoperative fluid management of the older adult patient with hip fracture Type
Year 2013 Publication Abbreviated Journal (down)
Volume Issue Pages 162 pp
Keywords Older people --Medical care; Hip joint -- Fractures -- Treatment; Hip joint -- Fractures -- Patients -- Rehabilitation; Fluid therapy; Preoperative care; Postoperative care; Outcome assessment (Medical care)
Abstract Explores the relationships between pre-operative fluid management (PFM) and post-operative outcomes. Undertakes an observational study of 100 consecutive older adult patients admitted to a tertiary NZ hospital with traumatic hip fracture between March and Sept 2012. Gathers data regarding cohort demographics and in-hospital events, including surgical details, alongside PFM and post-operative outcomes. Itemises characteristics of the patients, predominantly female with a mean age of 85.2 years. Finds no statistically significant relationship between pre-operative fluid management and post-operative outcomes.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1395
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Author Fischer, R; Roy, D E; Niven, E.
Title Different folks, different strokes: becoming and being a sroke family Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal (down)
Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages 5-11
Keywords Stroke; Lived experience; Phenomenology; Family; Caregivers; Life change
Abstract Reports a study exploring family experiences of stroke during the first six months following a stroke. Performs a hermeneutic phenomenological study in which four participants from two Auckland families are interviewed in 2011 and 2012, at three time-intervals within the first six months post-stroke. Identifies three themes of the families' experiences: loss of a life once lived; navigation of an unfamiliar path; re-creation of a sense of normality. Stresses the importance of contact with the health-care team in facilitating the transition to post-stroke life.
Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1398
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Author Stewart, J.; Floyd, S.; Thompson, S.
Title The way we were : collegiality in nursing in the '70s and '80s Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal (down)
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.
Title Using PeerWise in nursing education -- a replicated quantitative descriptive research study Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal (down)
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)
Title Working with young nurses to develop peer-support strategies : evaluation of a participatory project Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal (down)
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.
Title Managing intergenerational nursing teams : evidence from the literature Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal (down)
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.
Title Quality and staffing : is there a relationship in residential aged care? Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication Kai Tiaki Nursing Research Abbreviated Journal (down)
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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