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Author Duthie, J.M. openurl 
  Title Domicilary nursing services of a hospital board Type
  Year 1976 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) Author  
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  Abstract A Study undertaken to determine the need to extend the Domiciliary Nursing Services of a Hospital Board to include the provision of a 24 hour nursing service in the city area  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 49 Serial 49  
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Author Kapoor, S.D. openurl 
  Title The development of effective learning to help nurses achieve their professional obligation Type
  Year 1979 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) author  
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  Abstract Research paper presented as part of the requirements for Nursing Studies component of a B.A. Degree Wellington Victoria University, Wellington  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 108 Serial 108  
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Author Peddie, B. openurl 
  Title Whooping cough in the Northern Coromandel -1995 Type
  Year 1995 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal (up) Author  
  Volume 4 Issue 7 Pages 14-17  
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  Abstract Data gathered during a whooping cough outbreak in the Northern Coromandel in 1995 highlights some distinct characteristics about how the disease manifestests itself in a defined geographical area, and about the place of prophylactic Erythromycin. This was probably the most fully documented outbreak in New Zealand, and possibly the first study conducted from a community perspective  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 286 Serial 286  
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Author Dodd, J.E.L. openurl 
  Title Individual privacy and the public good of health research Type
  Year 1995 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) Author  
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  Abstract This is a piece of philosophy research and covers the following matters; the nature of privacy, Why it is morally significant, nature of health research, the privacy issues in health research and finally some suggestions as to ways privacy in health research may be preserved  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 305 Serial 305  
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Author Davy, R. openurl 
  Title Evaluation of the impact on the quality of women who have participated in a nursing education session on menopause Type
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) Author  
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  Abstract Objective; The objective of this study is to determine if attending a nursing education session on menopause has an impact on women's management of their menopausal symptoms and consequently their quality of life for women aged 40 to 60 years. The hypothesis is that women attending education sessions will start or increase health promotion activities which will reduce menopausal symptoms and thus improve their quality of life.Design and method; Two questionaires were given to the women on the day of the education sessions and another questionnaire was sent to the participant three months later. The sample of 30 completed questionnaires includes feedback from Pacific Island women. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods were used. The measure of quality of life has been based on the level of impact of menopausal on each women's life before the education session and three months later.Results; Initial analysis indicates that diet, exercise and time out were most commonly reported health activities utilized for relief of symptoms with HRT and herbal remedies used less often. Three months after the education session there was a significant reduction in the impact of symptoms in most categories with 140 incidences of total disappearance of symptoms, 24 incidences of reduction of symptoms, 17 incidences of symptoms increasing while 36 symptoms remained unchanged. Only one woman reported that she continued to have no control over her symptoms while the rest of the sample indicated that they had some or total control. The most common changes in health promotion activities were reduction in caffeine, exercise, relaxation and lubrication with sex. Herbal, homeopathy, dietary and hormone treatment rated low in health activities after the three months.Conclusion; Initial analysis indicates that menopausal symptoms has significantly improved for the majority of women who attended the nursing education session  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 358 Serial 358  
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Author McEldowney, R.A. openurl 
  Title A new lamp is shining: life histories of five feminist nurse educators Type
  Year 1992 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) Author  
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  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 439 Serial 439  
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Author Sherrard, I.M. openurl 
  Title Death of a colleague in the workplace Type
  Year 1998 Publication Human Resources Abbreviated Journal (up) Author – UNITEC Institute of Technology P.O.Box 92  
  Volume Issue Pages 19  
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  Abstract Questionnaires were completed by participants who had had a colleague die. Participants reported that some were still having difficulty with the loss of a work collogue. Participants wanted managers to provide both managerial and emotional support during their time of grieving  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 303 Serial 303  
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Author Sherrard, I.M. openurl 
  Title Chronic illness: a challenge to manage in the workplace Type
  Year 1998 Publication Human Resources Abbreviated Journal (up) Author – UNITEC of Technology, Private Bag 92025.,  
  Volume Issue October Pages 16  
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  Abstract Questionnaires were completed in the work place. The participants had all experienced a chronic illness. The results revealed that the manager has the responsibility to deal openly with the staff member who is ill, and for some managers this is difficult to do  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 304 Serial 304  
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Author Gardner, A.; Hase, S.; Gardner, G.; Dunn, S.; Carryer, J.B. url  openurl
  Title From competence to capability: A study of nurse practitioners in clinical practice Type Journal Article
  Year 2008 Publication Journal of Clinical Nursing Abbreviated Journal (up) Author copy available 12 months after publication from QUT ePrints  
  Volume 17 Issue 2 Pages 250-258  
  Keywords Nurse practitioners; Professional competence; Advanced nursing practice; Evaluation  
  Abstract This research aimed to understand the level and scope of practice of the nurse practitioner in Australia and New Zealand further using a capability framework. The original study, from which the present paper was developed, sought to identify competency standards for the extended role of the nurse practitioner in Australia and New Zealand. In doing so the researchers became aware that while competencies described many of the characteristics of the nurse practitioner they did not manage to tell the whole story. In a search of the literature, the concept of capability appeared to provide a potentially useful construct to describe the attributes of the nurse practitioner that went beyond competence. A secondary analysis of data obtained from the interviews with 15 nurse practitioners working in Australia and New Zealand was undertaken. The analysis showed that capability and its dimensions is a useful model for describing the advanced level attributes of nurse practitioners. Thus, nurse practitioners described elements of their practice that involved: using their competences in novel and complex situations as well as the familiar; being creative and innovative; knowing how to learn; having a high level of self-efficacy; and working well in teams. This study suggests dimensions of capability need to be considered in the education and evaluation of nurse practitioners.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 945 Serial 929  
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Author Day, D.R. openurl 
  Title The recognition of prior learning: a case study of an undergraduate nursing degree programme Type
  Year 1997 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) Author, Flinders University of South Australia Lib  
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  Abstract A case study which examines the implementation of RPL, in an undergraduate nursing programme. Themes developed about the areas of a shift in ownership and control of nursing education to learner. The need to develop assessment processes that are more consistant with a non technical view was identified. Curricula need to be examined to allow RPL to be included  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 324 Serial 324  
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Author Litchfield, M. openurl 
  Title Survey of child health care in primary schools in the Wellington area Type
  Year 1979 Publication Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand Abbreviated Journal (up) Author, New Zealand Nurses Association Library, We  
  Volume 75 Issue 2 Pages 18-20  
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  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.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 388  
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Author Litchfield, M. openurl 
  Title The process of health patterning in families with young children who have been repeatedly hospitalised Type
  Year 1993 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) Author, University of Minnesota Library  
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  Abstract An exploration of the nature of nursing knowledge in practice. The praxis methodology was inspired by the Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness and evolved through the process of the research. The methodology was eventually presented as both the process of research and practice. Five families were visited in their homes five times to talk about what was going on for them. All were experiencing a time of great upheaval in family life. After three visits a summary text was constructed merging researcher statements and parent quotes and given to the families. Through the subsequent reflective discussion significant insights into family pattern were shown in statements of intended action to change how health matters were managed with greater facility in family living. The process was presented as five themes with descriptors representing a non-linear, discontinuous progression: A moment of partnership: parameters of entry and closure, a timing of upheaval in family life, and an in-forming capacity through the bringing together of family story-telling and researcher's theory. An evolving dialogue: a progressive flow of enfolding and unfolding, and its embeddedness in contexts of socio-economic status, gender and health care culture. Recognising pattern: incidental revelations and an all-encompassing insight as the potential for action. Expanding horizon: moving from being on a treadmill trapped in the present without vision to having a view to a future, the presence of past and future. Increasing connectedness: a sense of inclusion, inter-dependence and generally, transformation in family life. This was a framework for personal practice  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 121 Serial 121  
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Author Litchfield, M.; Clarke, M.; Edwards, R.; Richardson, F.; Tansley, R.; Woodman, K. openurl 
  Title A description of the needs of people with cancer and support people Type
  Year 1995 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) Author, Wellington Division of the Cancer Society  
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  Abstract The report of a research project commissioned by the Wellington Division of the New Zealand Cancer Society to provide a foundation for policy to give direction to development of its services. The research approach and methodology had an ecological theory foundation. It involved a survey and in-depth interviews with people with cancer and those caring for them to understand their experience. Needs were identified from the data and presented according to three distinct phases in the course of living with cancer. People moved from the shock of diagnosis, through the time of treatment when usual living was suspended and focus narrowed on the intensive fight against the disease, then into a very different phase of on-going ?wait-and-see? time requiring a new way of living with uncertainty for both patient and carers. The last phase was where most of the unmet needs lay. Recommendations were made for services to provide a continuous caring relationship for patients and carers with a knowledgeable person from the point of diagnosis.  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ Serial 387  
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Author Pearson, J.R.; Joyce, M.; Khull, J.; MacDonald, S.; Norrish, S.; Southwick, M.; Wilks, T. openurl 
  Title Beginning the journey to self reflective practice. A study of teaching and learning in the first year of the Diploma in Nursing programme at Whitireia Community Polytechnic Type
  Year 1993 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) Author, Whitireia Community Polytechnic Library  
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  Abstract This research project was undertaken with the aim of making teaching and learning processes in the first year of the programme explicit to ensure successful strategies could be replicated and limitations addressed. Action research methodology was utilized to explore which tutors and students the philosophy of teaching, the student/tutor relationship, preferred learning styles and teaching methods, and influences on student learning. Findings elucidated that the philosophy and teaching methods used in the programme were congruent with the goals of the Polytechnic,, the curriculum aims, and current nursing ideologies. Students preferred small group, interactive teaching, did not always rate their ability accurately, and tended to downgrade their ability and did progressively less preparatory work for classes as the year progressed. Factors that impacted on the learning of this mainly mature group were external to the programme and included paid employment, family responsibilities, unexpected life events, lack of time and/or space to study, and financial problems. The research was used to determine the structure of the first year of the 1994 Bachelor of Nursing programme which articulated more clearly the process and pathway for students to become self directed learners. The research process was challenging and provided many useful insights for tutors and students  
  Call Number NRSNZNO @ research @ 374 Serial 374  
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Author Keer-Keer, Trudy url  openurl
  Title The lived experience of adults with myasthenia gravis : a phenomenological study Type
  Year 2012 Publication Abbreviated Journal (up) Available from the NZNO Library  
  Volume Issue Pages 120 pp  
  Keywords Myasthenia gravis; Myasthenia gravis --Patients --Attitudes; Myasthenia gravis --Patients --Care; Phenomenological studies  
  Abstract Examines the lived experiences of adults with myasthenia gravis(MG). Uses an interpretive phenomenological approach applying the research methodology of van Manen (1990). Interviews seven people living with MG and records their experiences of the disease. Poses broadly-worded questions about various topics related to MG, that include diagnosis, symptoms, treatments and coping strategies, guided by individual experiences. Reveals by means of thematic analysis that MG affects every aspect of a person?s ?lifeworld?: their sense of time, body, and space and their relationships with others. Highlights three main themes embedded in the data experienced by a person with MG: living with uncertainty, living with weakness and living with change.  
  Call Number NZNO @ research @ Serial 1396  
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